Joseph Henry Herker (1867 - 1941)

Born 9 Sep 1867 in Chilton, Calumet, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Carrie Mae (Butler) Herker — married 18 Oct 1897 in Doland, Spink, South Dakota

Descendants

Died 25 Oct 1941 at age 74 in Watertown, Codington, South Dakota, United States

Burial

Burial:

Place: Doland, Spink, South Dakota

Occupation

Occupation: Teamster^[1]

Note

• Source: S32 Type: Newspaper Title: Doland Newspaper Obit. Place: South Dakota
• Source: S35 Text: Gravestone Listing
• Source: S37 Text: Correspondance between Viola Herker Danks and Joyce L. Martin, dated 1991-1993
• Source: S46 Type: Web Site Author: http://www.my-ged.com/db/page/reinl/273 Date: Jan, 28, 1999

Notes

Note N204

South Dakota, Spink County, Doland, Supervisor's District #1, Enumeration District 395, dtd. 18 April 1910, Sheet #4B, Page 1562, Microfilm Number 1375501, Farm #65, Family #69

Herker, Joseph H., Head, Male, White, Age 40, Married for 12 Years, Born in Wisconsin, Father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, Can speak English, Occupation is Teamster?, Name of Trade ?, Worker, Can read and write, Owned Mortgage for House

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South Dakota, Spink County, Clifton, Supervisor's District #2, Enumeration District 306, dtd. 6 June 1900, Sheet #42, Farm #33, Family #33

Herker, Joseph, Head, Male, White, Sep. 1867, Age 32, Married for 2 Years, Born in Wisconsin, Father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, Occupation is Farmer, 0 months unemployed, Can read and write, Can speak English, Rented Farm

In 1918 Levi and Mary moved from farm into Doland

From Centennial, Doland South Dakota 1882-1982

The Herker Family

Joseph Herker, with his parents and seven brothers and sisters, homesteaded north of Doland, when South Dakota was still a territory. All 10 of them lived in a sod house and grew to adulthood in that area.

About the same time Carrie Mae Butler arrived in South Dakota from Wisconsin with her father and stepmother. They also homesteaded north of Doland. Mae, as she was most frequently called, grew to womanhood in that area. In September 1897, Joe and Mae (Butler) were married in Redfield.

In 1905, they moved to Doland where Joe ran a dray, and his well kept horses were a familiar sight on main street. He continued in that work until he passed away in 1941 at the age of 72.

Carrie Mae remained in her home until a year prior to her death in 1964 at the age of 85.

Joe and Mae had 6 children---Alvira (Feeney), Vern, Eva (Lake), Elva (who died in infancy), Virgil, and Viola (Danks). All are now deceased, except Viola, who currently resides in Lake Andes, S.D.

Alvira had no children. Vern's 6 daughters and 6 sons are scattered around the country. Eva's son, Lester, lived in Doland until his untimely death in a truck accident. Her daughter, LaVonne Filipek, resides in Rapid City. Virgils son Larry is in Michigan. Viola has 3 children in California and 1 in Montana.

Of the dozens of great grandchildren, Lester's son, Danny Lake and wife Deanna and their 2 children are the only descendants still living id Doland. Danny owns and operates the Doland Hardware.

South Dakota Territorial Census, 1885 about Joseph Harker

Name:

Joseph Harker

[Joseph Herker] 

Age:

16

Birth Year:

abt 1869

Birth Place:

Wisconsin

Race:

White

Census Date:

1 Jun 1885

Census Location:

District 53, Spink, Dakota Territory

Census Page #:

21

Enumeration District:

53

Source Information:

Ancestry.com. South Dakota Territorial Census, 1885 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

Original data: Data indexed from images from the South Dakota State Archives microfilm collection, rolls 9527-9528.

Description:
The census of Dakota Territory in 1885^[2][3][4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S37
2. ↑ Source: #S12
3. ↑ Source: #S13
4. ↑ Source: #S37
5. ↑ Source: #S82

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPXV-CGG : accessed 12 July 2020), Jospeh H Herker, Doland Ward 2, Spink, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 395, sheet 4B, family 69, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1488; FHL microfilm 1,375,501.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30179310/joseph-henry-herker
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 July 2020), memorial page for Joseph Henry Herker (1869–25 Oct 1941), Find a Grave Memorial no. 30179310, citing Doland Cemetery, Doland, Spink County, South Dakota, USA ; Maintained by Arthur Danks (contributor 48131386) .