W Surnames – Jersey County Naturalization Index

This Index to Naturalization Records of Jersey County, Illinois was taken from the 1997 publication compiled by the Jersey County Clerk. Any and all requests for copies of any papers on Naturalization must be directed to that office. Jersey County Clerk, PO Box 216, Jerseyville, IL 62052. Thanks to Jersey County Historical Society, Tri County Newsletter and Marty Crull for this information.

• Column 1 – Name of immigrant including variants in spelling or name. Names were difficult to read, interpret or were written in foreign script. Some names were changed completely. Some immigrants signed their documents with an “X” leaving the spelling to a registrar, who recorded the name as it sounded.
• Column 2 – Place of birth or country to which immigrant owed allegiance.
• Column 3 – Date of “Bona Fide Intention” to become a citizen. Date of 1st Papers, 2nd Papers, Final Papers, Oaths, or Naturaliztion.
• Column 4 – Source of information, some in files, some recorded.

Definitions – Not recorded means a document exists but was not recorded. Intention (another county or state) means the “Bona Fide Intention” was registered in another county or state but recorded in Jersey County also. Wife, Husband, Child or Children recorded in this column means that the names of the wife, husband, child or children are listed in the documents.

Filed Documents – Immigrants whose surnames begin with A to E, Miscellaneous File, Drawer 6. Immigrants whose surnames begin with F to K, Miscellaneous File, Drawer 7. Immigrants whose surnames begin with L to Q, Miscellaneous File, Drawer 8. Immigrants whose surnames begin with R to Z, Miscellaneous File, Drawer 9.

Index:

