Henry Emery  KORCH

1880 Birth
2 April 1880
Svinica, Košice, Slovakia

1903 Marriage / Partner
Henry Emery KORCH and Elizabeth (Erzsébet) KORCH (TOMKO) 16 May 1903, Webster, Massachusetts, USA

He was 23 years old.

1906 Birth of Child
Margaret Ellen KORCH was born 12 May 1906, Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville)

Henry Emery was 26 years old.

1908 Birth of Child
Elizabeth E KORCH was born 12 October 1908, Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville)

Henry Emery was 28 years old.

1910 Thompson, Windham, Connecticut
name: Henry Korch
birthplace: Austria
relationship to head of household: Self
residence: Thompson, Windham, Connecticut
marital status: Married
race : White
gender: Male
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Austria
mother's birthplace: Austria
family number: 64
page number: 9
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Henry Korch M 28y Austria
wife Elizabeth Korch F 25y Austria
dau Margaret Korch F 4y Connecticut
dau Elizabeth Korch F 1y Connecticut
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1912 Birth of Child
Henry E KORCH was born 5 May 1912, Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville)

Henry Emery was 32 years old.

1914 - Fire in Thompson
The home of Henry Korch near Wilsonville in the town of Thompson was destroyed by fire that broke out about 6 o'clock Sunday morning driving the family out into the cold. Korch has a wife and three children. Korch's home is situated in a farming community so there was not apparatus to fight the fire. The lost is said to be about $1,060.

Norwich Bulletin
Norwich, Connecticut
Mon., January 19, 1914

1914 Birth of Child
Esther KORCH was born 7 April 1914, Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville)

Henry Emery was 34 years old.

1917 Birth of Child
Marion Barbara KORCH was born 7 March 1917, Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Henry Emery was 36 years old.

1919 Birth of Child
Dorothy Alice KORCH was born 3 February 1919, Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Henry Emery was 38 years old.

1920 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Henry Kovak
[Henry Korak]
[Henry Kovah]
Age: 38
Birth Year: abt 1882
Birthplace: Austria
Home in 1920: Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1898
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Kovak
Father's Birthplace: Austria
Mother's Birthplace: Austria
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Kovak 38
Elizabeth Kovak 35
Margaret Kovak 13
Elizabeth Kovak 11
Henry Kovak 7
Esther Kovak 6
Marion Kovak 2
[2 11/ 12]
Dorothy Kovak 1
[1 2/ 12]
John Techade 23
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1930 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
name: Henry Korch
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
gender: Male
age: 49
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Czechoslovakia
estimated birth year: 1881
immigration year: 1898
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Czechoslovakia
mother's birthplace: Czechoslovakia
enumeration district number: 0293
family number: 750
sheet number and letter: 31B
line number: 85
nara publication: T626, roll 966
film number: 2340701
digital folder number: 4607702
image number: 00865
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Henry Korch M 49 Czechoslovakia
wife Elizabeth Korch F 45 Czechoslovakia
daughter Margaret Korch F 23 Connecticut
daughter Elizabeth Korch F 21 Connecticut
son Henry Korch M 17 Connecticut
daughter Esther Korch F 15 Connecticut
daughter Marion Korch F 13 Massachusetts
daughter Dorothy Korch F 11 Massachusetts
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1940 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Ash Street
Korch Henry E, head, 59, b. Austria, weaver, woolen mill, $440
Korch Elizabeth, wife, 55, b. Austria, language spoken - Slavish, mother of 6 children
Korch Henry J, son, 27, b. MA, helper, farm

Korch Edward J, 43, b. MA, weaver, woolen mill, $331
Korch Mary, wife, 39, b. MA
Korch Edward Jr., son, 19, b. MA, shoemaker, $416
Korch Alan, son, 16, b. MA, shoemaker, $338
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1941 Marriage of Child
Dorothy Alice KORCH married 31 July 1941, Rockingham, Vermont, USA (Bellows Falls) (Saxton's River) (Cambridgeport) to Kenneth Hanson BUCK

1942
Henry's World War II Draft Registration Card (1942) shows Henry Emery Korch living at 85 Ash St. in Webster, MA at the age of 61. He was born 2 Apr 1880 in Svinca, Austria. He is living with his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Korch. Henry works for Carlton Woolen Company in Rochdale, MA. He is 5 ft 5 inches tall, weighs 175 pounds. He has black hair, brown eyes and light brown complexion.
FamilySearch.org. U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947.
The Draft

1957 Death of Child
Esther KORCH died 22 December 1957, Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Henry Emery was 77 years old.

Death
Name: Henry E Korch
Death Date: 1963
Death Place: Webster, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 109
Page Number: 393
Index Volume Number: 130/ 131
Reference Number: F63.M363 v.130/ 131

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]. Volumes 66–145. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Obituary
The Webster Times, Webster, Massachusetts
Thursday, March 28, 1963

'Henry E. Korch, 84, of Ash Street died Tuesday at the Webster District Hospital after a long illness.

A resident of this town for 60 years, he was a retired shipper from American Optical Company of Southbridge and a member of the Church of the Reconciliation.

He leaves his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Korch, one son Henry Jr., both of Webster; four daughters Mrs. Margaret Snow of Charlton, Mrs. Elizabeth Jewell of Fayban, Conn., Mrs. Marian Ellery of Thompson, Conn., and Mrs. Dorothy Buck of Putney, Vt., 12 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 p.m. from the Pike and Luther Funeral Home followed by services in the Church of the Reconciliation, Rev. Robert Davis will officiate.

Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery.'