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Hans Ernst Berhenke came to America in 1880, on the SS Neckar.
Built in 1873 for the Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd) by Caird & Co., Greenock, Scotland. 3,120 tons; 351
feet long x 40 feet broad; straight bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, service speed 14 knots. 10
November 1873, launched. 18 Spril=1874, maiden voyage, Bremen-Southampton-New York. 1886 Bremen-Far East service. 1894, Mediterranean-New
York service.
The steamship NECKAR was built by Caird & Co, Greenock, Scotland, for the Norddeutscher Lloyd, and was launched on
11 October 1873. 3,122 tons; 107,70 x 12,20 meters (length x breadth); straight bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction,
screw propulsion, service speed 13.5 knots; accommodation for 144 passengers in 1st class, 68 in 2nd class, and 502 in steerage.
18 April 1874, maiden voyage, Bremen-Southampton-New York. 3 January 1886, last voyage, Bremen-Southampton-New York.
He married Elizabeth Margaretha Dapper September 10, 1881
in Milwaukee Milwaukee County Wisconsin, daughter of Peter Dapper and Margaretha Miesen. She was born February 19, 1857 in
Poppeldorf, Rheinland,Prussen Germany, and died March 27, 1897 in Milwaukee Milwaukee county Wisconsin.
Hans Ernst Berhenke, married Eva Becraft on March 14, 1895, in Phillips, WI Price county.The couple resided in Georgetown.(Below
you will find a map of Price Co.) Together they had seven children, two of whom died in childbirth or shortley thereafter.
The surviving children were Grace, Minnie, Henry, Gertrude, and George. Hans Ernst died on Arpil 16, 1906, shotly after the
birth of George, leaving Eva to raise five small children. And that is how the Eva Becraft soap opera all began.......
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If you could "meet" your ancestors,
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