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Wendt, William

Also Known As Wendt, William
Birth Name Wendt, Wilhelm George Samuel
Gramps ID I0071
Gender male
Age at Death 67 years, 4 months, 5 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1835-12-30 Köslin, Fürstenthum, Pommern  
1a
Christening 1836-01-24 Köslin, Fürstenthum, Pommern  
2a
Emigration 1868 Stettin, Pommern  
 
Immigration 1869-04-26 South Ferry, New York City, New York Cty, New York, USA Arrived on the ship _Baltimore_, departing from Bremen
3a
Census 1870 Watertown, Jefferson Cty, Wisconsin, USA  
4a
Occupation 1870   Carpenter
4a
Census 1880 Concord, Jefferson Cty, Wisconsin, USA  
5a
Occupation 1880   Farmer
5a
Census 1900 Sullivan, Jefferson Cty, Wisconsin, USA  
6a
Occupation 1903   Farmer
1a
Death 1903-05-04 Rome, Jefferson Cty, Wisconsin, USA  
 
Burial   Saint Luke’s Cemetery, Rome, Jefferson Cty, Wisconsin, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Wendt, Friedrich Samuel [I0601]1792-02-29
Mother Krausen, Friederike Dorothee Albertine [I0602]
    Brother     Wendt, Ludwig Anton Friedrich [I1464] 1825-10-09
    Sister     Wendt, Marie Friederike Alexandrine [I1462] 1830-03-13
    Brother     Wendt, Heinrich Friedrich Daniel [I1461] 1831-09-25
    Brother     Wendt, Ernst Hermann Friedrich [I1463] 1833-11-24
         Wendt, William [I0071] 1835-12-30 1903-05-04
    Brother     Wendt, Friedrich Carl Hermann [I1459] 1838-03-04
    Sister     Wendt, Friederike Henriette Emilie Hedwig [I1460] 1840-06-07

Families

    Family of Wendt, William and Schultz, Ottilie [F0034]
Married Wife Schultz, Ottilie [I0072] ( * 1842-09-16 + 1914-12-12 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1859-02-04 Preuβen  
 
Event Note

In the obituary for Ottilie (Schultz) Wendt, the date of her marriage (to William Wendt) is given as simply 1858.

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Wendt, Richard Julius Ludwig [I0434]1860-09-09
Wendt, August [I0427]1863-01-011945-11-30
Wendt, Bertha [I0428]1865-01-091933-07-20
Wendt, Fritre Martha Minna [I0433]1867-09-071869-03-10
Wendt, Augusta [I0431]1869-08-151907
Wendt, Mathilda [I0070]1871-08-311956-11-15
Wendt, Emma [I0435]1874-09-281933-03-20
Wendt, Martha [I0432]18771956-11-15
Wendt, Theodore [I0429]1879-02-081962-03-03
Wendt, Amanda Emilie Wilhelmmine [I0430]1883-03-181883-06-12

Media

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Narrative

Note: The immigration of Wilhelm Wendt and family

The passenger manifest for the ship Baltimore, which arrived in New York on 26th Apr 1869, contains the following in the list:

Wilhm. Wendt 33 Prussia
Ottilie Wendt 26 Prussia
August Wendt 6 Prussia
Bertha Wendt 4 Prussia
Minna Wendt 1 Prussia

This arrival date is after the death date I have for Fritre Minna (10 Mar 1869), and she is not counted among the household's 1870 Census record in Watertown, Jefferson Cty, Wisconsin. This suggests she either died en route or shortly after their arrival in the United States. I have not located a death record or burial site for Minna.

It should be noted that Ottilie was pregnant with Augusta (their first American-born child) during the voyage.

Narrative

[Article from the Milwaukee Journal, 22 May 1890, p1.]

