When John Theodore Wenke was born on 15 January 1804, in Wulfen, Recklinghausen, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany, his father, Fransiscus "Franz" Wenke, was 26 and his mother, Anna Catharina Dieckhoff, was 22. He married Catherine Schlemer in 1859, in Wulfen, Recklinghausen, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany. He died in December 1869, in Washington Township, Lee, Iowa, United States, at the age of 65.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Some characteristic forenames: German Gerhard, Fritz.
German: variant of Wenk .
Germanized form of Sorbian Ẃenka, Wěnka, and Wjeńka, and also of some other similar (like-sounding) cognates (see Wenk 5).
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