Category Archives: Wakenight

I found it interesting that both Elvera and Myrtle married men of Germanic descent. Through census records, I discovered that the men’s grandparents were born in Prussia. Robert Edward Wakenight […]

Sylvester’s daughter, Nellie Wakenight Sigler, divorced her husband because of “extreme and repeated cruelty”. Sylvester’s granddaughter, Evelyn, also experienced this breakdown of her marriage. Sylvester McCosh Wakenight (1884 to 1979) […]

David lived in Spokane before moving to Westport, Washington. This coastal city lies on the southern peninsula of Grays Harbor. I bet David fell in love with this Pacific North […]

My father worked for the Northwestern Steel and Wire Company for 30 years before succumbing to lung cancer caused by asbestos. Donald Eugene Wakenight Born: 21 JAN 1940 in Dixon, […]

From Doug’s obituary, we learned he was an accomplished painter and fisherman. He lived in Newport News, Virginia for 24 years until his death in 2011. Douglas Dean Wakenight Born: […]

The railroads played a major part in Robert’s decision to leave family and friends in Illinois for a new life in Nebraska. Edward Dallas Wakenight Born: 11 AUG 1857 in […]

I found an old postcard of E.D. Wakenight Supply Company on the website, ActiveRain.com. There are six people standing in front of the building. I believe the first person on […]

Floyd and his step-mother, Ethel, lived together for 32 years. Could it have been out of necessity, as Sharon Strow stated? Or, did they fall in love? Floyd Wakenight Born: […]

Greg enlisted in the US Army during the Vietnam War. His rank was Specialist Fourth Class. He may have been stationed in Texas after the war. That is where he […]

Harry was my great-grandfather.  He died when a tree fell on him and broke his neck. He was part of a crew cutting timber on former Governor Frank O Lowden’s […]