Bieke Houses

The Burton Library has many years of the Detroit City Directories, going back to the early 1800's. These directories allow me me to piece together some information about the history of our family. So I am going to start with Frank A. Bieke, and move forward, ignoring other branches of the family for now.

1865 - No Bieke's listed.
1870-71 Frank A. listed as a Pedlar [sic] at 238 Maple. This is on Maple a few houses west of St. Aubin. There is also a Joseph Mette (Sophia Bieke's maiden name) who is at 230 Maple.
1876 Listed as a grocer at 494 Riopelle. This is at the Eastern Market on Riopelle between Adelaide (formerly Bronson) and Division.
1880 - Grocer at 489 Riopelle.
1882 - Grocer at the corner of Bronson & Riopelle.
1887 - Grocer at 498 Riopelle.
1891 -409 Elmwood. This is on Elmwood at the corner of Hendricks, on the Hunt side of Hendricks. The Eastern Market was moved to the current location in 1891, so I suspect he had to move to make way for the Eastern Market?
1892 - 210 Mack [This is at the corner of Mack & Meldrum, on the west side of Meldrum, south side of Mack]. This house is shared with Robert Ziegler.
1893 - Directory lists Frank A. Bieke died on January 27, 1893. Sophia is living at 210 Mack Ave.
1894 - Sophia Bieke, a grocer, is living at 622 Mack [apparently this is the same house, just renumbered; it is currently 6360 Mack Avenue, apparently a vacant lot at Meldrum & Mack], with a John Bruder.
1895 - Sophia is living at 622 Mack Ave., while son Frank J. is a block away at 727 Meldrum [Between Preston & Arndt streets, a couple houses from Arndt]. Interestingly, John H. Bieke, who nobody seems to know who he is [is he Augustin Bieke?] is living at 465 Meldrum, which is between St. Paul and Kercheval, near Mt. Elliott Cemetery.
1898 - Sophia is still at 622 Mack, with daughter Della, a dressmaker, and son Daniel M., a bookkeeper. I am assuming Della is Adolphine, who was born in 1881.
1899 - Sophia and family are now back at 238 Maple. Go figure. Elizabeth is a tailor and Daniel is a clerk. Frank J. moved to 619 Mack (currently 6453 Mack Avenue, a vacant lot), which appears to be right across the street from where Sophia and family just moved away from.
1901 - Sophia & family still at 238 Maple.
The 1910 census shows Sophia Bieke, widow, age 67, living at 238 Maple with four of her daughters. She had 11 kids and 7 are still surviving in 1910. She came to the US in 1865. She owns the house without a mortgage.
Sophia died in 1912.
1917 - Daniel M. is at 866 Field (3754 after the renumbering in 1921), and Frank J. is at 864 Field (3748 Field after the renumbering). Interestingly, Sophia's spinster daughters, Della, Elizabeth, and Josephine, are on the other side of Woodward at 77 Byron. Also, who the heck is Samuel Bieke?
1925-26 Sophia's daughters are now further west, at 13339 Freeland.
1941 Daniel A. & Norbert are at 9128 Holcomb, where their wives will remain until their return home from WWII? Then Daniel will move to Baldwin and then Wilshire Streets.