Henry Ferdinand Bals & Anna Rose Smejkal

Henry Ferdinand is Henry and Elizabeth’s second child and son.

1900 US Census: Henry [6] is living with Henry and Elizabeth and attending school.

1910 US Census: Henry [16] is living with Henry and Elizabeth and working as a laborer on the home farm.

1920 US Census: Henry [26] and his wife Anna [22] are living/farming in Pleasant Hill precinct, Nebraska with their son Jerome [1].

1930 US Census: Henry [36] and Anna [31] are living/farming in Dorchester precinct, Nebraska with four children.

1940 US Census: Henry [46] and Anna [43] are living/farming in Dorchester precinct, Nebraska with five children. Jerome [21] is working as a laborer on the home farm, Leonard [19] is working as a clerk in a hardware store, I presume John [15] and Henry [12] are attending school, and Gene is an infant.

1950 US Census: Henry [56] and Anna [53] are living/farming in Dorchester precinct, Nebraska with four children. Jerome [31] is working as a laborer on the home farm, John [25] is a mail carrier for the US Postal Service, Henry [22] is a substitute mail carrier for the US Postal Service, and Eugene [10] is presumably attending school.

Henry dies in 1972 aged 78. Anna dies in 1997 aged 99.

Henry & Anna

1900 US Census [Henry]
1910 US Census [Henry]
WWI Draft Registration [Henry]
1920 US Census
1930 US Census
1940 US Census
WWII Draft Registration [Henry]
1950 US Census
Find a Grave [Henry]
Find a Grave [Anna]

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

m. 29 November 1917 - Currently Unknown

Henry Ferdinand Bals

Henry & Anna Wedding Photo

Henry, Anna, an four of their children

Newspaper Death & Service Notice

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

m. 29 November 1917

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. Currently Unknown

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

Marlene Siedhoff
b. Crete, Nebraska, USA
d.

m. Currently Unknown

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

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

m. Currently Unknown

Eugene F Bals
b. Private
d. Living

Sources

FamilySearch.org:
US census reports, Draft registrations

Photos - Gene Bals
Family tree names and dates - Gene Bals and Find a Grave