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

V

W

Y

Z

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
WACHTER, Andreas	Bavaria	1855/1861	Intention, St. Louis, Mo. 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 27
WACHTER, Henry	Germany	1870/1884	Intention. Book B, p. 29; Book D, p. 37
WADE, Benjamin P.	Great Britain	1857/1860	Intention. 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 8
WAGENBLAST, Jacob	Germany	1881/1886	Intention. Book B, p. 42. Final papers, not recorded
WAGENBLAST, Melchoir	Germany	1879/1882	Intention. Book B, p. 30. Final papers, not recorded
WAGGONBLAST, Mattise	Germany	1873/1879	1st Papers, Vol. A, p. 33; Book B, p. 33 & 190
WAGNER, Charles	Baden	1888	Book C, p. 178
WAGNER, Frank X.	Germany	1888	Final papers, not recorded
WAGNER, Gustave	Baden	1876	Book C, p. 25
WAHL, John	Great Britain & Ireland	1876	Book C, p. 72; Book B, p. 170
WAHLE, Joseph	Prussia	1876	Book B, p. 167; Book C, p. 27
WAHLE, Joseph	Prussia	1875/1878	Intention. Book B, p. 10; Book C, p. 114
WAHLSTROM, John Engelbert	Sweden	1905	Intention, New York. Book F, p. 1
WAHLSTROM, Knut Victor	Sweden	1906	Intention, New Jersey. Book F, p. 2
WALL, Ambrose	Great Britain & Ireland	1854/1865	Intention. 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 78
WALL, James	Great Britain & Ireland	1868	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 203
WALL, John	Great Britain & Ireland	1866	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 80
WALL, Robert	Ireland	1868/1870	1st Papers, Vol. A, p. 23; 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 212
WALLACE, Nicholas	Great Britain & Ireland	1860/1873	Intention. Book B, p. 157
WALLER, John M.	Germany	1872/1884	Intention, Missouri. Book D, p. 25
WALPOLE, Joshua	Great Britain & Ireland	1860/1864	1st Papers, Vol. B, p. 14; 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 43
WALSH (WELSH), Henry	Great Britain & Ireland	1866/1868	Intention, Sangamon County. 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 162
WALSH, James	Great Britain & Ireland	1866	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 86
WALSH, James	Great Britain & Ireland	1882/1884	Intention. Book B, p. 41; Book D, p. 40
WALSH, John	Great Britain & Ireland	1868	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 118
WALSH, Martin	Great Britain & Ireland	1868	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 119
WALSH, Michael	Great Britain & Ireland	1884	Intention. Book B, p. 52
WALSH, Michael	Great Britain & Ireland	1894/1896	Intention. Book B, p. 71; Book D, p. 86
WALSH (WELSH), Patrick	Queen Victoria	1870	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 214
WALSH, Patrick	Ireland	1860/1868	Intention, Missouri. 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 118
WALSH, Thomas	Great Britain	1876	Book C, p. 107
WALTER, George	Germany	1889/1892	Intention. Book B, p. 64; 2nd Papers, Vol. B, p. 74
WALZ, Christian	Wurtemburg	1878/1880	Intention. Book B, p. 27; Book D, p. 15
WALZ, Jacob Gustav	Wurtemburg	1880/1886	Intention. Book B, p. 37; Book D, p. 56
WANLY, John	Prussia	1870	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 215
WARD, Michael	Great Britain & Ireland	1868	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 196
WARDEIN, Vincent	Germany	1888	Order Book I, p. 554. Circuit Clerk Office. Book C, p. 171
WARDINE, Lawrence	Austria	1876/1878	Intention, Book B, p. 15; Book B, p. 184 & 177
WARNURA, Wenzel	Austria	1876	Intention. Book B, p. 19
WATERS, Joseph	Great Britain & Ireland	1864	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 55
WATERS, Patrick	Great Britain & Ireland	1864	2nd Papers, Vol. B, p. 54
WATSKER, John	Austria	1876	Book C, p. 94
WEAVER, Adam	Germany	1886	Book C, p. 119 & 162
WEBER, Benedict	Switzerland	1872	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 237
WEBER, John	Prussia	1874	Intention. Book B, p. 7
WEBER, Paul	Bavaria	1903	Intention. Book B, p. 77
WEEDERMANN, Henry	Prussia	1873	Book B, p. 6
WEHMANN, Frederick (Fritz)	Prussia	1858/1860	Intention. 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 10
WEIDNER, John G.	Saxe Weimar	1860/1864	1st Papers, Vol. A, p. 1; 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 63
WEIGL, Franz J.	Austria	1893/1895	1st Papers, Vol. B, p. 40. Final Papers, not recorded
WEISER, Frank Louis	Germany	1879	Book B, p. 187; Book C, p. 120
WEISLER, William	Germany	1879/1882	Intention. Book B, p. 29; Book D, p. 19
WEISNER, Charles F.	Germany	1866	Book A, p. 2
WELCH, John	Ireland	1859/1862	1st Papers, Vol. A, p. 1; 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 32
WELCH, William	Great Britain & Ireland	1860	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 15
WELLER, George	Wertemburg	1868	2nd Papers, Vol. B, p. 62
WELLER, Gottleib	Germany	1858/1860	Intention, Pennsylvania. 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 8
WELLER, Jacob	Hamburg	1874/1876	Intention, Greene County, Il. Book C, p. 76
WELLHAUSEN, Frederick	Hanover	1871/1876	Intention, Greene County, Il. Book C, p. 75
WELSH, Bartholomew	Ireland	1874	Book A, p. 233
WELSH, Daniel	Great Britain	1876	Intention. Book B, p. 22
