Dorethea L. HILKER

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Family 1: Ernst RECKNER

(1) Wisconsin Marriages via Ancestry.com

  1. Clara RECKNER
  2. Margaret L. RECKNER
  3. Ellen RECKNER
  4. Walter H. RECKNER
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Notes

Updated January 29, 2016. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Wisconsin Marriages via Ancestry.com

- Name: Dorethea L HILKER
- Marriage Date: 03 Dec 1890
- County: Jefferson
- Volume: 04
- Page: 0142

(2) 1900 United States Census for Wisconsin, Dodge Co., Shields Town: Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 106; Sheet 4B; June 11-12, 1900.

Dora [HILKER] RECKNER is married to Ernst RECKNER, head of household. Children in the household are Clara, Maggy, Ellen and Walter.

- Birth date: November 1866; age 33
- Motherhood: She has given birth to 10 [typo? - nearly mathematically impossible] children, 4 of whom are presently living
- Number of Years of Present Marriage: 10
- Birthplace: Wisconsin, with her parents from Germany

(3) 1905 Wisconsin State Census, Dodge Co., Town of Shields: Sheet 6, June 1, 1905.

Dora [HILKER] RECKNER is married to Ernest RECKNER, head of household. She is 38 years old and born in Wisconsin, with her parents born in Germany. Children in the household are Clara, Maggie, Ella and Walter.

(4) 1910 United States Census for Wisconsin, Dodge Co., Shields Twp.: Supervisor's District 5; Enumeration District 29; Sheet 7A; May 6, 1910.

Dora [HILKER] RECKNER is married to Ernst RECKNER, head of household. Children in the household are Clara, Margaret and Ellis.

- Age: 45; married for 19 years
- Motherhood: She has given birth to 4 children, 3 of whom are presently living
- Birthplace: Wisconsin, with her parents from Germany

(5) 1920 United States Census for Wisconsin, Jefferson Co., Watertown City, Ward 1: Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 91; Sheet 1B; January 2, 1920.

Dora H. [HILKER] RECKNER is married to Ernst RECKNER, head of household. Dorethea's sister, Lena M. HILKER (age 49, single), is also a resident. In addition there are several residents of their boardinghouse present.

- Address: 312 Second Street
- Age: 55 years old
- Birthplace: Wisconsin, with his father from Bernstruk [? - difficult to read] and her mother from Germany

(6) 1930 United States Census Wisconsin, Jefferson Co., Watertown, 1st Ward: Supervisor's District 9; Enumeration District 28-33; Sheets 2A-2B; April 3, 1930.

Dora [HILKER] RECKNER is married to Ernst RECKNER, head of household. Dorethea's sister, Lena HILKER (age 60, born in Wisconsin, a dressmaker at home - code 8364) and niece Dora Hilker (age 20, born in Minnesota, a stitcher in a shoe factory - code 7739) are also residents. In addition there are several residents of their boardinghouse present.

- Address: 312 Second Street
- Age: 65 years old at time of census; 27 when first married
- Birthplace: Wisconsin, with her father from Germany and her mother from Austria
- Occupation: Proprietor of a boardinghouse (code 829V)

(7) U.S. City Directories via Ancestry.com; Watertown, Wisconsin

- 1924: RECKNER Ernst (Dora) lab h312 2d
- 1927: RECKNER Ernst (Dora) h312 2d
- 1930: RECKNER Ernst (Dora) tobacco wkr h312 2d
- 1932: RECKNER Ernst (Dora) h312 2d
- 1934: RECKNER Ernst (Dora) h312 2d

(8) 1940 United States Census for Wisconsin, Jefferson Co., Watertown City, Ward 1: Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 28-34; Sheet 3A; April 6, 1940.

Dora [HILKER] RECKNER is married to Ernst RECKNER, head of household. Dora's sister Lena HILKER also resides in the household. Lena furnished information to the census taker for this household.

- Address: 312 Second
- Age: 75, married
- Highest Grade of School Completed: Elementary School - 2nd grade
- Birthplace: Wisconsin
- Residence on April 1, 1935: Same Place
- At Work: No; Home Housework

(9) Wisconsin Death Index via Ancestry.com

- Certificate: 010729
- Name: RECKNER Dora
- Death Date: 17 Apr 62
- County: Jefferson
- City: Watertown
- Age: 97

(10) Find a Grave

- Name: Dora HILKER RECKNER
- Birth: Nov. 23, 1864
- Death: Apr. 17, 1962
- Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery; Watertown, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, USA
- Plot: Sec 13

(11) Kittell, Hazel (Saniter), compiler, "The Elsie SANITER Family Journal," (Kewaunee, WI: self-published manuscript, June 19, 1997), p. 207.