Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Johann Bernard - Johan Bernard Wilken (1863-1954)

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Household of Johann Bernard - Johan Bernard Wilken


Child(ren):

  1. Wilhelmine Wilken  1891-1985
  2. Henry Wilken  1892-1894
  3. Louis Henry Wilken  1895-1964
  4. John Henry Wilken  1897-1970
  5. Carl John Wilken  1901-1992
  6. Anna Louise Wilken  1906-1974

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Sources

  1. www.emslanders.com
    https://web.archive.org/web/
    Pauline Berens: Genealogienetwerk zus Greetje Berens voorheen EemslandBoekweitBoerenImmigratie
    https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-dutch-connection/I5996.php
    ouders: Colonist Johann Caspar Wilken zu Hesepertwist, Ehefrau Margaretha geboren Menke, www.emslanders.com
    1880 IL census, Clinton County, Germantown twp (LDS online census)
    Eversgerd, Chr 29, born IL, farmer (parents from Prussia)
    Mary 32, wife, Hannover (born Wilken)
    Bern 5, Mary 1 both born IL
    Wilken, John 17, born Hannover, laborer (Mary's brother)

    Pauline M.H. Berens:
    Ancestry.com and moravian-connection.com say date of birth was 10-12-1861,
    if so, he would be Maria Angela's twin brother
  2. https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/osnabrueck/twist-st-georg/0042/?pg=56
  3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118907126/john-bernard-wilken www.emslanders.com https://web.archive.org/web/
  4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118907126/john-bernard-wilken

Historical events

Birthday December 9, 1863

  • The temperature on December 9, 1863 was about 4.0 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 10 » The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
    • March 30 » Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
    • July 3 » American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
    • July 4 » American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
    • August 8 » American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
    • August 16 » The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.

Christening day December 10, 1863

  • The temperature on December 10, 1863 was about 5.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • May 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
    • June 20 » American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
    • July 26 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends; At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
    • August 4 » Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
    • October 31 » The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.
    • November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sanders: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet.

Day of death June 29, 1954

  • The temperature on June 29, 1954 was between 6.8 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
    • June 12 » Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him at the time the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church. In 2017, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged ten and nine at the time of their deaths, are declared saints.
    • June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
    • August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
    • August 16 » The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
    • August 24 » Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
    • November 1 » The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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