Johanna Marie Emilie (Wilke) Roeck (1844 - 1918)

Born 27 Aug 1844 in Wurchow, Neustettin, Pomerania, Prussia, Germany

Ancestors

Died 16 Nov 1918 at age 74 in Champion, Wilkin, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Birth

Johanna was born on August 27, 1844 in the town of Wurchow in Kreis Neustettin of the Pommern Province in Preussen(Prussia) to Michael Wilke and Marie (Neumann) Wilke. She was the first of their 9 children. Johanna was baptized on September 8, 1844.^[1]

Family

In 1866, at the age of 22, Johanna married Johann Roeck (1833-1907).

Children:

1. Bertha (1869-1899): Married Andrew Hawes (1858-1940), 7 children.
2. Herman (1871-before 1880): Died as a child.
3. Anna (1871-1948): Married Ernest Meichsner (1863-1938), 7 children.
4. Ida (1875-1923): Married Frederick Witzleb (1866-1950), 1 adopted child.
5. Henry (1878-1957): Never married, no children.
6. Emil (1879-1961): Never married, no children.
7. Laura (1880-1956): Never married, no children.
8. Emma (1883-1948): Never married, no children.
9. Johanna (1885-1969): Married Frank Law (1882-1969), 3 children.
10. Martha (1887-1961): Never married, no children.

Immigration

On November 11, 1871, at the age of 27, Johanna and her husband, along with 2 children, arrived in New York aboard the S.S. Bremen traveling from Bremen, Germany.^[2]

Death

On November 16, 1918, at the age of 74, Johanna passed away in Champion, MN. She is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Nashua, MN.^[3][4]

Census Data

1880 U.S. Census:
Age 34, living in Campbell, Wilkin, MN with her husband and 5 children.^[5]

1885 Minnesota Census:
Age 40, living in Champion, Wilkin, MN with her husband and 8 children.^[6]

1895 Minnesota Census:
Age 50, living in Champion, Wilkin, MN with her husband and 7 children.^[7]

1900 U.S. Census:
Age 55, living in Champion, Wilkin, MN with her husband of 34 years, 7 children, 2 grandchildren, and a boarder.^[8]

1905 Minnesota Census:
Age 60, living in Champion, Wilkin, MN with her husband and 4 children.^[9]

1910 U.S. Census:
Age 65, living in Champion, Wilkin, MN with 6 children. She was widowed and working as a farmer.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "Deutschland, Preußen, Pommern, Kirchenbücher 1544-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF9C-9NK : 4 August 2017), Johanne Maria Emilie Wilke, 27 Aug 1844; citing Birth, Wurchow, Neustettin, Pommern, Prussia Germany, Landesarchiv Greifswald, Greifswald (Greifswald Provincial Archives, Greifswald); FHL microfilm 1,193,889.
2. ↑ "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPV-55XH : 12 August 2022), Johanne Roeck, 1871. Line #222
3. ↑ "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V44W-8V8 : 4 December 2014), Johanna Roeck, 16 Nov 1918; from "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Wilkin, Minnesota, record 259074, certificate number 021008, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis.
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53259595 : accessed 27 November 2019), memorial page for Johanna Roeck (27 Aug 1844–16 Nov 1918), Find A Grave Memorial no. 53259595, citing Riverside Cemetery, Nashua, Wilkin County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by ❄T Burt (contributor 47009168).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ9B-4HW : 12 August 2017), W Johannah Rack in household of John Rack, Campbell, Wilkin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district ED 1, sheet 441D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,637.
6. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQF9-Q26 : 4 January 2020), S Ruck in household of John Ruck, Champion, Wilkin, Minnesota; citing p. 2, volume Wilkin, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,758.
7. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPR5-NV4 : 2 April 2016), Johanna Roech in household of John Roech, Champion, Wilkin, Minnesota; citing p. 4, line 14, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,817.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9Q4-WYY : accessed 4 January 2020), Johanna M Roech in household of John Roech, Campbell & Champion Townships Campbell village, Wilkin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 297, sheet 2B, family 32, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,796.
9. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPQV-Q7L : 3 August 2017), Johanna Roeck, Nashua, Champlin township, Wilkin, Minnesota; citing p. 2, line 76, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 928,822.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2PG-JCF : accessed 4 January 2020), Johanna Roeck, Champion, Wilkin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 264, sheet 1B, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 726; FHL microfilm 1,374,739.