Heinrich Anton Bals’ Family

Back Row: Mathilda M. (Tillie), Hedwig Albertine (Hattie), Theodore, Henry Ferdinand, Herbert (Herb), Augusta (Gus), Elizabeth (Ella)
Middle: Carl Rudy, Alfred Leo
Front Row: Elizabeth, Anselma Marie (Thelma), Heinrich Anton (Henry)
Photo is circa 1924
*I’m not 100% positive in regard to the identification of the children

Heinrich Anton is a figure of interest in my research for two primary reasons:
First, within generation 8 [Theodor’s children], he is the second of two sons who emigrate to America.
Second, he settles in the same area as Ferdinand and I’m extremely interested in the family and work dynamic.

For more in depth information on Heinrich Anton Bals’ Family I will invite you to visit the website of Gene Bals. The level of insight he’s collected and shares is my goalpost for this site

http://bals.info/History.html


Children
Note: All children work on the farm until it’s time to make their own way in life.

Theodore Frank marries Anna Helen Kempkes. They live/farm in Nebraska and have seven children.

Henry Ferdinand marries Anna Rose Smejkal. They live/farm in Nebraska and have six children.

Elizabeth Ella
marries John M. Patz. They live/farm in Nebraska and have two children. John dies in young and Elizabeth marries Frank Earnest Schwader. They also live/farm in Nebraska.

Augusta ‘Gus” Carolyn
marries Herman Reinhard Meinert Witte. They live/farm in South Dakota then Nebraska and have seven children.

Mathilda “Tillie” M.
marries Fred Buntemeyer. They live/farm in Nebraska, Fred drives truck for a coal company, and they have four children.

Hedwig “Hattie” Albertine
marries Elmer A. Buntemeyer. Elmer is a manager and installer for a furnace retailer, Hattie is presumably a housewife, and they have four children.

Herbert Heinrich
marries Bernice Louise Watts. They live/farm in Nebraska and they have eight children.

Alfred Leo
marries Adeline Christina Enevoldsen. They live/farm in Nebraska, Adeline is a school teacher, and they have one child. Alfred dies aged 32 of appendicitus.

Carl Rudy marries Hallie L. Elrod. They live in Cheyenne, Wyoming, he’s a truck driver for a creamery, and they have two children. At some point he marries Marie Madelyn Burke. He works as a bus driver, she’s a beautician, and they have two children.

Anselma “Thelma” Marie
marries Carl Fredrik Miller. They live in Nebraska then Colorado. Carl work in construction [road and carpentry], Thelma is presumably a housewife, and they have two daughters.

Heinrich Anton Bals
b. 21 December 1859 - Schmerlecke, Westphalia, Germany
d. 26 January 1949 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA

Elizabeth Rickert
b. 25 November 1870 - Schmerlecke, Westphalia, Germany
d. 14 April 1949 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA

Theodore Frank Bals
b. 25 December 1891 - Crete, Nebraska, USA
d. 01 January 1984 - Loup City, Nebreska, USA

m. 10 March 1891 - Crete, Nebraska, United States

Anna Helen Kempkes
b. 7 Novemeber 1900 - Nebraska, USA
d. 20 September 1988 - Sherman, Nebraska, USA

Donald Anton Bals
b. 25 September 1925 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA
d. 04 January 1942 - Nebraska, USA

Loren Elmer Bals
b. 01 January 1929 - Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
d. 17 November 2003 - Odessa, Nebraska, USA

Earl Herbert Bals
b. 13 August 1933 - Nebraska, USA
d. 19 December 2017 - Ravenna, Nebraska, USA

m. 21 January 1919 - Crete, Nebraska, USA

Betty L. Beran
b. Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Catherine Ann Gancos
b. Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Clarence Junior Lewis
b. 1932 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Jolita Lucille Crist
b. Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Michielutti
b. Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Sylvester Theodore Bals
b. 09 November 1919 - Nebraska, USA
d. 13 April 1940 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA

Harold Joseph Bals
b. 22 November 1924 - Douglas, Nebraska, USA
d. 18 January 2005 - Kearney, Nebraska, USA

Reatha Mae Bals
b. 05 February 1931 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA
d. 16 October 2012 - Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Maxine Marie "Mickey" Bals
b. 21 February 1939 - Currently Unknown
d. 24 August 1975 - Nebraska, USA

Henry Ferdinand Bals
b. 20 December, 1893 - Nebraska, USA
d. 23 October 1972 - Crete, Nebraska, USA

Anna Rose Smejkal
b. 15 May 1897 - Crete, Nebraska, USA
d. 20 January 1997 - Crete, Nebraska, USA

