She married Anton Boness on 4 Dec 1904 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.
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In 1910 Bertha and Anton were living in Chicago.
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In 1950 she was widowed and living alone in Chicago.
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She passed away in 1963.
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"Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Marriages Index, 1871-1920", FHL Film Number: 1030378, Ancestry Record 2556 #1292574 (accessed 30 July 2023), Bertha Knaack (28) marriage to Anton Boness on 4 Dec 1904 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.
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"1910 United States Federal Census", Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 23, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_267; Page: 15a; Enumeration District: 0995; FHL microfilm: 1374280, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #130192353 (accessed 30 July 2023), Bertha Bonness (35), wife, in household of Anton Bonness (37) in Chicago Ward 23, Cook, Illinois, USA. Born in Illinois.
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"1950 United States Federal Census", National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 678; Page: 75; Enumeration District: 103-4094, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #226413730 (accessed 30 July 2023), Bertha Boness (80), widowed head of household in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Born in Illinois.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168755531/bertha-boness : accessed 16 July 2022), memorial page for Bertha Knaack Boness (12 Aug 1868–1 May 1963), Find a Grave Memorial ID 168755531, citing Town of Maine Cemetery, Park Ridge, Cook County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by obsessive journey (contributor 47009979) .
"Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9J-HRJF : 17 March 2020), Bertha Boness, 01 May 1963; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJ8-G9W : 13 January 2022), Bertha Knack in household of Carl Knack, Addison, DuPage, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
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