Adeline Wihelmina Becker

Brief Life History of Adeline Wihelmina

When Adeline Wihelmina Becker was born on 11 January 1887, in Grafton, Walsh, North Dakota, United States, her father, George Becker, was 38 and her mother, Charlotta Wilhelmenia Schumacher, was 33. She married August Ernst Kuester about 1913, in Grand Rapids, Itasca, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Milaca, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States in 1940 and Janesville Township, Waseca, Minnesota, United States in 1950. She died on 6 December 1957, in Janesville, Waseca, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Janesville, Waseca, Minnesota, United States.

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Family Time Line

August Ernst Kuester
1890–1966
Adeline Wihelmina Becker
1887–1957
Marriage: about 1913
Thelma Elizabeth Kuester
1914–2000
Oswald August Kuester
1916–1987
Orville George Kuester
1917–2005
Ruth Wilhemina Kuester
1918–2010
Audrey Charlotte Kuester
1921–2006
Harlan Rutherford Kuester
1923–1945
Elva Adeline Kuester
1924–2018
Paul Kuester Sr
1926–2020
David Richard Kuester
1928–2015
Byron Joseph Kuester
1930–1930
Theola Rose Kuester
1931–

Sources (19)

  • Adeline W Kuester, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Adeline Becker - Individual or family possessions: birth: 11 January 1887; Grafton, Walsh, North Dakota, United States
  • Adeline Wilhelmina Kuester, "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001"

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Name Meaning

German and Dutch: occupational name for a baker of bread, or brick and tiles, derived from Middle High German and Middle Dutch backen ‘to bake’. The German surname is also found in France (mainly Lorraine and Alsace).

Danish: occupational name for a baker, from bechere ‘baker’.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a baker, from German Bäcker (compare 1 and Backer ) or Yiddish beker ‘baker’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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