William Marshall Child was born in Peru, Maine on 4 June 1880 to Homer Child and Martha Jane Ripley. He married Susan May Knox on 7 May 1906.[1]
They had 1 son. In the 1920 and 1930 censuses, he was working as an electrician foreman at a paper mill.[2][3]
William was widowed in 1921. He married Etta F. Witham on 4 June 1924.[4]
William died in 1946. He is buried at Demerritt Cemetery in West Peru, Maine.[5]
↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ3K-V7G : 2 March 2021), William M Child and Susan May Knox, 23 May 1906; citing Mexico, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMD3-PCM : accessed 18 June 2023), William M Child, Rumford, Oxford, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 45, sheet 1B, line 95, family 23, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 836; FHL microfilm 2,340,571.
↑ "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCNG-XV6 : 27 November 2014), William M Child and Etta F Witham, 04 Jun 1924; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225453546/william-marshall-child: accessed 17 June 2023), memorial page for William Marshall Child (4 Jun 1880–17 Oct 1946), Find a Grave Memorial ID 225453546, citing Demerritt Cemetery, West Peru, Oxford County, Maine, USA; Maintained by drsrheritage (contributor 48909558).
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