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John (Wirkus) Firkus

Male 1842 - 1923  (81 years)


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  • Name John (Wirkus) Firkus 
    Born 23 Feb 1842  Kiepino, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military Between 1861 and 1865  Military - Enlisted in a Ripon Company of Volunteer Infantry of Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Emigration 2 May 1861  PORT Hamburg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Immigration 26 Jun 1861  Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 13 Jun 1923  Stevens Point, Portage County, WI USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 16 Jun 1923  Saint Peter Cemetery, Stevens Point, Portage County, WI USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 12 Oct 2015 
    • NOTES - Susan Bigalke Chapman (1956-) Research:

      Ancestry.com
      Hamburg Passenger Lists 1850-1934
      Name: Johann Fierkus
      Departure Date: 2 Mai 1861 (2 May 1861)
      Birth Date: abt 1843
      Age: 18
      Gender: männlich (Male)
      Relationship: Kind (Child)
      Residence: Kelpin, Preußen (Germany)
      Ship Name: Oder
      Captain: Winzen
      Shipping Clerk: Aug. Bolten Wm. Miller`s Nachfolger
      Shipping line: Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft
      Ship Type: Segelschiff
      Accommodation: ohne Angabe
      Ship Flag: Deutschland
      Port of Departure: Hamburg
      Port of Arrival: Quebec (Quebec City)
      Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 015
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Paul Fierkus 47
      Anna Fierkus 26
      Franz Fierkus 20
      Johann Fierkus 18
      Marianne Fierkus 16
      Paul Fierkus 3
      August Fierkus 1
      Source Citation: Staatsarchiv Hamburg; Hamburg, Deutschland; Hamburger Passagierlisten; Microfilm No.: K_1708
    Notes 
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      Company F, 1st Regiment Calvary of Wisconsin
      Info from Stevens Point Gazette Obituary of 09 Mar 1920 (p3)

      Info from UWSP Online Archives of Portage County Census
      Family Name: Firkus - 1880
      4th Ward - Stevens Point
      Name Age Page
      John 34 161B
      Anna 30 161B
      John Jr 12 161B
      Emily 9 161B
      Frances 6 161B
      Martha 4 161B
      Anna 3 161B
      George 6/12 161B

      Grave marker per Portage County Cemetery Locator web site - UWSP University Archives
      http://library.uwsp.edu/cemetery/

      Info from Stevens Point Daily Journal Obituary of 22 Dec(fp), 24 Dec(fp) 1910
    Person ID I6816  Myron Felckowski Legacy Tree
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2016 

    Father Paul Firkus,   b. 19 Jun 1814, Kielpino, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1896, Stevens Point, Portage County, WI USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Marianna (Zenger Singer), Zingler,   b. Abt 1818 
    Married Abt 1841 
    Family ID F2324  Group Sheet

    Family Anna Kitowska,   b. 5 Jun 1846, Czersk, County Koenitz, West Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1920, Stevens Point, Portage County, WI USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married Feb 1866  Stevens Point, Portage County, WI USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • NOTES MARRIAGE - Mryon Felckowski (1947-2015) Research:

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    Children 
     1. William J. (John Jr) Firkus,   b. 20 Jun 1869, Milwaukee, WI USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1932, Escanaba, Delta County, MI USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     2. Edward Firkus,   b. 1871, Stevens Point, Portage County, WI USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1883, Milwaukee, WI USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 12 years)
     3. Amelia (Emily) Firkus,   b. 4 Jul 1872, Stevens Point, Portage County, WI USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1931, Chicago, Cook County, IL USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     4. Francis Firkus,   b. Abt 1873, Stevens Point, Portage County, WI USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1898  (Age ~ 24 years)
     5. Martha Firkus,   b. 2 Mar 1876, Stevens Point, Portage County, WI USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 1938, Chicago, Cook County, IL USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     6. Anna Firkus,   b. Abt 1877
     7. Alexander Firkus,   b. 10 May 1878, Stevens Point, Portage County, WI USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1945, Saint Michael’s Hospital, Stevens Point, Portage County, WI USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     8. George Robert Firkus,   b. 8 Nov 1879, Stevens Point, Portage County, WI USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1945, Chicago, Cook County, IL USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 65 years)
     9. Theodore Firkus,   b. 1883, Milwaukee, WI USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1895, Chicago, Cook County, IL USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 12 years)
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2015 
    Family ID F2328  Group Sheet