Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameGeorge William FINK 
Burial31 May 1925, Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado
OccupationHotel Owner
Alias/AKAWilliam, G.W.
FatherMartin FINK (1818-1888)
MotherMagdalena WEAVER (~1821-1893)
Notes for George William FINK
Biographical History of Nodaway and Atchison Counties, Missouri, Lewis Publishing Company, 1901, p. 302-303
GEORGE WILLIAM FINK
The hotel business is one of the chief interests of a city and one in which the comforts and conveniences of the traveling public can he so attended to or so neglected as to make or mar the reputation of a city for hospitality. The hotels of Maryville, Nodaway county, Missouri, have not always been in good hands, and the business men of the place were more than glad when George W. Fink, the proprietor of the Linville and Ream hotels, practically took the business of public entertainment in Maryville into his own hands and put himself at the head of one of the city's essential and in some ways most important enterprises. In July, 1894, Mr. Fink leased the Linville hotel and applied his methods to its conduct with the result that its reputation has been so fully recovered and built up that it has become one of the popular and first-class houses in northwestern Missouri. In 1897 he secured control of the old Arlington hotel, now the Ream hotel, and conducts it as a "dollar-a-day" house. These two properties give Mr. Fink possession and practical control of the best business in his line and afford the city of Maryville two good houses for the entertainment of her guests.
Mr. Fink was born at Bremen, Indiana, July 9, 1864. His father, Martin Fink, was from Pennsylvania and was for a time a merchant, but for the most part a farmer. He emigrated to Marshall county, Indiana, before the war and died at Bremen in October, 1888. His wife, who was Polly Weaver, died at Bremen in May, 1893. Their children were: Lewis, of Bloomfield. Missouri; Mary, the wife of Michael Wahl, of Bremen, Indiana; Morgan, of Bremen; Eli, deceased: Ellen, now Mrs. Solomon Huff, of Argos, Indiana: Charles and Larinda, deceased; Nettie. living at the Ream hotel, Maryville: Eliza, the wife of Oscar Hans, of South Bend. Indiana; and George W., our subject.
George W. Fink passed his childhood and boyhood in the schools of Bremen until, at the age of seventeen, he became a grocery clerk in his father's grocery store in that village. Then, when his first two years' business experience was acquired, he left his home and his native town at nineteen and sought the opportunities of the west. He located at Hastings. Nebraska, and secured a night clerkship in the Lepin hotel there. He served in that position nearly two years* and left it to take the management of the Commercial hotel in the same city. He remained with this house a little less than three years and left it to go into business for himself at Fairbury. Nebraska, where he leased I the Commercial hotel and operated it successfully for six years. With his eleven years' experience in looking after the wants and comforts of the "knights of the grip" and with his natural adaptability to the work —for he is a born landlord—he transferred his energies to Maryville with the result that the hotel business there has been greatly improved and popularized.
His connection with the hotel business and his untiring efforts in behalf of the commercial men have not been alone for the glory and the name. He has so managed his affairs as to have ample reward for his services, as such reward comes in country places. He left his Indiana home with one hundred dollars in cash and from that sum his progress in financial matters must be compared and estimated. He has bought two farms in Nodaway county, aggregating two hundred and forty acres, one of which he has stocked and manages personally. This gives him an outing during each fine day during the warm season, changes his occupation and brings him rest and recreation when it is needed.
Mr. Fink married, at Hastings, Nebraska, December 8, 1886, Miss Agnes, a daughter of John Wesley Blodgett, of Three Rivers, Michigan. Her mother was Mary Bridgeman. Mrs. Fink is one of six children. Mr. Fink is the past chancellor of Tancred Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Maryville, and is a devoted and well-advanced Mason, belonging to lodge, chapter and Maryville Commandery, No. 40. He is a friendly and genial man, very popular with his fellow townsmen and the traveling public.
