Birth: 14 March 1880 Germany
Father: Michel Zuilkie c1837-1898
Mother: Louisa Wilhelmina Grammens 1844-1927
Marriage: 25 October 1905 Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
Wife: Martha Leden 1886-1956
Death: 1968/9 Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
Robert William Zuelke (Silke, Zuelkie) 1908-a1921
Born in Germany in 1880 and emmigrated to Canada in 1881.
In the 1891 census as Wilhelm Zuchlke aged 11, born in Germany, and living with his parents (Michael and Louise), two brothers (Albert and Johann) and three sisters (Adeline, Othilie, and Wilhelmine) in Petawawa, Renfrew, Ontario.
In the 1901 census as William Stilka aged 21, born in Germany on 14 March 1880, immigrated in 1881, single, a lumberer employed for 7 months eraning $175, and living with his widowed mother (Louise), two brothers (Albert and John) and three sister (Matilda) in Petawawa, Renfrew, Ontario.
Entry in Ancestry Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934 for William Zulkie aged 25, born in Germany, parents Michel Zuilkie and Louisa Grammens, a bachelor and farmer, and Anna L A Patswald on 25 October 1905 in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.
His four children were born in Petawawa, Renfrew, Ontario in 1907 to 1912 where he was a farmer, in the case of Edward, his name is given as William Edward Zuelke and his wife as Annie Louisa Augusta Patswald, in the case of Hilda Ottilia it is William Zuelke and his wife Anna Louisa Augusta Patscoald, and in the case of Garnet Arthur and Elza Augusta it is William Zuelkie and Anna Patzwald.
In the 1911 Canadian census as William Zuelkie aged 31, born in Germany in March 1880, immigrated in 1881, naturalised in 1900, a farm labourer working on his own accountand living with his wife (Anna), son (Edward) and two daughters (Elsen and Henlida) in 11 - Petawawa, McKay, Renfrew North, Ontario.
In the 1921 census as Wilhelm Silke aged 4 (sic - last digit illegible on the original)), born in Germany, parents born in Germany, immigrated in 1882, naturalized in 1911, a farmer on his own farm, and living with his wife (Annie), two sons (Edward and Garnet) and four daughters (Earne, Elsie, Hilda and Magaret) in his own wooden house of four rooms in Petewawa, Renfew, Ontario.
His wife died in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada in 1958.
There are seven entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for William Zuelke (Zuelkie) born in Germany in 1880, his wife Anna Louisa Augusta Patzwald, children and his death in Wisconsin, USA in 1946. One adds his parents as Michael Zuelkie and Lizzie Garmenz, his marriage in Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada on 25 October 1905. Several confuse him with someone of a similar name living in Wisconsin, USA. Another entry for William Edward Zuelke (Silke) born in Germany in March 1880, married to Anna Louisa Augusta Patzwald, his chilfren and his death in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada in 1968 or 1969.
William Edward Zuelkie was the grandfather of Earla Elsie Burger, wife of Donald Arthur Clayfield, grandnephew of Ellen Kate Luff, wife of Frederick Baker, my first cousin twice removed.
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