Peter Henry-Harry Bitter

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JSA-Notes for PETER HENRY-HARRY BITTER:
He gave his middle name as Harry on his WWI draft card. His tombstone has the middle initial H. It is Henry in at least one other source.

He and his sister Maria sailed on the SS Republic from Liverpool on 9 Oct 1907 and arrived at Boston, MA, USA on 17 Oct 1907. Their contact in Europe was their mother Christine at 36 Brauerei Str. in Libau, and their contact in the USA was their brother Heinrich in Sugar City, CO.


Buried:
Wyuka Cemetery

Peter married Amalia Becker about 1915 in Nebraska, USA. Amalia (daughter of Johannes Becker and Maria Christina Prinz) was born on 16 Jan 1896 in Kukkus, Samara, Russia; died on 22 Sep 1977 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA; was buried on 26 Sep 1977 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Amalia Bitter was born on 10 May 1915 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA; died on 11 Oct 1998 in Maricopa, Arizona, USA; was buried in Oct 1998 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA.
2. Christina Margaretha Bitter was born on 7 Sep 1917 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA; died on 24 Dec 1989 in USA; was buried in Dec 1989 in Grand Cane, DeSoto, Louisiana, USA.
3. Living
4. John Henry Bitter was born on 16 Dec 1924 in Nebraska, USA; died on 29 Nov 1944.

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based on children's birth

Heinrich married Christina Goeringer. Christina was born before 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Comments from Spencer L Fraise:

Description: This is my 2nd great grandmother, her daughter Marie Bitter is my great grandmother.

I have a story handed down to me by my grandmother Esther (Marie's daughter) stating the following about Christina (or Kristine as written on Marie and Peter's manifest when they came to the US on the SS Republic in 1907).

I haven't been able to find any information on her or her other son that she remained behind in Russia with. The only record I can find that connects her to my great grandmother is the SS Republic manifest. Maybe posting the story will help others who may have a similar story and may have more information regarding her and her son.

The story goes:
In the year 1891 Mary Bitter was born in Volgograd, Russia. When Mary was 8 years old her father died. Mary's mother Christina, planned to leave the hard life in Russia and to take her three children to the United States. As the four were being given a physical examination in order to leave the country the youngest child, a boy was found to have an eye defect. Christina was told that her son could not leave Russia because of it. So with a love that only a mother knows she bid farewell to 17 year old Peter and 15 year old Mary. She put them on a ship bound for the United States and intended to follow when her son's eyes got better. She was never able to do so, remaining in Russia with her son. She eventually died enroute to Siberia. Peter and Mary went to Sugar City, Colorado to live with other immigrant families where they worked in the cantaloupe fields to support themselves.

My grandmother (Esther) traveled to Germany with her brother Ben around 2000 and met with some relatives living there. They were told that Christina did not actually die enroute to Siberia but actually survived the war.


Birth:
based on spouse's age