GEORGE WILLIAM FINK
The hotel business is one of the chief interests of a city and one in which the comforts and conveniences of the traveling public can he so attended to or so neglected as to make or mar the reputation of a city for hospitality. The hotels of Maryville, Nodaway county, Missouri, have not always been in good hands, and the business men of the place were more than glad when George W. Fink, the proprietor of the Linville and Ream hotels, practically took the business of public entertainment in Maryville into his own hands and put himself at the head of one of the city's essential and in some ways most important enterprises. In July, 1894, Mr. Fink leased the Linville hotel and applied his methods to its conduct with the result that its reputation has been so fully recovered and built up that it has become one of the popular and first-class houses in northwestern Missouri. In 1897 he secured control of the old Arlington hotel, now the Ream hotel, and conducts it as a "dollar-a-day" house. These two properties give Mr. Fink possession and practical control of the best business in his line and afford the city of Maryville two good houses for the entertainment of her guests.
Mr. Fink was born at Bremen, Indiana, July 9, 1864. His father, Martin Fink, was from Pennsylvania and was for a time a merchant, but for the most part a farmer. He emigrated to Marshall county, Indiana, before the war and died at Bremen in October, 1888. His wife, who was Polly Weaver, died at Bremen in May, 1893. Their children were: Lewis, of Bloomfield. Missouri; Mary, the wife of Michael Wahl, of Bremen, Indiana; Morgan, of Bremen; Eli, deceased: Ellen, now Mrs. Solomon Huff, of Argos, Indiana: Charles and Larinda, deceased; Nettie. living at the Ream hotel, Maryville: Eliza, the wife of Oscar Hans, of South Bend. Indiana; and George W., our subject.
George W. Fink passed his childhood and boyhood in the schools of Bremen until, at the age of seventeen, he became a grocery clerk in his father's grocery store in that village. Then, when his first two years' business experience was acquired, he left his home and his native town at nineteen and sought the opportunities of the west. He located at Hastings. Nebraska, and secured a night clerkship in the Lepin hotel there. He served in that position nearly two years* and left it to take the management of the Commercial hotel in the same city. He remained with this house a little less than three years and left it to go into business for himself at Fairbury. Nebraska, where he leased I the Commercial hotel and operated it successfully for six years. With his eleven years' experience in looking after the wants and comforts of the "knights of the grip" and with his natural adaptability to the work —for he is a born landlord—he transferred his energies to Maryville with the result that the hotel business there has been greatly improved and popularized.
His connection with the hotel business and his untiring efforts in behalf of the commercial men have not been alone for the glory and the name. He has so managed his affairs as to have ample reward for his services, as such reward comes in country places. He left his Indiana home with one hundred dollars in cash and from that sum his progress in financial matters must be compared and estimated. He has bought two farms in Nodaway county, aggregating two hundred and forty acres, one of which he has stocked and manages personally. This gives him an outing during each fine day during the warm season, changes his occupation and brings him rest and recreation when it is needed.
Mr. Fink married, at Hastings, Nebraska, December 8, 1886, Miss Agnes, a daughter of John Wesley Blodgett, of Three Rivers, Michigan. Her mother was Mary Bridgeman. Mrs. Fink is one of six children. Mr. Fink is the past chancellor of Tancred Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Maryville, and is a devoted and well-advanced Mason, belonging to lodge, chapter and Maryville Commandery, No. 40. He is a friendly and genial man, very popular with his fellow townsmen and the traveling public.
