Person:August Becker (1)

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August Becker
b.7 May 1849 HESSE-GERMANY
  1. August Becker1849 - 1921
m. 17 Dec 1874
  1. Charles Becker1875 -
  2. William Becker1879 -
  3. Kattie Becker1884 -
  4. Harry Becker1886 -
  5. Charlotte Becker1889 - 1931
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Name[1] August Becker
Alt Name[1] August Backer
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3][8] 7 May 1849 HESSE-GERMANY
Marriage 17 Dec 1874 MOto Elizabeth Temke
Census[6][10] 1880 St. Louis, St. Louis (City), MO
Census[1][11] 1900 St. Louis, St. Louis (City), MO
Census[7][12] 1910 St. Louis, St. Louis (City), MO
Census[3][13] 1920 St. Louis, St. Louis (City), MO
Death[4][9][14] 2 Apr 1921 St. Louis, St. Louis (City), MO
Burial[5] 4 Apr 1921 Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis (City), MO
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1900 US Census MO, St Louis (City)
    ED 230, Sheet 5B.
  2. MO Death Certificates, 1910-1955. Missouri State Secretary of State, State Archives Division, found at www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates
    Death Cert 10478.

    August Becker Jr.

  3. 3.0 3.1 1920 US Census MO, St. Louis (City)
    ED 422, Sheet 2B.
  4. MO Death Certificates, 1910-1955. Missouri State Secretary of State, State Archives Division, found at www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates
    Death Cert 10478.
  5. MO Death Certificates, 1910-1955. Missouri State Secretary of State, State Archives Division, found at www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates
    August Becker Jr. Death Cert 10478.
  6. 1880 US Census MO, St. Louis (City), Record Type: Census
    ED 180, Sheet 6B.
  7. 1910 US Census MO, St. Louis, Record Type: Census
    ED 345, Sheet 4A, Stamped page 89.
  8. or May 1850, according to 1900 US Census.
  9. At the time of his death, August Becker was living at 4029 Cottage Ave., which is where he died at the age of 71yrs, 10 months, 25 days. He was a tailor b. GERMANY. His father was August Becker. The cause of death was chronic interstitial nephritis, with pulmonary oedema being a contributary cause. Mrs. Elizabeth Becker, of the same address, was the informant on the Death Certificate.
  10. In 1880, August Becker, a 40yo tailor b. GERMANY, was living in a place on Franklin Ave. with his wife Lizzie, 28yo b. IL, and two sons, both b. MO: Chas., 5yo; and Wm., 1yo.
  11. In 1900, August Backer, a 50yo tailor b. GERMANY May 1850, was living with his wife Elizabeth,36yo b. IL Aug 1863, and four children, all b. MO: Willie, a clerk in a grocery store, 19yo b. July 1880; Kattie, 16yo b. Apr 1884; Harry, in scholl, 14yo b. May 1886; and Lottie, in school, 11yo b. Jan 1888. The couple has been married for 25 years, and Elizabeth has had seven children, all of whom are living. The family lived in a rented house at 914 North 16th Street.
  12. In 1910, August Becker, a 59yo tailor b. GERMANY, was living in a house he rented at 4216 Lucky Street with his wife Lizzie, 57yo b. IL. The couple has been married for 37 years, and Lizzie has had seven children, six of whom are living.
  13. In 1920, August Becker, a 70yo tailor b. HESSE-GERMANY, was living in a house he rented at 4216 Lucky Street with his wife Elizabeth, 67yo b. IL, and grandson Harry, 20yo b. MO, a baker in a bread bakery. August says he came to the US in 1866 and became a citizen in 1872.