Wilker Family
We hail from Germany and Switzerland.
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Wilhelm Wilker
Wilhelm Wilker was born on January 12, 1847 in Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland to Johann Wendel Wilker and Anna Katharina. As a young man, Wilhelm, left Solothurn and settled in or around Zürich. He was a painter and an artist. Perhaps he was looking for better employment, perhaps his sensitive nature
Maria Küenzlin
Maria Kienzli was born October 17, 1842, at Oberbaldingen, Baden, Germany. Maria married William Wilker on March 20, 1872 and they lived in Switzerland. The family emigrated to America in the fall of 1883 and settled in Paris, Bear Lake County, Idaho. Maria died January 24, 1930, in Paris, Idaho
Hyrum Smith Rice
Hyrum Rice was born in 1844 in Nauvoo, Illinois. Hyrum traveled across the plains to Utah with his siblings in the Heber C. Kimball Company. His sick mother died soon after her children left for Utah. Hyrum married Olive Smith in 1865. They first lived in Cache County, Utah before
Johann Wendel Wilker
Johann Wendel, who was born on May 30, 1817. He became a journeyman cabinetmaker. He married Anna Katharina Schörli on January 13, 1844, in Solothurn, Switzerland. They had three children: Jeanette, Wilhelm, and Marie Ursula. Johan Wendel Wilker died March 1, 1873 at the age of 55 years, and was
Christoph Wilker
Christoph Wilker was born in 1776 in Dierbach, Germany. His first wife, Elizabeth Wüst had two children: Katharina and Johann Wendel. Elizabeth died between 1817 and 1821. Christoph then married Margaretha Schwarz in 1821. He died on March 27, 1824, at the age of 48.
Johann Jakob Wilker
Johann Jakob Wilker was born in 1738 in Dammheim, Germany. He married married Rahel Stadler in 1775 in Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany. Johann died on July 5, 1831, at the age of 93, and was buried in Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany.