Bio: Wink, Albert and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Barbara (Keller) Family

Contact: Jeanne Weise, daughter of Mary (Wink) and Stanley Welciek
Email: grams400@yahoo.com

Surnames: Wink, Keller

----Source: Census Reports and Family Records, Newspaper Articles

Albert and Lizzie (Keller) Wink married June 10, 1913 and lived on a farm south of Thorp, Wisconsin where they raised their eleven children.

Bertha and Mary Wink, 1923

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Obit: Wink, Elizabeth B. (1895 - 1937)

Obit: Wink, Albert (1883 - 1974)

Social Security Death Record

Albert Wink Sr.
Birth Date: 18 February 1883
Social Security Number: 395-36-7235
State: Wisconsin
Last Place of Residence: Thorp, Clark, Wisconsin
Previous Residence Postal Code: 54771
Event Date: April 1974
Age: 91

1920 Federal Census, Reseburg, Clark, Wisconsin, United States, District: 29, Family 220, Line 59

Name: Albert Wink, white, married male
Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's Birthplace: Germany

Household Members
Head Chris Wink M 70 Wisconsin
Wife Amelia Wink F 71 Germany
Son Albert Wink M 36 (1883) Wisconsin
Daughter-in-law Lizzie Wink F 24 Wisconsin
Granddaughter Mary Wink F 5 Wisconsin
Granddaughter Bertha Wink F 2 Wisconsin
Granddaughter Cecilia Wink F 0 Wisconsin

1930 Federal Census, Reseburg, Clark, Wisconsin, United States, District: 0032, Family 185, Line 66

Albert Wink, white married male
Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's Birthplace: Germany

Household Members
Head Albert Wink M 47 Wisconsin
Wife Elizabeth Wink F 34 Wisconsin
Daughter Mary Wink F 15 Wisconsin
Daughter Bertha Wink F 13 Wisconsin
Daughter Celia Wink F 10 Wisconsin
Daughter Edith Wink F 9 Wisconsin
Son Anton Wink M 7 Wisconsin
Daughter Margaret Wink F 6 Wisconsin
Daughter Josephine Wink F 4 Wisconsin
Daughter Emilia Wink F 1 Wisconsin

1940 Federal Census, Reseburg Town, Clark, Wisconsin, United States, District: 10-32, Family 14, Line 65

Albert Wink, white widowed male
Last Place of Residence: Same House

Household Members
Head Albert Wink M 57 Wisconsin
Daughter Edith Wink F 19 Wisconsin
Son Anthony Wink M 17 Wisconsin
Daughter Margaret Wink F 15 Wisconsin
Daughter Josephine Wink F 13 Wisconsin
Daughter Amelia Wink F 11 Wisconsin
Son Albert Wink M 9 Wisconsin
Son Lawrence Wink M 7 Wisconsin
Daughter Elizabeth Wink F 5 Wisconsin

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Obit: Wink, Albert Sr. (1883 – 1974)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Wink, Puerner, Welciek, Pawlak, Orzechowski, Chmelik, Hodorowski, Keller, Chemerys, Spaeth, Peters, Mullenbach, Jacque

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 18 Apr 1974

Wink, Albert Sr. (18 Feb 1883 – 8 Apr 1974)

Albert Wink Sr., 91, died at Victory Memorial Nursing Home, Stanley, on Monday, April 8, 1974 of old age complications.

Funeral services were held at St. Bernard’s – St. Hedwig’s Catholic Church, Thorp, on Thursday, April 11, 1974, 12:00 noon. Rev. John Puerner officiated, with interment being made in St. Bernard’s Catholic Cemetery, Thorp. Pallbearers were: George Welciek, Andy Pawlak, John Orzechowski Jr., James Chmelin, Harry Hodorowski Jr. and Don Hodorowski.

Mr. Wink, a retired farmer, was born February 18, 1883 at Kiel, Wisconsin, Calumet County. He came to Thorp with his parents in 1888 to a farm 2 1/2 miles south of Thorp in the township of Reseburg. He purchased the family farm in 1920. On June 10, 1913 he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Barbara Keller at St. Bernard’s Church, Thorp.

Surviving are two sons, Albert Wink Jr. and Lawrence Wink, both of Thorp; eight daughters, (Mary) Mrs. Stanley Welciek, Mrs. Bertha Pawlak, (Cecelia) Mrs. John Orzechowski, (Josephine) Mrs. Harry Hodorowski, (Amelia) Mrs. Frank Hodorowski, all of Thorp, (Margaret) Mrs. Walter Chemerys of Milwaukee, (Edith) Mrs. Albert Chemlik, and (Elizabeth), Mrs. Charles Spaeth, both of Chippewa Falls; 38 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife Elizabeth on October 18, 1937, one son, Anthony, two grandchildren, Joyce Pawlak and Tom Chmelik, his parents, Christopher and Amelia Wink, one brother, Joseph, and five sisters, Elizabeth Peters, Anna Mullenbach, Justena Jacque, Bertha and Rosie Wink.