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Name

WILKE, Herman Leonard Julius

Date of Birth

24th May 1843

Place of Birth

Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death

31st December 1913

Place of Death

 

Place of Burial

North Road Cemetery

Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)

1850 - Livonia

Lived in Prospect (dates)

 

Addresses in Prospect

Little Adelaide

Names of houses (if any)

 

Parents

Lorenz and Louisa Wilke

Spouse(s)

Jane Ann Scriven (died 1919)

Date(s) of Marriage(s)

14th October 1866

Place(s) of Marriage(s)

Woodville

Children

Herman Rudolf (1867-1939); Vida (1868); Daisy (1872); Leonard Lorenz (1873-1873); Leonard Lorenz (1874); Richmond (1877-1945); Claude Brindley (1879-1880); Beaumont (1876-1905); Walwin Harold (1881-1958)

Occupation(s)

Contractor

Interests

Army reserves

Religion/Churches

Anglican

Notes (points of interest etc.)

His business went into liquidation in 1893.

Prospect Councillor 1873/74 - 1878/79; Chairman 1877/78 - 1878/79

Sources of information

Prospect Council Records; BISA; SAGHS on-line data; Sands and Mac; Newspaper reports

 

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