Hildegard Gertrud Goetske Franzke was born 19 Jul 1907 in Berlin, Germany , daughter of Friedrich Karl Albert Goetske and Martha Franziska Florentine Tronk. Records from the arrival of the ship "Washington" in New York City on 19 Oct 1951 show she was living at age 44 at 242 S. Broadway in South Amboy, NJ.
In 1954 , the same year she was naturalized, she married Traugott Franzke, who crewed ships between Europe and the US. He died in 1958 and is interred at Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium in Middle Village, Queens, NY.
In September of 1959 she appears on the manifest of the S.S. America, returning to NY from Bremerhaven, Germany. Her home address is listed as: 21-41 32nd Street, Astoria, LI, NY.
She died 8 Sep 1993 at the age of 86.
In 1954 , the same year she was naturalized, she married Traugott Franzke, who crewed ships between Europe and the US. He died in 1958 and is interred at Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium in Middle Village, Queens, NY.
In September of 1959 she appears on the manifest of the S.S. America, returning to NY from Bremerhaven, Germany. Her home address is listed as: 21-41 32nd Street, Astoria, LI, NY.
She died 8 Sep 1993 at the age of 86.