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Wilhelm "William" Christian Burk b. 4 January 1848 d. 20 June 1907

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Person:404519

Lineage	Burk
Sex	Male
Full name (at birth)	Wilhelm "William" Christian Burk
Parents ♂ David Burk [Burk] b. 21 February 1811 d. 4 July 1874 ♀ Luise Dorothee Klozenbuecher (Burk) [Klozenbuecher] b. 28 January 1813 d. 5 February 1848

Events

4 January 1848 birth: Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany

16 January 1848 christening: Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany

about 1871 marriage: ♀ Wilhelmina Switzler (Burk) [Switzler] b. about 1851 d. before 1888

about November 1872 child birth: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA, ♀ Caroline Burk [Burk] b. about November 1872

15 March 1877 child birth: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA, ♀ Emma Burk (Sigel) [Burk] b. 15 March 1877 d. 27 May 1975

about 1888 marriage: ♀ Elizabeth Hickman (Burk) [Hickman] b. about July 1847 d. 3 October 1919

about October 1890 child birth: ♀ Florence K. C. Burk [Burk] b. about October 1890 d. 20 March 1891

20 June 1907 death: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA

burial: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA, Mt. Vernon Cemetary

From grandparents to grandchildren

Grandparents

♀ Elisabeta Dorothea Burk (Moser)

marriage: ♂ Christian Friedrich Moser , Württemberg, Germany, Heslach (Stuttgart) or Kirchheim, Unter Teck

♂ Philipp Jacob Burk

birth: 12 February 1775, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany
christening: 13 February 1775, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany, Evangelisch

♂ Conrad Friederich Burk

birth: 16 September 1767, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany
christening: 17 September 1767, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany, Evangelisch

♂ Georg Friderich Burk

birth: 18 January 1770, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany
christening: 19 January 1770, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany, Evangelisch

Grandparents

Parents

♀ Margaretha Dorothea Burk

christening: 1 March 1807, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany, Evangelisch
birth: 30 April 1807, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany, Evangelisch
death: 16 March 1869

♀ Sophie Burk

birth: 11 March 1809, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany, Evangelisch
christening: 11 March 1809, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany, Evangelisch

♂ Friederich Burk

birth: 31 March 1813, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany, Evangelisch
christening: 4 April 1813, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany, Evangelisch
death: 11 October 1870

♀ Regina Burk

birth: 16 October 1814, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany, Evangelisch
christening: 16 October 1814, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany, Evangelisch

♂ Jakob Burk

birth: 14 February 1817, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany, Evangelisch
christening: 15 February 1817, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany, Evangelisch

♀ Jakobina Burk

birth: 15 May 1819, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany, Evangelisch
christening: 16 May 1819, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany, Evangelisch

♀ Charlotte Reinmann (Burk)

birth: 3 January 1818, Germany
christening: 6 January 1818, Schorndorf, Württemberg, Germany
marriage: ♂ David Burk , Schorndorf, Württemberg, Germany
death: 22 June 1891, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA

Parents

== 3 ==

♂ Louis Burk

birth: 1 October 1859, Pennsylvania, USA
marriage: ♀ Christiana "Anna" Friedricke Sieber (Burk) , Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA, St Paul's Lutheran Church Witness at marriage Charles & Minnie Burk (Brother and sister-in-law) of Louis
death: 18 November 1934, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA

♂ Unlisted Name Baby Burk

birth: 25 October 1840, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany
death: 27 October 1840, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany

♂ Wilhelm Christoph Burk

birth: 19 July 1843, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany
christening: 25 July 1843, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany
death: 16 December 1843, Germany

♀ Christiane Karoline "Carrie" Charlotte Burk (Girard)

birth: 26 August 1845, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany
christening: 31 August 1845, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany
marriage: ♂ Francois Girard , Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA
death: 7 January 1938, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA
burial: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA, Mt. Vernon Cemetary

♀ Luise Rosine "Tannie" Burk

birth: 14 August 1849, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany
christening: 2 September 1849, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany
death: 15 May 1926, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA

♂ Carl David Burk

birth: 3 November 1852, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany
christening: 14 November 1852, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany
death: 30 December 1854, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA
burial: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA, Mutual Cemetary, Kensington

♀ Sophie Wilhelmine Burk

birth: 20 March 1854, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany
christening: 3 April 1854, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany
death: 1 January 1855, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA, Death Record indicates "William T Burk"
burial: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA, Mutual Cemetary, Kensington

♂ Gottlob Heinrich "Henry" Burk

birth: 26 September 1850, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany
christening: 6 October 1850, Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany
marriage: ♀ Ellen Carney (Burk)
death: 5 December 1903, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA
burial: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA, Holy Sepulchre Cemetary

♀ Wilhelmina "Minnie" Burk (Mathieu)

birth: 29 November 1857, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA
marriage: ♂ Pierre "Peter" Mathieu , Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA
death: 11 December 1947, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA
burial: Bala Cynwyd (Pennsylvania), USA, West Laurel Hill Cemetery

♂ Alfred Eugene Burk

birth: 5 November 1864, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA
death: 13 May 1921, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA
burial: Bala Cynwyd (Pennsylvania), USA, West Laurel Hill Cemetery

♂ Charles David Burk

birth: 6 April 1856, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA
marriage: ♀ Louisa Grater (Burk) , Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA
death: 29 November 1916, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA
burial: Bala Cynwyd (Pennsylvania), USA, West Laurel Hill Cemetery

♀ Wilhelmina Switzler (Burk)

birth: about 1851
marriage: ♂ Wilhelm "William" Christian Burk
death: before 1888

♀ Elizabeth Hickman (Burk)

birth: about July 1847, Germany
marriage: ♂ Wilhelm "William" Christian Burk
death: 3 October 1919, Mount Pocono (Pennsylvania), USA
burial: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA, Mt. Vernon Cemetary

== 3 ==

Children

♂ Louis G Sigel

birth: 15 April 1869
marriage: ♀ Emma Burk (Sigel)
death: 4 December 1947, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), USA
burial: Bala Cynwyd (Pennsylvania), USA, West Laurel Hill Cemetery