Meyer-Becking Family

Generation No. 1

1. John Becking b. 25 Feb 1846 Alsace, Germany (France) – d. 18 Mar 1927 Woodstock, IL. Married Anna Katherine Hansman b. 30 Jul 1852 Germany – d. 10 Feb 1941 Woodstock, IL.  John arrived in US 7 Aug 1872 (naturalized 6 Nov 1877), Anna abt 1870. Married 1876.

                  i.  Emma Mary Becking b. 21 Aug 1878 Woodstock, IL – d. 23 Jul 1922 Woodstock, IL.  

                  ii. Frank Becking b. Jul 1880 – d. btwn 1900-1910.  (1910 census says Anna had 6 children with 5 living.)

                  iii. Louis Henry Becking b. 23 Dec 1882 Woodstock, IL – d. 1961 Woodstock, IL.  Married Selma E. b. 10 Nov 1900 – d. Feb 1980.

                  iv. Edward Charles Becking b. 21 Jul 1886 Woodstock, IL – d. 1955 Woodstock, IL.  

                  v. Bertha B. Becking b. Aug 1889 Woodstock, IL – d. NA. 

                  vi. Alvena Clara Becking b. 28 Jan 1895 Woodstock, IL – d. 9 Jun 1985 Menomonee Falls, WI

Generation No. 2 (John1)

2. Emma Mary Becking b. 21 Aug 1878 Woodstock, IL – d. 23 Jul 1922 Woodstock, IL.  Married (13 Sep 1899 Woodstock, IL) Thomas Benjamin Merwin b. 21 Sep 1874 Walworth, WI – d. 27 Aug 1956 Woodstock, IL. (Remarried Bertha Huthinson – on 1930 census)

1. Clifford Laverne Merwin b. 16 Mar 1902 Woodstock, IL – d. 17 Apr 1995 Roseville, MN
2. Stella Irene Merwin b. 23 Aug 1907 Woodstock, IL – d. 18 Jan 2004 Santee, CA.
3. Lynn E b. abt 1913
4. Doris J b. abt 1915
5. Donald Thomas Merwin b. 16 Sep 1916 Woodstock, IL – d. 1994 Woodstock, IL.

2. Edward Charles Becking b. 21 Jul 1886 Woodstock, IL – d. 1955 Woodstock, IL.  Married Flora M. Mansfield b. 13 May 1890 Greenwood, IL – d. 24 Aug 1975 Pittsburg, Kansas.

   i.           Leota R Becking b. 17 Nov 1920 Woodstock, IL – d. NA.  Married Richard “Dick” Schwenke. Lived Pittsburg, KS in 1993.

2. Bertha B. Becking b. Aug 1889 Woodstock, IL – d. NA. Married Arthur H. Herdklotz b. 9 Jul 1889 Highland Park, IL – d. Jul 1966 Woodstock, IL.

                  i.            Arlene B. b. abt 1913

                  ii.           Thomas A. b. abt 1923

                  iii.          Nan M. b. abt 1925

2. Alvena Clara Becking b. 28 Jan 1895 Woodstock, IL – d. 9 Jun 1985 Menomonee Falls, WI.   Married (21 Jun 1917 Woodstock, IL) Walter Henry Meyer b. 23 Apr 1891 Reedsburg, WI – d. 12 Feb 1970 Menomonee Falls, WI.  Walter Meyer was an attorney, earning his law degree in 1913 from The University of Michigan. He met Alvena Clara Becking while working for the Armour State Bank in Armour, South Dakota. He was a veteran of WWI. In Menomonee Falls, WI he practiced law and served as Justice of the Peace.  He died on Abraham Lincoln’s birthday and was laid to rest on his own Mother’s birthday.  Alvena Meyer graduated from Lake Forest College, Cosmopolitan School of Music in Chicago, Illinois in 1912.  She taught music at Armour High School in Armour, South Dakota.

1. Robert William Meyer b. 18 Nov 1923 – d. 6 Aug 1990.  Married (5 Aug 1950) 
2. Richard