Wilhelmine E. Voigtlander

Brief Life History of Wilhelmine E.

When Wilhelmine E. Voigtlander was born on 16 April 1861, in Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Christian August Ludwig Voigtlander, was 42 and her mother, Caroline Dorothee Wilhelmine Lehmann, was 42. She married Wenzel Weiden on 21 November 1878, in Geneva, Fillmore, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Rawdon Township, Ellis, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Parkman Township, Ellis, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. She died on 23 June 1927, in Harmon, Ellis, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Harmon Cemetery, Harmon, Ellis, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wenzel Weiden
1854–1944
Wilhelmine E. Voigtlander
1861–1927
Marriage: 21 November 1878
Katherine “Katie” Wieden
1880–1908
Weiden
1887–
Frank T Wieden
1881–1957
Willie Weiden
1883–1906
Maggie Margaret Wieden
1884–1979
Gustave Weiden
1890–1949
Edward Elmer Weiden
1893–1967
May Beatrice Wieden
1896–1962
May Beatrice Whittaker
1896–
Henry George Weiden
1898–1974

Sources (26)

  • Wilhelmine Wieden in household of Wenzel Wieden, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Wilhelmine Voigtlander, "Wisconsin Birth Index, 1820-1907"
  • Wilhelmina E. Voigtlander, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867 · The First Successful Typewriter is Invented

A patent was filed on October 11, 1867, on a new direct action typewriter. The patent was filed by Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel Soule who had invented the prototype in Milwaukee.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

Feminine version of Wilhelm, the German form of William , formed with the Latinate suffix -ina. This name was introduced to the English-speaking world from Germany in the 19th century. It is now very rarely used.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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