Frank Bury ^{1 3 4 5 6 7}

   Other names for Frank were Ferdinand Buri, Franz Ferdinand Buri ⁸ and Ferdinand Bury.

   FamilySearch ID: M5HN-PDL.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting birth information of 22 Jan 1846 and Donaueschingen, Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis, BW, DEU. ⁹

2. He immigrated in 1864 to New York, New York, NY. ^{4 10}

3. Witness: 19 Sep 1876, New York: Common Pleas Court, New York, NY. ¹¹ Frank was the witness on the naturalization papers for his younger brother, Adolf Bury, on 19 Sep 1876.

4. Census in 1880 in New York, New York, NY. ⁶ Frank Bury, clerk in custom house, 33, was living with wife Veronika, 33, and Annie, 5. The child was born in New York, and the parents and their parents in Baden.

5. Newspaper: New York Tribune: Grand Army Bugle Notes, 18 Jan 1897, New York, New York, NY. ¹² Comrade Frank Bury, of John A. Dix Post, No. 135, is a native of the Black Forest, in the darkest part of Germany, and claims direct descent from the original robbers who in ancient times made that locality an undesirable place to visit. Frank has been an inspector in the Customs House for years, and has discovered, he says, that to be successful in business or politics it is necessary to be Irish. So he got out some New Year's cards bearing the following: "Herr francis Patrick Michael McO'Bury, Ein hundred un 80 one St. Yorkville Borough, Greater New-York." He expects now to be promoted, and his ambition does not stop short of the title of Alderman of his district.

6. Census in 1900 in New York, New York, NY. ² The 1900 census recorded Frank Bury, clerk, 53, born Jul 1847, living with wife Minnie, 55, Aug 1945. He and his parents were born in Germany. She and her father were born in Massachusetts and mother in Vermont.

7. Census in 1905 in New York, New York, NY. ¹⁰ In the 1905 New York state census in Manhattan, 170 91st Street in the 24th election district block B, Frank Bury, 58, born about 1847 in Germany, was living alone. He had been in the U.S. 41 years and was now a U.S. citizen. His occupation was Inspector/Customs.

8. Census in 1910 in New York, New York, NY. ⁴ Renting at 174 74th St. was Frank Bury, 63, married for 4 years to wife Hannah, 54. This was his third marriage and her second. She had given birth to one child before 1910, still alive that year, but not living with them. Frank and his parents were born in Germany, Hannah in Rhode Island, and her parents in Connecticut. Frank has immigrated in 1864. He was employed as a clerk in the custom house.

9. Occupation: custom inspector on 13 Jan 1914 in New York, New York, NY. ⁹

Frank married Veronica Zink, daughter of Bernard Zink and Theresia Braun, on 10 Mar 1901 in New York, New York, NY.¹ (Veronica Zink was born on 9 Sep 1846 in Seebach, , Baden-Württemberg, DEU,^{6 13} died on 17 Apr 1905 in New York, New York, NY ¹⁴ and was buried on 19 Apr 1905 in Woodside: Calvary Cemetery, Queens, NY ¹⁴.)

  Marriage Notes:

The 1880 Census shows Frank married to Veronika with a 5-year old daughter. On 10 Mar 1901 the marriage records for New York City show Frank Bury married Veronica Zink, and these records state that Frank was the son of Ferdinand Bury and Anna Scherer, and Veronica the daughter of Bernhard Zink and Theresia Braun. The 1910 Census shows Frank married for 4 years to a Hannah, and the married column appears to have a 2to indicate it was his second marriage. It appear either Frank and Veronica while living unmarried had a child, or, they were married a second time in 1901.

Frank next married Himena Arlette Carlton, daughter of Asa H. Carlton and Sophia B., on 20 Nov 1880 in Bernardston, Franklin, MA.^{2 3} (Himena Arlette Carlton was born on 23 Aug 1843 in Leyden, Franklin, MA ³ and died on 12 Feb 1901 in New York, New York, NY.)

Frank next married Hannah Dailey Goodman, daughter of John Dailey and Harriet Dippley, on 10 Aug 1905 in New York, New York, NY.⁴ (Hannah Dailey Goodman was born about 1856 in Providence, Providence, RI ⁴.)