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The Wilkens Family

*Johann Heinrich (John Henry) Wilkens I*     b. 31 Dec 1799?  Hanover, Germany     d. 10 Sep 1874  McLean Twp, Shelby Co, Ohio
    Wife: *M. Katharina (Catharine) ???*     b. 31 Dec 1800?  Hanover, Germany     d.  25 Mar 1891  Minster, Ohio
    1840 U.S. Census     Page1     Page2
    Declaration of Intention (1844)     Image1     Image2  (a replacement for the original which was destroyed in a 1837 house fire)

         (Source: Ohio, County Naturalization Records, Shelby Co, Declarations of Intention, 1820-1866 A-Z, Images 1109-1110/1145) 
    1850 U.S. Census (younger Henry's age incorrect?)
    1850 U.S. Agriculture Census     Page1     Page2  ('Joshua H. Wilkens,' first name likely an error)
    1860 U.S. Census
​    1865 McLean Twp, Shelby Co Land Ownership Map     Source
​    1870 U.S. Census 

    1870 U.S. Agriculture Census     Page1     Page2
    Death Record (John Henry)     Source  (Date of death listed as 10 Sep)
         Gravestone     Photo1     Photo2    (St. Augustine's Cemetery, Minster, OH - Date of death listed as 30 Aug)

    Death Record (Katharine)     Source
    Gravestone  (Katharine - St. Augustine's Cemetery, Minster, OH)

Son: *Johann Heinrich (John Henry) Wilkens II* b. 15 Aug 1826 Twistringen, Germany  m. 24 Jan 1853 Minster  d. 30 Jan 1908 Shelby Co,OH
    Wife: *Elisabeth Fortman*     b. abt 1828  Hanover, Germany     d. 1885  Shelby Co, Ohio
    Marriage Record     Source

    1860 U.S. Census (living w/ parents, John Henry and Catherine Wilkens)
    1870 U.S. Census 

    1870 U.S. Agriculture Census     Page1     Page2
    1880 U.S. Census

    Death Record (Elizabeth)     Source      Gravestone     Photo1     Photo2  (St. Augustine Cemetery, Minster, OH)
    1900 U.S. Census (John Henry widowed; living w/ son, Theodore)

    Obituary (Johann Heinrich, The Minster Post)     Funeral Card
    John Henry Wilkens Will     Page1     Page2     Page3  (FamilySearch: Ohio, Probate Records, 1789-1996, Shelby Co, Wills 1902-1921 vol 6)

    Gravestone (J. Henry)     Photo1     Photo2 (St. Augustine's Cemetery, Minster, OH; Source: FindaGrave, photographed by Crashlan)

    Children of Johann Heinrich Wilkens and Elizabeth Fortman:
         John Henry (J.H.) Wilkens   b. 17 Feb 1854  Minster, OH     m. abt 1883    d. 22 Dec 1937  Butler Twp, Montgomery Co, OH
              Birth Record of son, Julius Wilkens and daughter, Dina Wilkens (1886)     Source
              Birth Record of son, Andrew Wilkens (1889)     Source
              Birth Record of daughter, Babara Wilkens (1891)     Source

              Birth Record of daughter, Ida Wilkens (1894)     Source
              Birth Record of son, John Henry Wilkens (1900)     Source
              1900 U.S. Census
              1910 U.S. Census

              1920 U.S. Census     Page1     Page2  
              Death Certificate of wife, Mary A. Naseman Wilkens (1927)     Source
              Burial Notice of wife Mary A. Naseman Wilkens (The Minster Post; maiden name listed incorrectly as Dahlinghaus)     
              1930 U.S. Census        
              Death Certificate     Source     
              Obituary (The Minster Post)

          Bernard 'Barney' Wilkens     b. abt 1855  Ohio     d. 26 Feb 1875  McLean Twp, Shelby Co, Ohio
              Death Record  (birthplace incorrectly listed as Hanover; date of death listed as 26 Feb)  
                   (Source: Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001, Shelby, Death Records 1867-1904, vol 1-3, Image 74/451)
              Gravestone  (St. Augustine Cemetery, Minster, Ohio - Date of death listed as 25 Feb)


