BUHR, Victor b. 3 Aug 1868 24 Maxinenßtas, Cologne, Germany d. 5 Jul 1923 Bronx, NY, USA

1868 - 1923 (54 years)

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Name	BUHR, Victor
Place of Residence	1019	707 Newbold Ave, Bronx, NY, USA
Born	3 Aug 1868	24 Maxinenßtas, Cologne, Germany
	Born at 4 in the morning
		Victor Buhr's birth certificate
Gender	Male
Occupation	Feb 1891
	Chairman of the \"Association of Independent Socialists\"
Election	8 Nov 1891	Berlin, Germany
	Forms the \"Association of Independent Socialists\" and is elected chairman (along with Eugen Ernst)
Place of Residence	1892	Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Emigration	1893	Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Immigration	1894	Antwerp, Belgium
	No year given, but I'm guessing 1894, on his way from France to Southampton. I get the impression that he was escorted to the border of France and told not to come back.
		Victor Buhr's immigration entry in the Antwerp, Belgium police log.
Place of Residence	3 Feb 1894	127 rue des Dames, Paris, France
Expelled	8 May 1894	Paris, France, USA
	BUHR, Victor, né a Cologne (Allemange), le 3 août 1868, fils de Chrétien et de Marie Kremer - Expulsé par arrête du 8 mai 1894
		Entry for Victory Buhr from Album Photographique des Individus qui doivent être l'objet d'une surveillance spéciale aux frontières.
Emigration	17 Jun 1894	Southampton, England, UK
	Ship: City of Paris
		Passenger List showing Victor Buhr
Immigration	23 Jun 1894	Castle Island, New York City, NY, USA
Newspaper Mention	25 Jul 1899
Place of Residence	Oct 1900	1145 Tinton Ave, Bronx, NY, USA
	An apartment building with two other families.
		1900 census for the family of Victor and Carolina (Bottjer) Buhr
Naturalization	3 Oct 1900	New York, NY, USA
	Petition for Victor Buhr to become a citizen of the United States
Newspaper Mention	7 Aug 1904
		Victor Buhr, president of the Amalgamated Painters, quoted in the New York Times, Sunday, August 7, 1904 Victor Buhr, president of the Amalgamated Painters, said: "You must unite like the employers. If you do not, they will crush you out of existence."
Naturalization	Oct 1904
		Naturalization paper for Victor Buhr
Newspaper Mention	17 Sep 1905	New York, NY
	New York Sun
		Victor Buhr in the NY Sun - 17 Sep 1905 Victor Buhr presided over a convention of trade union delegates.
Election	1909	New York City, NY, USA
	Ran a write-in campaign for Board of Ran on the socialist ticket for New York City Board of Aldermen
Place of Residence	1910	2020 Newbold Street, Bronx, NY, USA
		1910 census for the family of Victor and Carolina (Bottjer) Buhr (pg 1)
Occupation	1915
	Painter
Place of Residence	1915	1029 Dean Avenue, the Bronx, NY, NY, USA
Newspaper Mention	26 Feb 1917	New York, NY, USA
		Victor Buhr quoted in the New York Tribune - Mon, Feb 26 1917 Article discusses the formation of the People's Conference Committee, which was organized the previous day to fight high food prices. Victor Buhr, of the Central Federated Union, is a member of the committee.
Place of Residence	1920	1029 Dean Avenue, the Bronx, NY, NY, USA
		1920 US census record for the family of Victor and Carolina (Bottjer) Buhr.
Died	5 Jul 1923	Bronx, NY, USA
Cremated	9 Jul 1923	Fresh Pond Crematory, Middle Village, NY, USA
Person ID	I74	My Genealogy
Last Modified	28 Nov 2019

Father	BUHR, Christian, b. 5 Dec 1831, Oberbreisig, Ahrweiler, Rhein, Preußen, Germany
Mother	KRAEMER, Anna Maria, b. 25 May 1837, Winterscheid, Köln, Germany , d. 1922 or 1923 (Age 85 years)
Family ID	F33	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family BOTTJER, Carolina Augusta, b. 18 Jul 1876, Bremen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany , d. 6 Aug 1961, Bronx, NY, USA (Age 85 years)

Children

+	1. BUHR, Victor William, b. 21 Jun 1898, d. 8 Oct 1966, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA (Age 68 years)
	2. BUHR, Elsie Julianna, b. Feb 1900
	3. BUHR, Carl Julius, b. 7 Jan 1902 (Age 122 years)
	4. BUHR, Arthur Henry, b. 14 Sep 1904
	5. BUHR, Elizabeth Lillian, b. 13 Oct 1906
	6. BUHR, August Lincoln, b. 12 Feb 1909
+	7. BUHR, Anna Dorothea, b. 21 Jul 1912
	8. BUHR, Dorothy Lillian, b. 1914, bur. 5 Aug 2017 (Age ~ 103 years)
+	9. BUHR, Robert Frederick, b. 14 Jan 1918, Bronx, New York City, NY, USA , d. 22 Sep 1998, San Mateo, CA, USA (Age 80 years)

Last Modified 12 May 2019

Family ID F28 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos

Mug shot of Victor Buhr
Mug shot of Victor Buhr, who was arrested in Paris in 1894 at an anarchist rally and "encouraged" to leave the country. He moved to America and continued to be politically active. This photograph is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City.