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Place of Birth
Dargun, Mecklenburg, Germany
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Place of Death
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Wilhelm Johann Carl Wiegert was born on January 27, 1872 and was baptized on February 4. His father, Joachim, was 38 and his mother, Johanne, was 37. He married Frieda Johanna Maria Mamerow on October 25, 1894, in Gnoien, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. He and Frieda immigrated to Milwaukee, WI in 1900. They had eight children in 17 years. In 1915, he became a naturalized citizen. Wilhelm died on June 9, 1942, in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, at the age of 70, and was buried at Pilgrims Rest Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.