Brief Life History of Heinrich
Heinrich Wilke was born on 14 February 1827, in Hanover as the son of Herman William Wilke and Catherina Wilhemina Komme. He married Gertrud Ostermann in Saint Rose, Clinton, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Jamestown, Clinton, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 2 July 1902, in Saint Rose, Clinton, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Saint Rose, Clinton, Illinois, United States.
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- Henry Wilke Sr. in household of John H Wilke, "United States Census, 1900"
- Herman Henry Wilke, "Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999"
- Heny Wilke in entry for Theo Lager and Catharine Wilke, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1832 · Black Hawk War
"The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Clinton, Illinois, United States
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Arno, Bernd, Gerhard, Siegfried, Wilfried, Wilhelm, Wolfgang, Angelika.
North German and Dutch: from a Low German pet form of Wilhelm .
English (Lancashire): variant of Wilk .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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