He was about 19 years old when he set foot on the soil of America. He and his wife met at Old Monroe and were married there.
The Census Record of 1880 Reads (Birth) (Father's Birth) (Mother's birth)
Burkamp, Anton 38 Farmer Prussia Prussia Prussia
Lizzie 20 keeps house Missouri Missouri Missouri
Troy Free Press, June 15, 1883 - "Mrs. Antone Burkemper gave birth to twins last Saturday, one a boy and one a girl. It is beginning to look like hard times."
1885 "Antone Burkemper has finished a nice story and a half frame dwelling on his farm near the Luthern Church".
Anton and lizzie moved to Saint Louis in 1901.
Anton Burkemper |