Peter Becker (also Baker and Backer)
    b: March 31, 1825 in Hesse-Darmstadt (now part of Germany) [1860 census]
    immigration: 1852 (1900 census) from Hesse-Darmstadt
    occupation: 1860 1870, 1880 Blacksmith in Oconto, Wisconsin;
    d: September 14, 1909 in Oconto, Wisconsin
    burial: Evergreen Cemetery in Oconto, Wisconsin
( notes on  Peter: 1852 settled in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut where he married and his first child was born before coming to Oconto, Wisconsin, in 1856)
 + Elizabeth F. Neufeld (also Newfeld) - wife of Peter Becker
    b: February 9, 1828  in Pfeddersheim, Rheinhessen, Hessen-Darmstadt (now part of Germany) [1860 census]
    immigration: 1854 (1900 census) from Hesse-Darmstadt to Port of New York; departed from Le Harve, France, aboard the SS New York (ship's maifest)
    marriage: November 21, 1854 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut (1900 census)
    d: December 28, 1900 in Oconto, Wisconsin
    burial: Evergreen Cemetery in Oconto, Wisconsin
    children of Peter and Elizabeth - 1900: 4 births and 2 living children
    burial: Evergreen Cemetery in Oconto, Wisconsin
(notes on Elizabeth: )
       1. Anna Becker
            b: 1855 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut
            d: November 28, 1859 in Oconto, Oconto
            burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin (no visible stone)
        2. Charles (Charlie A.) Becker
            b: 1857 in Oconto, Wisconsin
            d: November 30, 1868 in Oconto, Wisconsin
            burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin (no visible stone)
        3. Mary Ann Becker
            b: April 18, 1860 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin
            marriage: November 26, 1880  in Oconto County, Wisconsin
            d: January 20, 1939 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
            burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
( notes on Mary: 1900 had 4 births and 4 children living)
            children of Anton and Mary
        + Anton Watterich - husband of  Mary Ann Becker
            b: April 21, 1945 in Trier, Prussia, Germany
            immigration:  1873 in Port of Philadelphia (1900 census)
            naturalization: September 24, 1906 in Oconto, Wisconsin (certification)
            occupation: 1900 Dealer in Jewelery
            d: June 21, 1927 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
            burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
( notes on Anton: witnesses to Anton's naturalization were Adam Carchoc and August Utecht in Oconto)
            children of Anton and Mary
                1. Oscar Carl Watterich
                    b: April 9, 1881 in Oconto, Wisconsin
                    occupation: 1917 Watchmaker; 1920, 1940 Jeweler in Oconto, Wisconsin;
                    d: April 13, 1946 in Oconto, Wisconsin
                    burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
( notes on Oscar: Remained single, living with parents until their deaths; 1917 lived at 918 Main Street, Oconto, Wisconsin; 1917 Draft Registration description was mediun height, stocky build, brown eyes and dark hair )
                 2. Ernst Anton (also Anton Ernest/Ernst) Watterich (Pre-1907 Wisconsin Birth Index has  name Anton Ernest)
                    b:  December 1, 1884 in Oconto County, Wisconsin (Pre-1907 Wisconsin Birth Index)
                    occupation: 1917 Bank Cashier at Citizens National Bank 1043 Main Street Oconto, Wisconsin; 1930 Bank Cashier in Oconto, Wisconsin; 1940 Liquidator F.D.C. (Federal Department of Corrections) in Illinois)
                    d: July  21, 1965 in Phoenix, Arizona
( notes on Anton Ernest: 1917 lived at 242 School Street, Oconto Wisconsin; 1917 Draft Registration describes him as medium height, medium build, brown eyes and black hair; 1930 Lived in Oconto, Wisconsin with wife and 1 daughter, 1 son; 1940 living in Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois with wife and son)
                + Gladys Mary Tallett - wife of Ernst Watterich
                    b: 1887 in Iowa
                    marriage: October 18, 1911
                    d: January 29, 1956 in Belleville, Saint Clair, Illinois
                    child of Ernst and Gladys:
                       Elizabeth Ann Watterich
                            b: October 27, 1914 in Oconto, Oconto County
                            d: Sept 16, 1999 in Phoenix, Arizona
