Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameAnna SHEIFFER
Birthabt 1846, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany
Death2 Aug 1906, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada4348,4349
BurialMountain View Cemetery, Washoe County, Nevada4348,4349
OccupationMother of 6 children
ReligionCongregational
Spouses
Birth16 Dec 1840, Klingen, Pfalz4344,4345
Baptism22 Dec 1840, Evangelische-Reformierte Kirche, Heuchelheim, Pfalz4344
MemoGodparents: Johann Georg Engel and Elizabeth ne Reissert?
Death16 Feb 1890, Washoe County, Nevada4346,4337,4347
Burial19 Feb 1890, Hillside Cemetery, Nevada4346,4347
FatherJohann Jakob BECKER (1813-1866)
MotherKatharina ENGEL (1817-1892)
Marriage18 Dec 1866, Franktown, Washoe County, Nevada4338
ChildrenAnna (1868-1923)
 Louisa (~1869-1922)
 Kathryn (~1871-1965)
 George August (1872-1948)
 Harry Fred (1876-1960)
 Edith L. (~1884-1977)
Census notes for Anna SHEIFFER
1870 Nevada, Washoe County, Reno, p. 12
dwelling 101, family 87
Becker, Geo., age 28, male, white, saloon keeper, real estate $1000, personal $1000, born Bavaria
---------, Anna, age 24, female, white, keeping house, born Hesse Darmstadt
---------, Anna, age 3, female, white, born Nevada
---------, Louisa, age 1, female, white, born Nevada
Martin, J., age 21, male, white, bar keeper, born Iowa
Norris, Sol, age 21, male, white, clothing clerk, born Prussia
Tellow, C., age 56, male, white, blacksmith, real estate $3200, born New York

1880 Nevada, Washoe County, Reno, E.D. 51, sheet 2B
Commercial Row, dwelling 20, family 22
Becker, J. George, white, male, age 39, head, married, saloon keeper, born Bavaria, parents born Bavaria
---------, Anna, white, female, age 36, wife, married, keeping, house, born Hesse Darmstadt, parents born Hesse-Darmstadt
---------, Anna, white, female, age, 12, daughter, single, attending school, born Nevada, father born Bavaria, mother born Hesse-Darmstadt
---------, Louisa, white, female, age 11, daughter, single, attending school, born Nevada, father born Bavaria, mother born Hesse-Darmstadt
---------, Catharine, white, female, age 9, daughter, single, attending school, born Nevada, father born Bavaria, mother born Hesse-Darmstadt
---------, George, white, male, age 7, son, single, born Nevada, father born Bavaria, mother born Hesse-Darmstadt
---------, Henry, white, male, age 4, son, single, born Nevada, father born Bavaria, mother born Hesse-Darmstadt

1900 Nevada, Washoe County, Reno, 3rd ward, E.D. 41, sheet 3A (taken 2 June 1900)
209 ? street, dwelling 48, family 63
Becker, Anna, head, white, female, Feb 1843, age 57, widow, mother of 6 children, 6 living, born Germany, parents born Germany, imm 1864
———, Edith, daughter, white, female, Nov 1884, age 15, single, born Nevada, parents born Germany, at school
Mitchell, Robb, roomer, white, male, Oct 1872, age 27, single, born Nova Scotia, father born Scotland, mother born Nova Scotia, imm 1891, papers filed, carpenter

—————————deceased
Obituary notes for Anna SHEIFFER
Daily Nevada State Journal 3 August 1906, p. 3

Death has Called Mrs. Geo. Becker
After an illness of three days, Mrs. George Becker, one of the first residents of Reno, died at her home yesterday morning as the result of appendicitis.

Mrs. Becker was a native of Germany and came to America many years ago when a little girl. She has been a resident of Nevada for the past thirty-five years. The following relatives survive her:

Mrs. Annie Hymers of New York, Mrs. Fairbanks of Arizona, Mrs. Franklin and Miss Edith Becker, her daughter and two sons, George and Harry Becker. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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