Frank Henry Bury

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1900, Salisbury Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴ The 1900 Census for Salisbury Township in Lehigh County lists Hubert Bury, age 43, born Apr 1857 in Germany, parents born in Germany, occupation jeweler, renting his home. He was married for 16 years to Martha A., wife, born Oct 1867 in Germany, parents born in Germany. In 1900 she had born seven children, four of whom were still living.
With them is daughter Helen C., born Apr 1885 in Germany, age 15, single. Helen, Hubert, and Martha all immigrated in 1886. All can read and write English. Also in the home are three children born in Pennsylvania: Frank H., born Aug 1886; Violet P., born Jun 1892; and Martin H., born Oct 1898.

[Note for researchers: Hubert is indexed in this census as Burg, not Bury, although the handwriting of the census taker clearly wrote Bury. His immigration is incorrectly reported as 1886, but should have been 1885. Further, on the ship's passenger list his name appears as Burg, not Bury!]

• Confirmation, 27 Mar 1904, Salisbury Township: Emmaus Moravian Church, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ^{5 6} From the church record book: "Frank Henry Bury, son of Henry Bury, non-member and his late wife Martha, m. n. Papenkuhl, born at Hazleton, Pa., Aug 5 '88. All these [Frank and others his age] were confirmed on Palm Sunday, March 27, 1904. S. H. Gapp, pastor."

• Census, 1910, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁷ Following the death of Martha Bury in 1904, we find her children living in 1910 with their older sister's husband. Horace N. Benfield, age 27, occupation house painter, is listed living at 229 West Street in Allentown in the 1910 Census in enumeration district 0160 as visit 0151. Living with him is his wife, Helen (nee Bury), age 24, whose birthplace is listed as Germany and 1885 as the year she immigrated, which is her year of birth. She was married to Horace for 4 years at in 1910 had no children born. Her marital status is listed as M2, which appears to indicate this was her second marriage -- Horace is listed as M1. Also in the household is brother-in-law Frank H. Bury, age 23, single, bookkeeper in a cement mill; sister-in-law Violet P. Bury, age 17, single, stichery in a shoe factory; and brother-in-law Martin H. Bury, age 11, single. Horace and his parents were born in Pennsylvania. Frank, Violet, and Martin were born in Pennsylvania with both parents born in Germany.

• Occupation: bookkeeper in a cement mill, 1910. ⁸

• Residence: 229 West Street, 1910, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁸ He was living with his sister Helen in his brother-in-law's home.

• Census, 1920, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ² He is listed as the head of the household as Frank H. Bury (age 34) with wife Katy I. Bury (35). Also present are Myra E. (8), Hubert H. (7), Betty M. (4 11/12), Adell J. (2 6/12), and Isabel M. (3/12 or 3 months).

• Occupation: credit clerk, 1920, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ²

• Residence: 1113 Russell St., Allentown, PA, 1920. ²

• Occupation: accountant for Weston Dodsen Corp., a large coal company, Abt 1921, Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁹ The family moved to Bethlehem.

• Residence: 1240 Turner St, 1927, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ^{9 10} The 1930 Census listed the value of the home as $12,000.

• Census, 1930, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹⁰ Living in the household were parents Frank (age 44) and Katie (45) and children Myra E. (18), Hubert H. (17), Betty M. (15), Adell J. (12), and Isabel M. (10) plus mother-in-law Isabel Knerr (76). Pennsylvania is listed as the birthplace of everyone and everyone's parents except Frank who lists Germany as the birthplace of his mother and father.

• Occupation: assistant Credit Manager in a cement plant (Lehigh Portland Cement Co.), 1930. ¹⁰

Frank married Katie Isabelle Knerr, daughter of Elias Henry Knerr and Isabella Sarah Diehl, on 11 Mar 1911 in , Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ (Katie Isabelle Knerr was born on 1 Dec 1884 in Lowhill Township: Weidasville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA,^{3 11 12 13} died on 10 Aug 1972 in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA ^{3 11} and was buried in Allentown: Grandview Cemetery, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

source: Lehigh Co., PA Marriage Application Info.
License #22970