Individual Details
Rixtie Margartha "Rixia" Willms
(10 Feb 1819 - 16 Mar 1906)
Events
| Birth | 10 Feb 1819 | Germany |  | ||
| Marriage | 24 Mar 1842 | Germany, Ostfriesland, Schoost - Harm Behrens Heiken | |||
| Immigration | 1875 |  | | ||
| Census (family) | 1880 | Saint Francis Township, Effingham, Illinois, United States - Harm Behrens Heiken | | | |
| Census | 1900 | Valley Township, Ellsworth, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Death | 16 Mar 1906 | Kansas, United States | |||
| Burial | St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church cemetery, Valley Township, Ellsworth, Kansas, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Harm Behrens Heiken (1817 - 1899) |
| Child | Talke Maria Heiken (1843 - 1896) |
| Child | Johann Willms "John" Heiken (1849 - 1901) |
| Child | Herman Behrens Heiken (1852 - 1852) |
| Child | Henrich Jurgen "Henry" Heiken (1858 - 1935) |
| Father | John Willms (1789 - ) |
| Mother | Hieme M. Heiken (1793 - ) |
Notes
Immigration
Heiken, Harm-Behrensage 57, male
Farmer
literacy unknown
country of origin Germany
last residence unknown
destination USA
Staying in the USA [Transit]; Steerage [Travel]
Manifest Identification Number 00015662
Heiken, Rieke
age 56
female
literacy unknown
country of origin Germany
last residence unknown
destination USA
Staying in the USA [Transit]; Steerage [Travel]
Manifest Identification Number 00015662
Census (family)
110, 113, Siefken Gerhard and Mary (daughter) with children.111, 114, Heiken, Henry B, WM, 60 , Farmer, Oldenburg 3x
Heiken, Margaret, WF, 57, wife, keeping house, Oldenburg 3x
Census
She is living with son H J Heiken, and next door to son John Heiken. Has mother Rixia living with him, next door is his brother John.242, 242, Heiken, H. J., Head, WM, Jan, 1858, 42, married 20 yrs, Germany 3x, 1872, 28 yrs in US, nat, Farmer, Own free farm
, Berlinia, Wife, WF, Dec 1859, 40, M-20, 8 children born 7 living, Indiana Germany Germany
, Herman, Son, WM, Aug 1881, 18, single, Kansas, farm laborer
, Amelia, Daughter, WF, Sep 1887, 12, single, Kansas, at school
, Paulina, Daughter, WF, Feb 1890, 10, single, Kansas, at school
, Margritta, Daughter, WF, Mar 1892, 8, single, Kansas
, Mary, Daughter, WF, Oct 1894, 5, single, Kansas
, Clara, Daughter, WF, Feb 1897, 3, single, Kansas
, Rixia, Mother, WF, Feb 1819, 81, Widowed, 57, 5 children born 2 living, Germany 3x
243, 243, Heiken, John, Head, WM, Dec 1849, 50 Married 27 yrs, Germany 3x, 1866 US 34 yrs, nat, Farmer, own free farm
, Caroline, Wife, WF, Feb, 1856, 44, M-27, 13 children born 9 living Germany 3x
, Edward, Son, WM, Aug 1877, 22, single, MN, Farm Laborer
, John, Son, WM, June 1879, 20, single, MN, at school
, Frederick, Son, WM, Apr, 1881, 19, single, MN, at school
, Caroline, Daughter, WF, Apr 1883, 17, single, MN, at school
, Lydia, Daughter, WF, Dec 1884, 15, single, KS, at school
, Louis, Son, WM, Nov 1886, 13, single, KS, at school
, Eilert, Son, WM, Oct 1892, 7, single, KS, at school
, Ernest, Son, WM, May 1894, 6, single, KS
, Walter, Son, WM, May 1898, 2, single, KS
Endnotes
1. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 census.
2. The National Archives, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration online [http://aad.archives.gov/aad/], accessed March 2008, File Unit: Germans to America Passenger Data File, 1850 - 1897.
3. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1880 > ILLINOIS > EFFINGHAM > ST FRANCIS Series: T9 Roll: 205 Page: 369.
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > KANSAS > ELLSWORTH > VALLEY TWP Series: T623 Roll: 480 Page: 295.