Bill Blossom Sr.
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William McKinley Blossom Sr. (1894 - 1966)

William McKinley (Bill) Blossom Sr.
Born in Americus, Lyon, Kansas, United Statesmap
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Brother of , , , , , , , , , and
Husband of — married 27 Apr 1917 (to about 1930) in Lyon County, Kansasmap
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Died at age 71 in Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United Statesmap
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Biography

See 1895 Kansas census[1] which lists 4 month old William in Lyon County, Kansas. This is the location I've used for his birth. This is also what is recorded on his Social Security Applications and Claims[2]

1900 Blossom Family Census

Event Place: Americus Township (part), Lyon, Kansas, United States
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
William Blossom Head Male 42 Ohio
Clara Blossom Wife Female 40 Ohio
Aladore Blossom Son Male 17 Kansas
Howard Blossom Son Male 15 Kansas
Elda Blossom Daughter Female 11 Kansas
Hazel Blossom Daughter Female 8 Kansas
William Blossom Son Male 6 Kansas
Gladys Blossom Daughter Female 2 Kansas
Carl E Blossom Son Male 0 Kansas[3]

1910 Blossom Family Census

Event Place: Americus Township (part), Lyon, Kansas, United States
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
William Blossom Head Male 42 Ohio
Clara Blossom Wife Female 40 Ohio
Aladore Blossom Son Male 17 Kansas
Howard Blossom Son Male 15 Kansas
Elda Blossom Daughter Female 11 Kansas
Hazel Blossom Daughter Female 8 Kansas
William Blossom Son Male 6 Kansas
Gladys Blossom Daughter Female 2 Kansas
Carl E Blossom Son Male 0 Kansas[4]

1917 Marriage

In Lyon County, Kansas
April 27, 1917[5]

1917 WWI Draft

Name: William McKinley Blossom
Event Date: 6-5-1917
Event Place: Lyon County, Kansas, United States
Birth Date: 19 Nov 1894
Birthplace: Americus, Kansas, United States[6]

1920 Census

Event Place: Muskogee Ward 1, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
William M Blossom Head Male 24 Kansas
Esther M Blossom Wife Female 19 Kansas
William M Blossom, Jr Son Male 1 Oklahoma[7]

1930 Census

Event Place: Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Willian Blosson Head Male 35 Kansas
Esther Blosson Wife Female 28 Kansas
Willian Blosson Jr. Son Male 12 Oklahoma
Virginia Blosson Daughter Female 9 Oklahoma
Mary Blosson Daughter Female 7 Oklahoma[8]

1940 Census

See photo. Esther remarried in 1932 and moved to Texas. William is still in the same town in Oklahoma. He owns a home at 821 East Side Boulevard and is remarried with two step children.I have not located a marriage document for William and Irby B. He is working as the Chief Yard Clerk at a steam rail yard...very probably William Jr. is working with him.

Event Place: Ward 1, Muskogee, Porter Township, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
William M Blossom Head Male 44 Kansas
Irby B Blossom Wife Female 33 Oklahoma[9]
Teddy G Casaver Stepson Male 15 Oklahoma[10]
Mary L Casaver Stepdaughter Female 13 Oklahoma[11]

1942 WWII Draft

His daughter, Mrs. R.R. French of 501 N "E" St, Muskogee, is his 'person'.

Name: William Mckinley Blossom Senior
Event Place: Muskogee, , Oklahoma, United States
Birth Date: 19 Nov 1894
Birthplace: Dunlap, Kansas[12]

1950 Marriage

Note that Irby remarried in 1948[13]

Name: William McKinley Blossom
Event Date: 14 Aug 1950
Event Place: Sebastian, Arkansas, United States
Residence Place: Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma
Age: 52
Spouse's Name: Earline R Napier
Spouse's Residence Place: Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma
Spouse's Age: 31[14]

1966 Death

Burial:Memorial Park Cemetery
Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 78631277[15]

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in First Presbyterian Church here for William M. Blossom, 71, Muskogee resident since 1917 who died Sunday night at Muskogee General Hospital following a lengthy illness.

