Brief Life History of Henry William
When Henry William Wilker was born on 24 March 1873, in McGregor, Clayton, Iowa, United States, his father, Johann Fredrich Wilker, was 32 and his mother, Amelia Margarethe Lundt, was 30. He married Bertha Mary Christoph on 13 October 1896, in Marshall, Spokane, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 34 Enterprise, Clark, Washington, United States in 1940 and Clark, Washington, United States for about 1 years. He died on 14 July 1957, in Ridgefield, Clark, Washington, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States.
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- Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
- Henry Wilker, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
- Henry William Wilker, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1884 · There is now a Capital Building
The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
German:
variant of Wilger .
habitational name for someone from any of the places called Wilkau.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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