Peter Eckrich (1864 - 1942)

Born 21 Jan 1864 in Waldsee, Bayern, Germany

Husband of Bernadina (Hilker) Eckrich — married 17 Jan 1888 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA

Died Mar 1942 at age 78 in Coral Gables, Dade, Florida, United States

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Biography

Peter Eckrich migrated from Germany to USA.

Peter Eckrich was born to Ignatz and Marie Elisabetha Spindler Eckrich in Waldsee, Bayern, Germany on 21 Jan 1864.^[1]

He founded Peter Eckrich & Sons Inc., which began in Fort Wayne, Indiana as a small meat market. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NCTZ-J5Y : accessed 8 May 2016), Peter Eckrich, ; citing Waldsee, Bayern, Germany; FHL microfilm 197,610.
2. ↑ Eckrich Meats web site.

See also:

• "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSK-5TW2 : accessed 8 May 2016), Peter Eckrich, 1881; citing NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm .
• "United States Germans to America Index, 1850-1897," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KD3D-SLW : accessed 8 May 2016), Peter Eckrich, 04 Mar 1881; citing Germans to America Passenger Data file, 1850-1897, Ship Mosel, departed from Bremen & Southampton, arrived in New York, New York, New York, United States, NAID identifier 1746067, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXJY-XXP : accessed 9 May 2016), Peter Eckrich and Bernadena Hilker, 17 Jan 1888; citing Allen, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 2,111,521.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMB4-XHZ : accessed 8 May 2016), Peter Eckrich, Wayne Township, Precincts 4-5 Fort Wayne city Ward 1, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 66, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,358.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKLR-S3K : accessed 8 May 2016), Peter Eckrich, Fort Wayne Ward 1, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 34, sheet 4A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,352.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQD-RLZ : accessed 8 May 2016), Peter Eckrich, Fort Wayne Ward 1, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 3A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,421.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X41N-FYZ : accessed 8 May 2016), Peter Eckrich, 1930.
• "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSK-5TW2 : accessed 8 May 2016), Peter Eckrich, 1881; citing NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTH8-RNK : accessed 8 May 2016), Peter Ecklich, Coral Gables, Election Precinct 107, Dade, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13-67, sheet 1B, family 41, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 582.
• Find A Grave Memorial for Peter Eckrich, created by OPPSheryl

research notes

• Smith, Andrew F. The Turkey: An American Story. Chicago: U of Illinois, 2006. Print.(Eckrich's company created Butterball turkeys)
• ACPL Allen County, Indiana Applications for Naturalization, 1844-1906 -
• married at St Mary's Catholic Church in Fort Wayne, by Rev J.H.Oechtering