|
a.
|
Note: lu-w7V3W3N9MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xn_H0r-y9DM/VmuE3hXA91I/AAAAAAAAEhU/v4s7WfeIX7c/s800-Ic42/Frances%252520Eckl.jpg" height="242" width="148" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/101087389908224627084/FranziskaAFrancesScheuererEckl18671948?authuser=0&feat=embedwebsite">Franziska A. "Frances" Scheuerer Eckl, 1867-1948</a></td></tr></table> Notes for Franziska A. Scheuerer Eckl:
She was likely born in the municipality of Teunz, in Bavaria, like her husband Andreas Eckl.
Franziska Scheuerer left her home in Bayern (Bavaria in English) in Germany in 1889 at the age of 20, and boarded the 438-foot-long steamship <i>Aller</i> in Bremen. She traveled in the cheapest section of the ship, which was called "steerage". The Aller stopped in Southampton, England, and arrived in New York on Saturday, May 11, 1889, with 916 passengers.
A photo of combined partial pages of the ship's manifest showing Franziska Scheuerer's listing, at the bottom: <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/FyFpSJFa2Mo6dyqd6">Photo</a>
Franziska and Andreas Eckl, age 19, got married that same day in Manhattan, New York.
No listing for Andreas Eckl is on the <i>Aller</i> manifest, which should have listed every passenger. Andreas hasn't been found on any other ship's manifest in any year. Either he was already in New York before May 11, 1889, or he was on the <i>Aller</i> manifest but for some unknown reason he wasn't listed using his real name, or he was on the ship but for some unknown reason he wasn't listed the manifest at all.
It could have been possible that Andreas had immigrated earlier to find a job before Franziska immigrated to marry him. But he would have had to travel from New York to Milwaukee, then later travel all the way back to New York to meet Franziska. All while letting his fiancee travel across the Atlantic ocean without him. All of those three reasons why his name wasn't on the manifest seem unlikely.
At some point Franziska began going by the English version of her name; Frances.
At some point after getting married, Andreas/Andrew and Franziska/Frances went to Milwaukee. The couple almost certainly went straight from New York to Milwaukee, because Andrew had three older brothers (one or two, possibly Lambert, may have been a cousin) who had already moved to Milwaukee. The three Eckl's had immigrated between 1885 and 1888, and all three were listed in the 1889 Milwaukee directory.
The 1900 U.S. census shows that Frances was two years older than her husband.
Frances' husband Andrew died in 1907.
The 1910 U.S. census had an effective date of April fifteenth. The Frances Eckl household was enumerated April twentieth. The census page shows that Frances A. Eckl, 42, was the head of the household and a widow, but her occupation was written as "none". All three of Frances' surviving children lived with her in the family home at 779 23rd St., Milwaukee. Joseph A. Eckl, 19, was a machinist. Margaret L. (Laura) Eckl, 18, was a milliner. John A. Eckl was 16 years old. Frances' 21 year old nephew Martin Eckl and a boarder also lived in the home.
Seventeen-year-old Martin Eckl had immigrated to New York on June 2, 1905, on the S.S. Barbarossa. The ship's manifest shows his last residence was in the town of Teunz (in Bavaria). His destination was Milwaukee. Martin became a naturalized U.S. citizen on February 11, 1920. He was still living at 779 23rd Street at that time. If Martin's naturalization documents from the Circuit Court in Milwaukee could be seen, they probably would contain the name of the town where he was born. That town might be the same town where his Eckl uncles were also born. And Frances may also have been from Teunz.
It was written on that 1910 census page that Frances was an "alien", which meant she had not become a naturalized U.S. citizen. But that was incorrect. When Frances' late husband Andrew became naturalized in 1906, citizenship was automatically granted to his wife and children.
A photo of that 1910 census page: <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/h1xTX4QWAj2BiJpRA">Photo</a>
On October 29, 1918, the widow Frances Scheuerer Eckl married her brother-in-law, Lambert Eckl, a widower. Lambert was an older half-brother of Frances' late husband Andrew Eckl. Lambert's mother had died when he was about two years old, then his father Johann Eckl remarried and that couple had more children, including Andreas. Lambert was also born in Bavaria,(Probably also in Teunz), was a shoemaker, and had been in Milwaukee since at least 1889, old Milwaukee city directories prove. Lambert's first wife Bertha had died October 21, 1917.
The 1920 U.S. census had an effective date of January first. The Eckl home was enumerated January ninth. The census page shows Lambert, 53; Frances, 52; and Lambert's daughter Eleanor. They lived at 1308 First Street in Milwaukee. Lambert worked at a shoe factory. The couple and their parents were all born in Bavaria. It was written that Frances had become a naturalized citizen in 1905, but the correct year was 1906.
A photo of Frances Eckl: <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/LE5nssedgwfDKdyE8">Photo</a>
The 1930 U.S. census had an effective date of April first. The Eckl home was enumerated April eighth. The census page shows Lambert, 63; Frances, 62; Lambert's daughter Eleanor; and a grandson. They still lived on First Street, but their house number was written as 1306, instead of the 1308 that was written in the previous census. One number was probably incorrect.
The 1940 U.S. census shows the misspelled name "Francis" Eckl. She was a 72-year-old widow. She was living with her step daughter Eleanor at 3134 N. First Street, in Milwaukee. They lived right next door to Frances' step son Fred Eckl and his family. Frances told the census taker that she had a 7th grade education.
Even though she married Lambert Eckl after Andreas/Andrew Eckl died, Frances Eckl was buried next to her previous husband, Andreas/Andrew, at Catholic run Calvary Cemetery in Milwaukee. Lambert was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, next to his previous wife, Bertha.
The May 14, 1948 <i>Milwaukee Sentinel</i> included a death notice for Frances. That death notice states that Frances had a brother named Hans Scheuerer: <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/qtVDtxXBXoB9TXfF8">Photo</a>
Frances' FindAGrave memorial includes a photo of her grave marker: <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113571773/franziska-eckl">Memorial</a>
Note: <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/WC_eNb52Wx-
|
