Hermann Julius Okon (1856 - 1941)

Born 8 Apr 1856 in Żarnowiec, Puck, Pomerania, Poland

Ancestors

Husband of Marianna (Baran) Okon — married 17 Nov 1879 in Wierschutzin, Lauenburg, Pomerania, Prussia, Germany

Died 28 Feb 1941 at age 84 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA

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Biography

Birth
(1856 Apr 8) Żarnowiec, Puck, Pomerania, Poland / Germany; Hermann Julius Okon^[1]

Baptism
(1856 Apr 13) Zarnowitz, Putzig, Westpreußen, Preußen, Deutschland; Hermann Julius Okon ^[2]

Summary
When Hermann Julius Okon was born on April 8, 1856, his father, Johann, was 28 and his mother, Mary, was 31. He married Marianna "Mary" Baran in 1879 in Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. They had six children. He died on February 28, 1941, in Bay City, Michigan, at the age of 84, and was buried there. ^[3][4]

Immigration
(1874) Germany to Michigan ^{[5] [6]}
(1927 Oct) Bremen, Bremen, Germany ^[7]

Occupation
(1910) Fireman, Saw Mill, Bay City, Michigan ^[8]

Family 1
Parents
• Johann Okon, 1828–1863
• Marianna Nagorznik "Nagorzny", 1825–1868
Children

1. Marianna Okon Wittbrodt, 1848–1923
2. Joseph "Jozef" August Okon, 1850–1917
3. Julianna Victoria Kitbeck Okon, 1853–1889
4. Johann Urban Okon, 1854–1855
5. "Hermann Julius Okon, 1856–1941" ^[9]
6. Johann Michael Okon. 1859–1923

Naturalization
(1935) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States ^[10]

Marriage
(1879 Nov 17) Putzig, Westpreußen, Preußen, Deutschland
Spouse
• Marianna Baran, 1853 – approx.1927 ^[11]

Family 2
Spouse
• Marianna (Baran) Okon
Children

1. Clara Augustina Kilowicz neé Okon, 1880–1980
2. Rose F. Okon, 1881–1964
3. Joseph Julius Okon, 1883 ^[12]
4. Julius Johann Okon, 1887–1887 ^[13]
5. Anna Julianna Okon, 1888- ^[14]
6. John Adam Okon, 1896 – 1991 ^{[15] [16]}

Death
(1941 Feb 28 ) Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA ; Julius Okon ^{[17] [18]}

Research Notes

There evidently were TWO Julius and Mary Okons. (Herman) Julius Okon born in 1856 was married once only to Marianna Baran, 1856–1927 BIRTH ABT. 1856 • Prussia DEATH BEF. 1927 • USA

OTHER Spouse of a DIFFERENT Julius Okon below and Mary Groja and is not related to the Wittbrodt, Okon family line.

Marriage Other Julius and Mary Okon
22 Jan 1883 • Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA, (Maryana) Mary A. (Groja) Okon

Sources

1. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Bay City Ward 8, Bay, Michigan; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0039; FHL microfilm: 1240701
2. ↑ "Deutschland, Preußen, Westpreußen, Katholische und Lutherisch Kirchenbücher, 1537-1981", Name: Herrmann Julius Okon
   Event Type: Baptism; Event Date: 13 Apr 1856
   Event Place: Zarnowitz, Putzig, Westpreußen, Preußen, Deutschland
   Sex: Male; Birth Date: 8 Apr 1856
   Father's Name: Johann Okon
   Mother's Name: Marianna Nagorzny
   Page Number Reference: 189, 190
   database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z73-NGDT : 2 March 2021), Herrmann Julius Okon, 1856.
   
