Ferdinand Henke (1866 - 1941)

Born 29 Jun 1866 in Kulm, Bessarabia, Russia

Husband of Carolina Klaus — married 1891 in Russia

Descendants

Died 25 Jun 1941 at age 74 in Golden Valley, Mercer, North Dakota, United States

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Biography

Ferdinand Henke was a Black Sea German.

Ferdinand Henke was born on 29 January 1866^[1] in Kulm, Bessarabia, Russia to Christian Henke/Hoenke and Anna Karoline Hintz/Hinz. ^[2]

Ferdinand and Carolina Klaus (1872-1949).were married in 1891 by Pastor Schlarb.^[2]

They had several children:

1. Gustave Henke (1897-1930)
2. Wilhelm Henke (1899-1955)

Ferdinand, Karoline, and their son Gustav immigrated to the United States about 1898.

In 1900, Ferd, Caroline, and their sons Gustav and Wilhelm were living in Mercer County, North Dakota.^[3]

In April 1917, a destructive prairie fire started on Ferdinand's farm. Several buildings and more than one hundred stacks of hay were destroyed by the fire that burned a large part of land northwest of Golden Valley.^[4]

Ferdinand resided in Mercer County, North Dakota.^[1]

Ferdinand passed away at age 66 in rural Golden Valley in Mercer County, North Dakota on 25 June 1941.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} North Dakota Department of Health. Division of Vital Records: Public Death Index. "Ferdinand Henke," 25 June 1941, Mercer County. https://apps.nd.gov/doh/certificates/deathCertSearch.htm : 4 December 2020.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Information provided by this source - Ferdinand Henke/Hoenke b 1866 Kulm, Bess., Russ. m Karolna Claus/Klauss. Mr. Flegel's source - Film # 1766565 marriage 1891-Ferdinand is 25, father Christian. She is 19, her father Michael, Pastor Schlarb Flegel, Arthur E., Certified Genealogist. Extended Relationships of the Kulm, Leipzig, Tarutino Communities in Bessarabia, Russia . Fargo, ND; Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU Libraries, page 265.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9VV-LHW : accessed 4 December 2020), Fred Henke, Townships 141-144-Ranges 88-93, Mercer, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 94, sheet 2A, family 28, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,229.
4. ↑ "Flicker Tales," Grand Forks Herald (Grand Forks, North Dakota), 1 May 1917, page 7, column 3. Newspapers.com : 4 December 2020.

Acknowledgements

First-hand information as remembered by Elden Matcke, Saturday, September 13, 2014.