Theodore Michael Harker

1897 - 1964  (67 years)

• Name	Theodore Michael Harker  [1, 2]
  Birth	2 Nov 1897	Bristol, Kendall, Illinois   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Dec 1964	Aurora, Kane, Illinois   [3, 4]
  Burial	River Hills Memorial Park, Batavia, Kane, Illinois   [4, 5]
  Notes	Theodore M. Harker, 67, of 339 S. Rosedale Ave., died Thursday in Copley Memorial Hospital. He was born N 1897, in Kendall County. Mr. Harker was a member of Our Saviour Lutheran Church. Surviving are his widow, Elizabeth; one daughter, Dorothy E. Harker of Aurora; two sons Theodore M., Jr., of North Aurora, and Robert E. of Elburn and five grandchildren. Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Sam (Frances) Burton of Elgin, Mrs. Ellis (Margaret) Greyer of Sugar Grove, Mrs. Earl (Tressa) Goodale of Sugar Grove, and Mrs. Leonard (Madeline) Nickels of Aurora; four brothers, John of Sugar Grove, Amel of Aurora, Oliver of Aurora, and Ferd of Plano, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Our Saviour Lutheran Church. Rev. Paul G. Krentz will officiate. Burial will be in River Hills Memorial Park. Friends may call at the Healy chapel after noon Saturday. 1920 US Census, Illinois, Kane, Blackberry, Theodore Harker, 23, born IL, father born Germany, mother born WI, farm laborer, wife Lizzie, 21, born IL, parents born Germany, daughter Dorothy E., 2/12, born IL, servant William Ward, 45, born England, farm laborer 1930 US Census, Illinois, Kane, Aurora, Theodore Harker, rents farm, owns radio, age 32, married age 21, born IL, parents born Germany, farmer, with wife Elizabeth 32, children Dorothy 10, Theodore Jr. 8, Robert 5. 1940 US Census, Illinois, Kane, Blackberry, Theodore M. Harker, owns farm valued 1700, age 42, born IL, education 7, lived elsewhere in rural Kane Co. on 1 Apr 1935, farming own farm, wife Elizabeth R., 41, education 8, born IL, son Theodore M. Jr., 17, education 8, farm hand father's farm, son Robert C., 15, education H1, born IL [4, 6, 7, 8]
  Person ID	I20519	Mindrum
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Antoine Anthony Tony Harker,   b. 14 Apr 1870, Moestroff, Diekirch, Luxembourg d. 7 Oct 1955, Aurora, Kane, Illinois (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Susanna Goschey,   b. 27 Sep 1871, Fredonia, Ozaukee, Wisconsin d. 17 Nov 1947, Bristol, Kendall, Illinois (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	17 Apr 1894	St. John's Church, Waubeka, Ozaukee, Wisconsin   [9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  Family ID	F14072	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Augusta Schroeder,   b. 4 Oct 1898   d. 30 Dec 1984, Aurora, Kane, Illinois (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	25 Feb 1919  [9]
  Children	1. Dorothy E. Harker,   b. 25 Dec 1919, Illinois d. 20 Sep 1980 (Age 60 years)   2. Theodore Harker, Jr.,   b. 25 Aug 1922, Aurora, Kane, Illinois d. 16 Feb 1974, Aurora, Kane, Illinois (Age 51 years)   3. Robert C. Harker,   b. 4 Jun 1924, Aurora, Kane, Illinois d. 23 Oct 2015 (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F14375	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2006

  
  

• Photos

  Harker, Theodore and Elizabeth Theodore and Elizabeth on right

  
  

  Headstones

  Harker, Theodore and Elizabeth Schroeder

  
  

  Histories

  Harker Family History

  
  

• Sources

  [S351] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, www.ancestry.com. [S1873] Families of Du Page, Grundy, Kendall and Will Counties in northeastern Illinois, www.ancestry.com, John Fishbeck, jfishbeck@yahoo.com. [S16] Social Security Death Index. [S1618] Theodore M. Harker obituary, undated newspaper article. [S6231] findagrave. [S8299] 1920 United States Federal Census. [S2298] 1930 US Census, IL, Kane Co., Aurora, Enum. Dist. 45-32, sheet 6A. [S8300] 1940 United States Federal Census. [S1871] Genealogy of Peter and Mary Goschey. [S3859] Wisonsin Historical Society, wisconsinhistory.org, Wisconsin Genealogy Index, Marriage Record Details, volume 2, page 0129. [S4665] Jerry Janty, Our Gauche - Goschey Heritage, (Belgium, Wisconsin, 12 Sep 2009), place. [S8664] Ozaukee Co., Wisconsin Marriages, Vol. 6, p. 1514, marriage place Roman Catholic Church Fredonia, Wisconsin. [S8678] St. John's Church, Waubeka, Wisconsin, Marriages, p. 184.