William Claude Brower (1878 - 1942)

Born 23 Apr 1878 in Medina, Lenawee, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nettie May Kiersey — married 29 Jul 1900 in Cambria Township, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Dec 1942 at age 64 in Hillsdale, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States

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Biography

William was born in 1878. He is the son of Thorfinn Brower and Mary Gavell.

Sources

• "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQVK-9QM : 10 March 2018), T. P. Brower in entry for William C. Brower, 23 Apr 1878; citing item 2 p 111 rn 446, Medina, Lenawee, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,320,566.

"Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPMQ-KLXT : 17 December 2020), William C Brower and Nettie May Kersey, 29 Jul 1900; citing reference ID , various county clerks and libraries, Michigan; FHL microfilm

"Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQVK-931 : 12 August 2019), William C. Brower, 23 Apr 1878; citing item 2 p 111 rn 446, Medina, Lenawee, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,320,566.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML5K-BQ9 : accessed 1 January 2021), Bernice C Brower in household of William C Brower, Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 24, sheet 8B, family 182, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 653; FHL microfilm 1,374,666. Note: the part of "Dakota Territory" in which he was born became South Dakota. Still, the birth record, which cannot be wrong, shows him born in Michigan.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ3V-BYD : accessed 1 January 2021), Bernice K Brower in household of William C Brower, Jackson, Michigan, United States; citing ED 13, sheet 6B, line 89, family 141, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 773; FHL microfilm 1,820,773.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQB1-9YK : accessed 3 April 2023), Nettie M Brower in household of William C Brower, Cambria, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 1B, line 79, family 22, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 993; FHL microfilm 2,340,728.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4LW-ZG1 : 24 May 2020), William Brower, Cambria Township, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-5, sheet 10B, line 53, family 235, 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 1755.

• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J49Y-5FS : 24 November 2020), William Claud Brower, 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.).

Public records of Hillsdale County, Michigan:

• "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFSR-DSZ : 13 March 2018), William C Brower, 23 Dec 1942; citing Hillsdale, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,972,728.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 January 2021), memorial page for William C Brower (1878–1942), Find a Grave Memorial no. 35938994, citing Cambria Cemetery #1, Cambria, Hillsdale County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8) .