William W. Meade (1907 - 1963)

Born 1907 in Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 11 May 1963 at about age 56 in California, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

William was born in 1907. In 1940, the census shows him married to Le Mai. Is this the same person as wife Lou noted in his obituary?

Newspapers

1963-May-14, “The Los Angeles Times"

Meade, William W., beloved husband Lou C. Meade, father of Mrs. Sharon Marie Hoagland and Thomas William Meade, son of Mrs. Virginia Meade, brother of Mrs. Margaret Ashdown.

Services at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, Wee Kirk o' the Heather, Forest Lawn-Glendale. Forest Lawn Mortuary. ^[1]

1963-May-15, "The Los Angeles Times"

William W. Meade

Services for William W. Meade, 56, president of the Excello Plating Co., Inc., will be conducted today at 11:30 a.m. in Wee Kirk o' the Heather at Forest lawn memorial Park. Mr. Meade, whose home was at 1315-A N Central Ave, Glendale, died Saturday. He was a graduate of USC and St. John's Military Academy, Delafield, Wis. He was a member of the Jonathan Club, the Oakmont Country Club, Al Malaika Temple, Westlake Masonic Lodge, Knights Templar and Royal Arch Masons. He leaves his wife, Lou; his mother Mrs. Virginia Wilcox Meade; a son Thomas, and a daughter Sharon. ^[2]

Sources

Census

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKHV-KQV : accessed 1 March 2018), William Meade in household of Thomas Meade, Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 73, sheet 5B, family 112, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 239; FHL microfilm 1,374,252.

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJW6-39G : accessed 1 March 2018), William Mead in household of William Wilcox, Oak Park Precinct 15, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing ED 161, sheet 6B, line 51, family 143, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 362; FHL microfilm 1,820,362.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9CR-SLH : accessed 2 March 2018), William W Meade, Councilmanic District 5, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-385, sheet 15A, line 19, family 333, 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 409.

Footnotes

1. ↑ "The Los Angeles Times", (Los Angeles, California), 1963-May-14, page 47, https://www.newspapers.com/image/162877654/
2. ↑ "The Los Angeles Times", (Los Angeles, California), 1963-May-15, page 55, https://www.newspapers.com/image/162903905/