James William Wilkinson, Jr.

Notes:

Name:
From an e-mail dated 25 Jun 2008 from Carolyn Wilkinson: "There certainly is confusion on the Jr. etc - Jim's Dad [born 1897] apparently was a Jr. but since his Dad died when he was so young he dropped the Jr. When my Jim was born [1927] he became a Jr. When our son was born Grandpa was still alive so he became JWW III - and of course when our grandson was born he became JWW IV."

James married Carolyn Ann Mickelsen on 27 Jun 1953 in Ft. Shafter Chapel, Honolulu, Hawaii. Carolyn (daughter of Arthur Emil Mickelsen and Carolyn Elizabeth Ray) was born on 28 Jan 1930 in San Antonio, Texas; died on 3 Mar 2023 in Kaneohe, Hawaii. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James William Wilkinson, III
2. Ann Carolyn Wilkinson was born on 22 Nov 1956 in Honolulu, Hi; died on 15 Apr 2015 in Denver, Co..
3. Michael Arthur Wilkinson
4. Karen Elaine Wilkinson
5. Virginia Lynn Wilkinson

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Toolmaker, Head of Double Seamer Dept. Hawaiian Pineapple Co.
• Residence: 1942, 4236 Carnation Place, Honolulu, Hawaii

Notes:

From: fpao@saintlouishawaii.org [mailto:fpao@saintlouishawaii.org] Sent: 02 July 2003 18:56To: craig@hmdp.comSubject: Re: Albert Joseph WILKINSONAloha, kaua e Craig: Records that I have going back so far are not complete. All I have are the following: Albert Wilkinson [09/03/1912 to 06/06/1913] Junior Year - Grade 11; Charles Wilkinson [09/05/1922 to 06/15/1923] Freshman Year - Grade 09; James Wilkinson [09/03/1912 to 06/19/1914] Junior & Senior Year, it would seem that he did graduate from Saint Louis College [name of school at that time]. There is a picture of James on his transcript; this means he graduated from St. Louis College. The records do not show the names of parents, birthdates, reason for leaving. They just indicate the information that I am sending to you.
Brother Franklin PaoRegistrarfpao@saintlouishawaii.org (808) 739-4729 Direct(808) 739-4853 Fax
Saint Louis School3142 Waialae AvenueHonolulu, HI 96816-1579www.SaintLouisHawaii.org

Name:
From an e-mail dated 25 Jun 2008 from Carolyn Wilkinson: "There certainly is confusion on the Jr. etc - Jim's Dad [born 1897] apparently was a Jr. but since his Dad died when he was so young he dropped the Jr. When my Jim was born [1927] he became a Jr. When our son was born Grandpa was still alive so he became JWW III - and of course when our grandson was born he became JWW IV."

Buried:
Sec. B, 196-B-2

James married Helen Kathryn (Katherine) Nelson on 11 May 1921 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Helen (daughter of Robert Nelson and Sophia K. Dinesen) was born on 17 Apr 1903 in Seattle, Washington; died on 26 Apr 1985 in Kaneohe, Hawaii; was buried on 02 May 1985 in Diamond Head Memorial Park, Honolulu, Hawaii. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Sec. B, 196-B-3

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 05 Jun 1888, Honolulu, Hawaii; Passenger manifest (at Hawaii State Archives) shows on board S.S. Australia from Honolulu to San Francisco
• Emigration: 28 Aug 1888, San Francisco, California; Passenger manifest (at Hawaii State Archives) shows on board S.S. Australia from San Francisco to Honolulu.
• Occupation: 1890, Honolulu, Hawaii; The Hawaii Directory (1890) shows J. Wilkinson as a fireman on the steamer Mikahala, owned by Inter Island Steam Ship Navigation Co. Honolulu, Hawaii Directory, 1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Honolulu, HI, 1890. Honolulu, HI, USA: The Pacific Press Publishing Company, 1890.
• Imigration: 13 Aug 1900, Honolulu, Hawai USA; Naturalization Petition - Volume 1, Page 17. Filed and admitted 13 Aug 1900. Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Index to Naturalizations of the US District Court for the District of Hawaii, 1900-1976 (M2074); Microfilm Serial: M2074; Microfilm Roll: 22.
• Newspaper Article: 09 Jul 1909, Honolulu, Hawaii; Obituary from the Hawaii Gazette, 9 Jul 1909, page 8-3. "In this city, July 6, 1909, J.W. Wilkinson, a member of the Marine Engineers Benevolent Association and the Oceanic Lodge, No. 3?, F.&A.M. Funeral this Wednesday at 3 o'clock from the Masonic Temple."

