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Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt 1869 – 1947 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 February 1869

Birth Location: Bushnell, McDonough County, Illinois, United States of America

Death Date: 12 February 1947

Death Location: Mitchell, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States of America

Father: Michael Burt

Mother: Margaret Meacham

Spouse(s): George Richter, Joseph Bettendorf

Children(s): Carrie Richter, Vernon Richter, Estella Richter, Flora Richter, Forrest Richter, Marie Richter, Fred Richter, Ruth Richter, Joseph Richter, Hattie Richter, Kenneth Richter, Ruth Richter

In 1869, Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt entered the world in Bushnell, McDonough County, Illinois, United States of America, born to Michael J. Burt and Margaret E. Meacham. In 1880, Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt resided in Duncan, Mercer, Illinois, USA. In 1900, Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt resided in Kansas City Ward 5, Jackson, Missouri, USA. Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt married George Richard Richter, Joseph Hubert Bettendorf, and had children including Carrie Ellen Richter, Vernon 'Vern' Richter, Estella 'Stella' Richter, Flora R. Richter, Forrest Edgar Richter, Marie Mary Edith Marie Richter, Fred Hatten Richter, Ruth Mae Richter, Joseph 'Joe' C Richter, Hattie Richter, Kenneth Lee "Mike" Richter, Ruth Mae Richter. Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt passed away in 1947 in Mitchell, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1869, Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt entered the world in Bushnell, McDonough County, Illinois, United States of America, born to Michael J. Burt and Margaret E. Meacham.
  • In 1880, Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt resided in Duncan, Mercer, Illinois, USA.
  • In 1900, Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt resided in Kansas City Ward 5, Jackson, Missouri, USA.
  • Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt married George Richard Richter, Joseph Hubert Bettendorf, and had children including Carrie Ellen Richter, Vernon 'Vern' Richter, Estella 'Stella' Richter, Flora R. Richter, Forrest Edgar Richter, Marie Mary Edith Marie Richter, Fred Hatten Richter, Ruth Mae Richter, Joseph 'Joe' C Richter, Hattie Richter, Kenneth Lee "Mike" Richter, Ruth Mae Richter.
  • Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt passed away in 1947 in Mitchell, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Michael Burt
1847 –
Birth Location: Canada
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Margaret Meacham
1842 –
Birth Location: Kentucky
MM

Spouses(s)

George Richter
1857 – 1918
Birth Location: Illinois, USA
GR
Joseph Bettendorf
1866 – 1954
Birth Location: Arlington, Bureau County, Illinois, United States of America
JB

Children(s)

Carrie Richter
1886 – 1919
Birth Location: Illinois, USA
CR
Vernon Richter
1890 – 1929
Birth Location: Illinois, USA
VR
Estella Richter
1892 –
Birth Location: Illinois, USA
ER
Flora Richter
1896 – 1985
Birth Location: Illinois, USA
FR
Forrest Richter
1898 – 1950
Birth Location: Illinois, USA
FR
Marie Richter
1900 – 1994
Birth Location: Kansas, USA
MR
Fred Richter
1903 – 1967
Birth Location: Columbus, Kansas, USA
FR
Ruth Richter
1906 – 1978
Birth Location: Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas, United States of America
RR
Joseph Richter
1909 – 1925
Birth Location: Stippville, Cherokee County, Kansas, United States of America
JR
Hattie Richter
1912 – 1926
Birth Location: Kansas
HR
Kenneth Richter
1914 – 1979
Birth Location: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA
KR
Ruth Richter
1906 – 1978
Birth Location: Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas, United States of America
RR

Emma Burt's Ancestors

Self
Emma Burt
1869 – 1947
Birth Place: Bushnell, McDonough County, Illinois, United States of America
Parents
Michael J. Burt
1847 –
Canada
Margaret (E.) Meacham
1842 –
Kentucky
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Emma Burt's Descendants

