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Ludwig 'Loui' Wonnenberg, Jr.

Male 1887 - 1946  (59 years)


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  • Name Ludwig 'Loui' Wonnenberg  [1] 
    • Shortly after the family arrived in the USA, they changed the spelling of their name to Wonenberg.
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth 15 Apr 1887  Kronental, North Caucasus, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 31 May 1899  Ellis Island, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Immigration 31 May 1899  Ellis Island, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Immigration Oct 1908  Spondin, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 11 Feb 1910  Hanna, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Religion 1918  [7, 8] 
    Immigration 1923  Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Census 04 Apr 1930  Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Naturalization 09 Nov 1943  Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    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  [13] 
    Burial 18 Dec 1946  Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Person ID I568  Ohlhausen
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2016 

    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  Kronental, North Caucasus, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 16] 
    Family ID F298  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  [17, 18] 
    Children 
    +1. Dave Wonenberg,   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 Wonenberg,   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. Wonenberg,   b. 15 Dec 1912, Hanna, 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 Wonenberg,   b. 04 Sep 1915, Hanna, 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 Wonenberg,   b. 04 Sep 1915, Hanna, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1918, Hanna, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
    Family ID F318  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Aug 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Apr 1887 - Kronental, 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, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 11 Feb 1910 - Hanna, 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
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Quest, Alexander 'Alex'    		Quest, Alexander "Alex"
    Left-Alex Quast, Samuel Littau, Ludwig Wonenberg Jr.

    Likely taken in Hanna, Alberta Canada

  • Notes 
    • made application for entry for a homestead on two different quarter sections - 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 the explanation that "The land is unfit for cultivation". Through these affidavits he was granted release from any obligations on these two quarter sections.
    • built a sod house 12' X 29' and and moved in || Over the next three years they built a sod barn 13' X 34', dug a water well, plowed 40 acres and fenced 40 additional acres and by 1913 had a farm with 4 horses, 11 cattle and 3 pigs. In 1911, 12, 13 he put a crop in on 40, 23 and 14 acres.
    • 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. [S239] Compiler: Arthur Flegel, Bessarabian Communities, (Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU Libraries, Fargo ND 58105, 2005), Page 786, Ludwig Wonnenberg born about 1886 in Kronental, North Caucasus, Russia.
      Note: this book indicates the family moved here from Tarutino, Bessarabia and all the children after Daniel were born here. This is a very reliable source.; A1, page 19-786, A1, page 19.

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

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

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

    7. [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.

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

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

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

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

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

    13. [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.

    14. [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 stone marker in Oct. 2005; Won5, page 9,10, Won5, page 9+11+71+72.

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

    16. [S239] Compiler: Arthur Flegel, Bessarabian Communities, (Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU Libraries, Fargo ND 58105, 2005), Page 387, Ludwig Wonnenberg married Wilhelmina Bauch in Kronental, North Caucasus, Russia. Also shows their first child Daniel b. 22 Jan 1872 in Tarutino, Besserabia and the second child Dorothea born in Kronental.; A1, page 19-387, A1, page 19.

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

    18. [S419] Marriage License, Ludwig & Maud, Justice of the Peace; B.F Barnett. Whitness: Bert Davidson of Avard, OK and 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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