Born William Clarence Ambrose. His mother, Mary Elizabeth Burnham Ambrose died when he was one year old, and he and his siblings (Mathilene Ambrose, Skelton Eugene Ambrose) went to live with his grandmother Elizabeth Fishpaw Burnham Price and her second husband, Skelton Price. He went by the name "Price" and legally changed it, along with his son (Clarence Warner) and wife (Margaret Ritter) on Feb 14 1918.
1. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2F-KKB5 : 3 August 2020), William Clarence Ambrose Price, ; Burial, Sweet Air, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Saint John's Lutheran Church Cemetery; citing record ID 66672390, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66672390/william-clarence-price
2. Obituary, Baltimore Evening Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), 19 Dec 1968 p. 8.
3. Interment records, Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Maryland.
4. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ8W-C8G : 22 February 2021), William Clarence Price, 1917-1918.
5. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2HF-Z62 : 8 January 2021), William Price, Dec 1968; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
6. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN3B-VTC : 19 November 2021), William C. Ambrose in household of Phoebe Ambrose, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
7. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN31-11F : 19 November 2021), Willie Ambrose in household of Skelton Price, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
8. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3KS-WJQ : accessed 25 November 2021), William C Price, Election District 9, Precinct 1, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40, sheet 32B, family 582, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,607.
9. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2XL-YYB : accessed 25 November 2021), William C Ambrose, Election District 9, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 28, sheet 9B, family 183, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 551; FHL microfilm 1,374,564.
10. "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M638-4BT : 1 February 2021), William C Price, 1920.
11. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3WQ-QJR : accessed 25 November 2021), William C Price, Election District 09, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 42, sheet 1B, line 61, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 846; FHL microfilm 2,340,581.
12. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K762-R3L : 8 January 2021), William E Price, District 9 Election District, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3-58, sheet 7B, line 51, family 153, 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 1505.
13. Baltimore County Circuit Court (Towson, Maryland). Petition for a name change, 14 Feb 1918.
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