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Called Bill, he was the older of 2 children born to William & Whilelmina (née Whilhelms) Wackerman of the prominent German Catholic Wackerman family of Williamsburg. He was Baptised at Most Holy Trinity R.C. Church in Bushwick.
When Bill was just 3 years old and his sister Lottie not yet 2, tragedy struck when their young father Will died suddenly one morning at work. The newspaper reports said he collapsed from the heat on his lumber cart, but his brother said he sat down on the curb to drink water after feeling light headed and just fell over. The large extended Wackerman family was devestated. They took in and cared for the widowed Minnie and Will's two small children.
A little over 2 years later Minnie married a Protestant, Valantine Bauer, out on Long Island and much to the chagrin of the staunchly Catholic Wackerman family, Bill & Lottie were raised as Protestants. Bill's Uncle John would for the rest of his life lament: "That's a whole family of Wackermans lost to the Church".
Bill & Lottie were raised in Sea Cliff out on Long Island. His family grew to include half-siblings Valentine born 1894, Whilhelmina b. 1896, Cora b. 1901, Frederick b. 1903 & Ruth b. 1907.
He married Mary Anna Juritza of Austria in 1912 and they would live and raise their 3 children, Philip Henry, Marion & John Jacob in Sea Cliff. He worked at what is now called Brookhaven National Labs. He remained close all his life, as did Lottie, with his father's Wackerman family back on Maujer St. in Williamsburg.
At the time of his passing, the only son of William Wackerman of Williamsburg had 4 grandchildren. His sister Lottie had passed away 2 years earlier.
✞ William Henry Wackerman is buried at Nassau Knolls Cemetery in Port Washington. Mary, his wife of 44 years, is buried next to him. More than 120 years after his death, his father Will is still talked of by his nieces & remembered in their prayers.
Called Bill, he was the older of 2 children born to William & Whilelmina (née Whilhelms) Wackerman of the prominent German Catholic Wackerman family of Williamsburg. He was Baptised at Most Holy Trinity R.C. Church in Bushwick.
When Bill was just 3 years old and his sister Lottie not yet 2, tragedy struck when their young father Will died suddenly one morning at work. The newspaper reports said he collapsed from the heat on his lumber cart, but his brother said he sat down on the curb to drink water after feeling light headed and just fell over. The large extended Wackerman family was devestated. They took in and cared for the widowed Minnie and Will's two small children.
A little over 2 years later Minnie married a Protestant, Valantine Bauer, out on Long Island and much to the chagrin of the staunchly Catholic Wackerman family, Bill & Lottie were raised as Protestants. Bill's Uncle John would for the rest of his life lament: "That's a whole family of Wackermans lost to the Church".
Bill & Lottie were raised in Sea Cliff out on Long Island. His family grew to include half-siblings Valentine born 1894, Whilhelmina b. 1896, Cora b. 1901, Frederick b. 1903 & Ruth b. 1907.
He married Mary Anna Juritza of Austria in 1912 and they would live and raise their 3 children, Philip Henry, Marion & John Jacob in Sea Cliff. He worked at what is now called Brookhaven National Labs. He remained close all his life, as did Lottie, with his father's Wackerman family back on Maujer St. in Williamsburg.
At the time of his passing, the only son of William Wackerman of Williamsburg had 4 grandchildren. His sister Lottie had passed away 2 years earlier.
✞ William Henry Wackerman is buried at Nassau Knolls Cemetery in Port Washington. Mary, his wife of 44 years, is buried next to him. More than 120 years after his death, his father Will is still talked of by his nieces & remembered in their prayers.
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Called Bill, he was the older of 2 children born to William & Whilelmina (née Whilhelms) Wackerman of the prominent German Catholic Wackerman family of Williamsburg. He was Baptised at Most Holy Trinity R.C. Church in Bushwick.
When Bill was just 3 years old and his sister Lottie not yet 2, tragedy struck when their young father Will died suddenly one morning at work. The newspaper reports said he collapsed from the heat on his lumber cart, but his brother said he sat down on the curb to drink water after feeling light headed and just fell over. The large extended Wackerman family was devestated. They took in and cared for the widowed Minnie and Will's two small children.
A little over 2 years later Minnie married a Protestant, Valantine Bauer, out on Long Island and much to the chagrin of the staunchly Catholic Wackerman family, Bill & Lottie were raised as Protestants. Bill's Uncle John would for the rest of his life lament: "That's a whole family of Wackermans lost to the Church".
Bill & Lottie were raised in Sea Cliff out on Long Island. His family grew to include half-siblings Valentine born 1894, Whilhelmina b. 1896, Cora b. 1901, Frederick b. 1903 & Ruth b. 1907.
He married Mary Anna Juritza of Austria in 1912 and they would live and raise their 3 children, Philip Henry, Marion & John Jacob in Sea Cliff. He worked at what is now called Brookhaven National Labs. He remained close all his life, as did Lottie, with his father's Wackerman family back on Maujer St. in Williamsburg.
At the time of his passing, the only son of William Wackerman of Williamsburg had 4 grandchildren. His sister Lottie had passed away 2 years earlier.
✞ William Henry Wackerman is buried at Nassau Knolls Cemetery in Port Washington. Mary, his wife of 44 years, is buried next to him. More than 120 years after his death, his father Will is still talked of by his nieces & remembered in their prayers.
Called Bill, he was the older of 2 children born to William & Whilelmina (née Whilhelms) Wackerman of the prominent German Catholic Wackerman family of Williamsburg. He was Baptised at Most Holy Trinity R.C. Church in Bushwick.
When Bill was just 3 years old and his sister Lottie not yet 2, tragedy struck when their young father Will died suddenly one morning at work. The newspaper reports said he collapsed from the heat on his lumber cart, but his brother said he sat down on the curb to drink water after feeling light headed and just fell over. The large extended Wackerman family was devestated. They took in and cared for the widowed Minnie and Will's two small children.
A little over 2 years later Minnie married a Protestant, Valantine Bauer, out on Long Island and much to the chagrin of the staunchly Catholic Wackerman family, Bill & Lottie were raised as Protestants. Bill's Uncle John would for the rest of his life lament: "That's a whole family of Wackermans lost to the Church".
Bill & Lottie were raised in Sea Cliff out on Long Island. His family grew to include half-siblings Valentine born 1894, Whilhelmina b. 1896, Cora b. 1901, Frederick b. 1903 & Ruth b. 1907.
He married Mary Anna Juritza of Austria in 1912 and they would live and raise their 3 children, Philip Henry, Marion & John Jacob in Sea Cliff. He worked at what is now called Brookhaven National Labs. He remained close all his life, as did Lottie, with his father's Wackerman family back on Maujer St. in Williamsburg.
At the time of his passing, the only son of William Wackerman of Williamsburg had 4 grandchildren. His sister Lottie had passed away 2 years earlier.
✞ William Henry Wackerman is buried at Nassau Knolls Cemetery in Port Washington. Mary, his wife of 44 years, is buried next to him. More than 120 years after his death, his father Will is still talked of by his nieces & remembered in their prayers.
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