Abraham Lincoln Jr (abt. 1883)

Born about 1883 in Thurston, Nebraska, United States

Ancestors

Abraham was Ho-Chunk.

Biography

Birth

Abraham was born about 1883, the son of Abraham Lincoln Sr. and Sally English. It does not seem that Abraham Sr. and Sally ever formalized a marriage.

Name

His Hocąk name is the attested Thunderbird Clan name Wakąjámąnįga, "Walking Thunder[bird]", from Wakąjá, "Thunderbird"; mąnį, "to walk", and -ga, a definite article suffix used in personal names.

Marriage

He was married to Mary Wilkenson (b. 1890). (1910 census)

Residence

1886 — as a one year old baby, he was living with his mother Sally and her then husband Ed Priest on the Winnebago Indian Reservation in Thurston County, Nebraska. (census)

1887 — he begins living with his father Abraham Lincoln and his wife who raise him on the reservation at Winnebago, Nebraska. (census)

1910 — he was residing with his mother and her husband John Rave under the name "Abraham Priest" on the reservation in Winnebago, Thurston County, Nebraska. (census)

Sources

• 1886 Indian census; Roll: M595_311; Page: 26; Line: 2; Agency: Winnebago. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• 1887 Indian census; Roll: M595_311; Page: 4; Line: 4. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• 1889 Indian census; Roll: M595_311; Page: 3; Line: 21; Agency: Winnebago. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• 1898 Indian census; Roll: M595_312; Page: 3; Line: 10; Agency: Omaha & Winnebago. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• 1909 Indian census; Roll: M595_663; Line: 6; Agency: Winnebago. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• 1910 Federal Census for Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska; Roll: T624_857; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 0207; FHL microfilm: 1374870. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.