Family Group Record for Henry Buker and Karoline Menke


Husband Henry Buker [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Born:05/10/1838 - Hannover Stadt, Hannover, Königsreich Hannover [1][3][2][4][5][7][8]
Christened:
Died:04/10/1918 - Waseca, Waseca, Minnesota [6][7][8]
Buried:Meriden, Steele, Minnesota [7][8] PIC
Marriage:Abt 1865 [4]
Alt. Marriage:Abt 1870 [5]

Events and Facts
1. He immigrated from Germany in 1850 . [4]
2. He immigrated from Germany in 1860 . [5]
3. He appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1870 in Read, Clayton, Iowa with his family. [1]PIC
4. He worked as a day laborer on 06/01/1870 in Read, Clayton, Iowa . [1]
5. He appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1880 in Woodville, Waseca, Minnesota with his family. [2]PIC
6. He worked as a farmer on 06/01/1880 in Woodville, Waseca, Minnesota . [2]
7. He appeared on the Minnesota State census on 05/01/1885 in Woodville, Waseca, Minnesota with his family. [3]
8. He appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1900 in Woodville, Waseca, Minnesota with his family. [4]
9. He worked as a farmer on 06/01/1900 in Woodville, Waseca, Minnesota . [4]
10. He appeared on the US Federal census on 04/15/1910 in Woodville, Waseca, Minnesota with his wife. [5]
Wife Karoline Menke [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Born:10/02/1849 - Clayton County, Iowa [9][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Christened:12/27/1853 - Guttenburg, Clayton, Iowa [18]
Died:07/02/1944 - Waseca, Waseca, Minnesota [17]
Buried:Meriden, Steele, Minnesota [17][19] PIC

Events and Facts
1. She appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1850 in Jefferson, Clayton, Iowa with her parents. [9]PIC
2. She has conflicting birth information on the 1856 Iowa State Census of 1851 and Jefferson, Clayton, Iowa . [10]
3. She appeared on the Iowa State census in 1856 in Jefferson, Clayton, Iowa with her father. [10]
4. She appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1860 in Jefferson, Clayton, Iowa with her parents. [11]PIC
5. She appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1870 in Read, Clayton, Iowa with her family. [12]PIC
6. She appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1880 in Woodville, Waseca, Minnesota with her family. [13]PIC
7. She appeared on the Minnesota State census on 05/01/1885 in Woodville, Waseca, Minnesota with her family. [14]
8. She appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1900 in Woodville, Waseca, Minnesota with her family. [15]
9. She appeared on the US Federal census on 04/15/1910 in Woodville, Waseca, Minnesota with her husband. [16]
10. She reported having 7 children with 6 surviving surviving on 04/15/1910 in Woodville, Waseca, Minnesota . [16]
11. Her obituary was published on her Find-A-Grave Memorial on 12/19/2011. [17]

Mrs. Buker Dies at 94; Leaves 56 Grandchildren

Mrs. Caroline Buker, age 94 years and 9 months, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Lawin, 316 Ninth Avenue Southeast, Sunday morning, July 2 at 7:30 A.M. She had suffered a stroke Friday, shortly after the noon hour, and passed away two days later when her heart failed. Previous to the stroke she had been in good health and despite her advanced years was up and about every day. In fact she had never been seriously ill in her entire lifetime and was bedridden only once when she injured her hip.

Mrs. Buker leaves two daughters and a large family tree of grandchildren numbering 56 and including 6 great-great grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and 15 grandchildren.

She was born October 2, 1849 in Clayton County, Iowa, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Menke, who pioneered in the State of Iowa. She grew to womanhood in that county and 1865, at the age of 16, she was united in marriage to Henry Buker. The couple took up housekeeping on a farm in that county and resided there for four years, until 1869 when they migrated to Minnesota.

They came directly to Waseca County and settled on the farm in Woodville township, now occupied by Edwin Buker, which was to be their home until they retired to live in this city. Here they raised a family of seven children, all but two of them now deceased. the surviving are Mrs. Fred (Mary) Lawin of this city, and Mrs. Julius (Anna) Sommers residing south of Waseca. William, Henry, and John Buker, and Mrs. Louis (Katherine) Abbe are deceased. There was also a child died in infancy. Mrs. Buker is the last remaining member of her immediate family. Her parents never came to Minnesota, residing until their death in Clayton County, Iowa.

In 1917 Mr. and Mrs. Buker retired from the farm and came to Waseca to make their home. A year later, in 1918, Mr. Buker passed away and Mrs. Buker continued to make Waseca her home. She went to live with her daughter, Mrs. Julius Sommers for a few years but for the past seven years she had made her home with Mrs. Fred. Lawin.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday. Mrs. Sommers being an invalid, a short service was held at her home Tuesday forenoon. Services at the St. John's Lutheran church were held in the afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. Walter J. Pilgrim officiating. Burial was in the cemetery south of Meriden. The pall bearers were all great-grandsons, selected one each from the eight remaining families. They were Lester Priebe, Robert Buker, Lawrence Buker, Norbert Abbe, Laverne Abbe, Harold Abbe, Norbert Schroeder and Erwin Schroeder. Relatives here from away were Mrs. Mary Bolduan and daughter, Clara, Milbank, S.D.; Mrs. Katherine Osterloh and daughter, Mrs. Freda Ashwager, Wilmot, S.D.; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bolduan, Mankato; Mrs. Herman Schuldt and daughter, Mrs. Webber, Louise Ribbe and daughters and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Minges, all of Owatonna.