                            burial: Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Arizona
                        + William Arthur Evans - husband of Elizabeth Watterich
                            b: February 1, 1916 in Missouri
                            d: April 27, 1996 in Phoenix, Arizona
                            burial: Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Arizona
               3. Eleanore (Also Eleanor) Elizabeth Watterich (Pre-1907 Wisconsin Birth Index)
                    b: May 14, 1889 in Oconto County, Wisconsin (Pre-1907 Wisconsin Birth Index)
                    d:  April 17, 1982 in in Phoenix, Arizona
                    burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
( notes on Eleanor: 6 children all born in Wisconsin including son John Phillip (Jackie) 1924 - 1925, Ray 1918 - 1999, Robert Carl 1926 – 2003, burials with parents in Oconto Catholic Cemetery; 1940 Worked as seamstress/clerk in Oconto, Wisconsin, Widowed in 1942 and moved to Phoenix, Arizona )
                + Raymond Herbert C. Klass - husband of Eleanor Watterich, son of William and Anna E. Klass
                    b: April 24, 1889 in Oconto County, Wisconsin
                    marriage: 1912 in Oconto, Wisconsin
                    occupation: 1920 mail carrier in Oconto Wisconsin; 1930 manager of a club house in Goodman, Marinette County, Wisconsin;
                    d: October 8, 1942 in Oconto, Wisconsin
                    burial: Oconto Catholic Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin
                4. Eva Marie Watterich
                    b:  January 1898 in Oconto, Wisconsin (1900 Census)
                    occupation: 1940 sixth grade public school teacher in Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin;
                    d:  October 24, 1986 in Copley, Aurora County, Illinois
                    burial: Holy Cross Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
( notes on Eva: one son )
                + Paul Winstead McGehee - husband of Eva Watterich
                    b: June 30, 1901 Evansville, Indiana
                    occupation: 1940 Electrical appliance salesman in Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin;
                    d: June 25, 1984 in Tillers, Oswego County, Illinois
                    burial: Holy Cross Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
        4. Ernst Becker
            b: May 1865 in Oconto, Wisconsin
            occupation: 1880 clerk in store, 1920 Master Mechanic for Railroad
            d: 1956 in Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin
            burial: Ft. Howard Memorial Park, Brown County, Wisconsin
( notes on Ernst: 1900, 1930, 1940 lived in Green Bay, Wisconsin; 1920 lived in Escanaba, Michigan )
        + Caroline (Carrie) Schwartz - wife of Ernest Becker
            b: June 1864 in Wisconsin
            marriage: 1888 in Wisconsin
            d: 1957 in Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin
            burial: Ft. Howard Memorial Park, Brown County, Wisconsin
            children of Ernst and Caroline - 1910 births 5, children living 4
               1. Erna C. Becker
                    b: December 1888 in Wisconsin
                    occupation: 1920, 1940 Public School Teacher in Green Bay, Wisconsin
                    marriage: Hessel
                    d: 1980
                    burial: Ft. Howard Memorial Park, Brown County, Wisconsin
( notes on Erna: 1920 single, 1930, 1940 married living with parents and 1 daughter born in Michigan )
               2. Carl A. Becker
                    b: July 1892 in Wisconsin
                    occupation: 1930 Roundhouseman for Railroad in Marinette, Wisconsin
                    d: 1985 
                    burial: Ft. Howard Memorial Park, Brown County, Wisconsin
               3. Mark H. Becker
                    b: December 1894 in Wisconsin
                    occupation: 1910 Machinist
                    marriage: Ann Phillips (1896 - 1969) October 12, 1922 in Green Bay, Wisconsin
                    d: 1980
                    burial: Ft. Howard Memorial Park, Brown County, Wisconsin
               4. Elsie M. Becker
                    b: July 1899 in Wisconsin
                    occupation:
                    d: 1966
                    burial: Ft. Howard Memorial Park, Brown County, Wisconsin

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