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BERKNER

stanleyberkner  (View posts) Posted: 9 May 2007 8:02PM GMT
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Surnames: BERKNER
My gg-grandfather: (From CastleGarden.org)
Name Gottfried Berkner
Occupation Farmer
Age 45
Sex M
Literacy U
Arrived 3 Jul 1857
Origin Germany
Port Bremen
Last Residence Carzig
Destination Wisconsin
Plan Unknown
Ship Heinrich Von Gagern
Passage Unknown

And: Anna Berkner, 52 F; Carl Berkner, 19 M; Emilie Berkner, 11 F; Friedrich Berkner, 17 M. The 1860 and 1870 censuses give their birthplace as Prussia and them Pomerania.
In the 1860 census [Cooperstown township, Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, USA,] Friedrich is listed as William. In the 1870 census, there i8s no Anna, she is replaced by Reginia Berkner, 48 F House keeper, and Emilie is replaced by Matilda Berkner, 13 F. In other places Berkner is spelled as Birkner.

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