William A Rudgers (1861 - 1939)

Born 19 Jun 1861 in Lyons Township, Ionia, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 May 1939 at age 77 in Pewamo, Ionia, Michigan, United States

Biography

The son of Thomas Rudgers and his second wife, Christiana (Hutchinson) Rudgers, Will was born in Lyons Township in 1861. In 1880, his family lived in Dallas Township, in Clinton County, where his father worked as a blacksmith.^[1] His father passed away in 1887; Will did not marry. In 1910, he lived with his widowed sister, Electa Dutton, in a household that also included his widowed mother. Will worked then as a laborer at odd jobs.^[2] His mother passed away later that year and his sister remarried in 1914. In 1930, Will was an "inmate" at the Clinton County Poor House in Bingham, Michigan.^[3] He passed away in Bingham at the age of 77.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWS9-YFD : 19 February 2021), William Rudger in household of Thomas Rudger, Dallas, Clinton, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 45, sheet 322C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,576.
2. ↑ Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1910; Census Place: Lyons, Ionia, Michigan; Roll: T624_650; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0022; FHL microfilm: 1374663. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Ancestry Record 7884 #197419381 with attached Image
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQY4-9TB : accessed 22 October 2021), Will Rudgers in household of George Service, Bingham, Clinton, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 11A, line 13, family 240, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 981; FHL microfilm 2,340,716.
4. ↑ "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFH8-S18 : 13 March 2018), William Rudgers, 23 May 1939; citing Bingham, Clinton, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,220.