Wilhelmina WILKE (WELKE) (VELKE)

(b. September 1866 , Prussia d. 17 October 1929 , Wells, Rice, Minnesota, USA )

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Wilhelmina WILKE (WELKE) (VELKE) was born September 1866 in Prussia

Wilhelmina WILKE (WELKE) (VELKE) was the child of ? and ?

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Wilhelmina married Adolph G KROENKE . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adolph G KROENKE was born 8 December 1866 in Prussia (Germany). Adolph G died 27 June 1941 in Wells, Rice, Minnesota, USA.

Wilhelmina WILKE (WELKE) (VELKE) died 17 October 1929 in Wells, Rice, Minnesota, USA.
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Children of Adolph G KROENKE and Wilhelmina WILKE (WELKE) (VELKE):

Ella Elsa KROENKE (b.4 March 1895, Le Sueur, Minnesota, USA d. 8 October 1972, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
m. Elbert A SUTLIFF 1916

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1866 Birth
September 1866
Prussia

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1895 Birth of Child
Ella Elsa KROENKE was born 4 March 1895, Le Sueur, Minnesota, USA

Wilhelmina was 28 years old.

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)