Children
1 M Wilhelm Buker
Born:Abt 1866 - Iowa
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
2 F Katherine W Buker
Born:10/16/1867 - Reed, Clayton, Iowa
Christened:
Died:07/11/1936 - Waseca County, Minnesota
Buried:Meriden, Steele, Minnesota
3 M Henry Buker
Born:09/1869 - Iowa
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
4 M John Buker
Born:03/1871 - Minnesota
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
5 F Mary Buker
Born:Abt 1874 - Minnesota
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
6 F Anna Buker
Born:12/1877 - Minnesota
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Sources
1. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1870 United States Census, Read, Clayton, IA, page 15, dwelling 117, family 115, line 38, Backer, Henry; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2009 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 12/06/2019); citing Ninth Census of the United States, 1870 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication M593 (1761 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 383, image 631 [Surety: 3].
2. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1880 United States Federal Census, ED 253, Woodville, Waseca, MN, page 8, dwelling 60, family 62, line 4, Buker, Henry; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 08/11/2011); citing Tenth Census of the United States, 1880 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T9 (1454 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 636, image 382 [Surety: 3].
3. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Minnesota Territorial and State Censuses 1849-1905, 1885, Woodville, Waseca, MN, page 1, family 4, line 14, Henry Baker; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2007 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 03/21/2014); citing Minnesota State Historical Society, St. Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905, 105 rolls, microfilm MNSC_44 [Surety: 3].
4. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1900 United States Federal Census, ED 174, Woodville, Waseca, MN, sheet 4A, dwelling 51, family 51, line 12, Buker, Henry; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 12/06/2019); citing Twelth Census of the United States, 1900 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T623 (1854 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 795, image 888 [Surety: 3].
5. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1910 United States Federal Census, ED 174, Woodville, Waseca, MN, sheet 2B, dwelling 32, family 32, line 95, Buker, Henry; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2006 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 06/29/2023); citing Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T624 (1178 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 730, image 323 [Surety: 3].
6. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002, Waseca County certificate 1918-020410, Henry Buker; Database online, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2001 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 12/06/2019); citing State of Minnesota, /Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2017, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota [Surety: 3].
7. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., "Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Select Counties," Steele County, MN, Henry Buker; database, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/, 2003 : accessed 12/06/2019); citing Dalby, John and Jan, "John Dalby Database," www.dalbydata.com, Owatonna Public Library, Owatonna, Minnesota [Surety: 3].
8. User submitted cemetery data, "Find A Grave," Henry Bukar (#82162438); Database online, Find-A-Grave (Jim Tipton, Founder), Find A Grave : 1995 (http://www.FindAGrave.com/ : accessed 04/27/2014) [Surety: 2].
9. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1850 United States Federal Census, Jefferson, Clayton, IA, page 25, dwelling 187, family 187, line 33, Kathalena Menker; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2009 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 10/13/2019); citing Seventh Census of the United States, 1850 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication M432 (1009 rolls), Records of the Census Bureau, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 182, image 280 [Surety: 3].
10. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Iowa State Census Collection 1836-1925, 1856, Jefferson, Clayton, IA, page 12, line 17, Carolina Menke; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2007 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 10/13/2019); citing State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses via Heritage Quest [Surety: 3].
11. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1860 United States Federal Census, Jefferson, Clayton, IA, page 205, dwelling 1730, family 1572, line 15, Lina Minke; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2009 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 10/12/2019); citing Eighth Census of the United States, 1860 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication M653 (1438 rolls), Records of the Census Bureau, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 315, image 458 [Surety: 3].
12. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1870 United States Census, Read, Clayton, IA, page 15, dwelling 117, family 115, line 39, Backer, Hellen; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2009 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 12/06/2019); citing Ninth Census of the United States, 1870 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication M593 (1761 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 383, image 631 [Surety: 3].
13. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1880 United States Federal Census, ED 253, Woodville, Waseca, MN, page 8, dwelling 60, family 62, line 5, Buker, Caroline; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 08/11/2011); citing Tenth Census of the United States, 1880 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T9 (1454 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 636, image 382 [Surety: 3].
14. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Minnesota Territorial and State Censuses 1849-1905, 1885, Woodville, Waseca, MN, page 1, family 4, line 15, Lener Baker; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2007 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 03/21/2014); citing Minnesota State Historical Society, St. Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905, 105 rolls, microfilm MNSC_44 [Surety: 3].
15. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1900 United States Federal Census, ED 174, Woodville, Waseca, MN, sheet 4A, dwelling 51, family 51, line 13, Buker, Lena; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 12/06/2019); citing Twelth Census of the United States, 1900 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T623 (1854 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 795, image 888 [Surety: 3].
16. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1910 United States Federal Census, ED 174, Woodville, Waseca, MN, sheet 2B, dwelling 32, family 32, line 96, Buker, Carlline; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2006 (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 06/29/2023); citing Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication T624 (1178 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 730, image 323 [Surety: 3].
17. User submitted cemetery data, "Find A Grave," Caroline (Menke) Buker (#82162471); Database online, Find-A-Grave (Jim Tipton, Founder), Find A Grave : 1995 (http://www.FindAGrave.com/ : accessed 04/27/2014) [Surety: 2].
18. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Church Records 1781-1969, Congregational Records for St John Lutheran Church, Guttenburg, Clayton, IA, Baptism, page 1, 1853, line 3, Karoline Menke; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2015 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 07/16/2019); citing Records of Births, Marriage, Deaths, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) Chicago, Illinois [Surety: 3].
19. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., "Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Select Counties," Caroline Buker; database, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/, 2003 : accessed 06/17/2015); citing Dalby, John and Jan, "John Dalby Database," www.dalbydata.com, Owatonna Public Library, Owatonna, Minnesota [Surety: 3].


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