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Bertha Staack

Bertha Staack

Female 1870 - 1949  (79 years)

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  • Name Bertha Staack  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Born Jan 1870  Medow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • 1881 Hamburg departure list shows age 9, but New York arrival list shows what might be age 7; birth in Medow per birth record of Jul 1895 son
    Gender Female 
    Arrival 1881  [3] 
    Arrival 1881  [2] 
    Departure 9 Mar 1881  Hamburg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    _ORIG 9 Mar 1881  Rahmbau, Mecklenburg Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Arrival 23 Mar 1881  New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1900  Chicago Ward 9, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1910  Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    mother of 5 children, 2 now living (George is listed with them) 
    Residence 1920  Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1930  Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 28 Jun 1949  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Tribune 30 Jun 1946-28 Jun, wife of late George, mother of Charles & late George, grandmother of Leonard Knuth & Helen Redden, sister of Charles Staack. Funeral Thursday, 1:30 p.m., 7319 Madison St, Forest Park. Interment Concordia
    Buried 30 Jun 1949  Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Concordia Cemetery
    Person ID I1715  Zurück in der Zeit
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2023 

    Father Christian Wilhelm William Staack,   b. 28 Dec 1846, Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1894, Chicago, Cook, Ilinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Wilhelmine Ernestine Mine Berndt,   b. 20 Jun 1849, Medow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1903, Chicago, Cook, Ilinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 1870  Medow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Christian Wilhelm Staack, worker in Spantekow, age 23, married in 1870 in Medow with Wilhelmine Ernestine Berndt, age 20, daughter of Georg Berndt, shoemaker in Medow.
    Family ID F9  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Knuth,   b. May 1870, Berlin, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1890  Chicago, Cook, Ilinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • married 10 years in 1900 census, 20 years in 1910 census
    Children 
     1. Charles Charlie Knuth,   b. Apr 1892, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. Annie Knuth,   b. 1893, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1894, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)  [natural]
     3. George Knuth,   b. 7 Jul 1895, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 20 Jul 1896, Chicago, Cook, Ilinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 1 years)  [natural]
     4. George Knuth,   b. Dec 1896, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     5. William Willie Knuth,   b. Jan 1898, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2023 
    Family ID F544  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeparture - 9 Mar 1881 - Hamburg, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 23 Mar 1881 - New York, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 28 Jun 1949 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 30 Jun 1949 - Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Departure from Hamburg of William, Wilhelmine, Bertha & Carl Staack aboard the 'Lessing' - p 1 (voyage information)    		Departure from Hamburg of William, Wilhelmine, Bertha & Carl Staack aboard the "Lessing" - p 1 (voyage information)
    Departure from Hamburg of William, Wilhelmine, Bertha & Carl Staack aboard the 'Lessing' - p 7 (family information)    		Departure from Hamburg of William, Wilhelmine, Bertha & Carl Staack aboard the "Lessing" - p 7 (family information)
    Arrival in New York of William, Wilhelmine, Bertha & Carl Staack aboard the 'Lessing' - p 1 (voyage information)    		Arrival in New York of William, Wilhelmine, Bertha & Carl Staack aboard the "Lessing" - p 1 (voyage information)
    Arrival in New York of William, Wilhelmine, Bertha & Carl Staack aboard the 'Lessing' - p 6 (family information)    		Arrival in New York of William, Wilhelmine, Bertha & Carl Staack aboard the "Lessing" - p 6 (family information)
    Birth of son of George & Bertha (Staack) Knuth    		Birth of son of George & Bertha (Staack) Knuth
    5th child of mother; 910 Henry Street, 9th Ward; father George Knuth, 26, born Berlin, Germany, Milkman; mother Bertha (Staack) Knuth, 25, born Medow, Germany -- This probably is the infant George Knuth, who is buried at Concordia Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois in the lot of his mother's father William Staack.

  • Sources 
    1. [S22] New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Rec;), Year: 1881; Arrival: New York, United States; Microfilm serial: M237; Microfilm roll: M237_434; Line: 4; List number: 310.
      Birth date: abt 1874
      Birth place:
      Origin date:
      Origin place: Mecklenburg
      Arrival date: 23 Mar 1881
      Arrival place: New York
      Departure date:
      Departure place: Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France
      Destination date:
      Destination place: United States of America
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=nypl&h=11260442&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957      		 New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
      Year: 1881; Arrival: New York, United States; Microfilm serial: M237; Microfilm roll: M237_434; Line: 2; List number: 310.


    2. [S2] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_282; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 1488; Image: 42.
      Birth date: abt 1871
      Birth place: Germany
      Residence date: 1910
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois
      Arrival date: 1881
      Arrival place:
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910uscenindex&h=107024890&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1910 United States Federal Census      		 1910 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_282; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 1488; Image: 42.


    3. [S8] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago C;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_355; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 2191; Image: 166.
      Birth date: abt 1871
      Birth place: Germany
      Residence date: 1920
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook (Chicago), Illinois
      Arrival date: 1881
      Arrival place:
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=15676954&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1920 United States Federal Census      		 1920 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 34, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_355; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 2191; Image: 166.


    4. [S9] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, ;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Proviso, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 506; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 2308; Image: 873.0.
      Birth date: abt 1871
      Birth place:
      Residence date: 1930
      Residence place: Proviso, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=25490851&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1930 United States Federal Census      		 1930 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1930; Census Place: Proviso, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 506; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 2308; Image: 873.0.


    5. [S6] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 9, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_253; Page: 23A; Enumeration District: 224.
      Birth date: May 1870
      Birth place: Germany
      Marriage date: 1890
      Marriage place:
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 9, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=10399326&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1900 United States Federal Census      		 1900 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 9, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_253; Page: 23A; Enumeration District: 224.