Wilke Residence

Gustav Heinrich Wilke was born in Germany on 14 June 1828. On 5 February 1856 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, he married Johanne Sophie Wilhelmine Engles. Johanne was born in Hanover, Germany on 1 June 1829.

In 1864, the Wilke family moved to Chicago where they lived at244 N. Clark St. (now 807 N. Clark). Johanne died on 4 March 1879 and Gustav on 7 January 1895. They are both buried in Wunders Cemetery.

For further details, contact the Chicago Genealogical Society. Gustav Heinrich Wilke is Pioneer Ancestor number 175 and 176.