Martia Susan Wocken
b. 1920 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Carl Alexander McDonald
b. 1910 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Frank Earnest Schwader [Second Husband]
b. 17 December 1894 - Sherman County, Nebraska
d. 24 May 1982 - Currently Unknown

Carl Fredrik Miller
b. 05 November 1905 - Nebraska, USA
d. 23 February 1984 - Whittier, California, USA

m. 29 November 1917 - Crete, Nebraska, USA

Jerome Henry Bals
b. 07 December 1918 - Nebraska, United States
d. 07 July 1952 - Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Leonard J Bals
b. 20/23 December 1920 - Crete, Nebraska, USA
d. 09 September 2007 - Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Valarian Bals
b. 01 November 1922 - Crete, Nebraska, USA
d. 28 November 1928 - Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Mary Alice Nelson
b. Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

m. 31 July 1945 - Pinellas, Florida, USA

John Francis Bals
b.28 August 1924 - Crete, Nebraska, USA
d. 02 November 2015 - Wilber, Nebraska, USA

Augusta “Gus” Carolyn Bals
b. 21 October 1897 - Crete, Nebraska, USA
d. 02 July 1974 Chadron, Dawes, Nebraska, USA

Dale Henry Witte
b. 23 February 1918 - Friend, Nebraska, USA
d. 11 September 2007 - Casper, Wyoming, US

Dorothy Witte
b. Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Earl Frederick “Joe” Witte
b. 02 January 1929 - Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
d. 08 October, 2025 - Spearfish, South Dakota, USA

Carl H. “Pete” Witte
b. 03 November 1932 - Rushville, Nebraska, USA
d.18 October 2014 - Chadron, Nebraska, USA

Glen F. “JG” Witte
b. 16 February 1920 - Nebraska, USA
d. 1944 - Airplane crash over Atlantic in fog

Lavern Caroline Witte
b. 09 June 1922 - Friend, Nebraska, USA
d. 06 November 2008 - Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Phylis V. Witte
b. 09 November 1924 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA
d. 31 December 2017 - White Bear Lake, Minnesota, USA

Marlene Siedhoff
b. Crete, Nebraska, USA
d. Currently Unknown

m. 20 September 1952 - Crete, Nebraska, USA

Henry Joseph Bals
b. 24 December 1927 - Nebraska, USA
d. 21 August 2021 - Currently Unknown

Nadine Shandra
b. Crete, Nebraska, USA
d. Currently Unknown

John M. Patz
b. 10 June 1980 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA
d. 24 April 1921 - Crete, Nebraska, USA

m. 03 July 1923 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA

m. 15 February 1917 - Crete, Nebraska, USA

m. Currently Unknown

m. Currently Unknown

m. Currently Unknown

m. Currently Unknown

m. 20 October 1936 - Lancaster, Nebraska, USA

m. 14 February 1976 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA

m. 04 September 1954 - Lancaster, Nebraska, USA

m. 29 December 1957 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA

m. Currently Unknown

m. 16 September 1967 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA

m. 31 October 1964 - Sherman, Nebraska, USA

m. 24 April 1971 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA

m. 15 June 1975 - Sherman, Nebraska, USA

m. 06 June 1935 - Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, USA

m. 23 August 1959 - Gibbon, Nebraska, USA

m. 29 November 1933 - Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, USA

m. 23 May 1945 - Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, USA

m. 27 August 1924 - Sherman, Nebraska, USA

m. 27 August 1924 - Sherman, Nebraska, USA

m. 27 December 1929 - Hall, Nebraska, USA

Phyllis Elaine Schall Moore
b. 1941 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Richard A. Wiese
b. 1928 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

V Gene Harris
b. 1938 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Richard Charles Dyer
b. 11 January 1937 - Chicago, Illinois, USA
d. 08 November 2002 - Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Dwayne L. Hill
b. 1945 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Irvin Eugene Woitalewicz
b. 1946 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Arnold Michael Palu
b. 1949 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

George Clifton Bailey Jr.
b.1938 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

m. 08 September 1932 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA

Herman Reinhard Meinert Witte
b. 1894 - Nebraska, USA
d. 03 April 1984 - Chadron, Nebraska, USA

Fred Buntemeyer
b. 23 November 1884 - Nebraska, USA
d. 25 March 1963 - Iowa City, Iowa, USA

Savella E. Buntemeyer
b. 1917 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Bernice Buntemeyer
b. Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Genevive Buntemeyer
b. Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Marjorie Buntemeyer
b. Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Elmer August Buntemeyer
b. 17 March 1901 - Hallam, Nebraska, USA
d. 09 March 1963 - Clinton, Iowa, USA

