Herman Falk

Summary

• b. Feb 1868, Germany
• son of John Andrew Falk and Freidricka/Frederica ____________

Sources

• U.S. Census 1900 shows, in Baraga, Mich.
  • Herman Falk, aged 32, born February 1868
  • Sophia H. Falk, aged 24, born September 1875, wife, married about 1895
  • Hazle M Falk, aged 4, born December 1895, daughter.

• U.S. Census 1880 shows, beginning at line 23, in L'Anse, Mich.
  • John Falk, head of household, a rail road hand, age 40, born in Prussia of parents born in Prussia
  • Frederica Falk, wife, 35, born in Prussia of parents born in Prussia
  • Herman Falk, son, 12, born in Prussia of parents born in Prussia
  • Amelia Falk, dau., 8, born in Prussia of parents born in Prussia
  • Anna Falk, dau., 2, born in Michigan of parents born in Prussia
  • Mary Falk, dau., 1 mo., born May 1880 in Michigan of parents born in Prussia

Notes

• Excerpt from letter dated 26 July 1979 from Warren Wilson to grandson D. Trumbull–

  At Baraga Michigan my dad met and married Amelia Falk. Now Amelia came across the Atlantic in a sail boat at a very young age. Her father John Falk and several other families chartered a boat and after crossing the Atlantic continued up the St. Lawrence River thru the Great Lakes to a spot between Baraga and L'Anse; went in land by oxen carts and eventually formed a settlement called Falk Settlement 5 miles in land from the bay. The Falks were mostly German.

• Last updated 24 August 2009 by D. Trumbull.