Joseph Nicholas (Karl) Bechtinger^[1]

1835 - 1893  (57 years)

• Name	Joseph Nicholas (Karl) Bechtinger
  Nickname	José
  Birth	19 May 1835	Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
  	Information from his US passport application and his son Emil's 1920 US passport application.
  Gender	Male
  Death	1893
  Notes	Arrived USA about 1864; naturalized US citizen San Francisco, 25 Aug 1875. In his 1878 application for a USA passport, he lists his family: wife Wilhelmina; daughter Josephine, 15, b. abt 1863; daughter Barbara, 14, b. abt 1864; son Charles, 8, b. abt 1870; Joseph 4, b. abt 1874; daughter Eugene, 1 1/2, b. abt 1876. San Francisco 1875 voter registration: Joseph Nicholas Bechtinger, 40, b. Austria, physician, 704 Sacramento [St.], naturalized 25 Aug 1875, registered 27 Aug 1875. Occupation: physician Residence: 1864, Washington, DC; 1865, 1866, 1875, San Francisco; 1880, New York City. 1880 US federal census: The household residing at 11 East Houston Street, New York City, headed by Joseph Bechtinger, 44, surgeon, b. Italy, father b. France, mother b. Italy; wife Wilhelmina, 24, b. Egypt, parents b. France;daughters Josephine, 18, b. Austria, father b. Italy, mother b. Hungary; Bettina, 17, b. Austria, father b. Italy, mother b. Hungary; sons Joseph, 9, b. East India, father b. Italy, mother b. Egypt; Charles, 6, b. New York, father b. Italy, mother b. Egypt; Eugene, 3, b. Calaz(?), Spain. [1] Joseph Bechtinger, 40, physician, wife Wilhelmine Bechtinger, 18, and Rudolph Bechtinger, 13, arrived New York 27 Nov 1874 from Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France aboard the Silesia. Taxes: District of Columbia tax assessment list, 1864: 27 May, Dr. Bechtinger, 502 Pa Ave, physician, $10 license tax; 1865 California, Jos Bechtinger, 629 Day? [St.], physician, $5; 1866 California, Dr. Bechtinger, 629 Day, physician, $10.
  Person ID	I1761	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2022

  
  

  Family	Alma da Costa-Gomez,   b. Abt 1866, St. Thomas, Danish West Indies
  Notes	Alma was apparently his third wife, preceeded by Betty (bearing Josephine, 1862; and Betinna, 1863) and then Wilhelmina (Joseph, 1871; Charles, 1874-1921, Eugene, 1877; Alphonse, 1880). Emil may have had siblings, including Mario Leopoldo (buried 14 Jan 1958; married to Ignez Furchi) and Paul, b. 1882.
  Children	+ 1. Emil Edward (Joseph) Bechtinger,   b. 03 Jul 1887, Brookyln, Kings County, New York USA d. Bef 1963 (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F753	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 19 May 1835 - Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Joseph Bechtinger photo courtesy Carlos Bechtinger.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Joseph Nicholas Bechtinger US passport application 17 Apr 1878, page 1
  		Joseph Nicholas Bechtinger US passport application 17 Apr 1878, page 2
  		Joseph Nicholas Bechtinger US passport application 17 Apr 1878, page 3
  		Joseph Nicholas Bechtinger US passport application 17 Apr 1878, page 4
  		Joseph N. Bechtinger passport issued 6 Jul 1880
  		Joseph N. Bechtinger passport issued 6 Jul 1880 (reverse side)

  
  

• Sources

  [S134] 1880 U.S. Census.