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John Falk

Summary

b. Mar 1840 Germany
son of ________________ Falk and _____________________
m. Freidricka/Frederica _______________________
children:
1. Herman Falk, abt. 1868–?
2. Amelia Falk, 1873–1915
3. Anna Falk, abt. 1878–?
4. Mary Falk, 1880–?
d. by 1910

John's wife, Frederica, shows up in the U.S. Census 1910 and the U.S. Census 1930 as a widow in Baraga, Mich.
U.S. Census 1900 shows in Baraga, Mich.
- John Falk, aged 60, born March 1840 a farmer, having obtained U.S. citizenship in 1873.
- Frederica A. Falk, aged 55, born, born March 1845, wife, having obtained U.S. citizenship in 1873.
- Bertha M. Falk, daughter, born February 1886.
- Herman, grandson, born June 1898.
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

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.