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Adoph Behn, (immigrant)

Male 1865 - 1939  (74 years)


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  1. 1.  Adoph Behn, (immigrant) was born in 1865 in Germany; died on 13 May 1939 in Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Immigration: 1886, Germany
    • Census: 1900, Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York
    • Census: 1920, Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York
    • Census: 1930, Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York

    Notes:

    Census:
    1900 Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York
    Name: Ludwig T Obermeyer [Lu Obermeyer]
    Age: 53
    Birth Date: Sep 1846
    Birthplace: Germany
    Home in 1900: Brooklyn Ward 8, Kings, New York
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Immigration Year: 1867
    Relation to Head of House: Head
    Marital Status: Married
    Spouse's Name: Marie N Obermeyer
    Marriage Year: 1870
    Years Married: 30
    Father's Birthplace: Germany
    Mother's Birthplace: Germany
    Ludwig T Obermeyer 53 Sep 1846 Germany m 30 yrs 1870
    Marie N Obermeyer 49 May 1851 Germany Germany Germany
    Immigration year 1867; 1 birth 1 living
    Adolph Behn son-in-law 35 Feb 1865 Germany Germany Germany
    m 4 yrs 1896
    Immigration year 1884
    Marie A Behn dau 27 Aug 1872 New York
    May R Behn granddaughter 2 May 1898 New York



    Census:
    1920 Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York
    321 51 St. Between 3rd and 4th Avenue
    Adoph Behn 55 1865 Germany Immigration year 1881
    merchant, coal, home mortaged; naturalized
    Mamie Behn 47 1873 New York, Germany Germany/German Germany/German
    Marie Behn 21 1899 dau New York clerk bank
    Dorathea Behn 19 1901 dau New York
    stenographer, electrical Supply



    Census:
    Name: Adolph Behn
    Birth Year: abt 1864
    Gender: Male
    Race: White
    Birthplace: Germany
    Marital Status: Married
    Relation to Head of House: Head
    Home in 1930: Brooklyn, Kings, New York
    Street address: 64th Street
    Ward of City: Part of A. D 7
    Block: C
    House Number in Cities or Towns: 445
    Dwelling Number: 52
    Family Number: 103
    Home Owned or Rented: Rented
    Home Value: 55.00
    Radio Set: Yes
    Lives on Farm: No
    Age at First Marriage: 31
    Attended School: No
    Able to Read and Write: Yes
    Father's Birthplace: Germany
    Mother's Birthplace: Germany
    Language Spoken: German
    Immigration Year: 1886
    Naturalization: Naturalized
    Able to Speak English: Yes
    Occupation: Salesman Cons't
    Industry: Coal
    Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
    Employment: Yes
    Adolph Behn 66
    Mamie Behn 57



    Died:
    New York Death Index
    Name: Adolph Behn
    Birth Year: abt 1865
    Age: 74
    Death Date: 13 May 1939
    Death Place: Kings, New York, USA
    Certificate Number: 11113

    Adoph married Marie N. (or Mamie) Obermeyer about 1898 in Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York. Marie (daughter of Ludwig F.Joseph Obermeyer, (immigrant) and Marie N. (..) Obermeyer) was born in Aug 1872 in New York; died after 1940 in of, Norwalk, Fairfield Co, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Marie R. (or May, Mary) Behn  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 May 1898 in New York, New York; died on 16 Apr 1970 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co, Connecticut.
    2. 3. Dorathea Behn  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1901 in New York; died after 1940 in of, Glens Falls, Warren Co, New York.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Marie R. (or May, Mary) Behn Descendancy chart to this point (1.Adoph1) was born on 4 May 1898 in New York, New York; died on 16 Apr 1970 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co, Connecticut.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1900, Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York
    • Census: 1905, Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York
    • Census: 1920, Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York
    • Census: 1930, Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York
    • Residence: 1935, Ossening, New York
    • Census: 1940, Norwalk, Fairfield Co, Connecticut
    • Residence: 1956, Norwalk, Fairfield Co, Connecticut

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Name: Mary Behn
    Birth Date: 4 May 1898
    Birth Place: New York, New York
    Certificate Number: 20587


    Census:
    1900 Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York
    Name: Ludwig T Obermeyer [Lu Obermeyer]
    Age: 53
    Birth Date: Sep 1846
    Birthplace: Germany
    Home in 1900: Brooklyn Ward 8, Kings, New York
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Immigration Year: 1867
    Relation to Head of House: Head
    Marital Status: Married
    Spouse's Name: Marie N Obermeyer
    Marriage Year: 1870
    Years Married: 30
    Father's Birthplace: Germany
    Mother's Birthplace: Germany
    Ludwig T Obermeyer 53 Sep 1846 Germany m 30 yrs 1870
    Marie N Obermeyer 49 May 1851 Germany Germany Germany
    Immigration year 1867; 1 birth 1 living
    Adolph Behn son-in-law 35 Feb 1865 Germany Germany Germany
    m 4 yrs 1896
    Immigration year 1884
    Marie A Behn dau 27 Aug 1872 New York
    May R Behn granddaughter 2 May 1898 New York

