William's TRUE FULL NAME "Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Budtke"
Immigration
NAME: William arrived in America with his
father & mother &
sister UlRika age 3, on
DATE: 20th April 1874
age 8,
he was born in Carico, Germany.
We have found the birth cert from Karkow, Saatzig, Pomerania that gives William's full name as: Wilhelm Friedrich Eduard born 23 Aug.1866 to Ferdinand Buttke & Wilhelmine Barthel, and one of the Sponsor's Michael Barthel."
Siblings
Friederika "Rika"- Mews B: 10 June 1870 Germany
Augusta "Minnie"-Toepfer B: 17 Aug. 1874 Wisconsin
Marriage
NAME: Hulda Tews,
SPOUSE: William Budtke
DATE December 20, 1888.
PLACE: Immanuel Lutheran Church in
CIty: Marshfield.
Oh my Gosh! I just realized William & Hulda got married 14 days after his sister Friederika married Albert Carl Mews.....
Their marriage record shows names as: "Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Budtke and Hulda Wilhelmina Teus his father: Ferdinand-mother: Mina Budtke and her father: Carl Teus-mother: Fredericka Teus Dec. 20,1888"
Family Life
1900 Auburndale township Auburndale village, Wood, Wisconsin,
DATA for Hulda
Age 30
Marital Status Married
Number of Living Children 7 --Mother of how many children 7
passenger list" - sister Augusta "Minnie" Budtke-Toepfer's .
And now the obit for him, received from Sandy Middleton. Which names his 5 sons and 6 daughters, survived by him and 2 sons, August and Herman preceded him in death and his 2 sisters, 'Gusta (Augusta "Minnie" Budtke-Toepfer) and 'Ricka (Fredericka Budtke-Mews) his birth record from Germany. and his & Hulda's headstones.
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM2Y-ZKW : accessed 2 February 2016), Hulda Budtke in household of William Budtke, Auburndale township Auburndale village, Wood, Wisconsin, United States; citing sheet 12A, family 181, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,825.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPV7-5KF : 29 October 2015), William Budke, Auburndale, Wood, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 185, sheet 12B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,754.
"He married Hulda Tews, December 20, 1888. in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Marshfield."
Find A Grave: Memorial #91309026 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91309026/william-freidrich_karl-budtke: accessed 24 February 2023), memorial page for William Freidrich Karl Budtke (23 Aug 1866–19 Nov 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 91309026, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Auburndale, Wood County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by carole l taylor (contributor 47890355).
obit-
Family Portrait in my family album
Acknowledgement
obit for him, received from Sandy Middleton
marriage record shows names as: "Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Budtke and Hulda Wilhelmina Teus his father: Ferdinand-mother: Mina Budtke and her father: Carl Teus-mother: Fredericka Teus Dec. 20,1888"
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line.
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line: