Franz Xavier Becker

photographer: F Becker
771 Lorain, Cleveland, OH
example from auction site
This card was finished between 1899 and 1905.

Franz Xavier Becker
(1865 - 1928)

1865 Mar 31
Germany, FindAGrave, US passport, F C Becker is born to Christian Beckar and Maria K Baum
1882
US census of 1900 – F X Becker arrives in US at age 17
1886
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Becker Brothers, Frank or William NOT listed
1886 Aug 01
Cuyahoga County, OH, state records, F K Becker and Anna M Schier are married
1887
Cleveland, OH, Becker Brothers as photographers, 783 Lorain; Franz X and William Becker res 739 Lorain
1888
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Becker Brothers as photographers, 738 (sic) Lorain; res 739 Lorain
1889
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank Becker as photographer at 739 Lorain; res same
1890, 1891
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank Becker as photographer 821 Lorain; res same

1892, 1893, 1894, 1895
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Becker Frank, bus 821 Lorain, res same
1896
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank Becker as photographer, pictures and picture frames at 821 Lorain
1897, 1898
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank Becker as photographer at 821 Lorain
1899
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank Becker as photographer at 771 Lorain (Large Ground Studio)
1900
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank Becker as photographer at 771 Lorain
1900 Jun 01
Cleveland, OH, US census Frank Becker is photographer at 771 Lorain
1901
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank Becker as photographer at 771 Lorain res same
1902, 1903
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank Becker as photographer at 772 (sic) Lorain res same
1904, 1905
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank Becker as photographer at 771 Lorain

1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Franz X Becker as photographer at 3252 Lorain
1910 Apr 28
Cleveland, OH, US census, Frank X Becker as photographer at 3252 Lorain
1911
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Franz X Becker as photographer at 3252 Lorain
1912
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Franz X Becker as photographer at 3253 Lorain; res same;

This is the last time Franz Becker is listed in the business pages.

1913
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank X Becker as photographer at 7033 Superior; res 2073 Lorain
1914
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank “H” Becker as photographer at 2926 Lorain; res 2073 W 38th SW
1915
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank X Becker res 2073 W 38th, “photographer” NOT mentioned

1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank X Becker as photographer, res 2073 W 38th
1920 Jan 07
Cleveland, OH, US census, Frank “C” Becker as photographer at 2073 38th St
1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank X Becker as photographer at 2073 W 38th
1927, 1928
Cleveland, OH, city directory, directory incomplete no listing available
1928 Oct 15
Cleveland, OH, FindAGrave, Franz Xavier Becker dies at age 63

Recap of locations for Franz X Becker
783 Lorain – 1887 (as Becker Brothers)
739 Lorain - 1888 to 1889
821 Lorain – 1890 to 1898
711 Lorain - 1899 to1905
3253 Lorain – 1906 to 1912
7033 Superior – 1913
2926 Lorain – 1913 to 1914
2073 38th – 1915 to 1928


Franz Xavier Becker is NOT the Becker in the partnership of Urlin and Becker, or Pifer and Becker. That was Jacob Becker, who lived in Cleveland, then moved to Massillon, OH, in 1896.

Ad from Cleveland, OH, city directrory 1887 Cleveland (OH) Wochenbla newspaper -
19 Jul 1913

photographer: Franz Becker
Ettlingen (Ger)
This is probably NOT the same Franz Becker

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