When William John Wiskus was born on 12 August 1914, in Dedham, Carroll, Iowa, United States, his father, John Bernard Wiskus, was 49 and his mother, Mary Agnes Mersman, was 34. He married Velma Arlene Mulford on 27 January 1942, in Dedham, Carroll, Iowa, United States. He lived in Newton Township, Carroll, Iowa, United States for about 20 years and United States in 1949. He died on 30 June 2005, in Carroll, Carroll, Iowa, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Dedham, Carroll, Iowa, United States.
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"Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR8Q-9HX : 1 April 2020), William Wiskus, 12 Aug 1914; citing Dedham, Carroll, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,477,413.
"Iowa State Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQW-RXMK : 8 August 2022), William Wiskus in household of John B Wiskus, Manning, Carroll, Iowa, United States; citing Manning, Carroll, Iowa, United States, Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm .
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMNV-9W9 : accessed 23 May 2023), William J Wickers in household of John B Wickers, Newton, Carroll, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 23, sheet 6B, line 58, family 112, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 646; FHL microfilm 2,340,381.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMTC-HTJ : 6 January 2021), William Wiskus in household of John B Wiskus, Newton Township, Carroll, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 14-24, sheet 4A, line 24, family 51, 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 1144.
"United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6FQF-6V2C : Thu Apr 27 21:29:45 UTC 2023), Entry for William J Wiskus and Velma Wiskus, 21 April 1950.
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