Friedrich Wilhelm "William" STARK^[1]

1826 - 1903  (77 years)

• Name	Friedrich Wilhelm "William" STARK
  Nickname	William
  Birth	10 Jan 1826	Kreis Lauenburg, Hinterpommern, Prussia
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	GJVN-6NN
  _UID	72FA6EB13FD3409094A9F3841E0B150F6EB3
  Burial	1903	Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery Tawas City, Iosco County, Michigan, USA   [2]
  Death	7 Mar 1903	Tawas City, Iosco, Michigan
  Person ID	I28677	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Johann Friedrich Conrad STARKE,   b. 18 Aug 1788, Doehren 61, Windheim, Westphalia, Germany d. 20 Nov 1854, Hannover, Hannover, Deutschland (Age 66 years)
  Mother	KRAMER,   b. Abt 1800, Poland d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1825	Deutschland
  Family ID	F14227	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Juliana Caroline Ernestine KLEIN,   b. 18 Jan 1840, Klingenmünster, Bayern, Bavaria d. 23 Jan 1883, Prussia (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1865	Prussia
  Children	1. Martha Caroline STARK,   b. 14 Feb 1867, Prussia d. 31 Mar 1940, Churchill, Ogemaw County, Michigan (Age 73 years)   2. Rudolph Julius William STARK,   b. 20 Sep 1869, Herzoqtum Lauenburg, Pomerania, Prussia d. 11 Jan 1957, Tinley Park, Cook, Illinois (Age 87 years)   3. Clara Hermine Auguste STARK,   b. 12 Aug 1873, Prussia d. 3 May 1955, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (Age 81 years)   4. Helena "Lena" Adelina STARK,   b. 11 Dec 1877, Prussia d. 19 Mar 1944, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F12508	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

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  Wilhelm Stark

  
  

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  Biography William Stark is German speaking Polish. Friedrich was born in 1826 as his tombstone reads. There was another Friedrich Wilhelm HEINRICH Stärk born in Berlin, no where near Poland and born 20 Jan 1825. As our Friedrich Stark death certificate and headstone both state birth is 10 January 1826, that is the date used and is also supported by immigration document (born 1827 estimate varies by month of recording). The family Stark bible confirms 10 January 1826 in addition to official documentation. There are many other Fredrich Starks in Germany in census's, birth records, similar age, but USE CAUTION and remember this Stark line comes from the Lauenburg area of Poland - often confused with Lauenburg in Germany. Additionally marriage and death documents of the children confirm the mother as Martha Klein or Cline not the name of the other Friedrich Stark. The city of Lauenburg has been converted now back to it's Polish name of Lebork (Polish pronunciation: ['l?mb?rk] ; Kashubian: Lãbòrg; German: Lauenburg in Pommern) a town on the Leba and Okalica rivers in the Gdansk Pomerania region in northern Poland. It is the capital of Lebork County in Pomeranian Voivodeship. Its population is 37,000. More info see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C4%99bork for map and history. William married Juliana Klein in about 1865 in Prussia, with details of Juliana in the Stark Bible, picture attached, confirming birth date matches baptism record. Christening records confirm parents. Juliana and Wilhelm had 4 well documented children by marriage, death and bible supporting references; Martha Caroline Stark 1867-1940 Rudolph Julius William Stark 1869-1957 Clara Hermine Auguste Stark 1873-1955 Helena "Lena" Adelina Stark 1877-1944 Wilhelm (age 58) arrived in the U.S. on 17 April 1885.[1] His wife Julian died in 1883 (confirmed since widower listed in other docs) prior to boarding ship Baltimore 1885, when passenger manifest shows (Friedrich) William, Martha, Rudolph, Clara, Helena arriving in Baltimore, before proceeding onto Michigan where Polish/German speaking communities were located. William passed away in 1903. Friedrich William was mentioned on a memorial at Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Tawas City, Iosco County, Michigan, United States with a death date of 7 March 1903.[2] The death certificate of Wilhelm, also verifies he is the son of John (Johann) Stark, died (age 77) on 7 March 1903 in Tawas Township, Iosco, Michigan, United States.[3] Friedrich William's wife is confirmed as Juliana Klein (Cline) from the daughters death certificate Martha Caroline Bell died on 31 March 1940 in Churchill Township, Ogemaw, Michigan, United States, lists her mothers last name as Cline.[4] Other children marriage and death documents confirm Juliana Klein as their mother. Sources ? Passenger List: "Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., Passenger Lists, 1820-1964" The National Archives At Washington, D.c.; Washington, D.c.; Records of the Us Customs Service, Rg36; NAI Number: 2655153; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8679 #1066446 (accessed 17 January 2025) Name: Wilhelm Starke; Gender: Male; Age: 58; Birth Date: 1827; Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany; Arrival Date: 17 Apr 1885; Port of Arrival: Baltimore, Maryland; Arrival Quarter: Apr; Ship Name: Nurnberg. ? Memorial: Find a Grave (has image) Find A Grave: Memorial #50640964 (accessed 13 January 2025) Memorial page for Friedrich Wilhelm (William) Stark (10 Jan 1826-7 Mar 1903), citing Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Tawas City, Iosco County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Greta Anschuetz (contributor 47265676). ? Death: "Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995" citing Digital film/folder number: 007621905; FHL microfilm: 963404; Record number: 147; Packet letter: C FamilySearch Record: FHCW-8BB (accessed 17 January 2025) Wilhelm Stark death 7 Mar 1903 (age 77), son of John Stark, in Tawas Township, Iosco, Michigan, United States. ? Death of daughter Martha Caroline Bell: "Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952" citing Digital film/folder number: 005240319; FHL microfilm: 1973067; Image number: 435 FamilySearch Record: KF7M-WB4 (accessed 17 January 2025) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-L1SN-44J William Stark in death record for daughter Martha Caroline Bell 31 Mar 1940 in Churchill Township, Ogemaw, Michigan, United States. Jim Carney https://www.jnlcarney.com/carney/ death certificate, headstone/grave, sons marriage license, ship manifest, etc.

  
  

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  [S390] Tony Stark, Tony Stark, (2011 email anthonystark1@verizon.net). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Sep 2024), entry for Friedrich Wilhelm "William" STARK, person ID GJVN-6NN. (Reliability: 3).