Edward Ove WILLIAMS

1860 - 1928  (68 years)

• Name	Edward Ove WILLIAMS
  Birth	5 Apr 1860	Wisconsin
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	13 May 1860	Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
  	as Ove Edward
  Death	26 Apr 1928	Wisconsin
  	at the home of his brother, Anton, four miles west of Amherst
  Burial	30 Apr 1928	Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
  	No location of grave shown in the index (http://www.wigenweb.org/waupaca/Scancem/SB8.htm); Funeral arranged by Selmer Voie
  Notes	Edward was living with his brother William in High Forest, Olmsted County, MN, in the 1880 census. In the 1900 census, he is Edward O. Williams, 40, a lumberman living with his wife and son in Merrill, Wisconsin. In the 1910 census, he is Edward O. Williams, 50, a traveling salesman of machinery living with his wife and son in Wausau. In the 1920 census, he may be the Edward Williams, age 59 and a widower, lodging in Mercer in Iron County, Wisconsin. His parents were born in Norway. He’s a laborer in a lumber camp. The Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery records show that Edward Ove Williams died in 1928. An “Edw O Williams” died in Waupaca County in January of 1896. That may have been Bettie’s other child. The WHS Genealogical Index shows an Edward Williams Jr. born 25 May 1891 in Waupaca County. His wife’s obit says that he was “at one time sheriff of Waupaca County.” His obit said that he “received his higher education at Merrill, Wisconsin” and was employed as a young man as a clerk in the Stetson store in Waupaca for seven years. Later he partnered with Sam Godfrey in running a general store. he was appointed deputy sheriff by his brother Andrew in 1887. In 1889 he was elected sheriff.
  Person ID	I7093	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	2 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Ove Vilhjelmsson /WILLIAMS WILLIAMSON (BAGGETHUN),   b. 20 Jan 1819, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 13 Aug 1896, Waupaca County, Wisconsin (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Anne Andersdatter KJØS,   b. 24 Oct 1820, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 1898, Waupaca County, Wisconsin (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1845	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Family ID	F2305	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bettie E FILTER,   b. Apr 1866, Denmark d. 5 Aug 1918, Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	18 Jan 1886	Waupaca County, Wisconsin
  Children	1. Claude R WILLIAMS,   b. 28 Oct 1887, Waupaca, Waupaca County, Wisconsin d. 2 Mar 1921, Merrill, Marathon County, Wisconsin (Age 33 years)   2. Edward WILLIAMS, Jr,   b. 25 May 1891, Waupaca County, Wisconsin d. Jan 1896, Waupaca County, Wisconsin (Age 4 years)
  Family ID	F5426	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2011