Researching Carl Wilkens
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 85 people with the Wilkens surname? In that year Wilkens was ranked number 3494 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Carl means "Man" and is of German origin.
Records of Carl Wilkens on Ancestry
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Some Famous People called Carl Wilkens
Carl Wilkens
Carl Wilkens (born 1958) is an American Christian missionary and the former head of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International in Rwanda. In 1994, he was the only American who chose to remain in the country after the Rwandan genocide began.
Since 1978, when he first went to Africa as part of a college volunteer program, Wilkens had already spent 13 years working on the continent. After training as a high-school teacher, he later went back to night school and earned an MBA at the University of Baltimore.
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