Montgomery Cemetery ~ Henry F. Williams ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Williams, Henry F.
LAST: Williams FIRST: Henry MID: F.
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BORN: 12 Apr 1853 DIED: 21 Oct 1901 BURIED:  (Montgomery Cemetery)
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BIRTH PLACE:  Wisconsin
DEATH PLACE: Polk Co, Oregon
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Name of Mother: Louisa Meffers Williams Kau
1860 WI CENSUS - Henry Kau, age 7, b. Wisconsin, is enumerated with John, age 36, occupation farmer, b. Prussia, and Louisa, age 30, b. Mechlinburg, along with Anna, age 4, b. Wisconsin, Frederick W., age 2, b. Wisconsin and Casper L., age 5 months, b. Wisconsin
1870 OR CENSUS - Henry Kau (17y, b Wisconsin) is enumerated with John (47y, b Mecklenburg, occupation farmer), Louisa (39y, b Prussia), Annie (14y, b Wisconsin), Fred (12y, b Wisconsin), Lewis (10y, b Wisconsin), Charles (8y, b Wisconsin)& Augusta (3y, b Wisconsin)
NOTE - 1860 and 1870 census list him as Henry Kau
1880 OR CENSUS - H. Williams (23y, b Wisconsin) enumerated as farm worker with family of F.M. [Francis Marion] Lewis (32y, b Oregon, occupation farmer), wife Flora Lewis (29y, b Oregon) and daughter O.A. [Orpha Icadean] (11y, b Oregon)
1900 OR CENSUS - Henry Williams (b June 1851, Germany, immigrated 1870, naturalized, single)
PROBATE - Henry F. Williams d Oct 1901 in Polk Co, Oregon, aged ca 50y, intestate; unmarried and left no descendants; his father died over 40 years earlier; heirs at time of death were his mother Mrs Louise Kau, 70, of Polk Co, who died June 1902; half-siblings, Anna Kau, 48, of Polk Co, Fred W. Kau, 46, of Polk Co, J.L. Kau (half-brother), 44y, of Polk Co, Charles A. Kau, 42y, of Polk Co, A.M. Kau (half-brother), 35y, of Polk Co, John J. Kau, 33, of Polk Co, F.O. Kau (half-brother), 31y, of Polk Co, Matilda A. Frantze, 28y, of Benton co, Ore; half-brother F.O. Kau appointed administrator 25 June 1903
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1860 WI CENSUS (Waukesha Co, New Berlin, FA#78)
1870 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, Bridgeport, FA#494)
1900 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, Luckiamute, ED 176, FA#89)
1900 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, Falls City, ED 174, FA#168)
Polk Co, Oregon, Probate File 851, Oregon State Archives
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