Pallbearers include Leo Grace, Ben Marshall, Hugh Potts, W. L. Nigh, Reverend George Gilmour and Jess S. Bynum. Honorary pallbearers will be MK&T employes.

Blossom was born November 19, 1894, in Dunlap, Kanas, and had served as a clerk for the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad for the past 49 years. At the time of his death he was chief yard clerk.

He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, the Elks Lodge and the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks.

Survivors include his wife, Faye, of the home at 1606 Callahan; a son, W. H. of Dallas, Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Roy French of 2729 Williams and Mrs. Gene Luff of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; two step-daughters, Mrs. Rex Reeves, Jr. of 1900 Chandler and Mrs. Mert Proctor Jr., of Darmstadt, Germany; three sisters, Mrs. Harry Brewer of Duluth, Minnesota, Mrs. V. O. White of Council Grove, Kansas, and Mrs. Guy Brewer of Lakeland, Florida; five brothers, Otto of Osage, Kansas, Alva of Wichita, Kansas, Howard of Pitt, Minnesota, Charley of Houston, Texas, and Milton of Carthage, Illinois; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Source: Muskogee Phoenix, August 30, 1966

REF

Born

19 Nov 1894. , Lyon County, Kansas. [16][17][18]

Died

28 Aug 1966. , Lyon County, Kansas. [19]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Kansas State Census, 1895", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL8K-H63F : 11 November 2017), Wm M Blassom in entry for Wm Blassom, 1895.
  2. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=60901&h=12844849&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=60901
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMYM-JQJ : accessed 11 December 2019), William Blossom in household of William Blossom, Americus Township (part), Lyon, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet 5B, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,487.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMYM-JQJ : accessed 11 December 2019), William Blossom in household of William Blossom, Americus Township (part), Lyon, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet 5B, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,487.
  5. ↑ Recorded in book E, page 459 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ksfhgslc/LyonCoKSMarriageIndex04.pdf
  6. ↑ Affiliate Publication Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, Affiliate Publication Number: M1509, GS Film number:1643589, Digital Folder Number: 005250461, Image Number: 04216
  7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ93-S12 : accessed 11 December 2019), William M Blossom, Jr in household of William M Blossom, Muskogee Ward 1, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 76, sheet 7B, line 75, family 164, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1477; FHL microfilm 1,821,477.
  8. ↑ District: 0036, Sheet Number and Letter: 22B, Household ID: 587, Line Number: 79, Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records :Administration (NARA), Affiliate Publication Number: T626, Affiliate Film Number: 1916, GS Film number: 2341650, Digital Folder Number: 004661232, Image Number: 00208
  9. ↑ IRBY B HARN? CASAVER "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCHM-FK8 : accessed 11 December 2019), Irby B Casover in household of Annie S Harn, Wagoner, Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 3A, line 1, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1937; FHL microfilm 2,341,671.
  10. ↑ TED GENE CASAVER https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162238530
  11. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBKM-927 : 27 July 2019), William M Blossom, Ward 1, Muskogee, Porter Township, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51-32, sheet 66B, line 70, family 435, 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 3314.
  12. ↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPYZ-CN1 : 17 October 2017), William Mckinley Blossom Senior, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  13. ↑ "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPX-9VYP : 4 November 2017), George D Greene and Irby Blossom, 19 Feb 1948; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.
