Chris Korte's New Zealand Genealogy Project
Matilda Maria BECK [Tilder]

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Name Matilda Maria BECK Known As Tilder Birth 27 Sep 1876 Takapau, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand [1, 2, 3]
Gender Female Death 03 Jul 1952 Dannevirke, Tararua, New Zealand [1, 4, 5, 6]
Cause: Diabetes Burial 04 Jul 1952 Norsewood, Tararua, New Zealand [7, 8]
Probate 29 Jul 1952 Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand [6]
Person ID I243 NZ Genealogy Project Last Modified 6 Mar 2022
Father Mathias Peterson BECK, b. 25 Aug 1847, Fole, Haderslev, Denmark d. 10 Jul 1930, Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
(Age 82 years)
Mother Anna Maria HANSEN, b. 13 Mar 1847, Denmark d. 31 Aug 1912, Norsewood, Tararua, New Zealand
(Age 65 years)
Marriage 1872 Johl, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany [9]
Documents Documents (Log in) Family ID F165 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Christian August BERKAHN, b. 26 Feb 1873, Jannerup, Thisted, Denmark d. 14 May 1942, Makotuku, Tararua, New Zealand
(Age 69 years)
Marriage 28 Feb 1894 Waipawa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand [10, 11]
Residence From 1911 to 1952 Makotuku, Tararua, New Zealand [12]
Children + 1. Vina Eveline BERKAHN, b. 10 May 1895, Ashley Clinton, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand d. 19 Aug 1978, Dannevirke, Tararua, New Zealand
(Age 83 years)
+ 2. Francis Christian BERKAHN, b. 04 Aug 1896, Dannevirke, Tararua, New Zealand d. 08 Oct 1970, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand
(Age 74 years)
+ 3. Henry Herbert BERKAHN, b. 22 Apr 1898, Waipawa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand d. 08 Sep 1954, Dannevirke, Tararua, New Zealand
(Age 56 years)
+ 4. Alice Matilda BERKAHN, b. 09 Jan 1900, Waipawa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand d. 20 Apr 1964, Dannevirke, Tararua, New Zealand
(Age 64 years)
5. Ronald Oliver BERKAHN [Reynold Oliver], b. 1901, Waipawa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand d. 24 Apr 1959, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand
(Age 58 years)
6. Grace Muriel BERKAHN, b. 10 Nov 1902, Norsewood, Tararua, New Zealand d. 30 Apr 1925, Norsewood, Tararua, New Zealand
(Age 22 years)
+ 7. Gordon BERKAHN, b. 1903, Waipawa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand d. 06 Aug 1955, Dannevirke, Tararua, New Zealand
(Age 52 years)
8. Olive May BERKAHN, b. 04 May 1905, Norsewood, Tararua, New Zealand d. 31 Mar 1912, Norsewood, Tararua, New Zealand
(Age 6 years)
+ 9. Irene BERKAHN, b. 24 Nov 1906, Wakarara, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand d. 11 Jan 1968, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand
(Age 61 years)
+ 10. Elsie BERKAHN, b. 01 Dec 1908, Te Kuiti, Waikato, New Zealand d. 04 Jul 1931, Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand
(Age 22 years)
+ 11. Percy Wilfred BERKAHN, b. 29 Dec 1909, Te Kuiti, Waikato, New Zealand d. 12 Feb 1994, Dannevirke, Tararua, New Zealand
(Age 84 years)
+ 12. Mervyn Mathias BERKAHN [Snow], b. 29 Sep 1911, Waipawa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand d. 06 Apr 1999, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand
(Age 87 years)
+ 13. Clarence BERKAHN, b. 15 Dec 1912, Ormondville, Tararua, New Zealand d. 27 Jul 1983, Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
(Age 70 years)
Documents Documents (Log in) Album Photos Media (Log in) Family ID F80 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 31 Dec 2024
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Notes BIOGRAPHY
Matilda Maria Beck, the third daughter of Mathias Peterson Beck and Anna Maria Hansen, was born in Norsewood in 1876. Her parents and older two sisters and brother had migrated to New Zealand from Denmark. The family departed from Hamburg on 16 December 1874, on the sailing ship Fritz Reuter, and arrived in Napier on 18 March 1875. Mathias was a farm labourer in Denmark, and the family had a farm at Norsewood.
Matilda married Chris Berkahn in 1894, and had 13 children. Matilda died in 1922 and was buried in Norsewood Cemetery.
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