Notes:

I contacted June Watanabe - who writes the Kokua Line column in the Honolulu Star Bulletin - for her help in getting information from St. Andrew's Cathedral about James William Wilkinson's marrige. June wrote an informtive column on the process on 21 June 2008: http://starbulletin.com/2008/06/22/news/kokualine.html

Christened:
According to Gerard Lodge of Manchester Family History Research, the entry was in Latin. Parents are shown as Joseph Wilkinson and Ann (nee McGuire). Godparents James and Emily Moor.

James married Emilia Katharina Wyser on 2 Jun 1895 in St. Andrews Cathedral, Honolulu, Hawaii. Emilia (daughter of Bruno Albert Wiser and Elisa Schoenhals) was born on 5 Apr 1873 in Niedergosgen, Switzerland; died on 21 Nov 1959 in Eugene, Oregon; was buried in Oahu Cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Territory of Hawaii Marriages, 1890-1896, Book 2. Marriage performed by A. MacIntosh, witnesses Thos. Henderson, Mary Burn. Marriage at St. Andrews Cathedral, Honolulu.

Married:
According to Stuart Ching, the Histographer at St. Andrew's Cathedral in Honolulu, Hawaii (e-mail dated 24 MAY 2008):

I am happy to report that I did find the entry in the St. Andrew's Cathedral register for the marriage of your great grandparents on June 2, 1895. Because the brittle pages of the Cathedral register would be at risk of crumbling, here is a typescript of the marriage entry:

1895 marriage solemnized in the Cathedral Church of S. Andrew.

No: 936 - When married: June 2, 1895

Name and Surname: James William Wilkinson
Age: 26
Condition: Bachelor
Rank or Profession: Machinist

Name and Surname: Lillie Wyser
Age: 21
Condition: Spinster

Residence at the Time of Marriage: Honolulu

Groom:
Father's Name and Surname: Joseph Wilkinson
Rank or Profession of Father: organ builder
Bride:
Father's Name and Surname: Bruno Wyser
Rank or Profession of Father: tanner

Married in the Cath. Church of St. Andrew according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England by license or after___by me Alexr. Mackintosh

This marriage was solemnized between us, James William Wilkinson Lillie Wyser

In the presence of us,
Thomas Henderson
Mrs. Mary Burn

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Watchmaker
• Occupation: Head of pipe & steam fitting dept - Moran Brothers Ship Building Corp. built torpedo ships, submarines & 1st battleship USS Nebraska (Oct 04)
• Immigration: 1886
• Emigration: 1888, thru Ellis Island

Notes:

Name:
Born Rasmus Nielsen, eldest of seven. Came to America in 1888 at the age of 20. Americanized his name to Robert Nelson.

Died:
Died from edema (then called dropsey).

Robert married Sophia K. Dinesen. Sophia was born on 29 Jan 1866 in Vjele, Denmark; died in Seattle, Washington; was buried in Washeli Memorial Park, Seattle, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Orillia, farming community outside of Seattle when she first arrived in America

Notes:

Name:
Surname also shown as Denneson.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1861, Manchester, Lancashire, England; Address:
  6 Taylor's Avenue
  Manchester, Lancashire
  United Kingdom
• Residence: 28 Jul 1867, Manchester, Lancashire, England; Address:
  56 Richmond Street
  Portland
  Manchester, Lancashire
  United Kingdom
• Occupation: 1861 - 1871, Manchester, Lancashire, England; Organ Builder, as shown on 1861 and 1871 U.K. Census reports.
• Residence: 1871, Manchester, Lancashire, England; Address:
  9 Altrincham St
  Manchester
  United Kingdom
• Census: 1881, Chester, Cheshire; Address:
  28 Lyon Street
• Census: 1891, Manchester, Lancashire; Address:
  3 Sadler Street, Hulme
• Census: 1901, Manchester, Lancashire; Address:
  14 Chorlton Grove, Stretford

