Blogging "Enke"

It's rather fun to do some internet searching on a particular name and see what happens. I did this for a few days and just searched "Enke". Keep in mind that Enke was the last name of my second great grandmother, Lydia. She married William White Wilson.

I did find the blog of my 4th cousin 2x removed: Erich Enke, familiar to me in family communications. He and his wife are proud parents of a lovely little girl. You can visit Erich at enkefamilyblogspot.com.

There are several variations of the name...Enck, Enk, Enckler, Encke, Enke, Encking, Enkings, etc. The origin is German and was first found in Salzburg, where this family name became a "prominent contributor to the development of the district from ancient times."

Some of the first settlers of this family name were Jacob Enck, who arrived in 1743; as did Hans Peter Enck in 1751; Johann Jacob Enck in 1764; and Henrich Enckler who came to Philadelphia in 1863. I haven't checked to see if there are any family connects with these people.

There was an Elizabeth Edith Enke, b. 1929, who changed her name to Edie Adams!

The name Enke is the 30,645th most common name in the US. There were 718 in the last US census. You can see a listing of every one of them if you search the right place.

I have found the following occupations among my web searching...mountaineer, professor, tennis player, soccer player, filmaker, lawyer, musician, speed skater, chemist, writer, quarterback, artist, wheel manufacturer, designer, guitar maker, soccer coach, film gossip, basketball coach, physician, animal activist, feminist activist, and poker player.

The name Enke can mean "widow".
In the Urban Dictionary, Enke is "a smooth talkin white boy who loves to toke on the ganja plant."

There is an Enke cemetery in Missouri, a golf course in Arizona, and an online art gallery.

When searching www.findagrave.com, I came up with a possibility of the burial site of Lydia's mother and father in Uniontown Cemetery, Uniontown, Knox County, Illinois. I need to continue to further look into this and to touch base with the few Enke's that I'm sure we're related to.