Benjamin F. Barkhau1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 12853, (1872 - 1952)
FatherWilliam Barkhau1

Key Events:

Birth: 3 Sep 1872, St. Louis Co., Missouri4,5,6
Marriage: about 1897, Mary H. Pruetzel (13 Dec 1871 - 10 Jan 1932)7,8,9
Death: 10 Jan 1952, Route 1, House Springs, Jefferson Co., Missouri1
Burial: 14 Jan 1952, Sunset Burial Park, Affton, Missouri1

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Narrative:

     Benjamin F. Barkhau was born on 3 Sep 1872 in St. Louis Co., Missouri.4,5,6
     Benjamin married Mary H. Pruetzel, daughter of Charles Pruetzel and Marie Hertel, about 1897.7,8,9
     Benjamin and Mary appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Carondelet Twp., St. Louis Co., Missouri, on Weber Rd., enumerated 7 May 1910, reporting that the family rented its farm. Their children Clara, Mary, Caroline, Matilda, Bernhard and Emma were listed as living with them.3
     Benjamin and Mary appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Carondelet Twp., St. Louis Co., Missouri, on Forman Ave., enumerated 19 Jan 1920, reporting that the family rented its farm. Their children Mary, Caroline, Matilda, Bernhard and Emma were listed as living with them.10
     Benjamin and Mary appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Carondelet Twp., St. Louis Co., Missouri, on Forman Rd., enumerated 22 Apr 1930, reporting that the family owned its farm, and owned a radio. Their children Bernhard and Emma were listed as living with them, Their daughter, Caroline, and her husband and daugther, apparently lived close by as they are listed in the following household.11
     His wife died on 10 Jan 1932 in Foreman Ave., Carondelet Twp., St. Louis Co., Missouri.12,13
     Benjamin appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Lemay Twp., St. Louis Co., Missouri, enumerated 2 Apr 1940, reporting he owned a home valued at $5,500, and that they had lived in the same house in 1935. His children Bernhard and Emma were listed as living with him.14
     He was a truck farmer. In 1940 he reported he had worked 50 hours the last week of March, and 52 weeks the prior year.15,16,17,18
     Benjamin died on 10 Jan 1952 in Route 1, House Springs, Jefferson Co., Missouri, at age 79.1 He was buried on 14 Jan 1952 in Sunset Burial Park, Affton, Missouri.1

Children:
     Children with Mary H. Pruetzel:

Citations

  1. [S1075] Benjamin F. Barkhau, Sr., Standard Certificate of Death.
  2. [S2865] Caroline Gapsch, Application for Account, shows name as Ben Barkhau.
  3. [S722] Bernard F. Barkhau household, 1910 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri.
  4. [S1075] Benjamin F. Barkhau, Sr., Standard Certificate of Death, shows date, county, and age 79.
  5. [S351] Edna Gapsch, notes, "Mother and Father Pruetzels," shows date.
  6. [S722] Bernard F. Barkhau household, 1910 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows age 37 and state.
  7. [S722] Bernard F. Barkhau household, 1910 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows married 13 years.
  8. [S466] Ben Barkhau household, 1930 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows married, with his first marriage at age 24 and hers at 25.
  9. [S2865] Caroline Gapsch, Application for Account, shows married.
  10. [S419] Benjamin Barkhau household, 1920 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri.
  11. [S466] Ben Barkhau household, 1930 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri.
  12. [S7284] Marie Barkhau, Certificate of Death, shows date, city, and state.
  13. [S1075] Benjamin F. Barkhau, Sr., Standard Certificate of Death, shows he was a widower.
  14. [S7285] Ben Barkau household, 1940 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri.
  15. [S722] Bernard F. Barkhau household, 1910 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows occupation as gardner, on a truck farm.
  16. [S419] Benjamin Barkhau household, 1920 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows occupation as gardner, on a truck farm, working on his own account.
  17. [S466] Ben Barkhau household, 1930 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows occupation as a truck gardner.
  18. [S7285] Ben Barkau household, 1940 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows occupation as farmer, industry as own farm.
  19. [S351] Edna Gapsch, notes, "Mother and Father Pruetzels."
  20. [S2865] Caroline Gapsch, Application for Account.
  21. [S665] St. Louis Co., Missouri, Marriages, application and license for Edward Gapsch and Lena Barkhau, 1921, shows "recommended by Ben Barkhau father."