Margaret L. Bleam^[1]

1847 - 1934  (86 years)

• Name	Margaret L. Bleam
  Born	20 Oct 1847	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120446228
  Name	Margaret L. Boeckenhauer
  Residence	1861	Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Residence	1866	Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	00010-1111
  Died	29 Apr 1934	Wakefield, Dixon, Nebraska, United States
  Buried	Wakefield Cemetery, Wakefield, Dixon, Nebraska, United States
  Person ID	I20554	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Christian Bliehm,   b. 20 Sep 1806, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Sep 1877  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mary Campbell,   b. 9 Dec 1816, , Scotland ,   d. 9 Jun 1894  (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F5086	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jochim Heinrich Joseph "Joseph" Boeckenhauer,   b. 31 Jul 1842, , Germany ,   d. 5 Nov 1931, Wakefield, Dixon, Nebraska, United States  (Age 89 years)
  Married	30 Jan 1866	, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F5098	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Margaret Bleam, "fourth daughter, is married to Joseph Buckenhauer. They reside in Oregon State, U.S., and have a family of five children." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.]. ___________ Mrs. Margaret Beckenhauer Funeral services were conducted at the J. O. Peterson home at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Peterson's mother, Mrs. Margaret Beckenhauer. Dr. J. W. Turner was in charge of the services. The deceased woman was 86 years of age and had been in poor health for some time. Margaret L. Bleam was born Oct. 20, 1847 at Hamburg, Canada. Her parents having migrated from Pittsburg, Penn., to Canada. She was married to Joseph Beckenhauer and in 1871 they left Canada, coming to Cumming Co., Nebr. In a short time they came to pioneer in Wayne Co., Nebr. Their eldest son, Jacob, preceded them in death. Their living children are: Mrs. Mary H. Gorham, Tulare, Calif.; Lucy Peterson, Wakefield, Nebr.; Emory Beckenhauer of Norfolk; and Mrs. Irene Kinney of Seattle, Wash. Ten grandchildren and twenty-seven great grandchildren and one great great grandchild survive besides one brother Jonothan Bleam of Elkton, Mich. and two sisters, Mrs. Henrietta Kalbifleisch, Filer, Idaho and Mrs. Lucy Honstedt of Hiawatha, Kan. Mrs. Beckenhauer was a member of the Christian Science Church of Sioux City, Ia. She passed away Sunday, April 29, 1934, at the home of her daugh- ter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Peterson with whom she had made her home for about twenty years. Interment was made in the Wakefield cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 280. [S2433] Census - Canada - 1861, Ontario, Huron, Stanley Township Div 2 Pg 140. Christian Bleam 54, b. Canada, farmer Mrs. 44, America Nancy 21 America David 19 America Henrietta16 Caanda Margaret 14 Canada Jonathan 10 Canada William 6 Canada Thomasina? 3 Canada [S25] Vit - ON, Huron - Huron County Marriage Register 1858-1869. Name: Jos Borckehaner Sex: Male Age: 23 Birth Year (Estimated): 1843 Birthplace: Germany Res: Hay Father's Name: Herman Borckenaner Mother's Name: Elizth Borckenaner Spouse's Name: Margaret Bliem Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Age: 18 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1848 Spouse's Birthplace: Wilmot C W Res: Stephen Spouse's Father's Name: Christian Bliem Spouse's Mother's Name: Margarett Bliem Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 30 Jan 1866 Event Place: Huron, Ontario, Canada

  
  

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  Born - 20 Oct 1847 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1861 - Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1866 - Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 30 Jan 1866 - , Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 29 Apr 1934 - Wakefield, Dixon, Nebraska, United States Buried - - Wakefield Cemetery, Wakefield, Dixon, Nebraska, United States  = Link to Google Earth