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Emma (Jane Bettendorf) Burt (2 February 1869 – 12 February 1947) m. George (Richard) Richter (24 December 1857 – 20 Mar 1918) m. Joseph (Hubert) Bettendorf (23 December 1866 – 3 February 1954)
  1. 1. Carrie (Ellen) Richter (Sep 1886 – 1919) m. Ira (Elmer) Parsons* (5 Oct 1883 – 26 Jan 1952 or 26 Jul 1952) m. Howard (Leslie) Blair (21 September 1879 – 4 December 1945)
    1. 1. Clifford (Howard) Parsons (28 Mar 1903 – 7 Jul 1983) m. Hazel (Kathryn) Parsons (24 July 1905 – 19 August 2001) m. Dora Pearson (abt 1906 – )
      1. 1. Howard (Leslie) Parsons (12 September 1922 – 9 May 2009) m. Bertha
      2. 2. Kenny Parsons (abt 1925 – )
      3. 3. Connie Parsons
      4. 4. Loren Pearson (abt 1938 – )
      5. 5. Stanley Pearson (abt 1940 – )
    2. 2. Olive Parsons (1 Dec 1905 – ) m. Albert Purington (14 Feb 1887 – )
    3. 3. Bonnie (Dale) Blair (8 Nov 1899 – 11 Oct 1916)
    4. 4. Homer (Lee) Blair (20 Dec 1909 – 30 Dec 1991) m. Dorothy Dutra (14 August 1915 – 29 November 1991)
      1. 1. Esther (Jane) Blair (31 March 1948 – 29 June 2007) m. Harold Radcliffe
        1. 1. Duane (A) Radcliffe (Oct 1965 – ) m. Julie (T) Ferreira
      2. 2. Janet (Ellen) Blair (3 Sep 1949 – )
        1. 1. Stephanie Love
      3. 3. Dennis (James) Blair (3 Jan 1953 – 10 Dec 2015) m. Alyse (Frances) Richter (30 Aug 1953 – )
    5. 5. George (Harrison) Blair (23 July 1914 – 23 Jul 1914)
    6. 6. Harold Blair (3 July 1916 – 1916)
    7. 7. Homer (Lee) Blair (20 Dec 1909 – 30 December 1991)
  2. 2. Vernon ('Vern') Richter (Mar 1890 – 1929) m. Daisy Bibbey (22 Jun 1893 – 01 Jan 1957)
  3. 3. Estella ('Stella') Richter (Jan 1892 – )
  4. 4. Flora (R.) Richter (Aug 1896 – 22 June 1985) m. John (D) Mance (abt 1892 – 4 May 1943) m. Will (C) Wiley (4 July 1894 – 26 March 1960) m. Morriss ('Maurice') Gorman (abt 1882 – Abt 1927)
    1. 1. Maurice ('Morse' Junior) Gorman (3 Jun 1918 – 3 Dec 1956)
  5. 5. Forrest (Edgar) Richter (Oct 1898 – 11 Aug 1950) m. Hazel (Gale) Richard (14 September 1897 – 28 December 1997) m. Mary Richter (abt 1900 – )
    1. 1. Lenora ("Lenore" Louise) Richter (22 December 1915 – 17 September 2008) m. James (Harvey) Deckard (6 October 1909 – 6 July 1982) m. Hilton (W.) Taylor (20 Jan 1923 – 12 Feb 2009)
      1. 1. Shirlene (Dolores) Deckard (abt 1936 – 14 May 1999) m. Ronald (Edgar) Edgerton (17 Nov 1932 – 26 Apr 2013) m. Clyde (Lafayette) Falls (31 Aug 1933 – 22 Apr 1969)
        1. 1. Steven ("Steve" Bruce) Falls (22 Jun 1966 – )
    2. 2. Forrest (Edward) Richter (18 Apr 1918 – 12 Aug 1986) m. Maie (Elizabeth) Dilley (12 Dec 1920 – 9 Mar 1966) m. Pauline Hudgens (8 May 1914 – 26 June 1994)
      1. 1. Martin Richter
      2. 2. Sharan Richter
  6. 6. Marie (Mary Edith Marie) Richter (Jan 1900 – 31 Oct 1994)
  7. 7. Fred (Hatten) Richter (28 Oct 1903 – 25 Oct 1967) m. Burla (Mary) Smull (12 Dec 1908 – 9 Aug 2002)
    1. 1. Nola Richter (14 Jun 1929 – 28 Feb 2013)
      1. 1. Susan King
      2. 2. Bill Millhouser
    2. 2. Georgia (Jean) Smull (30 Nov 1931 – 17 Feb 2019) m. Zean (K) Smull (24 August 1923 – 27 July 2009)
      1. 1. Robert Smull (14 March 1959 – 23 December 2001)
      2. 2. Zean (T) Smull
      3. 3. Patty Murray
      4. 4. Bonnie Taylor
        1. 1. Joe Taylor
      5. 5. Clarke Smull
    3. 3. Betty (Louise) Richter (10 Dec 1933 – ) m. Dale (Leon) Roberson (abt 1933 – )
    4. 4. Carol (M) Richter (21 Dec 1937 – 6 Aug 1973)
    5. 5. Burla (June) Richter (abt 1940 – ) m. Donald (Lee) King (abt 1933 – )
  8. 8. Ruth (Mae) Richter (5 April 1906 – 7 May 1978) m. Wallace Hutchinson (abt 1902 – )
    1. 1. Dorothy Hutchinson (abt 1924 – )
    2. 2. Floyd (I) Hutchinson (abt 1926 – )
    3. 3. Dorolene Hutchinson (abt 1927 – )
    4. 4. Elnora (J) Hutchinson (abt 1929 – )
  9. 9. Joseph ('Joe' C) Richter (1 August 1909 – 18 December 1925)
  10. 10. Hattie Richter (1912 – 3 October 1926)
  11. 11. Kenneth (Lee "Mike") Richter (04 Aug 1914 – 19 Sep 1979) m. Rosella Kelly (25 Oct 1917 – 14 Sep 1993)
    1. 1. Robert (Lavern) Richter (17 June 1936 – 23 Sept 1998) m. Patricia (Ann) Richter (27 December 1937 – 14 March 2017)
      1. 1. Robert (Lee) Richter (12 November 1954 – 27 May 2015) m. Gladys (Marie) Cable m. Joyce Richter
        1. 1. Robert (Lee) Richter (11 Mar 1980 – )
        2. 2. Kristina Wallace
        3. 3. Gene Cable
        4. 4. Misty Smith
        5. 5. Linda Nutt
        6. 6. David Richter
    2. 2. Kenneth (E) Richter (1939 – 1941)
    3. 3. Joseph (Lee) Richter (10 Nov 1941 – 27 Aug 1989)
    4. 4. Betty Richter (abt 1944 – )
    5. 5. Herbert (Leroy) RICHTER (16 Jul 1945 – 2 June 2011)
    6. 6. Ronald (Dean) RICHTER (13 May 1947 – 7 May 2018)
      1. 1. Dannie Richter
    7. 7. Vernon (G) Richter (14 Jun 1948 – Nov. 18, 2002)
    8. 8. Doris (Richter) Moore (17 Mar 1950 – 14 May 2013)
      1. 1. Joseph Moore
      2. 2. Fred Evans
      3. 3. Amanda Cashon
    9. 9. Gerald (Loyd) Richter (Jun 23 1951 – 31 Dec 2018) m. Linda (Beth) Stitt (3 Oct 1947 – 14 Jul 2018)
      1. 1. Wendi (Beth Stitt) Ernst (30 Mar 1967 – )
      2. 2. Sandi (J) Stitt-Short (5 Nov 1969 – )
      3. 3. Desirae (A) Rein (Mar 1979 – )
      4. 4. Zak Klutts

