 1837 - 1933 (95 years) Submit Photo / Document
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| Name |
William Whigam |
| Suffix |
Jr |
| Born |
20 Nov 1837 |
Half Day, Lake, Illinois  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
14 Jun 1933 |
Chicago, Cook, Illinois |
| Buried |
Vernon Township Cemetery, Lincolnshire, Lake, Illinois, United States |
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William Whigam Sr Family Plots.
William Whigam Sr Family Plots. |
| Person ID |
I61145 |
Nagel |
| Last Modified |
30 Sep 2021 |
| Father |
William Whigam, Sr, b. 1804, Brooklyn, Kings, New York , d. 18 Jun 1840, Half Day, Lake, Illinois (Age 36 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Mother |
Caroline Wright, b. 2 Feb 1816, Mount Vernon, Knox, Ohio , d. 10 Aug 1864, Lake County, Illinois (Age 48 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Married |
Jan 1836 |
Lake County, Illinois |
- Hiram Kennicott, first Justice of the Peace of Lake county, Illinois presided over the wedding which, was the first wedding in Lake County.
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| Family ID |
F18485 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Isabella Manny, b. 4 Apr 1840, Middlebury, Addison, Vermont , d. 1 Mar 1926, Libertyville, Lake, Illinois (Age 85 years) |
| Married |
8 May 1859 |
| Children |
| + | 1. Wallace Hugh Whigam, b. 1 Nov 1860, Half Day, Lake, Illinois , d. 1 Jul 1946, Dade City, Pasco, Florida (Age 85 years) [Birth] |
| | 2. Maude Whigam, b. 23 Oct 1865, Vernon, Lake, Illinois , d. 5 Oct 1866, Half Day, Lake, Illinois (Age 0 years) |
| + | 3. William Manny Whigam, b. 17 Nov 1867, Lake County, Illinois , d. 17 Jan 1917, Chicago, Cook, Illinois (Age 49 years) [Birth] |
| | 4. Helen I Whigam, b. 3 Jul 1870, Half Day, Lake, Illinois , d. 10 Dec 1933, Chicago, Cook, Illinois (Age 63 years) |
| | 5. Jean Gertrude Whigam, b. 26 Mar 1874, Half Day, Lake, Illinois , d. 10 Dec 1961, Dade City, Pasco, Florida (Age 87 years) |
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| Last Modified |
1 Oct 2021 |
| Family ID |
F18486 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 20 Nov 1837 - Half Day, Lake, Illinois |
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 | Died - 14 Jun 1933 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois |
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 | Buried - - Vernon Township Cemetery, Lincolnshire, Lake, Illinois, United States |
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| Photos |
 | William Whigam standing by Daniel Wright memorial rock.
William Whigam, grandson of Daniel Wright standing by Daniel Wright memorial rock. Note that the it was dated 1834. Wright wrote letter to the Waukegan Weekly Gazette in 1868. He stated that "the native tribe of Potawatomi... helped me raise my first rude log cabin in June 1833." If this is the case the 1834 date would be an error. Or perhaps his son and wife died from the hardships of their journey and the 1933 date is wrong.
Wright never purchased the land he lived and worked but. his grandson did. The "X" marked on the photograph on the left side of the rock, was the location of Wright's cabin. In his later years, Wright lived with his grandson in a wood frame house on the southwest corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Aptakisic Road, which is now the site of commercial development. |
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