John Wilkie

1826 - 1915  (89 years)

• Name	John Wilkie
  Born	3 Jul 1826	Scotland, United Kingdom
  Christened	9 Jul 1826	Dundee, , , Scotland, United Kingdom
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Dec 1915
  Buried	Cherokee, Cherokee, Iowa, United States
  Person ID	I5857881209	Master Tree
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2004

  
  

  Father	George Wilkie,   b. Abt 1800, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Mother	Helen Bailie
  Family ID	F5350807257	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Goodwin,   b. Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States ,   d. 8 Aug 1906
  Married	29 Apr 1852	Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States
  Children	+ 1. Clara Helen Wilkie,   b. 4 Aug 1853, Dubuque, Iowa, United States ,   d. 30 Sep 1933  (Age 80 years)   2. Elizabeth Ann Wilkie,   b. 22 Feb 1855 + 3. George W. Wilkie,   b. 19 Jan 1857, Dubuque, Iowa, United States ,   d. 18 Dec 1914  (Age 57 years) + 4. James Monroe Wilkie,   b. 29 Aug 1858,   d. 13 Jun 1942  (Age 83 years)   5. Edwin Wilkie,   b. 1 Jun 1861 + 6. Nancy Jane Wilkie,   b. 24 Jun 1864,   d. 17 Oct 1959, Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States  (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F5350807255	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 3 Jul 1826 - Scotland, United Kingdom Married - 29 Apr 1852 - Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States Buried - - Cherokee, Cherokee, Iowa, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  !SO: H-009. BAPTISM: H-009. At the Parish of Dundee. IMMIGRATION: H-009 relates that John, his 2 brothers, and his father left Scotland to arrive in New York in 1849, but for some unknown reason they returned immediately to Scotland. However in the same year they again sailed for America, this time to stay. The events of their second journey are related in a letter now held by a family member (see H-009, P. 163) which tells a story of about 3 months of stormy seas, finally surviving on ship by collecting and drinking rain water and eating from small rations of dried beans and peas. NOTES: Not much is know of the early years in America, but from tradition it is believed that John first worked in the shipyards in New York. The next record is of his marriage to Jane at Galena, IL. Soon after their marriage John and Jane moved to Dubuque Co., Iowa whrer all of their children were born. In 1877 the family moved to Cherokee Co., Iowa and settled on a farm in Cedar Township. BURIAL: Cedar Cemetery.