William M. Bronk (1918 - 1999)

Born 17 Feb 1918 in Fort Edward, Washington, New York, United States

Died 22 Feb 1999 at age 81 in Hudson Falls, Kingsbury, Washington, New York, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Hudson Falls, New York One Place Study.

William Bronk is Notable.

William Bronk was a New Yorker.

William M. Bronk was born on February 17, 1918, in Fort Edward (Fort Ed.), Washington County, New York^[1][2], to William Bronk and Ethel.

In 1930, William Jr. (age 12), lived at 57 Pearl Street, in Hudson Falls Village, Kingsbury Township, Washington County, New York, with his father William (age 40 - born in New York and was president of a lumber company), his mother Ethel M. (age 40 - born in Connecticut), his sister Betty (age 15 - born in New York) and his sister Jane (age 13 - born in New York)^[3].

In 1940, William M. Jr. (age 21 - recorded as new worker), lived at 57 Pearl Street, with his father William M. Sr. (age 51 - worked as President of Coal & Lumber Company), his mother Ethel E. (age 51), his sister Elizabeth L. (age 25 - worked as a social worker) and his sister Jane E. (age 23 - worked as an assistant to the president of coal & lumber, who was her father)^[4].

On October 16, 1940, William (age 22 - described as 6' 2" tall, hazel eyes, 170lbs., brown hair, dark complexion, a mole on the right side of his back and was unemployed), registered for World War II, in Hudson Falls, Washington County, New York^[5].

In December of 1942, William (age 24) departed from Bermuda, on Pan American Airways and arrived in New York on January 2, 1943^[6].

In 1950, William (age 33 - never married and worked as an officer at a lumber company), lived at 57 Pearl Street, in Hudson Falls, with his mother Mrs. William M. Bronk (age 58 and widowed) and his (possible) uncle Ira Bronk (age not recorded)^[7].

On April 5, 1961, William (age 43), arrived in New York, from Paris^[8].

William Bronk (age 81) passed away on February 22, 1999, in Hudson Falls, Washington County, New York^[9].

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bronk
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61667/images/48877_556558-00185?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=a0fc755aa361ea1a6c6321654951ffb8&usePUB=true&_phsrc=EPP3&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=2270454 New York State Department of Health; Albany, NY, USA; New York State Birth Index
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/46743994:6224?tid=&pid=&queryId=a0fc755aa361ea1a6c6321654951ffb8&_phsrc=EPP1&_phstart=successSource Year: 1930; Census Place: Hudson Falls, Washington, New York; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0035; FHL microfilm: 2341391
4. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/8932437:2442?tid=&pid=&queryId=a0fc755aa361ea1a6c6321654951ffb8&_phsrc=EPP9&_phstart=successSource Year: 1940; Census Place: Kingsbury, Washington, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02799; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 58-40
5. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/304040569:2238?tid=&pid=&queryId=a0fc755aa361ea1a6c6321654951ffb8&_phsrc=EPP7&_phstart=successSource National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For New York State, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147
6. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7488/images/NYT715_6675-0448?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=a0fc755aa361ea1a6c6321654951ffb8&usePUB=true&_phsrc=EPP4&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=3000004027 Year: 1943; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 1; Page Number: 13b
7. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/287206164:62308?tid=&pid=&queryId=a0fc755aa361ea1a6c6321654951ffb8&_phsrc=EPP5&_phstart=successSource United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Hudson Falls, Washington, New York; Roll: 4254; Sheet Number: 78; Enumeration District: 58-48
8. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/11130669:1277?tid=&pid=&queryId=a0fc755aa361ea1a6c6321654951ffb8&_phsrc=EPP12&_phstart=successSource The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Number: 2848504; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A3998; NARA Roll Number: 471
9. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bronk