Source: Illerich Family Book, p. 277; and
Ancestry.com—New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957; and Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007.
He arrived in New York, New York on November 15, 1867 on the ship the “City of Cork” that had sailed from Antwerp, Belgium. His brother Johann was also on the ship.
He became a naturalized citizen.
In 1870 he and his wife and daughter Anna lived in Avon, Lorain County, Ohio. In 1880 he and his family lived in Avon next door to his parents.
In 1900 he lived in North Ridgeville, Lorain County with his son John, his wife Anna B., their five children, and his mother Anna Mary. They lived close to the family of Barbara Toll, the widow of Matthias Toll. In 1910 he and his wife lived with their five children in North Ridgeville. In 1920 he and Anna lived in North Ridgeville, next door to the home of Antone’s first wife’s sister-in-law Barbara Toll.
Notes for Anna C. (Spouse 1)
Source:
Ancestry.com—New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957; and U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (for her son Joseph J. Wilhelmi).
She and her birth family sailed from Antwerp, Belgium on the “Alice Trainer.” They arrived in New York, New York State on August 25, 1856.
Notes for Anna B. (Spouse 2)
Her father was either from France or Germany. Her mother was from Germany. As of 1900 she had had six children of whom five were living. In 1930 she lived in North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio next door to the family of her son Edward P. Wilhelmi.