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Francisca “Frances” <I>Heitmann</I> Bertke Brokamp

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Francisca “Frances” Heitmann Bertke Brokamp

Birth
Germany
Death
9 Jan 1916 (aged 86)
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Saint Bernard, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 8 Lot 3
Memorial ID
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Her actual date of birth differs from her gravestone's 1836 engraving. Chronologically, she reported her birth as:
- 1829; ref. her 1870 Cincinnati census
- 1830; ref. her 1880 Cincinnati census
- Oct 1835; ref. her 1900 Cincinnati census
- 1835; ref. her 1910 Cincinnati census
- Oct 15, 1835; ref. her 1916 Ohio Death Certificate, #1916 fn 3544.
Her memorial's date of birth uses the year of earliest record found for her and the day/month specifics from her death record.

Francisca Heitmann was born in Prussia. She was married twice, first to Richard Bertke. They were listed in the 1870 census but he died before the 1880 Cincinnati census, leaving her widowed with 4 children at that time:
- Frances Bertke, Age 50
- Henry Highman, Age 36, brother
- Katie Bertke, Age 20, dau
- Henry Bertke, Age 18, son
- Edward Bertke, Age 16, son
- Frances Bertke, Age 7, dau

On May 26, 1885, Frances Bertke and Joseph Brokamp married in Hamilton County, Ohio. She and Joseph were listed in the 1900 Cincinnati census, but by 1910 he was a patient of Longview Sanitarium Hospital where he died in 1912.
Her actual date of birth differs from her gravestone's 1836 engraving. Chronologically, she reported her birth as:
- 1829; ref. her 1870 Cincinnati census
- 1830; ref. her 1880 Cincinnati census
- Oct 1835; ref. her 1900 Cincinnati census
- 1835; ref. her 1910 Cincinnati census
- Oct 15, 1835; ref. her 1916 Ohio Death Certificate, #1916 fn 3544.
Her memorial's date of birth uses the year of earliest record found for her and the day/month specifics from her death record.

Francisca Heitmann was born in Prussia. She was married twice, first to Richard Bertke. They were listed in the 1870 census but he died before the 1880 Cincinnati census, leaving her widowed with 4 children at that time:
- Frances Bertke, Age 50
- Henry Highman, Age 36, brother
- Katie Bertke, Age 20, dau
- Henry Bertke, Age 18, son
- Edward Bertke, Age 16, son
- Frances Bertke, Age 7, dau

On May 26, 1885, Frances Bertke and Joseph Brokamp married in Hamilton County, Ohio. She and Joseph were listed in the 1900 Cincinnati census, but by 1910 he was a patient of Longview Sanitarium Hospital where he died in 1912.

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Gravesite Details

Cemetery sexton's records: Francisca Brokamp; Gender - ; Age - ; Funeral date Jan 12, 1916.



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