Notes:

Census:
He was an organ builder living with his wife and son

Census:
He was an organ builder - music instrument, living with his wife and 4 children

Census:
He was an organ builder - music instrument, living with his wife and 5 children

Joseph married Ann McGuire on 28 Jul 1867 in St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Chapel, Granby Row, Manchester, Lancashire. Ann (daughter of James McGuire and Ann Manion (Marion?)) was born on 10 Aug 1849 in 4 Whiteman's Buildings, Manchester, England; died on 5 Oct 1875 in 11 Medlock Square, Manchester, England; was buried in Philips Park Cemetery, Manchester. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 10 Aug 1849, 4 Whiteman's Buildings, Manchester, England; Address:
  4 Whiteman's Buildings
  Manchester, Lancashire
  England
• Residence: 28 Jul 1867, Manchester, Lancashire, England; ; : 18; Address:
  14 Whitemans Building
  London Road
  Manchester, Lancashire
  United Kingdom
• Witness: 5 Oct 1875, 11 Medlock Square, Manchester, England; Present at time of death: J. Wilkinson, husband

Notes:

Buried:
Roman Catholic Section, Grave 864, Position 5

Other Events and Attributes:

• Imigration: 1877, Adelaide, South Australia; Official assisted passage passenger lists show arrival in South Australia on 23 Jan 1877 on the Herschel: Adolf (presumably Alfred) Wyser Emilie (presumably Emilia) Wyser Ida Wyser Marie Wyser Otto Wyser Bruno Wyser Elise (presumably Elisa) Wyser The voyage (sequence 77/6) apparently began in Hamburg.
• Residence: 1881, Adeliade, South Australia; From the Sands Directory; Address:
  Regent Street
  Adelaide, South Australia
• Residence: 1882, Adeliade, South Australia; Occupation in the South Australia Directory shown as tanner (page 32).; Address:
  Ifould Street
  Adelaide, South Australia
• Residence: 11 Apr 1882, Adeliade, South Australia; Residence as shown on son Bruno's birth record.; Address:
  Grenfell Street
  Hindmarsh Ward
  Adelaide, South Australia
• Occupation: 29 Sep 1884, Glebe, N.S.W., Australia; Fanny Weyser's birth certificate shows Bruno Wyser is a Tanner.
• Residence: 29 Sep 1884, Glebe, N.S.W., Australia; Occupation (in Sands Directory): Tanner; Address:
  14 Mitchell Street
  Glebe, NSW
  Australia
• Residence: 1886, Sydney, Australia; Occupation in 1886 Sands Directory: Tanner. Surname shown as Weiser; Address:
  Mayes Street
  Leichhardt
  Sydney, NSW
  Australia
• Occupation: 20 May 1887, Glebe, N.S.W., Australia; On Ida Wiser's marriage certificate, Bruno is shown as a Carpenter.; Address:
  Franklyn Place
  Glebe, N.S.W.
  Australia
• Residence: 1888, Sydney, Australia; Occupation in 1888 Sands Directory: Tanner; Address:
  21 Bunn Street
  Sydney, NSW
  Australia
• Residence: 1889, Sydney, Australia; Occupation in 1889 Sands Directory: Tanner. Surname spelled Wycer.; Address:
  183 Elizabeth Street
  Sydney, NSW
  Australia
• Residence: 1890, Sydney, Australia; Occupation in 1890 Sands Directory: Tanner; Address:
  193 Elizabeth Street
  Sydney, NSW
  Australia
• Cremated: 9 Dec 1895, Crematory at Odd Fellows' Cemetery; Cremated (or "incinerated") at 3:00 PM on December 9, 1895. No autopsy performed. The ashes were received by Mrs E. Wyser on 29 Apr 1896.; : 54 y 9 mos; : Cancer

Notes:

