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Carl Wilhelm August Thurow (1863 - 1949)

Carl Wilhelm August (William) Thurow
Born in Germanymap
Husband of — married 25 Apr 1895 in Winnebago County, Illinois, United Statesmap
Father of
Died at age 85 in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Biography

Global Cemeteries Project
William Thurow is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Rockford, Illinois.

William was born in 1863. He was the son of Heinrich Thurow and Friedrike Hackbart. [1]

He came to the United States with his family in 1887.

He married Eliza Rathke in 1895. [2]

William passed away in 1949.

1900 US Census

Harlem Township, Illinois [3]

Name: William Thurow
Age: 37
Birthplace: Germany
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1895
Immigration Year: 1887
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Occupation: Farmer
  • William Thurow Head Male 37 Germany
  • Lizzie M Thurow Wife Female 24 Wisconsin
  • Emma A Thurow Daughter Female 4 Illinois
  • Ida A Thurow Daughter Female 1 Illinois
  • Charles Welert Male 26 Germany
  • Frank Miller Male 40 Germany

1910 US Census

Guilford, Illinois [4]

  • William Thurow Head Male 46 Germany
  • Lizzie Thurow Wife Female 33 Wisconsin
  • Emma B Thurow Daughter Female 13 Illinois
  • Ida Emily Thurow Daughter Female 10 Illinois
  • Clara Thurow Daughter Female 8 Illinois
  • Marie Thurow Daughter Female 5 Illinois
  • Henry Thurow Son Male 2 Illinois

1940 US Census

Rockford, Illinois [5]

  • William Bimm Head Male 47 Illinois
  • Emma Bimm Wife Female 43 Illinois
  • Alvin Bimm Son Male 21 Illinois
  • Oscar Bimm Nephew Male 16 Illinois
  • William Thurow Father-in-law 76 Germany

Sources

  1. Ancestry Record 8798 #602997 Kirkenbuchduplikate Pommern. Digital images. Landesamt für Kultur und Denkmalpflege, Landesarchiv Greifswald. Greifswald, Deutschland. Pomerania, Germany, Parish Register Transcripts, 1544-1883
    Name: Carl Wilhelm August Thurow
    Event Type: Baptism
    Birth Date: 11 Nov 1863
    Baptism Date: 29 Nov 1863
    Baptism Parish: Rottnow
    Parish as it Appears: Rottenow
    Father's name: Heinrich Thurow
    Mother's name: Friedrike Hackbart
  2. "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9L-VQSX : 14 October 2017), William Thurow and Elise Rathke, 25 Apr 1895; citing Winnebago, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,914,047.
  3. United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSCH-BRJ : accessed 28 February 2019), William Thurow, Harlem Township, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 123, sheet 5A, family 102, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,355.
  4. United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKFD-YW8 : accessed 28 February 2019), William Thurow, Guilford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 143, sheet 8A, family 108, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 336; FHL microfilm 1,374,349.
  5. United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWT4-88C : 14 March 2018), William Thurow in household of William Bimm, Ward 1, Rockford, Rockford Township, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 101-14, sheet 23A, line 9, family 482, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 912.

See also:

  • Find A Grave: Memorial #185363028: accessed 27 February 2019), memorial page for Wilhelm C. Thurow (1863–1949), citing Greenwood Cemetery, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by The Dark Poet (contributor 48874054) .
  • Register-Republic (Rockford, IL) 5 November 1949, page 9 GenealogyBank: accessed 27 February 2019




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