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Robert Folker and Jane Elizabeth Turner
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Robert Turner Folker was born in Brandes Burton in Yorkshire on 16 June 1870 but died shortly afterwards.
Emma Folker was born in Brandesburton on 8 April 1872. In 1881 she was living with her parents at Emmett Land in North Frodingham, Yorkshire then emigrated with them to North Dakota in the USA. Initially the family lived in Bathgate Township then settled in Neche, Pemberton County several years later. In 1900 she was still living with her parents and was working in a Laundry. Nothing is kwown of beyond that.
Mary Ann Folker was born in Brandes Burton on 18 January 1874. She also emigrated with her parents but by 1900 had moved away. She married a man called Murphy and they had daughter Mary E born about 1902 and son Frank born about 1905. Her husband died before 1930 when the census showed her living in Rye, Port Chester, Westchester, New York with her children. They were still with her there in 1940. Mary Ann died in Los Angeles, California on 31 August 1950.
Charles Folker was born in Brandes Burton on 30 March 1876. He also emigrated to North Dakota with with parents and found employement in a Hardware store. He married Agnes Marie O'Connor and they lived in Langdon City in Cavalier County, North Dakota as shown in the 1900 census in which their name was recorded as Falker. The 1920 census shows children Irena, Eleanor, Erma and Charles at home. By 1930 Gladys and Irena had left but by 1940 Erma had gone as well but the family had grown with the addition of Barbara born about 1931, 13 years after her nearest sibling. Charles died at the Mercy Hospital in Langdon on 30 September 1951. Agnes died in Cavalier on 10 August 1964.
William Folker was born in North Frodingham, Yorkshire on 29 November 1877. He emigrated to North Dakota with with parents and, as his brother Charles, found employement in a Hardware store. Nothing more is known of him.
George Thomas Folker was born in North Frodingham, Yorkshire on 16 February 1880. He was still living at home in 1881 but nothing is known of him thereafter.
Alice Folker was born in North Dakota, USA on 5 November 1884. The census of 1900 shows her working in a Laundry as her elder sister Emma. Nothing is known of her after then.
Dora Clifton Folker was born in Neche, North Dakota on 27 September 1885. In 1910 she was the last sibling still living at home with her parents. She married Canadian born Alexander Hart in Neche on 30 November 1910 and went to live in Grand Forks in North Dakota where their son Earl was born in 1923 and Harry around 1927. Alexander passed away on 29 September 1937 and Dora on 30 November 1944.
Eva Folker was born in North Dakota, USA on 15 August 1888. The census of 1900 shows her at home then but nothing is known of her after then.
Henry Falker was born in North Dakota, USA on 16 July 1891. The census of 1900 shows him at home then but nothing is known of him after then.
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