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