Ernst Heinrich Bütow

Male 1844 - 1880  (36 years)


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  • Name Ernst Heinrich Bütow 
    Born 28 Jul 1844  Lanzig, Pommern, Prussia (now Lacko k Slawna, Poland) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 11 Aug 1844  Lanzig, Pommern, Prussia (now Lacko k Slawna, Poland) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 14 Dec 1880  Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4  Beetow
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2020 

    Father Franz Bütow,   b. Abt 1814 
    Mother Charlotta Tiroh,   b. Abt 1823 
    Married 1 Apr 1842  Lanzig, Pommern, Prussia (now Lacko k Slawna, Poland) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Barbara Berger,   b. calc 12 Oct 1846, Steinbach, Bavaria Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1924, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Married 5 Dec 1872  Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Henry Beetow,   b. 28 Sep 1873, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1949, Hamburg, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     2. Dorothea "Dora" Beetow,   b. Abt 1875, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Friedrich Rudolf Bütow,   b. calc 26 Mar 1877, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1878, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 1 years)
     4. Carl "Charles" Beetow,   b. calc 19 Nov 1878, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1882, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 3 years)
     5. Albert Beetow,   b. Abt 1880, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2020 
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Documents
    1844 Baptism of Ernst Heinrich Bütow
    1844 Baptism of Ernst Heinrich Bütow
    Lanzig, Pommern, Prussia

    11 Aug 1844
    Lutheran Church of Lanzig

    Father: Kossath (farmer), Franz Bütow of Lanzig
    Mother: Charlotte Tiroh
    Child: Ernst Heinrich, born 28 July

    Godparents:
    1. Martin Dubberke son of Martin
    2. Martin Schumacher son of Martin
    3. Catharine Bolduan, wife of Ernst Tiroh of Neuenhag[en]


    source: Archiwum Diecezji Koszalinsko-Kolobrzeskiej [Archive of the Diocese of Koszalin], Koszalin, Poland
    1872 Marriage of Ernst Heinrich Bütow & Barbara Berger
    1872 Marriage of Ernst Heinrich Bütow & Barbara Berger
    St. John’s Evangelical and Lutheran Church, Buffalo, New York

    Marriages 1872
    5 Dec 1872
    Ernst Heinrich Buetow & Barbara Venderlan

    Witnesses:
    Joh. Martin Berger [Barbara's step brother]
    Cath Berger [Johann Martin's wife]
    Carl Glassmann [Dorothea's husband]
    Doroth. Glassmann [Barbara's sister]

    source: Church records, 1829-1946. St. John’s Evangelical and Lutheran Church (Buffalo, New York). FHL microfilm 370922, image 103
    1873 Directory
    1873 Directory
    Buffalo, New York

    Residence: 50 Johnson
    Betow, Henry, laborer, 50 Johnson
    Berger, Margaret, widow, house 50 Johnson
    Berger, Conrad, teamster, boards 50 Johnson
    Pitto, Henry, laborer, 50 Johnson

    note: Anna Barbara's mother is listed as Margaret Berger in this directory.
    Philip Voelker appears to have died between the 1871 and 1873 Directories.
    Margaretha and her Voelker sons use both the Berger and Voelker surnames in various records after Philip's death.

    source: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
    1874 Baptism of Henry Beetow
    1874 Baptism of Henry Beetow
    St. John’s Evangelical and Lutheran Church, Buffalo, New York

    Baptized 19 Apr 1874
    #72. Heinrich
    born 28 Sep 1873
    Parents: Heinrich & Barbara Bütow
    Godparents: Joh. Glink, August Herzog, Cath Hagner

    also on the same day:
    #70 Conrad
    born 18 Mar 1874
    Parents: Johann & Catharina Berger
    Godparents: Conrad Berger, Helena Glassmann

    Johann Martin & Conrad Voelker/Berger are Barbara's step brothers.

    source: Church records, 1829-1946. St. John’s Evangelical and Lutheran Church (Buffalo, New York). FHL microfilm 370921, image 76
    1875 New York State Census
    1875 New York State Census
    Buffalo, Erie, New York
    Glassman and Pitow [Beetow] household

