Mount Vernon House - John & Rosa Burkhalter

1930 Census: Rosa Burkhalter

1930 Census: Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington

Burkhalter, Rosa - head - own house - age 58 - widowed - age 21 at first marriage - born Switzerland - farmer, own farm

Burkhalter, Hulda - daughter - age 30 - single - born Oregon - farm laborer, at home

Burkhalter, Elizabeth - daughter - age 28 - single - born Oregon - writer, short stories

Burkhalter, Betty A - daughter - age 19 - single - born Washington - stenographer, telephone company

Burkhalter, Jack V - son - age14 - single - born Washington - none

1930 Census: Rosa Grossen Burkhalter

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1930 Census: Washington, Skagit County, Mount Vernon Precinct (April 4, 1930)

Burkhalter, Rose ... Head, Widowed ... age 58 ... born Switzerland ... arrived 1890 ... Farmer

Burkhalter, Hulda ... Daughter ... age 30 ... born Oregon ... Farm Worker

Burkhalter, Elizabeth ... Daughter ... age 28 ... born Oregon ... Writer, Short Stories

Burkhalter, Betty A ... Daughter ... age 19 ... born Washington ... Stenographer, Telephone Office

Burkhalter, Jack V ... Son ... age 14 ... born Washington

Profile: John Alfred Burkhalter

1869 September 28: Born in Neuchatel, Switzerland

         Parents: Unknown

1890: Resident of Leele, Switzerland

1890 March: Immigrated to the United States, arrived in New York on the ship S.S. La Bourgogne

1890 - 1892: Moved from New York to Minnesota to Oregon

1893 April 3: Married Rosina Lidia Grossen at St. Joseph's Church, Tillamook, Oregon

1900 April 3: Became citizen of the United States; Resident of Tillamook, Oregon

1900: Resident of Fairview, Tillamook County, Oregon

1910: Resident of  Menlo, Pacific County, Washington

 



 
1915: Traveled to Vermont; Purchased 12 Brown Swiss Dairy Cows for farm in Menlo; Cows were the first variety of Brown Swiss in the Valley
 
1920: Resident of Menlo, Pacific County, Washington
 

 

1922: Retired; Farm taken over by son Louis Alfred Burkhalter
 
1922: Moved to Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington
 
1926: Died in Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington
 
 
Children:
     Louis Alfred (1894 - 1974)
     Lida (1896 - 1899)
     Hulda (1897 - 1970)
     Edward (1898 - 1899)
     Elizabeth E (1900 - 1966)
     Rosa Klara (1903 - 1924)
     Bertha Magdalena (1909 - 1987)
     John Vernon (1915 - 1975)

Burk Burkhalter's Family

Jacque Johnson Burkhalter, Stan/Burk Burkhalter

Elisabeth Burkhalter Rosson, Annalei Burkhalter, Marian Burkhalter Sanchez

1981 - Mount Vernon, WA

In Memory of: Rose Burkhalter

In Memory: Elizabeth "Lee" Burkhalter

Irene at Mount Vernon High School

mid 1930s

Irene Burkhalter Neve

*This photo is taken in front of Mount Vernon High School, my alma mater. How things all come back around...