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Note: Born/Died: internet site gives the exact days and months, but has him being born in 1830, whereas all his censes are uniformly ~1839 - the 1830 could have come from a mis-read gravestone, since a 9 can look like a 0 when worn.
1855 Illinois census, 1855 > Tazewell > Pekin > p7 of 8 [written as taken, not in alphabetical order, so it is meaningful that they are close to one another; divisions are all 10's, 0-10, 10-20 etc.]:
Line 7: D. Bairns [indexed as Baisus] m:1-1-0-1(30-40) / f: 0-0-1(20-30)
Line 16: John Bairn [indexed as Baiser] 1-0-1 / 0-0-1(20-30)
Line 18: A. Bairns [indexed as Bairus] 0-1(10-20)-0-0-1(40-50) / 0-0-0-0-1(40-50) [this A. Bairns is obviously not the one born ~1839 since he would be 16, but there is a 10-20y male here that could be.
1865 Peoria Co., IL: he undoubtedly sponsored Ahrend Behrends Folkers, the son of John H. Folkers, the brother of Fentje Folkers, who would become his wife about 1866.
Marriage: Illinois Statewide Marriage Index: BEHRENS, AREND & FOLKERS, FANNY 1866-02-28 Vol. C, p.37 TAZEWELL.
1870 census, Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois:
Family #104: Behrens, Dirk 45 Grocery Dealer 8000/4000 Hanover; Margaret 39 keeping house Hanover; Henry 6 IL; Volina (f) 4 IL; Dietrich 1 IL.
Family #183: Behrens, Arind 31 Grocer Hanover; Fanny 26 Keeps House Hanover; Frank 3 At Home IL; Henry 2 IL; Wm 1/12 [as of 25 Jun 1870]; Kate 14 At Home IL. [These are assumed to be brothers, being in the same business].
1880 census, Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, Dist. 255, Family #6: Behrens, A. 41 Grocery Store Baden Baden Baden; Fanny 37 wife Baden Baden Baden; Frank 12 son all ch IL Baden Baden; Henry 10 son; Elizabeth 8 dau; Anna 6 dau; Fanny 5 dau; Mary 11/12 [as of 1 Jun 1880]; Teaveton, Mary 17 Servant IL IL IL.
1900 census, Pekin Ward 2, Tazewell, Illinois, Dist. 149, Marqarte St.:
Family #43: Behrens, Arend head Nov 1839 60 M 34y GER GER GER imm 1854 here 46y Na Capitalist; Fannie wife Dec 1843 56 M 34y 8ch 7liv GER GER GER imm unknown; Frank son Jan 1867 33 S IL GER GER Salesman; Henry head (in margin, children of Arend Behrens) Jun 1869 31 M IL GER GER Clerk --ary; Lizzie wife Jul 1872 27 M 7y 2ch 2liv IL GER GER; Fannie dau [of Henry and Lizzie] Jul 1894 5 IL IL IL; Roy son [of Henry and Lizzie] Jul 1896 3 IL IL IL; Clara dau [of Arend and Fannie] May 1880 20 S IL GER GER; Lizzie dau [of Arend and Fannie] Oct 1886 13 S IL GER GER.
1905: reported on the internet to have died.
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