William E. WILLIAMS

1886 -

• Name	William E. WILLIAMS  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	18 Aug 1886	Eckloo, East Flounders, Belgium   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	farm laborer  [1]
  Reference Number	339
  Person ID	I339	scruggshovis
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2020

  
  

  Family	Ella Grace SPENCER,   b. 27 Dec 1885, Kansas, USA d. 5 Jun 1947, Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	Between 1921 and 1929
  Family ID	F122	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2020

  
  

• Notes

  MILITARY 1917: on familysearch.org. William Williams, 30, drafted for WWI, declared to have only one eye. Was a Private for 4 years in National Guard of Belgium. CENSUS 1930: on familysearch.org. William E Williams, 43, b. in Belgium, age 40 at first marriage, occupation: general farm laborer, living with wife Ella G.43 Williams and her 2 children: Ernest R. Scruggs 22 and Helen M Scruggs 17. location: Kickapoo Township, Leavenworth County, Kansas. CENSUS 1940: on familysearch.org. William Williams, 53, b. in Belgium, occupation: farmer, living alone. location: Roosevelt Township, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. (Note: Ella is not on this census; Crow Wing County is where her daughter Helen and family were living, but she is on a Kansas census.) He may have immigrated in 1910 via Ellis Island on the "Lapland" from Antwerp. His name was likely Willem Willems.

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] 1930 USA Federal Census, Location: Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas; Roll: 707; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0012; Image: 999.0; FHL microfilm: 2340442. Found on Ancestry.com. T626, 2,667 rolls. [S5] U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Found on Ancestry.com. [S41] 1940 USA Federal Census, Location: Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky; Roll: T627_1356; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 106-Roosevelt Township, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18-46, sheet 2B, line 76, family 91, roll 1916. Found on Ancestry.com.