George ENCKE

1851 - 1936  (84 years)

• Name	George ENCKE  [2]
  	Albion's leading apiarist, whose farm was located just north of town. The 1904 Biographical Review of Calhoun County states, "George also has a good apiary and has handled bees for 35 years. In fact he has come to be the leading apiarist in eastern Calhoun county and has given to the subject much study and consideration. His honey product last year [i.e. 1903] will amount to more than 3,000 pounds, and as it is always of excellent quality he commands the highest market price." Also on his farm he grew melons and strawberries. In a bit of irony, his former farmland is now part of a church property which once included dairy cattle, thus making the church located in the "land of milk and honey." George was formerly a millright in his native New Jersey, and moved to Michigan in 1876. His parents were Edmund and Marietta (Green)Encke. He was married three times: 1) Della Bidwell m. 1876, d. 1879; 2) Anna Orr d. 1890; 3) Mable Frost. In Albion he lived in an elegant Victorian home on the southwest corner of Irwin Avenue and Adams St. which is still standing today. Posted on Find A Grave created by: Frank Passic, Albion Historian [1]
  Birth	26 Dec 1851	Hope, Warren Co., New Jersey   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1900	Living in Albion, Calhoun Co., Michigan   [3]
  Census	1930	Living in Sheridan, Calhoun Co., Michigan   [4]
  Death	11 Mar 1936	Albion, Calhoun Co., Michigan   [1]
  Burial	Riverside Cemetery, Albion, Calhoun Co., Michigan   [1]
  Person ID	I97303	Main Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2020

  
  

  Family	Mabel Clair FROST,   b. 27 Aug 1880   d. 15 Jan 1969 (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	9 Sep 1896  [2]
  Family ID	F40132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - 1900 - Living in Albion, Calhoun Co., Michigan Death - 11 Mar 1936 - Albion, Calhoun Co., Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  George Encke George Encke was married 3 times (1) Della Bidwell, (2) Anna Orr and (3) Mable Frost. Posted by Frank Passic, Albion historian

  
  

  Headstones

  George Encke Headstone George Encke is the husband of (1) Della Bidwell, (23) Anna Orr and (3) Mable Frost. He is buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Albion, Calhoun Co., Michigan. Created by: Frank Passic, Albion Historian Photo added by: Genealogy Bug Kate

  
  

• Sources

  [S11192] Find A Grave: Bio of George Encke. [S11134] Guy S. Rix, Concord, N.H., History and Genealogy of The Rix Family of America containing Biographical Sketches and Genealogies of both Males and Females, (The Grafton Press). [S7541] 1900 Census Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. [S11193] 1930 Census Sheridan, Calhoun County, Michigan.