    Glassman, Charles, 55, born Prussia, Carpenter, Naturalized
    ..Dorothea, 31, wife, born Bavaria
    ..the Glassman children from Charles' first marriage
    Pitow [Beetow], Henry, 30, born Prussia, Laborer [not listed as naturalized]
    ..Margaretha [Barbara], 28, wife, born Bavaria
    ..Peter, 9, son, born Erie
    ..Ana, 5, daughter, born Erie
    ..Henry, 2, son, born Erie
    ..Dorothea, 1, daughter, born Erie

    note: Dorothea Glassman is Anna Barbara's sister
    Peter and Anna are Anna Barbara's children from her first marriage to William Vanderlan
    1878 Death of Anna Margaretha Voelker, Barbara's mother
    1878 Death of Anna Margaretha Voelker, Barbara's mother
    St. John’s Evangelical and Lutheran Church, Buffalo, New York

    Death Register 1878
    #80. Anna Margaretha Volker, widow, died on 14 Oct 1878
    aged 65 yrs 11 mo 15 days
    [calculated date of birth: 29 Oct 1812]

    also on page, a possible unknown child of Ernst Heinrich & Barbara Bütow:

    #78. Friedrich Rudolf, child of Heinrich & Barbara Bistow
    died 6 Oct 1878, aged 1 yr 6 mo 10 days
    [calculated date of birth: 26 Mar 1877]

    this child's birth record needs to be located to verify!

    source: Church records, 1829-1946. St. John’s Evangelical and Lutheran Church (Buffalo, New York). FHL microfilm 370922, image 268
    1880 Federal Census
    1880 Federal Census
    Buffalo, Erie, New York

    30 Johnson
    Butow, Henry, 35, married, Laborer. 5 mo. unemployed, health: Catarrh, Disabled, born Prussia
    ..Barbara, 33, wife, married, keeping house, born Bavaria
    ..Peter V., 14, son, Fish deliverer, born NY
    ..Annie, 10, daughter, at school, born NY
    ..Henry, 7, son, born NY
    ..Dora, 5, daughter, born NY
    ..Charles, 1, son, born NY
    ..Albert, 2/12, born March, son, born NY
    Voelker, Conrad, 24, married during census year, Laborer, born Bavaria
    ..Sophia, 21, wife, keeping house, born NY

    note: Catarrh- an excessive build-up of mucus in an airway or cavity of the body.
    1880 Church Death Record of Ernst Heinrich Bütow
    1880 Church Death Record of Ernst Heinrich Bütow
    St. John’s Evangelical and Lutheran Church, Buffalo, New York

    Ernst Heinrich Bütow, spouse of Barbara born Berge[r]
    died on 14 Dec 1880
    aged 36 yrs 4 mo 13 days

    [calculated date of birth: 1 Aug 1844]

    Actual date of birth is 28 July 1844 from baptism record in Lanzig, Prussia.
    Off by only 4 days

    source: Church records, 1829-1946. St. John’s Evangelical and Lutheran Church (Buffalo, New York). FHL microfilm 370922, image 279
    1880 Civil Death Record Index for Ernst Heinrich Bütow
    1880 Civil Death Record Index for Ernst Heinrich Bütow
    Buffalo, Erie, New York

    Index of Death Records, Buffalo, New York
    Ernst Bedow [indexed as Erust Bedow]
    Vol. 6 Page 25
    Year 1880

    this Civil death record can be ordered to learn his cause of death (and perhaps other information, including parent's names)

    source: Ancestry.com. New York, Death Index, 1852-1956.
    1882 Death of Carl 'Charles' Beetow
    1882 Death of Carl "Charles" Beetow
    St. John’s Evangelical and Lutheran Church, Buffalo, New York

    Carl Bütow, child of (deceased) Heinrich & Barbara Bütow
    died on 12 Aug 1882
    aged 3 yrs 8 mo 24 days

    [calculated date of birth: 19 Nov 1878]

    source: Church records, 1829-1946. St. John’s Evangelical and Lutheran Church (Buffalo, New York). FHL microfilm 370922, image 292
    1924 Obituary of Anna Barbara (Berger) Beetow
    1924 Obituary of Anna Barbara (Berger) Beetow
    Buffalo, Erie, New York

    In Buffalo, Feb. 1, 1924, Anna B. Beetow, beloved wife of the late Henry Beetow
    Age 77 years, mother of Peter and Anna Van Derlan, Henry Beetow and Mrs. John W. Holl

    Funeral from family residence, No. 45 Grey St., Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Friends are invited to attend. Deceased was member of Companions of the Forest of America, Circle No. 174, and Ladies’ Society of Evangelical Lutheran St. John’s church.

    Burial at St. John’s cemetery, Pine Hill

    source: Newspapers.com. Buffalo Enquirer, Saturday, February 2, 1924, page 12