Wilhelm Schlitzkus

Male 1850 - 1931  (81 years)


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  • Name Wilhelm Schlitzkus  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
    Birth 1850  Engernigken, Labiau, East Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1866  Susemilken, Ostpreußen Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Arrival 1886  [2, 3, 12
    Arrival 29 Nov 1886  New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8, 11
    Age: 38 
    Residence Susemilken, Ostpreußen Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7
    Occupation: Landmann 
    Residence 1900  Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7, 8, 11, 12
    StreetAddress: Main St; Age: 50; Occupation: Wood Workman; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0105; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; YearsInUS: 12; YearsMarried: 11; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head 
    Residence 1910  McLennan, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 7, 11
    Residence 1920  McLennan, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 11
    Residence 1930  Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 11
    Death 28 Mar 1931  Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 7, 10, 11
    Burial Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County, Texas  [5, 7, 10
    Person ID I6329  My Family
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2023 

    Father Christoph Schlitzkus,   b. Abt 1830, Engernigken, Labiau, East Prussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1884 (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Helenne Julina Kadereit,   b. Abt 1834, Krasnaya Dubrava, Kaliningrad, Russia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1884, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1855  [4
    • Eszerninken, Ostreussen, Preussen
    Family ID F54  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Amalia Schwartz,   b. 21 Aug 1859, East Prussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1941, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 23 Dec 1889  Burton, Washington, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Children 
     1. Emma Bertha Schlitzkus,   b. 9 Sep 1895, Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1980, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Minnie Louise Schlitzkus,   b. Oct 1887, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 1960, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F2043  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2023 

    Family 2 Juliane Westphal,   b. 1850, East Prussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1887, Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Marriage 1876  [5
    • Wilkowischen - Kreis Labiau, East Prussia, Germany
    Children 
     1. Fred August Schlitzkus,   b. Mar 1877, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1934, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 57 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Gustav Wilhelm Schlitzkus,   b. 6 May 1879, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1919, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Joanna "Annie" Schlitzkus,   b. 13 Dec 1884, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1963, Lolita, Jackson, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. Frieda Schlitzkus,   b. 17 Jul 1881, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1969, Lolita, Jackson, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F8388  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2023 

    Children 
     1. Gustav Wilhelm Schlitzkus,   b. 6 May 1879, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1919, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Frieda Schlitzkus,   b. 17 Jul 1881, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1969, Lolita, Jackson, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Joanna "Annie" Schlitzkus,   b. 13 Dec 1884, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1963, Lolita, Jackson, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. Fred August Schlitzkus,   b. Mar 1877, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1934, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 57 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F8392  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1850 - Engernigken, Labiau, East Prussia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - Age: 38 - 29 Nov 1886 - New York, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Dec 1889 - Burton, Washington, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - StreetAddress: Main St; Age: 50; Occupation: Wood Workman; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0105; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; YearsInUS: 12; YearsMarried: 11; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head - 1900 - Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1910 - McLennan, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1920 - McLennan, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Mar 1931 - Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Notes for Wilheim Schlitzkus:
      The birthplace of Wilhelm Schlitzkus, according to documents from the Schlitzkus reunion of 1984
      was Wilkowischken, Labiau Kreis (county), East Prussia, Germany, (coordinates East 21'40' North
      54"47'). lt was part of the Prussian Empire. This village no longer exists today as it was obliterated
      by the Soviet forces during \AAM, and was not showing on Soviet General Staff Map after the war.
      lf it existed today, it would be about 2 - 3 miles from the town Vysokoe, Russia. ln 1885 it was a
      village with a population of about 40 people.. The Lutheran parish, as well as the civil registry, for
      the village was Popelken. The birthplace of Wilhelm Schli2kus and several of the children is listed
      as Wilkowischen, which was a village about 2 miles from Eszerninken, the birthplace of father,
      Christofer.

      Wilhelm migrated to America with his wife Julianne, and their 4 children, August (10), Gus (7),
      Frieda (5), and Annie (2), in 1886. They were accompanied on the 17 day voyage from Hamburg,
      Germany, via Grimsby, England, then Liverpool, England, by Wilhelm's brother Julius, his wife,
      Caroline Reich, and their 4 children. They arrived at the port of NY on Nov. 29, 1886. From there,
      by some means, Wilhelm and family, and his brother and family, traveled to Washington County,
      Texas, where they settled. (lt is thought by some that they possibly came as indentured servants to
      work off the cost of their ship passage and to acquire land in Texas). Somet time in the first year or
      two after arrival in America, about 1887 or 88, Julianne, became pregnant. According to the story
      passed on to me by one of my Aunt's, while Julianne was pregnant, she hit her thumb with a
      hammer while up on a ladder and fell off, causing a miscarriage that cost the life of both mother
      and unborn child. This left Wilhelm suddenly a widower with 4 small children to raise. Wilhelm
      remarried to Amalie Schwartz in 1889, and Amalie was mother to Julianne's children as well as
      those that she had by marriage to Wilhelm.

      ln the 1900 Census, Wilhelm lists his profession as "wood workman". Wilhelm and Amalia finally
      moved to Waco in 1901, where they resided until their death. Wilhelm listed his profession as
      "night watchman - dry goods store". in the 1910, 1820, and 1930 Census data.

  • Sources 
    1. [S294] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;).
      Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930.T626, 2,667 rolls. Waco, McLennan, Texas, ED 11, roll 2373, page , image 529.0.

    2. [S434] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
      Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: <a href="http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/">NARA</a>.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910.T624, 1,178 rolls. Waco Ward 3, McLennan, Texas, ED , roll T624_1575, part , page .

    3. [S957] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
      Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: <a href="http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-07.html">NARA</a>. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1920.T625, 2,076 rolls. Waco Ward 3, McLennan, Texas, ED , roll , page , image 1087.

    4. [S419] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;).
      Record for Christofer Schlitzkus
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=30229099257&indiv=try

    5. [S419] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;).
      Record for Wilheim Schlitzkus
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=42063191717&indiv=try

    6. [S996] Staatsarchiv Hamburg, Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;), Staatsarchiv Hamburg; Hamburg, Deutschland; Hamburger Passagierlisten; Volume: 373-7 I, VIII B 1 Band 067; Page: 1786; Microfilm No.: S_13149.
      Record for Wilhelm Schlitzkus
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1068&h=3403296&indiv=try
      Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 - Juius Schlitzkus
      Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 - Juius Schlitzkus


    7. [S956] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;).
      Record for Amalie Schlitzkus
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=322025296134&indiv=try

    8. [S641] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Brenham Ward 1, Washington, Texas; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0105; FHL microfilm: 1241677.
      Record for Anna Schlitzkus
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7602&h=44480201&indiv=try
      1900 United States Federal Census - Joanna Annie Schlitzkus
      1900 United States Federal Census - Joanna Annie Schlitzkus


    9. [S995] Ancestry.com, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA.
      Record for Emma Bertha Lindsey
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2272&h=538009&indiv=try
      Texas, US, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 - Emma Schlitzkus
      Texas, US, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 - Emma Schlitzkus


    10. [S956] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;).
      Record for Frederick August Schlitzkus
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=162197697541&indiv=try

    11. [S419] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;).
      Record for Amalia "Mollie" Schwartz
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=232270534424&indiv=try

    12. [S454] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;).
      Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900.T623, 1854 rolls. Washington, Texas, ED 105, roll T623 1677, page 4A.