Virgil E. Buntemeyer
d. 03 March 1926 - Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
b. 10 December 2014 - Clinton, Iowa, USA

Leroy F. Buntemeyer
d. 19 April 1928 - Lincoln, Nebraska
b. 25 January 2023 - Clinton, Iowa

Jack Henry Buntemeyer
d. 03 February 1930 - Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
b. 26 February 1991 - Clinton, Iowa, USA

Verlee Buntemeyer
b. 1932 - Nebraska, USA
d. Currently Unknown

Herbert Heinrich Bals
b. 21 November 1903 - Crete, Nebraska, USA
d. 23 June 1980 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA

Dale Delmar Bals
b. 1931 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Jo Anne Bals
b. 1934 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Sharon Leona Bals
b. 1940 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Karla Kay Bals
b. 31 March 1944 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA
d. 12 October 2014 - McCook, Nebraska, USA

Virginia Lynn Bals
b. 1946 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Jeri Louise Bals
b.1947 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Bernice Louise Bals
b. 1949 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Donald Herbert Bals
b. 19 April 1957 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA
d. 29 September 1976 - Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, USA

Phyllis Lillian Allen
b. 27 November 1922 - Bristol, South Dakota, US
d. 19 June 1989 - Currently Unknown

Robert ”Bob” Eskridge Anderson
b. 14 July 1922 - Hobart, Oklahoma, USA
d. 12 May 2009 - Currently Unknown

Betty Ellen Broadhurst
b. 19 February - Chadron, Nebraska, USA
d. 02 August 2022 - Chadron, Nebraska, USA

Roy Gruntorad
b. 1913 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Ellen Rae Petersen
b. 12 January 1932 - Clinton, Iowa, USA
d. 28 August 2012 - Clinton, Iowa, USA

m. 05 June 1954 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA

m. 10 October 1978 - Kearney, Nebraska, USA

m. 21 January 1949 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA

m. 04 August 1951 - Crete, Nebraska, USA

m. 29 December 1945 - Los Angeles, California, USA

m. 28 July 1915 - Crete, Nebraska, USA

m. 24 May 1941 - Los Angeles, California, USA

Eugene F Bals
b. Private
d. Living

Elizabeth Ella Bals
b. 31 March 1896 - Crete, Nebraska, USA
d. 19 January 1985 - Burbank, Los Angeles, California, USA

Delmar Patz
b. 1916 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Mae Elizabeth Patz
b. 1918 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Mathilda "Tille" M Bals
b. 20 October 1899 - Crete, Nebraska, USA
d. December 1982 - Clinton, Iowa, USA

Hedwig Albertine Bals
b. 22 September 1901 - Crete, Nebraska, USA
d. 23 October 1988 - Clinton, Iowa, USA

Alfred Bals
b. 03 March 1908 - Crete, Nebraska, USA
d. 19 March 1940 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA

Carl Rudy Bals/Bales
b. 09 August 1910 - Crete, Nebraska, USA
d. 11 May 1997 - Maricopa, Arizona, USA

Garland E. Bals
b. Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Marie Madelyn Burke [Second Wife]
b. 13 March 1914 - Colorado
d. 25 April 1989 - Currently Unknown

David Carl Bales
b. 1949 - Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
d. 31 October 1963 - Salem, Oregon, USA

Anselma “Thelma” Marie Bals
b. 01 March 1914 - Crete, Nebraska, USA
d. 16 March 1990 - Los Angeles, California, USA

Marvel May Lauritzen
b. 16 September 1922 - Clinton, Iowa, USA
d. 05 June 2003 - Clinton, Iowa, USA

Marilyn R. Miller
b. c. 1933
d. Currently Unknown

Eva June Miller
b. c. 1935
d. Currently Unknown

Bernice Louise Watts
b. 11 July 1910 - Nebraska, USA
d. 11 November 1995 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA

Cyndee Yvonne Davis
b. 1957 Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Adeline Christina Enevoldsen
b. 25 June 1910 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA
d. 07 December 1996 - Gibbon, Nebraska, USA

Mavis Bals
b. 18 September 1938 - Nebraska, USA
d. 25 September 2001 - Kearney, Nebraska, USA

Hallie L. Elrod [First Wife]
b. 1912 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Robert D. Bals
b. Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

Mary L. Bales
b. 1942 - Currently Unknown
d. Currently Unknown

m. 10 November 1956 - Loup City, Nebraska, USA

Sources
 
Family picture - Origin unknown, but I acquired it from Gene Bals

Family tree names and dates - Gene Bals