[headline] PROVED AN UTTER FAILURE.
[2nd headline] The First Case Under the Bennett Law Thrown Out of Court

JEFFERSON, Wis., May 21.- The first gun fired for the Bennett law proved to be loaded with a blank cartridge. Yesterday, William Wendt, Charles Moods and wife and Fred Keller, all of the town of Sullivan, were brought eleven miles to this place to be tried before Justice Krebs on a charge of violating the school laws in relation to sending their children to what the Bennett law classifies as a school. District Attorney W.H Rogers appeared for the prosecution by request of the school board which made the complaint, and George Grimm conducted the defense, and had the case thrown out of court on the ground that the board had not complied with the law in that it had not properly fixed the time for attendance; and not published or posted proper notices; had not served notice on the defendants, as required by the act, and was in other matters in default. It was also further shown that there is sufficient time left in the year to complete with the law.

A great deal of interest was manifested in the case, and three Lutheran ministers were present to show their sympathy for Wendt, who is a member of the Lutheran church. The other defendants are Catholics.

After the trial was over the members of the school board were the subject of a great deal of good-natured bantering because of their failure to make a case on account of their own neglect.

 

Pedigree

  1. Wendt, Friedrich Samuel [I0601]
    1. Krausen, Friederike Dorothee Albertine [I0602]
      1. Wendt, Friedrich Carl Hermann [I1459]
      2. Wendt, Friederike Henriette Emilie Hedwig [I1460]
      3. Wendt, Heinrich Friedrich Daniel [I1461]
      4. Wendt, Marie Friederike Alexandrine [I1462]
      5. Wendt, Ernst Hermann Friedrich [I1463]
      6. Wendt, Ludwig Anton Friedrich [I1464]
      7. Wendt, William
        1. Schultz, Ottilie [I0072]
          1. Wendt, Richard Julius Ludwig [I0434]
          2. Wendt, August [I0427]
          3. Wendt, Bertha [I0428]
          4. Wendt, Fritre Martha Minna [I0433]
          5. Wendt, Augusta [I0431]
          6. Wendt, Mathilda [I0070]
          7. Wendt, Emma [I0435]
          8. Wendt, Martha [I0432]
          9. Wendt, Theodore [I0429]
          10. Wendt, Amanda Emilie Wilhelmmine [I0430]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907 [S0083]
      • Date: 1903
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XLWJ-XM2 : accessed 05 Jun 2014), Wilhelm George Samuel Wendt, 1903; citing Death, Rome, Jefferson, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin; FHL film number 1310189.

  2. Deutschland, Geburten und Taufen 1558-1898 [S0091]
      • Date: 1836
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Deutschland, Geburten und Taufen 1558-1898," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/M1BT-3GX : accessed 15 Jun 2014), George Wilhelm Samuel Wendt, 24 Jan 1836; citing ; FHL microfilm 896089.

  3. Elaine Miller (archivist): Passenger manifest for ship _Baltimore_ [S0084]
      • Date: 1998-09-30
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        Uploaded to USGenWeb project in 1998.

  4. US Census of 1870 [S0020]
      • Date: 1870
  5. US Census of 1880 [S0045]
      • Date: 1880
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN4G-GV1 : accessed 27 October 2015), William Wendt, Concord, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district 164, sheet 35B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1430; FHL microfilm 1,255,430.

        Event Year 1880
        Event Place Concord, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States
        William Wendt Self M 44 Germany
        Ottelie Wendt Wife F 37 Germany
        Auguest Wendt Son M 17 Germany
        Tilda Wendt Daughter F 8 Wisconsin, United States
        Emma Wendt Daughter F 5 Wisconsin, United States
        Theadore Wendt Son M 1 Wisconsin, United States
        Crist Sholtz Father-in-law M 73 Germany
        Berthe Wendt Daughter F 15 Germany
        Mattie Wendt Daughter F 3 Wisconsin, United States
        Menne Sholtz Mother-in-law F 69 Germany
        Gusta Wendt Daughter F 10 Wisconsin, United States

  6. US Census of 1900 [S0039]
      • Date: 1900