Niels Becker

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Biography ==Niels was born about 1840. He is the son of Bendix Becker and Anne Nielsdatter.

Came from Denmark to the US in 1912, to visit his sister Else.

Sources

≤references />* Birth: "Danmark Kirkebøger, 1484-1941", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGD4-B9RJ : 17 August 2021), Niels Bendixen Becker, 1840.* Census: Folketællinger Fole (Slesvigsk), 1855, pageOpslag 10, 1855 Hovedliste https://www.danishfamilysearch.com/cid17434127* Passenger List: "New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957"≤br/>Year: 1912; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 27; Page Number: 108≤br/>30c1c4 - 4008997232 (accessed 26 July 2022)≤br/>Name: Niels Bendixen Bekker; Gender: Male; Ethnicity/ Nationality: Scandinavian; Marital status: Married; Age: 71; Birth Date: abt 1841; Birth Place: Sweden; Other Birth Place: Gramby; Last Known Residence: Slesvig; Departure Port: Liverpool, England; Arrival Date: 18 Mar 1912; Arrival Port: New York, New York, USA; Final Destination: Dwight, Illinois; Hair Color: Fair; Eye Color: Blue; Complexion: Normal; Money in Possession: $100; Person in Old Country: Jiho Bekker; Person in Old Country Relationship: Son; Person in Old Country Residence: Antrefo Slesvig; Person in US: ?? A Sorenson; Person in US Relationship: Sister; Sibling: ?? A Sorenson; Ship Name: Lusitania.* Passenger List: "UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960"≤br/>The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists.; Class: BT26; Piece: 524; Item: 35≤br/>ec6a2d - 16987171 (accessed 26 July 2022)≤br/>Name: Nels Bekker; Arrival Age: 72; Birth Date: abt 1840; Port of Departure: New York, New York, USA; Arrival Date: 2 Dec 1912; Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England; Ports of Voyage: Fishguard; Ship Name: Mauretania; Shipping Line: Cunard; Official Number: 124093.