Descendants of Peter BECKER - 27 Aug 2005
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FIRST GENERATION
1. Peter BECKER was born on 15 Apr 1826 in Altenkirchen Kreis Wetzlar.
He died on 17 May 1909 in Comal County, Texas. He was buried in Becker
Cemetery. Cemetery Book - Lest We Forget - Cemeteries of Comal County.
pg 63
The book said there was a small grave marked Elma B. with no dates. there
are only 3 tombstones in this cemetery with possiable another grave that
is unmarked. It has one large tombstone with a German inscription on
it.
He was married to Sophie Regine Wilhelmin GEIER (daughter of Andreas GEIER
and Ana Dorothea Sophie FREISE) Feb 29 1857 in Comal County, Texas.
Was listed as Sophie Geyer in Marriage Records of Comal County 1846 -1864.
pg 22 Sophie Regine Wilhelmin GEIER was born on 6 Mar 1840 in Roemlingen.
The Bremer Book gives her birth as Mar 6, 1839. She died on 6 Feb 1909
in Comal County, Texas. She was buried in Becker Cemetery. Family
Footsteps March 1999 pg 63: About the Becker Cemetery listed her as
Sophia Geir. It said she had 13 children but list 10 sot aht some were lost
in miscarriages or at birth.
Peter BECKER and Sophie Regine Wilhelmin GEIER had the following children:
2 i. Johanna BECKER
was born on 11 Aug 1858.
3 ii. Heinrich BECKER
was born on 13 Dec 1859.
4 iii. Otto BECKER
was born on 19 Dec 1962.
5 iv. Emma BECKER
was born in Aug 1866.
6 v. Alwine BECKER
was born on 4 Feb 1869.
7 vi. Louis BECKER.
8 vii. Adolph BECKER.
9 viii. Auguste BECKER.
10 ix. Gustav BECKER.
11 x. Emilie BECKER.