    Census:
    1905 Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York - state census
    Ludwig Obermeyer 58 1847 Germany
    Marie H Obermeyer 54 1851 Germany
    Adolph Behn 41 son-in-law 1864
    Marie A Behn 32 daughter 1873
    Marie R Behn 7 granddau 1898
    Dorothea Behn 5 granddau 1900


    Census:
    1920 Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York
    321 51 St. Between 3rd and 4th Avenue
    Adoph Behn 55 1865 Germany Immigration year 1881
    merchant, coal, home mortaged; naturalized
    Mamie Behn 47 1873 New York, Germany Germany/German Germany/German
    Marie Behn 21 1899 dau New York clerk bank
    Dorathea Behn 19 1901 dau New York
    stenographer, electrical Supply


    Census:
    1930 Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York
    innumerated April 17, 1930
    street: 7501 Ridge Boulevard
    Block B.
    Institution: Apartment 7501 Ridge Boulevard

    Hillard Albrecht 1899 New York
    home rented, home value 75; radio set yes
    age 1st married 25
    can read and write
    father's birth New York; mother's birth Nova Scotia
    bank clerk, class of worker wages or salary
    Veteran: yes; WW

    Marie Albrecht 1899 New York homemaker
    father's birth place Germany; mother's birthplace New York

    Paul Albrecht son 4 8/12 1926 New York

    Census:
    1940 Norwalk, Fairfield Co, Connecticut
    residence: 288 Railroad Avenue
    residence in 1935 Ossening, New York

    Hilliard Albrecht 41 1899 New York
    accountant, Ratonal Bank
    home owned, value of home 6000 attended college no, high school 4th year; hours worked week prior to census 50
    weeks worked in 1939 52; income 4000

    Marie Albrecht wife 41 1889 New York, high school 4th yr
    did not work

    Paul Albrecht son 14 1926 elementary school, 8th grade

    Mamie Behn 68 1872 mother-in-law New York, widowed
    residence in 1935: Brooklyn, King Co, New York
    elementary school, 6th grade


    Residence:
    Norwalk City Directory 1956
    Albrecht Benjamin K Jr (Frances R) clk 605 West av N h (1A) 2 Merwin N
    Albrecht Clement D (Leah) ins broker NY h 23 Witch la R
    Albrecht Hillard B (Marie R) acct NY h 288 Rowayton av R
    Richard B musician r (1A) 2 Merwin N

    Died:
    The Bridgeport Post
    Friday, April 17, 1970
    Obituaries

    Mrs. Hilliard Albrecht
    Norwalk -- Mrs. Marie Albrecht, 71, wife of Hilliard, of 32 Flicker lane, Rowayton, died yesterday morning in Norwalk hospital, where she was admitted April 4.

    Marie married Hilliard Benjamin Albrecht in 1924. Hilliard (son of Clement David Albrecht and Leah Lisk, (immigrant)) was born on 3 Jun 1898 in New York, New York; died on 4 Apr 1985 in Fairfield Co, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Paul Albrecht  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Jan 1926 in Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York; was christened on 12 Feb 1926 in Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York; died on 8 Jul 2011 in Bridgeport, Fairfield Co, Connecticut; was buried in Calvary Cem, Punxsutawnry, Connecticut.

  2. 3.  Dorathea Behn Descendancy chart to this point (1.Adoph1) was born in 1901 in New York; died after 1940 in of, Glens Falls, Warren Co, New York.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1905, Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York
    • Census: 1920, Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York

    Notes:

    Census:
    1905 Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York - state census
    Ludwig Obermeyer 58 1847 Germany
    Marie H Obermeyer 54 1851 Germany
    Adolph Behn 41 son-in-law 1864
    Marie A Behn 32 daughter 1873
    Marie R Behn 7 granddau 1898
    Dorothea Behn 5 granddau 1900


    Census:
    1920 Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York
    321 51 St. Between 3rd and 4th Avenue
    Adoph Behn 55 1865 Germany Immigration year 1881
    merchant, coal, home mortaged; naturalized
    Mamie Behn 47 1873 New York, Germany Germany/German Germany/German
    Marie Behn 21 1899 dau New York clerk bank
    Dorathea Behn 19 1901 dau New York
    stenographer, electrical Supply



Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Paul Albrecht Descendancy chart to this point (2.Marie2, 1.Adoph1) was born on 10 Jan 1926 in Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York; was christened on 12 Feb 1926 in Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York; died on 8 Jul 2011 in Bridgeport, Fairfield Co, Connecticut; was buried in Calvary Cem, Punxsutawnry, Connecticut.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism.: 12 Feb 1926, Brooklyn, New York
    • Census: 1930, Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York
    • Census: 1940, Norwalk, Fairfield Co, Connecticut
    • Military: 17 Mar 1944, Fort, Devens, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts
    • Residence: 2011, Trumbull, Fairfield Co, Conencticut

    Notes:

