Burman, Henry Sr.

Birth

Henry M. Burman was born on February 1, 1894 in Torzsa, Austria, Hungary . He immigrated to this country around 1910.

Early Years

His early years in this country are a little unclear. He came here with several brothers and for a time they lived in New York City. But the earliest census information we have of his presence in the U.S. (1920) shows him living with his young family in Denver, Colorado. After a short period of residence there, they moved to the farm in Knox where he lived the rest of his life.

Occupation

Henry and his wife operated the Burmann Farm beginning in the early 1920's through to their deaths in the late 1950's and early 1960's respectively, when their son, Henry Jr took over the business. The primary farming business was raising chickens and selling eggs, although they had other livestock in the early years.

Marriage & Children

Henry married Therese Klamm around 1915, probably in Denver, Colorado. They had one son and one daughter: Henry M. Burmann Jr. born September 10,1917 and Norma Therese Burmann, born May 19,1919

Death

Henry died in 1958 after several strokes. He is buried in Grove Cemetery, Delanson.

Facts about his life

Henry was a fun-loving man. He took his farming business seriously but always looked forward to when he could socialize with his family and friends. His granddaughter remembers the many summer family picnics at Piseco Lake in the New York state Adirondack Mountains when Grampa Burmann would take her on all the amusement park rides - their favorite was the Whip.

Residence

With the exception of his few years in New York City and Denver, Henry lived his whole adult life on the farm at 1768 Knox Cave Rd. That farm still stands today in the year 2009.

Additional Media

SPRAY WHEAT FROM PLANE

Henry Burman, Sr., and son, Henry, Jr., who run a poultry farm between Delanson and the village of Knox gave way to a new idea last Saturday in order to help out in their labor problem. Don Weber of Germantown, who does dusting and spraying for farmers about the state, with his Piper Cub 85, flew in to the Duanesburgh Airport, where he would load his plane with about 300 pounds of ammonium- nitrate, that was stored there from a Delanson mill, and take off for the Burman farm to dust the wheat fields. He spent about three hours during the day covering 25 acres of wheat. Mr. Weber was the person present at the opening to the public some time ago of the DeMarco Pine Grove Dairy Farms; who put on a spraying and dusting demonstration there.

Altamont Enterprise - April 10, 1953

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