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Edward Morris WILLIAMS

Male 1889 - 1953  (64 years)


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  • Name Edward Morris WILLIAMS 
    Birth 22 Jul 1889  Iola, Waupaca County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • ELCA church record says 21 Jul
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 29 Sep 1889  Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Social Security Number 547-09-0986 
    Death 10 Dec 1953  Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Or Edwin M. Born Morris Edwin. The listing in Wisconsin Births and Christenings includes the note “changed from Edwin.”

      Registered for the WWI draft as Edward Morris Williams (b. July 22, 1889), an auto mechanic living in Cedar Rapids, IA, on June 5, 1917. At that time he was married with a child.

      In the 1920 census, E. M. Williams, 30, was living with his father and sister at 173 West 43rd Street in Los Angeles. With E. M. was his 29 year old wife, Gerlinda, and their 5 year old daughter, Dorothy C., Edwin is a manager at a “dye works.” His wife was also born in Wisconsin and, like E. M., her father was born in Wisconsin and her mother in Minnesota.

      In the 1930 census, he is is shown as Edward M. Williams, 40, a garage mechanic living with his family in Los Angeles County, San Antonio township, city of South Gate. The address appears to be 8162 San Luis Avenue. Still only one child, Dorothy C., 15, still living with her parents.

      In the 1940 census, he and Gertrude live in a rented residence in Alhambra in San Gabriel Twp, Los Angeles County, California. He is an auto repair mechanic. He is a high school graduate, Gertrude had had three years of high school.

      He registered for the World War II draft as Edward Morris Williams of Alhambra, California. He gave Gertrude, his wife, as the person who would always know his address. He was employed by Mead Motors of San Gabriel.

      Died as Edward Morris Williams.

      The Wisconsin Births Index shows an Edward M. Williams born in Waupaca County on July 22, 1889.
    Person ID I7104  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 29 Sep 2015 

    Father Boie (Buck) WILLIAMS,   b. 24 Dec 1857, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 1924, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Clara JUELSON,   b. 30 Aug 1867, Rock Dell Twp, Olmsted County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 May 1900, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Marriage 13 Sep 1885  Olmsted County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5424  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gertrude BEANE,   b. 25 Feb 1890, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1942, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1914  Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Dorothy Claire WILLIAMS,   b. 22 Aug 1914, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1990, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F5436  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Jul 2011