3. ↑ "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/106554882/person/142140291463/facts : accessed 28 March 2020), profile for Hermann Julius / John Okon O'Kon Jr..
4. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Bay City Ward 8, Bay, Michigan; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0039; FHL microfilm: 1240701: Julius Okon; Age: 45; Birth Date: Dec 1854; Birthplace: Germany Gender: Male; Immigration Year: 1874; Relation to Head of House: Head; Marital Status: Married; Spouse's Name: Mary Okon; Marriage Year: 1883
5. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Bay City Ward 8, Bay, Michigan; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0039; FHL microfilm: 1240701: Julius Okon; Age: 45; Birth Date: Dec 1854; Birthplace: Germany Gender: Male; Immigration Year: 1874; Relation to Head of House: Head; Marital Status: Married; Spouse's Name: Mary Okon; Marriage Year: 1883;
6. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Bay City Ward 4, Bay, Michigan; Roll: T624_637; Page: 17A;
   Enumeration District: 0041; FHL microfilm: 1374650; Julius Oken; Age in 1910: 54; Birth Year :abt 1856; Birthplace: Germany; Home in 1910: Bay City Ward 4, Bay, Michigan; Street: S Madison; House Number: 521; Gender: Male; Immigration Year: 1874; Married;
   Spouse's Name: Mary Okon; Father's & Mother's Birthplace: Germany
   Native Tongue: English; Occupation: Fireman; Industry: Saw Mill;
   Years Married: 27; Household Members
   Julius Oken, Age 54; Mary Okon, Age 49
7. ↑ Public Record: New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957; Stuttgart ship, 1927 travel by Hermann Julius Okon, Bay City; Year: 1927; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 23; Page Number: 101
8. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census records, details in previous citation
9. ↑ "Deutschland, Preußen, Westpreußen, Katholische und Lutherisch Kirchenbücher, 1537-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z73-NGDT : 2 March 2021), Herrmann Julius Okon, 1856.
10. ↑ John Adam Okon in Illinois, Northern District (Eastern Division), Naturalization Index, 1926-1979; Event Type: Naturalization; Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
    Age: 38 Birth Year (Estimated): 1897
    "Illinois, Northern District (Eastern Division), Naturalization Index, 1926-1979," database with images, FamilySearch
    (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H5Y-GWL : 8 November 2017), John Adam Okon, 1935; citing Naturalization, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, National Archives and Records Administration, Great Lakes Region, Chicago.
11. ↑ "Deutschland, Preußen, Westpreußen, Katholische und Lutherisch Kirchenbücher, 1537-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z7C-RLX4 : 16 July 2021), Marianna Baran in entry for Hermann Julius Okon, 1879.
    Event Type: Marriage; Event Date: 1879
    Event Place: Zarnowitz, Putzig, Westpreußen, Preußen, Deutschland
    Sex: Male; Age: 23 Birth Year (Estimated): 1856
    Spouse's Name: Marianna Baran
    Spouse's Sex: Female; Spouse's Age: 26
    Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1853
    Page Number Reference: 141
12. ↑ Germany, Prussia, West Prussia, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1537-1981
    Name: Joseph Julius Okon; Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 4 Sep 1883; Event Place: Zarnowitz, Putzig, Westpreußen, Preußen, Deutschland; Sex: Male; Birth Date: 3 Sep 1883
    Father's Name: Julius Okon
    Mother's Name: Marianna Baran
    "Deutschland, Preußen, Westpreußen, Katholische und Lutherisch Kirchenbücher, 1537-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z73-DLN9 : 2 March 2021), Joseph Julius Okon, 1883. Page Number Reference: 473, 474
13. ↑ Julius Johann Okon in Germany, Prussia, West Prussia, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1537-1981 Name: Julius Johann Okon
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 28 Aug 1887
    Event Place: Zarnowitz, Putzig, Westpreußen, Preußen, Deutschland
    Birth Date: 22 Aug 1887
    Father's Name: Julius Okon
    Mother's Name: Marianna Baran
    Page Number Reference: 16, 17
    "Deutschland, Preußen, Westpreußen, Katholische und Lutherisch Kirchenbücher, 1537-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z7Q-42NT : 2 March 2021), Julius Johann Okon, 1887.
14. ↑ Anna Julianna Okon Germany, Prussia, West Prussia, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1537-1981 Name: Anna Julianna Okon; Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 29 Jul 1888
    Event Place: Zarnowitz, Putzig, Westpreußen, Preußen, Deutschland
    Birth Date: 25 Jul 1888
    Father's Name: Julius Okon
    Mother's Name: Marianna Baran
    Page Number Reference: 38, 39
    "Deutschland, Preußen, Westpreußen, Katholische und Lutherisch Kirchenbücher, 1537-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z7Q-7165 : 2 March 2021), Anna Julianna Okon, 1888.
15. ↑ John Adam Okon in Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950, Name: John Adam Okon; Event Type: Naturalization; Event Date: 1935; Event Place: Chicago, Illinois
    Birth Date: 1896; Birth Year: 1896
    Birthplace: Germany; Record Number: 4503; Record Number: 4503
    "Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKGK-W77 : 2 March 2021), John Adam Okon, 1935; citing Chicago, Illinois, NARA microfilm publication M1285 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 132; FHL microfilm 1,432,132.
16. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X1Z-8Z4X : Fri Jul 21 20:02:59 UTC 2023), Entry for John A Okon and Mary Okon, 17 April 1950. Indexed Information: John A Okon; Sex Male; Age 52 years Birth Year (Estimated) 1898; Birthplace Germany; Marital Status Married; Occupation Machine Repairing; Citizenship Status yes
    Industry Hardware Tool Factory
    Relationship to Head of Household Head
    Event Date 17 April 1950; Event Place Northlake, Cook, Illinois, United States; Mary Okon, Wife, F, 46 years, Germany
17. ↑ Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950,Father: John Akow (sic) Okon; Gender: Male; Birth Place: Germany;
    Spouse: Mary Nagorski; Child: Julius Okon; File Number: 012814
    Household Members: Julius Okon; Mary Nagorski; John Akow (sic) Okon Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan Widowed; Death Age: 84; Birth Date: 8 Apr 1856; Birth Place: Germany
    Death Date: 28 Feb 1941; Death Place: Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA
18. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVD-NPNP : 9 June 2021), Hermann Julius Okon, ; Burial, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States of America, Saint Patrick Cemetery; citing record ID 13363904, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.