    Baptism.:
    Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records 1875-1940
    Name: Paul Albrecht
    Event Type: Baptism
    Birth Date: 10 Jan 1926
    Baptism Date: 12 Feb 1926
    Baptism Place: Brooklyn, New York
    Father: Hilliard Albrecht
    Mother: Maria Albrecht
    Church Name: Zion Lutheran
    Church Location: Brooklyn, New York


    Census:
    1930 Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York
    innumerated April 17, 1930
    street: 7501 Ridge Boulevard
    Block B.
    Institution: Apartment 7501 Ridge Boulevard

    Hillard Albrecht 1899 New York
    home rented, home value 75; radio set yes
    age 1st married 25
    can read and write
    father's birth New York; mother's birth Nova Scotia
    bank clerk, class of worker wages or salary
    Veteran: yes; WW

    Marie Albrecht 1899 New York homemaker
    father's birth place Germany; mother's birthplace New York

    Paul Albrecht son 4 8/12 1926 New York

    Census:
    1940 Norwalk, Fairfield Co, Connecticut
    residence: 288 Railroad Avenue
    residence in 1935 Ossening, New York

    Hilliard Albrecht 41 1899 New York
    accountant, Ratonal Bank
    home owned, value of home 6000 attended college no, high school 4th year; hours worked week prior to census 50
    weeks worked in 1939 52; income 4000

    Marie Albrecht wife 41 1889 New York, high school 4th yr
    did not work

    Paul Albrecht son 14 1926 elementary school, 8th grade

    Mamie Behn 68 1872 mother-in-law New York, widowed
    residence in 1935: Brooklyn, King Co, New York
    elementary school, 6th grade


    Military:
    U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records 1838-1946
    Name: Paul Albrecht
    Birth Year: 1926
    Race: White, citizen (White)
    Nativity State or Country: New York
    State of Residence: Connecticut
    County or City: Fairfield
    Enlistment Date: 17 Mar 1944
    Enlistment State: Massachusetts
    Enlistment City: Fort Devens
    Branch: No branch assignment
    Branch Code: No branch assignment
    Grade: Private
    Grade Code: Private

    Term of Enlistment:
    Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law

    Component:
    Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)
    Source: Enlisted Reserve or Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) Officer
    Education: 4 years of high school
    Marital Status: Single, without dependents
    Height: 00
    Weight: 000



    Died:
    Connecticut Death Index
    Name: Paul Albrecht
    Gender: Male
    Marital Status: Married
    Birth Date: 10 Jan 1926
    Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York
    Address: 2750 RESERVOIR
    Residence: Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut
    Death Date: 8 Jul 2011
    Death Place: Bridgeport, Connecticut
    Age: 85
    Spouse: Frances
    Father's Surname: Albrecht
    State File #: 65114


    Obituary CTpost.com
    ALBRECHT Paul Albrecht, age 85 of Trumbull, passed on to the Lord July 8, 2011 at Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport. Born January 10, 1926, in Brooklyn, N.Y., a son of the late Hillard and Marie (Behn) Albrecht. Mr. Albrecht was a member of the United States Army. He worked with Bell and Howell, and with Avco Lycoming as a draftsman and tool designer. He was first married to Mary Bejou, for twenty three years. She preceded him in death in 1971. He was then married Frances Knopick for thirty eight years. She survives. Paul was a member of the Golden Hill First United Methodist Church in Bridgeport, where he sand in the church choir. He and his wife Frances volunteered for St. Vincent De Paul Society in Derby. In addition to his wife Frances, he is survived by two sons, Robert Albrecht and wife, Kim of Leesburg, Va. and Kenneth Albrecht and wife Velinda of Jacksonville, Fla.; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren; several cousins, nieces and nephews. Friends were at Shumaker Funeral Home, Inc., Punxsutawney. A funeral service was held at the funeral home, officiated by Pastor Roger Howard. Interment was in Calvary Cemetery in Punxsutawnry. Memorials in Paul's honor may be made to St. Vincent De Paul 237 Roosevelt Drive, Derby CT 06418.
    Published in Connecticut Post on Sept. 11, 2011
    http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ctpost/obituary.aspx?n=paul-albrecht&pid=153593926#sthash.U1UFFc2R.dpuf

    Paul married Mary Bejou about 1951 in Bridgeport, Mayfield Co, Connecticut. Mary was born on 26 Sep 1921 in Connecticut; died on 19 Nov 1971 in Bridgeport, Fairfield Co, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Robert C. Albrecht  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 6. Kenneth Albrecht  Descendancy chart to this point

    Paul married Frances Knopick [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 5.  Robert C. Albrecht Descendancy chart to this point (4.Paul3, 2.Marie2, 1.Adoph1)

    Family/Spouse: Kim Jeong Son. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Evangeline Albrecht  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 6.  Kenneth Albrecht Descendancy chart to this point (4.Paul3, 2.Marie2, 1.Adoph1)

    Family/Spouse: Mrs. Verlinda Faith (..) Albrecht. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]