Eggert Family Genealogy

♂    Emil Reinhold Foth

Birth:        13 Jun 1870 Wiewiorken, Rehden, Westpreußen, Germany
Baptism:      3 Jul 1870 Rehden, Westpreußen, Germany
Confirmation: 1884
Residence:    from 1885 to 1890 Leon, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States
Emigration:   5 Jul 1882
Death:        7 Apr 1938 near Ord, Valley, Nebraska, United States, age listed as 67y 9m 24d
Burial:       10 Apr 1938 Mira Valley, Valley, Nebraska, United States
Religion:     Lutheran

Mother:    Anna Zabel (*1825 Masanken, Rehden, Westpreußen, Germany ✝︎1901 Mira Valley, Valley, Nebraska, United States)

Married	Wilhelmine Ziemke (*1872 Jakturke, Schubin, Posen, Germany ✝︎1951 near Ord, Valley, Nebraska, United States)
	     14 Nov 1897 9 mi so of Ord, Valley, Nebraska, United States
Children:
    1. Walter John Foth (*1898 Mira Valley, Valley, Nebraska, United States ✝︎1971 near Ansley, Custer, Nebraska, United States)
    2. Bertha Mathilde Foth (*1899 Mira Valley, Valley, Nebraska, United States ✝︎1992 Valley, Nebraska, United States)
    3. Will Reinhardt Foth (*1901 Mira Valley, Valley, Nebraska, United States ✝︎1997 Ord, Valley, Nebraska, United States)
    4. Harry Herman Foth (*1903 Mira Valley, Valley, Nebraska, United States ✝︎1995 Ravenna, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States)
    5. Lydia Hulda Foth (*1909 Mira Valley, Valley, Nebraska, United States ✝︎1989 Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States)
Notes:
Emil was born illegitimately five years after the death of his mother's husband, but had the name Foth. He came to the US with his mother aboard the Herder (Hapag line), departing from Hamburg and Havre and landing in New York 5 July 1882. He lived with his mother at the residence of his brother-in-law Benjamin Schwartz, in Leon, Monroe County in 1885, and they moved to Valley County (Ord) Nebraska in 1890, where he lived the rest of his life. He lived about two miles west of North Loup a short time, then moved to Mira Valley, farming 640 acres in the southeast quarter of section 33, half of section 34, and the southeast quarter of section 27 in Enterprise Township. He was naturalized in 1913. Besides being a successful farmer and raising his own family, he made a home for his mother (Anna Zabel Foth) and acted as a guardian for his nephew, Max Foth, for a number of years. He was fond of animals and mules were his hobby. Having three sons, he didn't learn how to drive a car until he was 54 years old. In February 1925, he and Wilhelmine moved to a new home where later Lyle Foth also lived. Emil died of cancer of the stomach. He was buried in the Mira Valley cemetery and was removed to Ord Cemetery on 28 November 1951.

Taufpaten: Eins. Jacob Sommerfeld u. Fr. Anna.

Some sources give his name as Emil Reinhardt. CEN1900 says he came to the US in 1883.

Sources: REH(~1870#120), F(Page: 55), Z(Page: 27), CEN1885WI(Leon, Monroe, Wisconsin (Benj. Schwartz)), CEN1900(Enterprise Township, Valley, Nebraska, ED 197, Page 3A), CEN1910(Enterprise Township, Valley, Nebraska, ED236, Sheet 12A), CEN1920(Enterprise Township, Valley, Nebraska, ED260, Sheet 4A), CEN1930(Enterprise Township, Valley, Nebraska, ED5, Sheet 4A), IL(Page: 1), OQ3, VOV(Page: 167), GTA(Volume: 43), B4(Page: 12), FOTHML, VNEC, Z2(Page: 39), VNEPL, VNEPL1, OQ9, FINDAGRAVE(ID: 132906583), B6(Page: 22), NYPL0(Herder, 5 Jul 1882), FOTH12, FSWPR(Digital Folder: 007949169, Image: 00167)
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Last changed: 3 Jul 2022