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Your grandfather Walter Alfred Gerken was born May 4 1900 in Brooklyn Borough, New York City (birth certificate number 8172) and died Dec 1968 (source social security records). He was the son of Nicholas Gerken and Emelia "Emma" Kristiansdotter.
The family is shown in the 1900 census enumeration district 463, Sheet 11A, City of New York, Borough of Brooklyn, Ward 26, Kings County, New York. This census was taken Jun 11 1900.
Home address 789 Suttes Ave., Visit 147 Family 239
Gerken, Nicholas b. Nov 1862 age 37, occupation: grocer, Nicholas and his parents were born in Germany. He immigrated to the United States in 1866 and had been in the United States for 34 years and was a naturalized citizen.
wife: Emma b. Apr 1868 age 32, they had been married 9 years and had 4 children of which 3 were still living. Emma and both of her parents were born in Sweden. She immigrated to the United States in 1890 and had been in the United States for 10 years.
son: Edwin N. b. Jun 1895 age 4 born New York
son: Albert R. b. Jul 1897 age 2 born New York
son: Walter A. b. May 1900 age 1/12 born New York
This is the additional information I have on some of the children of Nicholas Gerken and Emelia "Emma" Kristiansdotter:
1. Edwin Nicholas Gerken b. Jun 15 1895 Brooklyn, NY d. Nov 1974 Last Residence was Cornwall On Hudson, Orange County, New York
2. Albert R. Gerken b. Jul 16 1897
3. Walter Alfred Gerken b. May 4 1900 d. Dec 1968 Last Residence was Newburgh, Orange County, New York
4. Edna E. Gerken b. Nov 7 1902
The parents of Nicholas Gerken were Dedrick Gerkin and Mary Anna Von Der Leith.
This is all of the information that I have on this family. I am not related to this family. My husband is from the Gerking/Gerkin line from Kentucky and Indiana.
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