  14. ↑ Page: 583, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N94F-ZW5 : 18 March 2019), William McKinley Blossom, 14 Aug 1950; citing Marriage, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 2,134,239.
  15. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78631277
  16. ↑ Source: #S32 Page 2 Certainty: 3 William McKinley Blossom - born 11/19/1894
  17. ↑ Source: #S31 Page 5 Certainty: 3 This source shows William's birth date as "Nov. 19, 1894."
  18. ↑ Source: #S29 Page 19 Certainty: 3 ...[Handwritten in the margain]Wm McKinley... [b.] 11/19/1894...
  19. ↑ Source: #S29 Page 19 Certainty: 3 ...[handwritten in the margin] Wm McKinley... [d.] 8/28/1966
  • Source: S29 MEND-0003 - A Genealogy of the Descendants of Elijah Mendenhall of the Fifth Generation in America Stafford, Marmaduke Publication: Privately printed 1939 Note: A privately published genealogy. No sources are given. Repository: #R26 Call Number: n/a Page 19 Certainty: 3 CLARA STUBBS...Ch: ... m. William Blossom...[handwritten in the margin]: Wm Mckinley [Blossom]... [b.] 11/19/1894... CONC[d.] 8/28/1966...
  • Repository: R26 Mendenhall Family Documents 440 Via Los Miradores Redondo Beach CA 90277-6762 Mendenhall Family Documents
  • Source: S31 BLOS-0007 - EBENEZER BLOSSOM AND THE BLOSSOMS OF WOODSTOCK, VT. Blossom, Joe Publication: Unpublished Note: Received from (and believed to have been written by) Joe Blossom, 8404 East 36th Place, Indianapolis IN 46226-7008. Received on 10 Dec 1997. The information appears accurate, but not all back-up documentation is yet available. Repository: #R28 Call Number: -- Page 5 Certainty: 3 8 William (4) Blossom....m....Clara Stubbs.... Children: I. Otto L.... II. Nancy A.... III. Alvader [sic - Alvadore].... IV. Howard E.... V. Charles C.... VI. Elda E.... VII. Hazel.... VIII. William McKinley, b. Nov. 19, 1894.
  • Repository: R28 Blossom Family Documents William W. Brewer, Jr 440 Via Los Miradores Redondo Beach, CA 90277-6762 Blossom Family Documents Redondo Beach, CA 90277-6762
  • Source: S32 STUB-0001 - Genealogy Of The Descendants Of Deborah Stubbs Kellum Unknown Publication: Unpublished Manuscript; Page 1 Written 18 Jul 1885; Page 2 Written 10 Mar 1939 Note: The authors of these pages are unknown. It is secondary information at best and must be verified. Repository: #R29 Call Number: -- Page 2 Certainty: 3 William [Blossom] Junior....wed Clara Stubbs. Their children are: .... William McKinley Blossom - born 11/19/1894 ....
  • Repository: R29 Blossom Family Documents William W. Brewer, Jr 440 Via Los Miradores Redondo Beach, CA 90277-6762 Blossom Family Documents Redondo Beach, CA 90277-6762
  • Source: S33 BLOS-OH-0008 - Family Papers Of Audra (Blossom) Eikost Blossom, Minnie Publication: Unpublished Note: This information came from Audra (Blossom) Eikost and was found among her family papers. It was apparently written to Otto Blossom by Minnie Blossom, daughter of Amos, son of William Blossom, Sr. The letter gives information about the familyof William Blossom, Sr. Repository: #R30 Call Number: -- -- Certainty: 3 William and Nancy (Johnson) Blossom had: .... 2. William, who married Clara Stubbs; they had Otto, Alvadore, Nancy Ann, Charles, Howard, Elda, Hazel, William....
  • Repository: R30 Blossom Family Documents William W. Brewer, Jr 440 Via Los Miradores Redondo Beach, CA 90277-6762 Blossom Family Documents Redondo Beach, CA 90277-6762
  • Source: S34 BLOS-KS-0005 - Federal Census Of 1900, State Of Kansas, County Of Lyon -- Publication: National Archives Microcopy Note: Microfilm copy of the original records. Repository: #R31 Call Number: MicroCopy #T623, Roll #487 Page 3825 Certainty: 3 Dwelling #98, Family #98 Name: Blossom, Willia Relationship to Head: Son Color: W Sex: M Birth: Nov 1894 Age: 5 Marital Status: S Born: Kansas Father Born: Ohio Mother Born: Ohio Living with William Blossom, father; Clara Blossom, mother; Alvadore Blossom, brother; Howard Blossom, brother; Elda Blossom, sister; Hazel Blossom, sister; Gladys Blossom, sister; and Carl E. Blossom, brother.
  • Repository: R31 Latter Day Saints Family History Center 35 West Temple Salt Lake City UT 84150 Latter Day Saints Family History Center




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