According to Beat Hodler:

A Cousin of Bruno Wyser: Catharina Wyser (1826-1901): During many years, she ran the post-office in Niedergösgen. She wasn’t married. She wrote a very varied diary which is today an excellent historical source. In this diary, you find a lot of information about weather, politics, religion, prices, popular medicine and so on. There is also a poem which she dedicated to her cousin Bruno, when he left Switzerland in 1860. In this poem she remembers the good times they had spent together and she expresses also a blessing:

Dem Bruno Wyser ins Stammbuch bei seiner Abreise nach Amerika 1860:
Wenn auf dem Blatt nach langer Zeit
dein Aug einst sinnend ruhen bleibt
dann mög vor deinem Blick erscheinen
das Haus, umgeben von den Bäumen;
In dessen Schatten du einst spieltest
Nach der Scheibe mit der Armbrust zieltest,
Und manche liebe Ferienzeit
So sorglos dich mit uns erfreut

Du willst nun in die Fremde gehen
Wir werden lange dich nicht mehr sehn.
Möge nun in deinem Leben,
Gott viel Glück und Heil dir geben
Und dein guter Engel mit dir gehn

Translated (by Ingeborg Gowans) into English:

For Bruno Wyser : at his departure to America in 1860:

When, after many years, you will return to this page
and recall old times
may you remember the house nestled among the shadegiving trees,
where you used to play, trying bow and arrow,
where you spent many a day, enjoying carefree hours with us..

Now you are off to foreign lands
And we shall not see you anymore
May God grant you good health and wellbeing in your life
May your Guardian Angel walk before you.



According to Beat Hodler:

"I still don't know why Bruno actually travelled to Montevideo, but I guess that his emigration had something to do with the Bally enterprise. His family was related to the Bally family. Bally was at that time one of the very big European shoe producers. Around 1870, Bally tended to expand to South America, whith some difficulties at the beginning and quite a good success in the long run. In the 1870's Bruno Wyser returned to Niedergösgen, where he spent some years before emigrating again (as you know already). In 1873, Elisa Schönhals and Bruno Wyser had a child in Niedergösgen, whose godmother was Emilia Balli. (source: Kirchenbuch Niedergösgen).

Name:
Also known as Bruno Weyser and Bruno Wyser

Buried:
According to the Crematory records from the Odd Fellows' Cemetery (sheet 62), Bruno Wyser died from cancer on 7 Dec 1895 at Lane Hospital, San Francisco. His attending physician was L. C. Lane, and there was no autopsy. Bruno Wyser was 54 years 9 months old. His remains were received by the crematory on 9 Dec 1895 and were "incinerated" at 3:00 PM. The witness to the incineration was James W. Mallady. The arrangements were handled by Union Undertaking Company, and the ashes were "delivered to Mrs. Wyser 29 April 1896." She signed a receipt as "Mrs. E. Wyser, 31 Minna Street."

We have received the cremation record from the California Genealogical Society, with special thanks to Nancy Peterson.

Died:
Cause of death: Cancer. Died at the Lane Hospital in San Francisco, California, attended by Dr L C Lane (Levi C Lane).

Bruno married Elisa Schoenhals on 3 Feb 1869 (German-Evangelistic Church) in Montevideo, Uruguay. Elisa (daughter of Johannes Schoenhals and Elisabeth Christina Ringel) was born on 20 Mar 1841 in Simmersbach, Germany; died on 19 Jul 1910 in 573 Jones Street, Oakland, California; was buried on 20 Jul 1910 in Oakland Crematory. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1896; Address:
  56 South Park Street
  San Francisco, California 94107
  United States
• Residence: 29 Apr 1896, San Francisco, California; Address shown on crematory receipt for Bruno Wiser's ashes.; Address:
  31 Minna Street
  San Francisco, California 94105
  United States
• Residence: 19 Jul 1910, Oakland, California; Here for 1 year and 1 week according to Certificate of Death.; Address:
  573 Jones Street
  Oakland, California
  United States

Jens married Cecilie Rasmusdatter. Cecilie was born on 27 Feb 1835; died on 1 Oct 1916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]