Wilhelm Wagner (1848 - aft. 1930)

Born 1848 in Prussia [uncertain]

Husband of Helena Louisa (Weitzel) Wagner — married 24 Feb 1876 in Knox, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died after 1930 after age 82 in Knox, Indiana, United States [uncertain]

Biography

William was born in 1848, in what is now Germany. He emigrated to the US and settled in Knox County, Indiana before 1880.

He married Lena Weitzel (1852-1928), who was born in Ohio, on 24 Feb 1876.^[1] FamilySearch records the following children for them:

Emma Wagner Stoelting 1877-1910^[2]

Annie Wagner 1878-1972

Gertrude Wagner Dickman 1885-1943^[3][4]

Clarance John Wagner 1892-1957^[5][6]

William was a blacksmith in Widner, Knox, IN in 1880, with wife Lena and two daughters. In 1900 he was a blacksmith with wife Lena, Gertrude and Clarance. Lena was the mother of 5 children, 4 living.

The 1910 census shows Will Waggoner Sr. at age 62, living on his own income, immigrated in 1865 and a naturalized citizen, married to Louise 58, born in Ohio, with Gertrude 23 and Clarence 17.

William and E Lena Wagner were 71 and 66 in 1920. William had his own income as a junk dealer.

William was widowed in 1930, living with daughter Gertrude Dickman and her family.

He died after 1930. His burial place still needs to be found.

Sources

1. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HSBD-NJ2M : Sun Mar 10 23:23:29 UTC 2024), Entry for William Wagner and Aquilla T Woodall, 24 Feb 1876.
2. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D6ZS-QWMM : Sat Mar 09 19:35:05 UTC 2024), Entry for Fred Stoelting and W. H. Brinemer, 27 Oct 1898.
3. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D8TN-176Z : Sat Mar 09 21:08:37 UTC 2024), Entry for Herman Dickman and L J Downey, 8 Jan 1911.
4. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H3TD-MMT2 : Thu Mar 07 09:40:41 UTC 2024), Entry for Herman Dickman and Frank G Reiter, 8 Jan 1911.
5. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27VC-SLQ : Sat Mar 09 14:38:40 UTC 2024), Entry for Clarence J Wagner and Amy Ruth Berry, 21 Aug 1919.
6. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M4-3SZN : Sun Mar 10 04:12:01 UTC 2024), Entry for Clarence J Wagner and William Wagner, 18 Apr 1957.

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• "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH9X-K3N : Sat Mar 09 16:54:27 UTC 2024), Entry for William Wagner and Lena Wagner, 1880.
• "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM1J-9S7 : Thu Apr 11 20:41:46 UTC 2024), Entry for William Wagner and Lena Wagner, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKP8-WMV : Sat Mar 09 18:11:57 UTC 2024), Entry for Will Waggoner, Sr, Sr and Louise Waggoner, 1910.
• "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFWM-2BM : Sat Mar 09 22:41:04 UTC 2024), Entry for William Wagner and E Lena Wagner, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH9W-FMV : Fri Mar 08 06:59:52 UTC 2024), Entry for Herman Dickman and Gertrude Dickman, 1930.