Birth: 14 March 1880 Germany
Father: Michel Zuilkie c1837-1898
Mother: Louisa Wilhelmina Grammens 1844-1927
Marriage: 25 October 1905 Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
Wife: Anna Louisa Augusta Patzwald (Patswald) 1887-1958
Death: 1968/9 Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
Elza (Else) Augusta Zuelke (Silke, Zuelkie) [Burger] 1907-1971
Edward Gorden Zuelke 1909-1998
Hilda Ottilia Zuelke [Bunke] 1910-a1915
Garnet Arthur Zuelke 1912-1977
Maynard Zuelke 1916-a1931
Erna Margaret Silke [Rowe] 1919-2016
Born in Germany in 1880 and emmigrated to Canada in 1881.
In the 1881 census as William Silk (sic - on the original) aged 2, born in Germany, and living with his parents (Michael and Lisia), and two sisters (Leanne and Manic) in Pembroke, Renfrew North, Ontario.
In the 1891 census as Wilhelm Zuchlke (sic - on the original) 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 (sic - on the original) aged 21, born in Germany on 14 March 1880, immigrated in 1881, single, a lumberer employed for 7 months earning $175, and living with his widowed mother (Louise), two brothers (Albert and John) and sister (Matilda) in Petawawa, Renfrew, Ontario.
Entry in Ancestry Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934 for William Zuilkie 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 account and 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.
Entry in Ancestry Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 for Wm Zilke, a farmer, living in Petawawa, Renfrew, Ontario, other occupant Mrs Wm Zilke in 1935, another for William Zilke, a farmer, living in Petawawa, Renfrew, Ontario, other occupant Mrs William Zilke in 1940, and another two for William Silkie retired address 517 MacKay Street, Renfrew North, Ontario, other occupant Mrs Annie Silkie (wife?) in 1957 and 1958.
His wife died in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada in 1958.
Entry in Entry in Ancestry Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 for William Silke, retired, living at 178 Market Street, Renfrew North, Renfrew, Ontario, with two other families in 1965.
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 children 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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