William Frederick Kline Sr. (1851 - abt. 1940)

Ancestors Descendants

Biography

William was born in Eldersville, PA, in 1851, the child of John Rinehart Kline and Nancy Richardson..^[1] No 1850 census record was located for William nor his parents. However, in 1860, he is in Independence Township, Washington, PA, with his parents and two of his brothers, Edmund Jasper Kline and John Rinehart Kline, Jr.^[2] Family lore indicates a third brother, Winfield Kline, born in 1857. It is assumed, but not sourced, that he died before this census. By the time of the 1870 census William's two sisters have been born, Nancy Ella Kline and Della Louise Kline.^[3]

William married Lou Kline in 1879.^[4] The 1880 census finds the newlyweds living in Steubenville, OH. William has no occupation listed.^[5] As the 1890 census records were destroyed in a fire, we have no information for those years. By the 1900 census William and Lou were living in Independence, PA, with their four sons, William Frederick Kline, Jr., John Earl Kline,^[6] Paul Emerson Kline, and James Clifford Kline. William was working as a stone mason,

the trade of his father and of his son, William, Jr.^[7] 1910 found the family in the same town, but William now is a contractor, whereas William, Jr., is working as a stone mason and John Earl is running the home farm. William, Jr., is married to his first wife and they are living with William, Sr., and Lou as well as the other three sons. ^[8] In 1920 William and Lou along with James are living in Independence, PA. William is a contractor and a stone mason.^[9] By 1930 William is retired and still living in Independence, PA, with Lou and James. James is not employed.^[10]

Lou died in Independence, PA, on May 31, 1936 ^[11], and William died in Independence, PA, in 1940.^[1] Both are buried in Independence Cemetery in Independence, PA.^[12][13]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Death: "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968"
   Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 008551-011550
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5164 #4046768 (accessed 31 August 2022)
   William Frederick Kline death 23 Jan 1940 (age 88), son of John R Kline & Nancy Richardson, in Independence, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXTS-CHK : 13 December 2017), Wm F Kline in entry for John R Kline, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-67FS-6DR?cc=1438024&wc=92KH-R94%3A518656501%2C519230401%2C519232901 : 22 May 2014), West Virginia > Brooke > Cross Creek > image 28 of 48; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8DC-LMP : 29 September 2021), W. F. Kline and Louisa C. Mccoy, 1879.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M89D-HMG : 14 January 2022), William Kline, Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 111, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
6. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X64G-95H : 8 December 2014), Wm Kline in entry for J Earl Kline, 04 Dec 1929; citing Yorkville, Jefferson, Ohio, reference fn 78178; FHL microfilm 1,992,028.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M34P-V98 : 13 January 2022), W F Kline, 1900.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG63-JF2 : accessed 31 August 2022), William Kline, Independence, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 208, sheet 12A, family 73, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1426; FHL microfilm 1,375,439.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6BQ-QP1 : 3 February 2021), W F Kline, 1920.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHCQ-853 : accessed 31 August 2022), William F Kline, Independence, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 72, sheet 21A, line 7, family 408, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2162; FHL microfilm 2,341,896.
11. ↑ Death: "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968"
    Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 051501-054500
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5164 #5088804 (accessed 31 August 2022)
    Luisa Catherine Kline death 31 May 1936 (age 81), daughter of James D McCoy & Anna S/>herrer, in Independence, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA.
12. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 October 2018), memorial page for William Frederick Kline (11 May 1851–24 Jan 1940), Find A Grave: Memorial #104596838, citing Independence Cemetery, Independence, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by aalbanese (contributor 47803865)
13. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 October 2018), memorial page for Louisa Catherine McCoy Kline (24 Apr 1856–31 May 1936), Find A Grave: Memorial #104596836, citing Independence Cemetery, Independence, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by aalbanese (contributor 47803865) .

Both maternal and paternal relationships are confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Virginia Kline Norris and her third cousin, Karen Maxwell Corbett. Their MRCAs are their 2nd great grandparents, John Rinehart Kline and Nancy Ella Richardson. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3nd Cousins, based on sharing 118 cM across 8 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.