         *Mary Catherine Wilkens DREES*     b. 19 Feb 1857  McLean Twp, Shelby Co, Ohio     d. 31 May 1942  Minster, Ohio
              Birth Record     Source
              1900 U.S. Census
              1910 U.S. Census
              1920 U.S. Census
              1930 U.S. Census
              1940 U.S. Census
              Death Certificate     Source

              Obituary (The Minster Post)
              Funeral Card
              Gravestone (Sacred Heart Cemetery, McCartyville, Ohio; Source: FindAGrave, photographed by Stephanie Brown Kaltenbacher)


         Theodore Wilkens   b. 29 Oct 1860  Shelby Co, OH   m. 10 Sep 1890  Auglaize Co, OH   d. 19 Nov 1916  McLean Twp, Shelby, OH
              Marriage Record     Source
              1910 U.S. Census
              Death Certificate     Source

              Obituary (The Minster Post)     Funeral Card
              1920 U.S. Census (spouse, Anna Tobe Wilkens widowed)
              1930 U.S. Census (Anna living with son Ferd)
              1940 U.S. Census (Anna living with children, Bernadine and Ferd)

           John F. Wilkens     b. 18 Aug 1862  Shelby Co, Ohio     m. 3 Nov 1886  Minster, OH     d. 17 Apr 1938  Ft. Loramie, Ohio
              Birth Record of son, Bernard H. Wilkens (1890)     Source
              Birth Record of son, Henry L. Wilkens (1892)     Source
              Birth Record of son, J.R. Wilkens and daughter, Lauretta Wilkens (1899)     Source          
              1900 U.S. Census

              Birth Record of daughter, Helena Wilkens (1902)     Source
              Birth Record of daughter, Ursula Wilkens (1903)     Source
              1910 U.S. Census ('H.' initial probably incorrect)

              1920 U.S. Census
              Death Certificate of wife, Mary Surman Wilkens (1928)     Source
              Obituary of wife, Mary Surman Wilkens (The Minster Post)     Funeral Card
              1930 U.S. Census
              Death Certificate     Source  (lists birthplace as Minster, Ohio)

              Obituary (The Minster Post)     Funeral Card

        Anna Wilkens (Huewe?)     b. abt 1865  Ohio

        Joseph Wilkens     b. 9 Feb 1866  Minster, Ohio     m. 1893       d. 18 Dec 1908  Minster, Ohio
             Birth Record of daughter, Christalla Wilkens (1895)     Source
             Birth Record of son, Clarence Wilkens (1903)     Source
             Birth Record of daughter, Mary Wilkens (1906)     Source  (transcription incorrectly lists year of birth as '1904')
             Death Certificate     Source

             Obituary (The Minster Post)     Funeral Card
             Gravestone (St. Augustine's Cemetery, Minster, OH; Source: FindAGrave, photographed by Crashlan)

        Josephine Wilkens Budde     b. 8 Jan 1868  Shelby Co, OH     m. 20 Aug 1890  Auglaize Co, OH     d. 2 Mar 1909  Minster, OH  
              Birth Record     Source  (DOB listed as 8 Jan)
              Marriage Record     Source
              Birth Record of daughter, Helena Budde (1891)     Source
              Birth Record of daughter, Nora Budde (1893)     Source
              Birth Record of son, Harry Budde (1895)     Source

              Birth Record of son, Richard Budde (1896)     Source
              1900 U.S. Census
              Birth Record of son, John Walter Budde (1900)     Source
              Birth Record of son, Joseph Elmer Budde (1901)     Source

              Birth Record of daughter, Stella Budde (1903)     Source
              Death Certificate     Source  (DOB listed as 5 Jan)

              Obituary (The Minster Post; year of birth incorrectly listed as 1861)
              Funeral Card
              Gravestone (St. Augustine Cemetery, Minster, OH)


        Elizabeth Wilkens Wiggenhorn     b. Mar 1870  Ohio     m. abt 1897     d. 20 Oct 1903  Minster, Ohio
              1900 U.S. Census
              Birth Record of daughter, Mary Lauretta Wiggenhorn (1901)     Source
              Birth Record of son, Anton Adolph Wiggenhorn (1903)     Source
              Death Record     Source

              Obituary (The Minster Post)
              Death Certificate of husband, Henry Wiggenhorn (1949)     Source
              Obituary of husband, Henry Wiggenhorn  (The Minster Post)


Contact Emily Kowalski Schroeder (emilyschroeder313@gmail.com) with questions and/or additions.
     
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