Heinrich Carl Ludwig Glävke changed his name to William Charles Glafka, after coming to the U.S. He was born in Mecklenburg, Germany on September 6, 1864, according to church records; however, his obituary states that he was born on August 10, 1864. He came to the United States with his parents when he was 4 years old, and they settled near Hollowayville, Illinois, in Bureau County near Princeton. He was educated in the public schools and confirmed in the German Lutheran Church. He had been a resident of Walnut Township for 53 years.
His naturalization papers are at the Bureau County, Illinois courthouse, dated November 3, 1888. He died October 17, 1931, at age 67 and is buried at Walnut Cemetery, Walnut, Illinois.
Heinrich Carl Ludwig Glävke Baptism
in the Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971
Name: Heinrich Carl Ludwig Glävke
Event Type: Taufe (Baptism)
Birth Date: 6 Sep 1864
Baptism Date: 25 Sep 1864
Baptism Place: Kuppentin, Mecklenburg, Deutschland (Germany)
Father: Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Glävke
Mother: Christine Friederike Maria Glävke
Parish as it Appears: Kuppentin und Plauerhagen
City or District: Kuppentin
Page Number: 196;197
Author: Evangelische Kirche Kuppentin (AG. Plau)
Film Number: 69287
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Description
This collection contains parish registers from numerous Protestant communities in Germany.
His naturalization papers are at the Bureau County, Illinois courthouse, dated November 3, 1888. He died October 17, 1931, at age 67 and is buried at Walnut Cemetery, Walnut, Illinois.
Heinrich Carl Ludwig Glävke Baptism
in the Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971
Name: Heinrich Carl Ludwig Glävke
Event Type: Taufe (Baptism)
Birth Date: 6 Sep 1864
Baptism Date: 25 Sep 1864
Baptism Place: Kuppentin, Mecklenburg, Deutschland (Germany)
Father: Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Glävke
Mother: Christine Friederike Maria Glävke
Parish as it Appears: Kuppentin und Plauerhagen
City or District: Kuppentin
Page Number: 196;197
Author: Evangelische Kirche Kuppentin (AG. Plau)
Film Number: 69287
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Description
This collection contains parish registers from numerous Protestant communities in Germany.
Heinrich Carl Ludwig Glävke changed his name to William Charles Glafka, after coming to the U.S. He was born in Mecklenburg, Germany on September 6, 1864, according to church records; however, his obituary states that he was born on August 10, 1864. He came to the United States with his parents when he was 4 years old, and they settled near Hollowayville, Illinois, in Bureau County near Princeton. He was educated in the public schools and confirmed in the German Lutheran Church. He had been a resident of Walnut Township for 53 years.
His naturalization papers are at the Bureau County, Illinois courthouse, dated November 3, 1888. He died October 17, 1931, at age 67 and is buried at Walnut Cemetery, Walnut, Illinois.
Heinrich Carl Ludwig Glävke Baptism
in the Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971
Name: Heinrich Carl Ludwig Glävke
Event Type: Taufe (Baptism)
Birth Date: 6 Sep 1864
Baptism Date: 25 Sep 1864
Baptism Place: Kuppentin, Mecklenburg, Deutschland (Germany)
Father: Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Glävke
Mother: Christine Friederike Maria Glävke
Parish as it Appears: Kuppentin und Plauerhagen
City or District: Kuppentin
Page Number: 196;197
Author: Evangelische Kirche Kuppentin (AG. Plau)
Film Number: 69287
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Description
This collection contains parish registers from numerous Protestant communities in Germany.
His naturalization papers are at the Bureau County, Illinois courthouse, dated November 3, 1888. He died October 17, 1931, at age 67 and is buried at Walnut Cemetery, Walnut, Illinois.
Heinrich Carl Ludwig Glävke Baptism
in the Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971
Name: Heinrich Carl Ludwig Glävke
Event Type: Taufe (Baptism)
Birth Date: 6 Sep 1864
Baptism Date: 25 Sep 1864
Baptism Place: Kuppentin, Mecklenburg, Deutschland (Germany)
Father: Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Glävke
Mother: Christine Friederike Maria Glävke
Parish as it Appears: Kuppentin und Plauerhagen
City or District: Kuppentin
Page Number: 196;197
Author: Evangelische Kirche Kuppentin (AG. Plau)
Film Number: 69287
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Description
This collection contains parish registers from numerous Protestant communities in Germany.
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