Carl Heinrich Wilcken (1856 - 1921)

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Carl Heinrich Wilcken was born in Dahme, Oldenburg, Schleswig-Holstein on May 17, 1856. He was the son of Charles Henry Wilcken and Eliza Reiche. He was baptized in the Lutheran church on June 17, 1856.^[1]

In 1857, his father left for North America. ^[2] He settled in Utah and converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. ^[2] In 1860, Carl, his mother, and his older sister left Germany to join his father in the United States. They travelled from Liverpool to New York on the ship William Tapscott, departing on May 11, 1960 and arriving on June 16, 1960. ^[3]

After arriving in New York, they took a train to St. Joseph, Missouri with a group of Saints.^[4] They took a river steamer up to Florence, Nebraska and started the journey west to Utah.^[5] Eliza and her children travelled by wagon, reaching Utah by August 1860. ^{[4] [6]}

He died on December 2, 1921 in Provo, Utah.^[7][8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth registration for Carl Heinrich Wilcken. Certified copy, 26 November 1980. Photo via FamilySearch, contributed by user Maurine Colgrove.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Wilcken, Charles Henry. "Eighteen Hundred Fifty-Seven." The Young Woman's Journal, vol. 18, no. 9 (September 1907), p. 393. Brigham Young University Library Digital Collections.
3. ↑ British Mission Emigration Register, Book 1046, pp. 188 (FHL #025,691), Eliza Wilcken. "Saints by Sea: Latter-Day Saint Immigration to America," Brigham Young University Library.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Carter, Kate B. Our Pioneer History, vol. 3. United States: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1958, p. 49-50.
5. ↑ Reiser, Heinrich. Autobiography, pp. 4-7, The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star 8233. "Saints by Sea: Latter-Day Saint Immigration to America," Brigham Young University Library.
6. ↑ "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (accessed 10 January 2021), Eliza Christine Carolina Reiche Wilcken, 1860; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-).
7. ↑ "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ24-1ZV : 27 December 2020), Carl Henry Wilcken, 02 Dec 1921; citing Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, certificate 516, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 January 2021), memorial page for Carl Henry Wilcken (17 May 1856–2 Dec 1921), Find A Grave: Memorial #53562012, citing Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by Jason O'Driscoll (contributor 47130140).
9. ↑ Burial record for Carl Henry Wilcken, Cemeteries and Burials, Utah Division of State History.

See also:

• FamilySearch profile
• "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 10 January 2021), Chas Wilkin, Utah Territory > Salt Lake > Not Stated > image 80 of 83; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCB-32H FamilySearch (accessed 18 January 2021), Carl Welckin in entry for Eliza Welckin, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 19 January 2021), Karl H. Wilcken, Midway, Holt, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 172, sheet 13B, family 231, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,688.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 19 January 2021), Carl H Wilkins, Wasatch, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 202, sheet 1B, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1610; FHL microfilm 1,375,623.