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Ludwig 'Loui' Wonnenberg, Jr.

Male 1887 - 1946  (59 years)


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  • Name Ludwig 'Loui' Wonnenberg  [1
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth 15 Apr 1887  North Caucasus, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Immigration Oct 1908  Spondin Cemetery, Spondin, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 11 Feb 1910  Hanna, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • made an application and was granted 'entry' to his homestead NW2-32-13 W4
    Religion 1918  [5, 6
    • are listed as one of the premier members of the Seven Day Adventistcongregation in the Sponden, Alberta district. The family followed thisreligion their entire life.
    Immigration 1923  Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Census 04 Apr 1930  Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • Ludwig's name is recorded as "Lambert" on the census and his occupationis listed as a farm labourer.
    Naturalization 09 Nov 1943  Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Reference Number 568 
    Reference Number Won 5 
    Death 15 Dec 1946  Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Burial 18 Dec 1946  Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Person ID I568  klaiber
    Last Modified 9 Apr 2010 

    Father Ludwig Wonnenberg, Sr.,   b. 30 Mar 1845, Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Oct 1904, Avard, Woods, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Wilhelmina Bauch,   b. 16 Sep 1849, Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1931, Briggsdale, Weld, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1870  Bessarabia, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Family ID F129  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maud Anderst,   b. 22 May 1891, Durham, Marion, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1969, Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 06 Sep 1905  Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15
    Children 
    +1. Dave Wonnenberg,   b. 15 Aug 1908, Granada, Prowers, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Jan 1990, Buhl, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     2. Emil Wonnenberg,   b. 01 Sep 1910, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1929, Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)
    +3. Loma S. Wonnenberg,   b. 15 Dec 1912, Hanna, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1991, Sierra Vista, Cochise, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    +4. Irene Ellen Wonnenberg,   b. 04 Sep 1915, Hanna, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Mar 1998, Lodi, San Joaquin, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     5. Alice Wonnenberg,   b. 04 Sep 1915, Hanna, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1918, Hanna, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
    Family ID F141  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Mar 2015 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Apr 1887 - North Caucasus, Russia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 06 Sep 1905 - Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - Oct 1908 - Spondin Cemetery, Spondin, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 11 Feb 1910 - Hanna, Special Area No. 2, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1923 - Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 04 Apr 1930 - Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNaturalization - 09 Nov 1943 - Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Dec 1946 - Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 18 Dec 1946 - Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • made application for entry for a homestead on two different quartersections - both the SW and NW quarter of 9-34-7 W4M. On September 28,1909 he signed a declaration to abandon both of these quarters with theexplanation that "The land is unfit for cultivation". Through theseaffidavits he was granted release from any obligations on these twoquarter sections.
    • built a sod house 12' X 29' and and moved in || Over the next three yearsthey built a sod barn 13' X 34', dug a water well, plowed 40 acres andfenced 40 additional acres and by 1913 had a farm with 4 horses, 11cattle and 3 pigs. In 1911, 12, 13 he put a crop in on 40, 23 and 14acres.
    • was issued land title rights for his homestead on NW1/4 Sec 2, Twp 32,Rg13, W4M
    • was listed as the owner of Section 30, Township 31, Range 12, W4. || map.

  • Sources 
    1. [S81] Ship Manifest - Bremen 1899 - Wonn\Koe, (May 13, 1899), Won1, page 3,4, Won1, page 3,4, 4a, 4b.

    2. [S169] Government of Alberta, Homestead record, Ludwig Jr. Wonnenberg, (Government of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta), shows birth as S. Russia, which means the North Caucasus; Won 5, page 15, Won 5, page 13-20.

    3. [S74] Nathalia Koenig Ohlhausen, Journal - Nathalia Koenig Ohlhausen, (various dates), page 11, date pg 1, Koe1.

    4. [S169] Government of Alberta, Homestead record, Ludwig Jr. Wonnenberg, (Government of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta), file #2059865, film #2900. Homestead Quarter was: North West Quarter ofSection 2, Township 32, Range 13, West of 4th Maridian.; Won5, page13-21, Won 5, page 13-20.

    5. [S381] Spondin And Area History Book Society, Prairie Rose Country, (Publisher - Inter-Collegiate Press, Publisher Address - Winnipeg,Manitoba, Canada, 1982), Books, Hanna Spondin, p37, Books, Hanna/Spondin.

    6. [S199] R Wonenberg, Interview, Wonenberg R 2005, (2 October 2005), Won5, page 60, M5, page 60.

    7. [S170] White Mortuary, Twin Falls, ID, Won5, page 7, Won 5, page 7.

    8. [S175] Census, USA Federal 1910, Wonnenberg, (1 May 1910), Won5, page 23, Won2, p 44-47;Won3 p 2a,b.

    9. [S132] Census, USA Federal 1930, Wonnenberg, (April 1930), Won5, page 21-24, Individual Record.

    10. [S176] Naturalization Record, Twin Falls, ID, Won5, page 25, W5, p 25;W4,p1-14;L1p2-15.

    11. [S171] Certificate of Death, (filed 13 Jan 1947), He died at home, 246 Jackson Street. Religion - Seven Day Adventist;Won5, page 5, Won5, page 5.

    12. [S172] Sunset Memorial Gardens, Cemetery record, Sunset Twin Falls, (Sunset Memorial Gardens, Twin Falls, Idaho, October 2005), Plot #1503, Section 209, Grave 3 (Sun. Dist). There was no grave stonemarker in Oct. 2005; Won5, page 9,10, Won5, page 9+11+71+72.

    13. [S162] Compiler: Compiled by Lorraine Werner - GRHS village Coordinator, Wirtschaft Records - Tarutino Bessarabia, (Book published by Germans from Russia Heritage Society, Bismarck, NorthDakota 58501, published 2000), The Emigration section of Wirtschaft #1 shows Ludwig going to N. Caucasusas a single person; F4, Wirt 1, Emigration, Won1, pages 100-118 + F4.

    14. [S170] White Mortuary, Twin Falls, ID, White Mortuary, Twin Falls record shows that Ludwig was married in 1907in Colorado; Won 5, page 7, Won 5, page 7.

    15. [S419] Marriage License, Ludwig & Maud, Justice of the Peace; B.F Barnett. Whitness: Bert Davidson of Avard, OKand Elmer Wells of Goultry, OK.
      Also Wilhelmina Wonnenberg's consent to the marriage dated 4 Sept 1905;Won5, p 1+a, Won5, page 1.


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