Died
at age 81
in Onawa, Monona, Iowa, United States
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Biography
William Henry Thomsen was born on November 29, 1891, in Muscatine, Iowa to Hans and Louise (Lendt) Thompson. He married Sophia Fuhrmann on April 27, 1920 in Boyd, Nebraska. They were the parents of two sons, William Henry Jr. and Ben Elmer. William was a farmer. The family lived in Nebraska and Iowa. William died on March 6, 1973 at the age of 92, in Onawa, Iowa, and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Mapleton, Iowa.
Fact: Residence (1900) Cedar, Iowa, United States
Fact: Residence (1910) Cedar, Iowa, United States
Fact: Residence (1930) Plymouth, Plymouth, Iowa, United States
Fact: Pension (from 1934 to 1946) Iowa, United States
Sources
1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M92H-FPJ : accessed 8 November 2021), Willie Thompson in household of H R Thomson, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31, sheet 6A, family 104, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,422.
1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML18-6N1 : accessed 8 November 2021), William H Thomsen in household of Hans R Thomsen, Iowa, Cedar, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 34, sheet 4A, family 71, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 395; FHL microfilm 1,374,408.
1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMV6-NT6 : accessed 8 November 2021), William H Thompson, Plymouth, Plymouth, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 26, sheet 4B, line 82, family 77, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 672; FHL microfilm 2,340,407.
Birth: "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV67-FBS : 1 April 2020), Wilhelm Thomsen, 29 Nov 1891; citing Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,003,493.
Death: "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLG4-KM8 : 10 January 2021), William Thomsen, Mar 1973; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
Obituary: "W. H. Thomsen." Sioux City, Iowa: The Sioux City Journal March 8, 1973, page 2. Accessed via Newspapers. com 8 November 2021.
Pension: "Iowa, Old Age Tax Assistance Records, 1934-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLX-6ZGX : 16 September 2019), William Henry Thomsen, from 1934 to 1946; citing Pension, Iowa, United States, multiple county Recorders, Auditors, and County Clerk Offices, Iowa; FHL microfilm 007897285.
World War I Draft Registration: "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ2Q-527 : 23 February 2021), William H Thomsen, 1917-1918.
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