CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameFrank BICKNER 
[291]
[291]Birth Date1851 [291], [592, Frank J. Bickner reports his father was born in Illinois.], [593]
Birth PlaceIllinois or Bohemia
Memohis father was born in Austria
Census Date22 Jan 1920 [291]
Census PlaceRichfield, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, United States
Memo5812 Humbolt Ave. So.
OccupationSchool janitor [291]
Misc. Notes
Living with son, Frank, at least from 1917-1920 (city directory & census).
1920 census says his parents were born in Austria. [291]
Strongly suspect this is the same Frank, age 19, listed in the 1870 census for Owatonna, Steele Co., MN. That record gives his place of birth as Bohemia. It lists a younger brother, Charley, who was born in Illinois, followed by other siblings born in Minnesota. Thus I suspect that the confusion over Frank being born in Illinois comes from the apparently brief time the family spent in Illinois when Charley was born. [593]
1910 census for Owatonna, Steel Co, MN, lists a Frank Bickner or Bichner (indexed as the latter by HeritageQuest), age 56, a widower, born in Bohemia or Austria; with daughters Anna, 32, and Mary, 30. Immigrated 1863. Not a good match considering Frank’s brother Charley was born in 1856.
1920 census says his parents were born in Austria. [291]
Strongly suspect this is the same Frank, age 19, listed in the 1870 census for Owatonna, Steele Co., MN. That record gives his place of birth as Bohemia. It lists a younger brother, Charley, who was born in Illinois, followed by other siblings born in Minnesota. Thus I suspect that the confusion over Frank being born in Illinois comes from the apparently brief time the family spent in Illinois when Charley was born. [593]
1910 census for Owatonna, Steel Co, MN, lists a Frank Bickner or Bichner (indexed as the latter by HeritageQuest), age 56, a widower, born in Bohemia or Austria; with daughters Anna, 32, and Mary, 30. Immigrated 1863. Not a good match considering Frank’s brother Charley was born in 1856.
Spouses
Misc. Notes
The MNHS death index entries for daughters Mary and Anna give different spellings for their mother’s maiden name.