My great-grandmother's brother, Peder Tøfting Bach and his wife Kirsten Marie Nielsen sailed to America from Denmark in 1896 on the ship called Norge out of Frederikshavn, Denmark bound for Worcester, Mass. with their children:

Emma Sofie Caroline Bach aged 11 3/4
Ditlev Gotthard Mourad Bach aged 9
Gerda Malvine Kirstine Bach aged 7
Johannes Andreas Christian Bach aged 04 3/4
Hilma Valborg Bach aged 2
Emmann Bach ... would have been one year old in August of 1896

All the children were born in Thisted, Denmark as was their dad Peder Tøfting Bach. Peder and his wife Kirsten were married in Tilsted, Thisted Amt. in Denmark.

The Ellis Island record show that the family did arrive in U.S.A.

There weere two other children born in the U.S.A. - Alwin/Alvin/Alwyn E. Bach, born in Jan. 1898 in Worcester, Mass. and Hazel Mergretta Bach, born on May 21, in Worcester, Mass.

I have help from kind people to learn that one of the children, Johannes Andreas Christian Bach whose name was Anglicized to John moved to California.

Johns Bach's SSN 553-46-2341, born 25 Feb 1891, lived at 92373 Redlands, San Bernadino, California, died Jan 1983.

John A Bach is listed in the California Death Index, 1940-1997. Here his mother's maiden name is given as Sorensen, but that is possibly a mistake. His mother's maiden name was actually Nielsen as shown on the scanned original wedding entry as found on the Danish church online archive.

John A. Bach's wife was Ruth Beatrice Bach, SSN 553462341, same as John's, born Dec 7, 1896 in Illinois. She died on April 24, 1979 in San Bernadino. her death is listed in the California Death Index from 1940-1997.

I need someone to help me by looking up the obituary for both John and Ruth.

Sincerely,
Birgit Mariane Hulgaard Cancilla