Census notes for George William FINK
1900 Missouri, Nordaway County, Polk Township, Maryville City, ward 4, Linville Hotel, No. 20 to 35, E.D. 123, sheet 3A, stamped page 291, film T623-878
118 South Main St., dwelling 64, family 71
Fink, George W., head, white, male, July 1864, age 35, married 13 years, born Indiana, parents born Pennsylvania, hotel keeper
-------, Agatha, wife, white, female, Mar 1862, age 38, married 13 years, born Michigan, parents born New York
Edwards, Stella, servant, white, female, Feb 1878, age 22, single, born Missouri, father born Iowa, mother born Illinois, waitress
-----------, Zora, servant, white, female, May 1861, age 19, single, born Missouri, father born Iowa, mother born Illinois, waitress
Owens, Mary, servant, white, female, June 1864, age 35, widow, mother of 1 child, 1 living, born Kansas, father born Kentucky, mother born Missouri, waitress
Cook?, Ernst, servant, white, male, Oct 1883, age 16, single, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born England, cook
Dagroo, Edward, servant, white, male, Jan 1881, age 19, single, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, porter
Cook, Bert, clerk, white, male, Feb 1991, age 19, single, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born England, clerk
Reynolds, Dick, clerk, white, male, Mar 1877, age 23, single, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey, clerk
Fite, Jennie, servant, white, female, Sept 1857, age 42, single, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania, chambermaid
Richmond, Nance?. boarder, white, male, Oct 1854, age 45, single, born Ohio, father born Indiana, mother born Ohio, captialist
Hughes, Phineas, boarder, white, male, Oct 1842, age 57, single, born Missouri, father born Ohio, mother born Pennsylvania, capitalist
Pembroke, Daniel, boarder, white, male, May 1856, age 44, single, born Ireland, parents born Ireland, immigrated 1881, Roman Catholic priest
McDonald, John, boarder, white, male, June 1879, age 20, single, born Missouri, father born Canada, mother born Kentucky, proprietor store
Shield, David W., boarder, white, male, Oct 1868, age 31, married for 6 years, born Canada, parents born Canada, immigrated 1892, papers filed, salesman, commercial
Burnett, John E., boarder, white, male, June 1865, age 34, married for 13 years, born New Jersey, father born Pennsylvania, mother born New Jersey, salesman commercial
1920 Kansas, Sumner County, Wellington City, ward 151-3501, E.D. 188, sheet 16B, film T625-553
North Washington, dwelling 381, family 387
Fink, George W., head, male, white, age 50, married, born Indiana, parents born Pennsylvania, owner hotel
-------, Agnes R., wife, female, white, age unknown, married, born Michigan, parents born United States
-------, William B., son, male, white, age 18, single, born Missouri, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan
Roomers at the Hotel listed after this family
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118 South Main St., dwelling 64, family 71
Fink, George W., head, white, male, July 1864, age 35, married 13 years, born Indiana, parents born Pennsylvania, hotel keeper
-------, Agatha, wife, white, female, Mar 1862, age 38, married 13 years, born Michigan, parents born New York
Edwards, Stella, servant, white, female, Feb 1878, age 22, single, born Missouri, father born Iowa, mother born Illinois, waitress
-----------, Zora, servant, white, female, May 1861, age 19, single, born Missouri, father born Iowa, mother born Illinois, waitress
Owens, Mary, servant, white, female, June 1864, age 35, widow, mother of 1 child, 1 living, born Kansas, father born Kentucky, mother born Missouri, waitress
Cook?, Ernst, servant, white, male, Oct 1883, age 16, single, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born England, cook
Dagroo, Edward, servant, white, male, Jan 1881, age 19, single, born Ohio, parents born Ohio, porter
Cook, Bert, clerk, white, male, Feb 1991, age 19, single, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born England, clerk
Reynolds, Dick, clerk, white, male, Mar 1877, age 23, single, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey, clerk
Fite, Jennie, servant, white, female, Sept 1857, age 42, single, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania, chambermaid
Richmond, Nance?. boarder, white, male, Oct 1854, age 45, single, born Ohio, father born Indiana, mother born Ohio, captialist
Hughes, Phineas, boarder, white, male, Oct 1842, age 57, single, born Missouri, father born Ohio, mother born Pennsylvania, capitalist
Pembroke, Daniel, boarder, white, male, May 1856, age 44, single, born Ireland, parents born Ireland, immigrated 1881, Roman Catholic priest
McDonald, John, boarder, white, male, June 1879, age 20, single, born Missouri, father born Canada, mother born Kentucky, proprietor store
Shield, David W., boarder, white, male, Oct 1868, age 31, married for 6 years, born Canada, parents born Canada, immigrated 1892, papers filed, salesman, commercial
Burnett, John E., boarder, white, male, June 1865, age 34, married for 13 years, born New Jersey, father born Pennsylvania, mother born New Jersey, salesman commercial
1920 Kansas, Sumner County, Wellington City, ward 151-3501, E.D. 188, sheet 16B, film T625-553
North Washington, dwelling 381, family 387
Fink, George W., head, male, white, age 50, married, born Indiana, parents born Pennsylvania, owner hotel
-------, Agnes R., wife, female, white, age unknown, married, born Michigan, parents born United States
-------, William B., son, male, white, age 18, single, born Missouri, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan
Roomers at the Hotel listed after this family
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Obituary notes for George William FINK
The Bremen Enquirer, 4 June 1925 (Thu), page 1
William Fink Dies At Home in Denver, Col.
