Navorska tree » Peter Janssen Wilken Jr. (1882-1950)

Personal data Peter Janssen Wilken Jr. 

  • He was born on June 30, 1882 in Ogle Co., IL.
  • He died on August 19, 1950 in Stephenson Co., IL, he was 68 years old.
  • He is buried after August 18, 1950 in White Oak Cem., Forreston Twp., Ogle Co., IL.
  • This information was last updated on April 30, 2022.

Household of Peter Janssen Wilken Jr.

He is married to Josie Weegens.

They got married on March 7, 1906 at Ogle Co., IL, he was 23 years old.

Peter Janssen Wilken oo Josie Weegens

Marriage sources: Author: Horner, Alice, Title: "The Horner Family Of Carroll County, Illinois (And Nearly Everyone Else)," (Publication location: Lehi, UT, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, Publication date: xviii Apr MMIX), Repository: The Cloud

Link: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=alicehorner&id=I28080

"... Peter Janssen Wilken ... Sex: M ... Change Date: 18 Apr 2009 1 Birth: 30 JUN 1882 in Ogle County, Illinois 1 Death: 19 AUG 1950 in Stephenson County, Illinois 1 Burial: White Oak Cemetery (Cemetery west of) Forreston, Illinois 1
...
Marriage 1 Josie Weegens b: 10 OCT 1880 in Forreston, Forreston Township, Ogle County, Illinois Married: 7 MAR 1906 in Ogle County, Illinois 1
...
Sources:

1. Abbrev: Descendants of Joest Weegens; sent April 14, 2009 by Roger Cramer Title: Roger Cramer, "Weegens family group sheet," compiled April 14, 2009 ().vailable from"

Author: Appledorn, C. Robert, compiler, Strong, Lin, ed., Title: «u»The Ostfriesen Families of German Valley Illinois«/u», Vol. ii, (Publication location: S. St. Paul, MN, Publisher: Ostfriesen Gen. Soc. of America, Publication date: MMXII), Pgs. 740, 763, & 764, Repository: Tazewell Co. Gen. & Hist. Soc., Pekin, IL.

[Pg. 763]

"4539. Wilken, Peter Janssen, Jr. 4538, farmer, * 30 JUN 1882 IL, + 19 AUG 1950 Stephenson Co., IL [7345], # White Oak Cemetery, Forreston, IL oo 14 MAR 1906 Josie Weegens 4416, * 10 OCT 1880 Lincoln, Ogle Co., IL, + 18 FEB 1940 Maryland, Ogle Co., IL [7346], # 21 FEB 1940 White Oak Cemetery, Forreston, IL
..."

[Pg. 764]

"...
1900 USA Census: Silver Creek, Stephenson, IL; NA Film Number: T623_346
1917 IL, Prairie Farmer's Directory; Stephenson, Florence
1917-1918 World War 1 Draft Registration; state: IL, roll: 1642744
1920 USA Census: Florence, Stephenson, IL; NA Film Number: T625_397
[7345] IL, Stephenson Co. - Death Certificate No. 0035010
[7346] IL, Ogle - Death Certificate No. 0000047"
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Child(ren):

  1. Clarence P. Wilken  1915-1992


Notes about Peter Janssen Wilken Jr.

Peter Janssen Wilken, Jr.

Source: Horner, Alice, "The Horner Family Of Carroll County, Illinois (And Nearly Everyone Else)," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=alicehorner&id=I28080, Publicationdate: xviii Apr MMIX), Repository: The Cloud

"... Peter Janssen Wilken ... Sex: M ... Change Date: 18 Apr 2009 1 Birth: 30 JUN 1882 in Ogle County, Illinois 1 Death: 19 AUG 1950 in Stephenson County, Illinois 1 Burial: White Oak Cemetery (Cemetery west of) Forreston, Illinois 1

Father: Peter Wilken Mother: Dina Smidt

Marriage 1 Josie Weegens b: 10 OCT 1880 in Forreston, Forreston Township, Ogle County, Illinois Married: 7 MAR 1906 in Ogle County, Illinois 1

Children

1. Joseph P. Wilken b: 4 MAY 1907 in Illinois 2. Daniel Wilken b: 23 JUL 1909 in Ogle County, Illinois 3. Walter William Wilken b: 20 NOV 1912 in Baileyville, Forreston Township, Ogle County, Illinois 4. Clarence P. Wilken b: 22 FEB 1915 in Baileyville, Forreston Township, Ogle County, Illinois 5. Katherine J. Wilken b: 5 JUL 1917 in Baileyville, Forreston Township, Ogle County, Illinois

Sources:

1. Abbrev: Descendants of Joest Weegens; sent April 14, 2009 by Roger Cramer Title: Roger Cramer, "Weegens family group sheet," compiled April 14, 2009 ().vailable from"

Appledorn, C. Robert, compiler, Strong, Lin, Ed., The Ostfriesen Families of German Valley Illinois, Vol. ii, (S. St. Paul, MN, Ostfriesen Gen. Soc. of America, MMXII), Pgs. 763 & 764, Repository: George IA Pub. Lib.

[Pg. 763]

"4539. Wilken, Peter Janssen, Jr. 4538, farmer, * 30 JUN 1882 IL, + 19 AUG 1950 Stephenson Co., IL [7345], # White Oak Cemetery, Forreston, IL oo 14 MAR 1906 Josie Weegens 4416, * 10 OCT 1880 Lincoln, Ogle Co., IL, + 18 FEB 1940 Maryland, Ogle Co., IL [7346], # 21 FEB 1940 White Oak Cemetery, Forreston, IL ..."

[Pg. 764]

"4. Clarence * ABT 1915 IL ... 1900 USA Census: Silver Creek, Stephenson, IL; NA Film Number: T623_346 1917 IL, Prairie Farmer's Directory; Stephenson, Florence 1917-1918 World War 1 Draft Registration; state: IL,roll: 1642744 1920 USA Census: Florence, Stephenson, IL; NA Film Number: T625_397 [7345] IL, Stephenson Co. - Death Certificate No. 0035010 [7346] IL, Ogle - Death Certificate No. 0000047" <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Peter Janssen Wilken

Peter Janssen Wilken
1882-1950

1906

Josie Weegens
1880-1940

Clarence P. Wilken
1915-1992

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Birthday June 30, 1882

  • The temperature on June 30, 1882 was about 14.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 2 » Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
    • May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
    • June 6 » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
    • June 30 » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
    • July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
    • September 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.

Day of marriage March 7, 1906

  • The temperature on March 7, 1906 was between 7.0 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
    • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
    • August 16 » The 8.2 Mw Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
    • September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
    • September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
    • December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Day of death August 19, 1950

  • The temperature on August 19, 1950 was between 8.6 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
    • May 19 » Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
    • July 5 » Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
    • July 20 » Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs.
    • August 25 » President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
    • October 11 » CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
    • November 1 » Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.


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