PHOTOS FROM GLASS NEGATIVES

JOHN BECK


John Beck

From Manitowoc county marriage records:
John Beck and Rosina Elisi Gross (v.6 p.343)
Married March 3, 1896 in religious ceremony, Town of Rhine, Sheb. County
John Beck
Son of Louis Beck and Johanna Mauer
Born Town of Rhine –farmer in Town of Rhine
Rosina Elisi Gross
Daughter of George Karl Gross and Therese Dittmar
Born Germany
Witnesses O.S. Kruger and Maria Gross
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From Sheboygan county death records:
John Beck   (v.45 p.103)
July 13, 1872-June 23, 1940
Husband of Rosina Gross
Son of Ludwig Beck and Johanna Maurer (both born Germany)
Born Town of Rhine, Sheboygan County –farmer 
Died from “myocardial failure, 6 months –hypertension”
Buried at Kiel Cemetery, Manitowoc co.
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John Beck Dies At Home In Village Sunday Night
John Beck, aged 67, passed away at his home here Sunday evening at 
7:15 o'clock, after suffering a heart attack.
Mr. Beck was born in the town of Rhine July 13, 1872, the son of Mr. 
and Mrs. Ludwig Beck. He was married to Rosina Gross on March 3, 1896, 
in the town of Rhine, and they lived on the Beck homestead for 18 years. 
They moved to Kiel, where he was employed as night watchman for the Kiel 
Funiture Company for four years. They then moved to a farm in the town 
of Greenbush until May 25, 1939, when they moved to this village.
Survivors are the widow; four daughters, Mrs. Martin (Loretta) Spindler, 
Mrs. Henry O. (Rosie) Miller, town of Greenbush; Mrs. Fred (Thekla) 
Thiele, Milwaukee; Mrs. Harold (Martha) Michaels of St. Anna; two sons, 
Otto of Ada and Oscar of the town of Greenbush; four sisters, Mrs. Katie 
Heinbuckle of Boltonville; Mrs. Peter Brickbauer of Elkhart Lake, Mrs. 
Carl Engel of Milwaukee, and Mrs. Gustave Brickbauer of Elkhart Lake. 
Seventeen grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were held this Wednesday at 1:30 at the Raeder Funeral 
Home, and at 1:45 at the Evangelical and Reformed church at Elkhart Lake, 
with the Rev. F. J. Lowenbergh officiating. Burial was made in the Kiel 
cemetery.
Sheboygan Press, 24 June 1940
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From Sheboygan county death records:
Rosina Alesa Beck nee Gross (v.59 p.66)
Oct. 8, 1875-Feb. 21, 1951
Wife of John Beck
Daughter of Carl Gross and Trasa Dittmann
Born Germany
Died from “cerebral hemorrhage, 12 hours”
Buried at Kiel Cemetery, Manitowoc co.
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Mrs. Rosina (Gross) Beck
Funeral services for Mrs. Rosina Beck, 75, of Greenbush, will be held
at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Community Evangelical and Reformed church,
Elkhart Lake.
She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Martin Spindler, Sheboygan,
Mrs. Henry O. Miller and Mrs. Harold Michaels, Greenbush, and Mrs.
Fred Thiele, Milwaukee; two sons, Otto, Ada, and Oscar, Town Greenbush;
eight great grandchildren, and three sisters, Mrs. August Weber,
Sheboygan, Mrs. Oscar Obbereich, Fond du Lac, and Mrs. Val Raeder,
Plymouth.
Her husband, John, and two sisters preceded her in death.
Services will be conducted by the Rev. Paul Olm, pastor, with burial
in the Kiel cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Raeder Funeral
Home, Elkhart Lake, until 11 a.m. Saturday, and at the church from
Saturday noon until 2 p.m.
Sheboygan Press, 23 Feb. 1951

LUDWIG AND JOHANNA (MAUER) BECK - BECK FAMILY


Ludwig and Johanna (Mauer) Beck Family


GAR photo of Ludwig Beck

Daughters are in no particular order:
Mrs. Katie Heinbuckle of Boltonville; Mrs. Peter Brickbauer (Annie) of Elkhart 
Lake, Mrs. Carl Engel of Milwaukee, and Mrs. Gustave Brickbauer of Elkhart 
Lake, and the son is John Beck. (Info. from John's obituary)
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BECK:-Ludwig Beck, a veteran of the Civil War and an old resident of
Elkhart Lake, died on Wednesday evening, Apr. 21. at the Milwaukee
Soldier's Home, aged 77 yrs. The deceased was born in Germany in 1838
and came to America in 1861. He was married the same year and the 
following year he enlisted in Co. H., 26th Wis. Vol. Infy. He was
wounded at the battle of Gettysburg and later served in the invalid
corps.
He is survived by one son, Carl and three daughters. The remains were
interred in the Kiel cemetery Sunday afternoon.
Sheboygan County News, 28 April 1915
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Johanna (Mauer) Beck
Mrs. Louis Beck, age 87 years, a resident of Elkhart Lake, was found
dead in bead, Thursday, April 17, having expired from heart trouble,
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Engel, at Milwaukee, where
she had been visiting for the last three months. She was born in
Germany on Feb. 26, 1837 and came to Wisconsin when a girl. She lived
in the town of Rhine for many years on a farm three miles north of the
village of Elkhart Lake. She lived in the village for the last 22 years.
Her husband died 11 years ago. Four daughters and one son survive. The
funeral was held Monday at Elkhart Lake, with burial in the Kiel
cemetery.
Sheboygan County News, 23 April 1924
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Annie in this marriage is one of the girls in the photo and Peter is the brother
of Carl Brickbauer who has a photo.

From Sheboygan county marriage records:
Peter Brickbauer and Annie Beck (v.6 p.411)
June 11, 1889 in Evangelical Church, Town of Russell
Peter Brickbauer
Son of George Brickbauer and Eva Strub
Born Town of Russell, Sheboygan County –farmer 
Anna Beck
Daughter of Louis Beck and Jeanne Maurer
Born Town of Rhine, Sheboygan County
Witnesses Gustav Brickbauer and Dorothea Beck



Miss Beck

NIC BECK


Nic Beck

Market Operator For 70 Years Dies
Menasha - Nicholas Beck, 93, who operated a meat market in Menasha for 
70 years, died at 1:30 p.m. Monday at his home, 1861 Main St.
Mr. Beck was born May 13, 1861 in St. Anne, Calumet County, coming to
Menasha when he was 16 years old. He opened a meat market in 1884.
Surviving are three sons, Frank, who is Menasha's city treasurer, 
Alexander and Bernard, both of Menasha, 12 grandchildren and 18 great-
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Laemmrich Funeral Home and at
St. Mary's Church where solemn requiem high mass will be celebrated. 
Burial will be in St. Margaret's Cemetery. Friends may call at the 
funeral home after 3 p.m. today. The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m.
Wednesday.
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, June 8, 1954