William Fink, about fifty-eight years old, a brother of the late Morgan Fink of Bremen, died at his home in Denver, Col., last week, according to information received by relatives here. Funeral services were held Sunday.
Mr. Fink will be remembered by older residents as a Bremen boy of a generation ago. He left as a young man and went first to Mishawaka, later moving to Nebraska. For many years he conducted a hotel in Wellington, Kansas. He has been running a hotel in Denver for several years. Mr. Fink leaves a widow and a grown son. His is also survived by his sister, Miss Nettie Fink, of Salt Lake City.
Denver Post, 29 May 1925, Friday
Geo. W. Fink, Denver Hotelman, Is Dead; Funeral On Sunday
Funeral services of George W. Fink, owner of the Winne hotel, 1435 California St., will be held at the Yeager mortuary chapel, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Fink died Wednesday night after a long illness. He was 61 years old and had been in the hotel business here for five years.
Before coming to Denver, Fink owned hotels at Wellington, Kan., Maryville, Mo., and Hastings, Neb.
Besides Mrs. R. Agnes Fink, his widow, he is survived by W. B. Fink, a son, of Denver, and Mrs. A. E. Ernest, a sister at Salt Lake City, Utah.
Denver Post, 30 May 1925, Saturday
George W. Fink late of 1435 California St. Beloved husband of R. Agnes Fink. The funeral services will be held from the Yeager funeral church, Sunday, at 10:30 a.m. Interment Fairmount.
William Fink Dies At Home in Denver, Col.
William Fink, about fifty-eight years old, a brother of the late Morgan Fink of Bremen, died at his home in Denver, Col., last week, according to information received by relatives here. Funeral services were held Sunday.
Mr. Fink will be remembered by older residents as a Bremen boy of a generation ago. He left as a young man and went first to Mishawaka, later moving to Nebraska. For many years he conducted a hotel in Wellington, Kansas. He has been running a hotel in Denver for several years. Mr. Fink leaves a widow and a grown son. His is also survived by his sister, Miss Nettie Fink, of Salt Lake City.
Denver Post, 29 May 1925, Friday
Geo. W. Fink, Denver Hotelman, Is Dead; Funeral On Sunday
Funeral services of George W. Fink, owner of the Winne hotel, 1435 California St., will be held at the Yeager mortuary chapel, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Fink died Wednesday night after a long illness. He was 61 years old and had been in the hotel business here for five years.
Before coming to Denver, Fink owned hotels at Wellington, Kan., Maryville, Mo., and Hastings, Neb.
Besides Mrs. R. Agnes Fink, his widow, he is survived by W. B. Fink, a son, of Denver, and Mrs. A. E. Ernest, a sister at Salt Lake City, Utah.
Denver Post, 30 May 1925, Saturday
George W. Fink late of 1435 California St. Beloved husband of R. Agnes Fink. The funeral services will be held from the Yeager funeral church, Sunday, at 10:30 a.m. Interment Fairmount.