John Bierchen arrived in the US on Jan 25, 1902. He was 20, single, a laborer, headed to see his brother Nick at 502 Florence in Evanston IL. He was pre-naturalized as a citizen in Yankton, SD in 1902 but returned to Chicago and was naturalized in 1916. On his WWI Draft card he reports living at 6630 N Roby Street and working as a laborer. He went to Luxembourg to visit his mother in 1920. He owned greenhouses with his wife Mary at Devon and Damen Sts. in Chicago. He died suddenly of a stroke at age 50, exactly one year after the death of his brother Ted.
John Bierchen arrived in the US on Jan 25, 1902. He was 20, single, a laborer, headed to see his brother Nick at 502 Florence in Evanston IL. He was pre-naturalized as a citizen in Yankton, SD in 1902 but returned to Chicago and was naturalized in 1916. On his WWI Draft card he reports living at 6630 N Roby Street and working as a laborer. He went to Luxembourg to visit his mother in 1920. He owned greenhouses with his wife Mary at Devon and Damen Sts. in Chicago. He died suddenly of a stroke at age 50, exactly one year after the death of his brother Ted.
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