Herman (or Harmon) Becker was born in Schoharie County, New York to parents Harmon and Margaret. His family, including five brothers and sisters (Catharine, Robert, Sarah, George and Elizabeth) moved to Michigan around 1850, and then to Central Minnesota in 1853.
Herman took up residence in the town of LeSauk, MN in 1857.
Helen Ayers (Helen Becker) moved to Minnesota from Maine in 1862. She married Herman Becker two years later in 1864, and they welcomed their first child, George, in 1866. Following George were Fred, Henry and Herman. etc. etc.
Check out the charts below for the full spectrum of information I have found so far on the family history/genealogy:
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Based on historic newspaper articles from the Foley Independent, I was also able to find out that George Becker stayed in Minden with his wife Hattie, eventually inheriting the house and some land when his parents passed away; Frederick Becker moved to North Dakota with his wife Ellen; Henry Becker moved to Missoula, Montana and there is no record of marriage; and the youngest, Herman Becker, moved to Minneapolis with his wife Helen.
And yes, I checked three times...two of the brothers actually married ladies named Helen and Ellen. Exactly the same and pretty darn close to their mamma's name.
Below is a timeline of the father, Herman Becker's life! I thought that a visual might make it easier to connect the pieces than a typed document!
I was able to get information up to the 1940 census through Family Search, an extremely helpful and easy to use collection of census data and public records. I have used the website for other projects and it has always worked for me. You just have to make sure to double check and cross reference the dates, names and places! Believe me, there are several Herman Beckers, and on some of the charts his name was spelled Harmon and Helen was also Ellen and Hellen. I was also able to cross check a lot of things with some of the newspaper articles provided to me by the Benton County Historical Society.
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This answered most of my questions. thanks. when was the house sold to non family?
ReplyDeleteI am still digging up specific dates, but we know that the house was owned by the Becker family, then someone with the last name Helgeson and then went to the Doran family, and finally to Cory.
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