Emma Burt's Timeline

11 Records

1869
2 February 1869
Birth of Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt in Bushnell, McDonough County, Illinois, United States of America
Bushnell, McDonough County, Illinois, United States of America
1880
1880
Age 11
Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt resided here in Duncan, Mercer, Illinois, USA
Duncan, Mercer, Illinois, USA
1900
1900
Age 31
Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt resided here in Kansas City Ward 5, Jackson, Missouri, USA
Kansas City Ward 5, Jackson, Missouri, USA
1900
1900
Age 31
Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt resided here in Kansas City Ward 5, Jackson, Missouri, USA
Kansas City Ward 5, Jackson, Missouri, USA
1905
1 Mar 1905
Age 36
Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt resided here in Mineral, Cherokee, Kansas, USA
Mineral, Cherokee, Kansas, USA
1910
1910
Age 41
Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt resided here in Mineral, Cherokee, Kansas, USA
Mineral, Cherokee, Kansas, USA
1920
1920
Age 51
Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt resided here in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, USA
Scottsbluff, Nebraska, USA
1928
1928
Age 59
Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt resided here in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, USA
Scottsbluff, Nebraska, USA
1930
1930
Age 61
Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt resided here in Mitchell, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, USA
Mitchell, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, USA
1947
12 February 1947
Age 78
Death of Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt in Mitchell, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States of America
Mitchell, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States of America
1947
15 Feb 1947
Age 78
Burial of Emma Jane Bettendorf Burt in Mitchell, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States of America
Mitchell, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 February 1869
    Event Place: Bushnell, McDonough County, Illinois, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925
    [2] 1920 United States Federal Census
    [3] 1930 United States Federal Census
    [4] 1880 United States Federal Census
    [5] 1900 United States Federal Census
    [6] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [7] Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940
    [8] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Duncan, Mercer, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Kansas City Ward 5, Jackson, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Kansas City Ward 5, Jackson, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1 Mar 1905
    Event Place: Mineral, Cherokee, Kansas, USA
    Record Source: Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Mineral, Cherokee, Kansas, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Scottsbluff, Nebraska, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
    [2] 1920 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1928
    Event Place: Scottsbluff, Nebraska, USA
    Record Source: U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Mitchell, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Mitchell
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Mitchell, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 February 1947
    Event Place: Mitchell, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 15 Feb 1947
    Event Place: Mitchell, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Mitchell, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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