Eggert Family Genealogy

♂    Heinrich Dietrich Wilhelm "David" Bredthauer

Birth:        17 Jun 1870 Steinhude, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Emigration:   16 Jun 1883
Death:        21 Dec 1944 Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States, age listed as 74y
Burial:       24 Dec 1944 Scotia, Greeley, Nebraska, United States
Religion:     Lutheran

Father:    Wilhelm Hermann Brethauer (*1845 Steinhude, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany ✝︎1914 Scotia, Greeley, Nebraska, United States)
Mother:    Marie Dorothea Louise Caroline Vogeler (*1852 Mardorf, Hannover, Germany ✝︎1926 Scotia, Greeley, Nebraska, United States)

Married	Mary Anna Hackel (*1872 near Pentwater?, Oceana, Michigan, United States ✝︎1966 Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States)
	     4 Jul 1893 North Loup, Valley, Nebraska, United States
Children:
    1. Rose Louise Bredthauer (*1894 near Elyria, Valley, Nebraska, United States ✝︎1987 Scotia, Greeley, Nebraska, United States)
    2. Arnold Detrich Bredthauer (*1895 Ord, Valley, Nebraska, United States ✝︎1948 Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona, United States)
    3. William Ed Bredthauer (*1898 ✝︎1898)
    4. Esther Marie Bredthauer (*1899 near Elyria, Valley, Nebraska, United States ✝︎1980 Ord, Valley, Nebraska, United States)
    5. Diedrich Herbert Bredthauer (*1901 Valley, Nebraska, United States ✝︎1986 Wood River, Hall, Nebraska, United States)
    6. Alfred D Bredthauer (*1905 ✝︎1905)
    7. Marie Edna Bredthauer (*1906 near Elyria, Valley, Nebraska, United States ✝︎1928 Scotia, Greeley, Nebraska, United States)
    8. Oscar Everett Bredthauer (*1908 near Elyria, Valley, Nebraska, United States ✝︎1993 Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States)
Notes:
Moved to the US in 1882 (B2) or 1883 (CEN1900–1920). A supposedly 5-year old Diedrich appears on the passenger ship list with his parents in 1883. He became known as Ditrich H., David Henry, Dave, or D. H. Bredthauer. He spent his first married years in Vinton Township, Valley County and near Elyria Nebraska. In 1904 he owned and lived on the south half of section 13 and the northeast quarter of section 24 in Independent Township in Valley County, owning also the northwest quarter of section 34 and the southwest quarter of section 27 in Elyria Township. In 1907 he was elected treasurer of Elyria Township. In 1908 they moved to Maiden Valley and in 1909 went to live in Mira Valley. They bought the land in section 25 of Enterprise Township that had formerly belonged to Mary Brown of the Pennsylvania Colony era. He had the first electric light plant in Mira Valley, a Delco 32 volt. He had the second car in the valley, a 1911 Mitchell. He also bought the first vacuum cleaner in the valley for Mary, and the first radio that was sold in North Loup. He was naturalized in 1915. In 1917 they moved to a farm south of North Loup Nebraska. In 1926 he owned the north half of the south half of section 25 and 320 acres in section 23, Enterprise Township, 400 acres in sections 19 and 30 in North Loup Township, 40 acres in the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 36 (three fourths of a mile south of North Loup), and about 60 acres in section 1 of Independent Township, all in Valley County. Dave was treasurer for District 33 Sunny Side School, and in 1922 a director of the Farmers Grain and Supply Company. In 1930 Dave retired from farming and cattle-feeding operations for a while and did some traveling, including visiting the New York World’s Fair. They settled in Grand Island Nebraska and fed cattle for some time north of town. In December 1932 he was involved in a multiple-car accident near St. Paul that wrecked their car and severely cut his wife’s face. They made their final home at 710 West 2nd where now is a Pump & Pantry (formerly Standard Oil) station. He died of heart trouble.

CEN1900 gives his birthdate as JUN 1869, and immigration year as 1883.

Sources: H(Page: 5), B2(Page: 6), CEN1900(Elyria Township, Valley, Nebraska, ED198, Sheet 5A), CEN1910(Enterprise, Valley, Nebraska, ED236, Sheet 9A), CEN1920(Independent Township, Valley, Nebraska, ED257, Sheet 5A), CEN1930(Independent, Valley, Nebraska, ED8, Sheet 3A), CEN1940(Ward 2, Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, ED40-10, Sheet 3A), STEIN, AB193, RRS2(Page: 11), OA85(Page: 1–3), VNEM(Book: 3, Page: 258), OQ3, GIOBIT, VOV(Page: 142, 156), B3(Page: 8), BDB(Page: 6), ORD(Page: 162), MTHOPE, B5(Page: 2), EIR, VNEPL, VNEPL1, OQ7, OQ8, FINDAGRAVE(ID: 91376897), CEN1885NE(Eureka, Valley, Nebraska, ED 760, Page 33C), GNEOBIT8, B6(Page: 2), NYPL0(S.S. Fulda, 16 Jun 1883, p8), NLOUPLOY3, B7(Page: 2)
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Last changed: 10 Jun 2022