Nicholas Reck 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 18 Feb 1827 - France
    Christening: 
          Death: 1917 -  ( at age 90) 2
         Burial: in Claude, Armstrong Co., Texas
 Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Madelaine (Mar 1825 - 1913) 1 
       Marriage: Abt 1848 - France
       Children:
                1. Joseph Reck (1849-1938)
                2. John Peter Reck (1858-1942)
                3. Andre Reck (1860-1937)
                4. Emile Reck (1865-After 1920)
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

In 1900 Nicholas Reck (72, Feb 1828, M52, Fr Fr Fr, 1881 19, Farm laborer) and his wife Magdalena (73, Mar 1827, M52/4/4, Fr Fr Fr, 1881 19) are living in Armstrong Co., Texas in the household of their son J. P. Reck. The came to the United States in 1881 from France and have been in the United States for 19 years.

In 1910 Nicholas Reck (82, M1/63, Fr Fr Fr, 1881 Na, None) is living in Armstrong Co., Texas in the household of his son John P. Reck. Nicholas's wife Madline D. Reck (84, M1/62/4/4, Fr Fr Fr, 1882 Na, None) has her own census entry. She lives in Armstrong Co. next to their son Andre Reck.

IMMIGRATION:

Nicolas Reck, 52, miller; Madeleine Reck, 52; Pierre Reck, 23; and Emile Reck, 16, all arrived together in steerage in the Port of New York from France on October 27, 1881. They were taken on board the steamship S. S. Amerique in Havre on October 10, 1881. (image 127/1032 at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-RQ9C-8Y?view=index&action=view)

Joseph Reck, 38, farmer; Elisa, 28; Joseph, 11; Pierre, 4; Marie, 2; and Elisa, 1, arrived together in steerage as immigrants from France in the Port of New York on the steamship La Gascogne on 18 Jan 1888. They had embarked in Havre. (image 344/870 at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-5PVV-5?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQVSL-MJ63&action=view)

I have not been able to find an immigration record for Andre.

TEXAS DEATH CERTIFICATE 6269:

Nicholas Reck, widowed, died 27 Mar 1917 in Claude, Armstrong Co., Texas at the age of 90 years 1 month 9 days.
Born: 18 Feb 1827 in France
Father: born in France
Mother: born in France
Informant: J. P. Reck, Claude
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Sources

1 H. Neal Parker, Visit to Cemetery, Claude, Texas, 1999, 2007.

2 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 145568889.

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