WELSH, Edward	England	1868	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 126
WELSH, James	see James Walsh
WELSH, James	Great Britain & Ireland	1853/1860	Intention. 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 8
WELSH, John	Great Britain & Ireland	1859	1st Papers, Vol. B, p. 5
WELSH, John P.	Great Britain & Ireland	1866	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 95
WELSH, Martin	Great Britain	1856	2nd Papers, Vol. B, p. 8
WELSH, Martin Sr.	Great Britain & Ireland	1859	2nd Papers, Vol. B, p. 31
WELSH, Michael	Great Britain & Ireland	1880	Book D, p. 1
WELSH, Michael	Ireland	1860	Intention, Indiana
WELSH, Michael	Ireland	1870	1st Papers, Vol. A, p. 28
WELSH, Patrick	Ireland	1866/1868	Intention. 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 113
WELSH, Thomas	Great Britain & Ireland	1876	Book A, p. 237; Book C, p. 107
WELSH, Walter	Great Britain & Ireland	1856	2nd Papers, Vol. B, p. 9
WELTSCH, Gottfried	Austria	1870	1st Papers, Vol. B, p. 27
WENDEL, George	Germany	1886	Book D, p. 55
WENDLE, George	Germany	1883/1884	Intention. Book B, p. 48; Book D, p. 42
WENDLE, Nikolaus	Germany	1890	Book A, p. 244
WENGER, John	Wurtemburg	1862	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 30
WEST, Bernard	Wirtemberg	1860	2nd Papers, Vol. B, p. 44
WERNER, Nicholas	see Nicholas Verner
WHARTON, William	Great Britain & Ireland	1888	1st Papers, Vol. B, p. 38
WHEELAN, Cornelius	Great Britain & Ireland	1864	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 66
WHEELER, Richard R.	England	1880	Final oath, not recorded
WHELAN, Dennis	Great Britain & Ireland	1862/1868	Intention, New York. 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 164
WHELAN, Edward	Great Britain & Ireland	1866	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 103
WHELAN, John	Great Britian & Ireland	1855/1864	Intention, New York. 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 50
WHITE, James	Great Britain	1868	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 171
WHITFIELD, John	Great Britain & Ireland	1902	Book C, p. 217
WHITMAN, Sigmond	see Sigmond Wittman
WICK, John B.	Germany	1880	Book D, p. 6
WICKHAM, James	Great Britain	1868	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 173
WIDMANN, Gottlob F.	Germany	1884/1885	Intention. Book B, p. 51; Book C, p. 151
WIEGAND, Oscar	Germany	1896	2nd Papers, Vol. B, p. 77
WIEGHARD, Henry	Hanover	1855/1864	Intention, Madison County, Il. 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 45
WIEGHARD, Wilhelm C.	Germany	1905	Intention. Book B, p. 77
WIELAND, Fritz	Germany	1876/1880	1st Papers, Vol. B, p. 34; Book D, p. 4
WIERING, Edward	Holland	1880/1883	Intention. Book B, p. 37; Book D, p. 23
WIESAR, Charles Frederick	Baden	1862	1st Papers, Vol. A, p. 8
WIESENER, Frederick	Prussia	1866	1st Papers, Vol. A, p. 16
WIESENER, William	Prussia	1866/1870	Intention. 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 209
WIESER, Joseph	Bavaria	1858	2nd Papers, Vol. B, p. 21
WIEST, Paul	Germany	1899	Book C, p. 212
WILCOX, Samuel	Great Britain & Ireland	1868	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 165
WILCOX, William	Great Britain & Ireland	1868	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 167
WILLIAMS, Jacob	Germany	1884	Book D, p. 36
WILLIAMSON, Andrew	Great Britain & Irealnd	1864/1868	1st Papers, Vol. B, p. 19; 2nd Papers, Vol. B, p. 58
WILLMANN, Jacob	Germany	1884	Book D, p. 36
WILSON, James	Ireland	1870	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 209
WILSON, James	Ireland	1866/1868	1st Papers, Vol. A, p. 17; 2nd Papers, Vol. B, p. 59
WILSON, Robert	Ireland	1890	Book C, p. 188
WILSON, Robert L.	Great Britain & Ireland	1868	2nd Papers, Vol. B, p. 58
WILTON, John A.	England	1880	Book C, p. 128
WINEGARTNER, Gustav	Baden	1870	1st Papers, Vol. B, p. 26
WINGER, Frederick	Germany	1874	Book A, p. 232
WINGER, John	Wurtemburg	1862	Final papers, not recorded
WINKLEMAN, August	Prussia	1860	1st Papers, Vol. A, p. 2
WINNE, John	—-	1868	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 129
WIRTH, Christopher	Prussia	1870	2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 215
WISCHHAUS, John	Germany	1876/1880	Intention. Book B, p. 23. Final papers, not recorded
WITTMAN, Sigmond	Baden	1880/1884	Intention. Book B, p. 31; Book D, p. 42
WOLF, Frank A.	Germany	1904	Book E, p. 149
WOOD, John	Great Britian & Ireland	1862	1st Papers, Vol. B, p. 17
WORTH, Michael	see Michael Wurth
WORTH, Vincent (Wincent)	Baden	1860/1863	1st Papers, Vol. A, p. 1; 2nd Papers, Vol. A, p. 39
WREN, Humphrey	Ireland	1896	Book C, p. 203
WRIGHT, James C.	—-	1882/1886	Intention. Book B, p. 48; Book D, p. 52
WRONKER, Joseph	see Joseph Monker
WUDZERISHLER, Henry	Saxony	1860	2nd Papers, Vol. B, p. 44
WUNDER, John	Bavaria/Germany	1908	Intention. Book I, p. 1
WUNDERLICH, Christopher	Germany	1880/1884	Intention. Book B, p. 32; Book D, p. 34
WURTH, Frank	Germany	1876	Book C, p. 108
WURTH, Michael	Baden	1864	1st Papers, Vol. A, p. 12
WURTH, Michael	Baden	1876	Book B(?), p. 164
WURTH, Vincent	see Vincent Worth

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