WILLIAMS, Wilhelm A
1845 - 1932 (86 years)-
Name WILLIAMS, Wilhelm A Birth 19 Dec 1845 Prussia 
Gender Male Death 27 Oct 1932 Lockport, Niagara County, NY Person ID I56224 Laur from Germany Last Modified 29 Jul 2020
Father WILLIAM, Jean, b. 4 Jan 1818, Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany d. 10 Sep 1883, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY (Age 65 years) Mother SCHULTZ, Friedericke Wilhelmine, b. 1 Apr 1813, Bergholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany d. 15 Nov 1898, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY (Age 85 years) Marriage 1 Apr 1841 Rossow, Brandenburg, Germany Family ID F18587 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family HUTZEL, Emilie, b. 1854 d. 16 Mar 1899, Lockport, Niagara County, NY (Age 45 years) Marriage 5 Apr 1867 Children 1. WILLIAMS, Thekla H, b. 1878, Lockport, Niagara County, NY d. 1880, Lockport, Niagara County, NY (Age 2 years)2. WILLIAMS, Jean Paul, b. 1880, Lockport, Niagara County, NY d. 1880, Lockport, Niagara County, NY (Age 0 years)3. WILLIAMS, Eric Johann, b. Jul 1883, New York d. Yes, date unknown4. WILLIAMS, Katherine Hutzel, b. Jan 1887, Lockport, Niagara County, NY d. 7 Oct 1932, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA (Age ~ 45 years)Family ID F16309 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
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Notes - Williams, William A., a native of Germany, was born December 19. 1845, and came to this country with his parents in 1857, settling in Niagara county, N. Y., where he attended the public schools and the Lockport Union School. His first business experience was as a clerk in the hat store of Howard Strong, where he remained for three years. He then entered the service of Jason Collier & Sons, dry goods merchants, and continued with this firm until 1868. when he engaged in business on his own account, in company with Messrs. Lerch & Van Dusen, under the firm name of Lerch, Williams & Van Dusen, and after the death of Mr. Van Dusen, in 1869, the business was conducted by Lerch & Williams for ten years. In 1878 the firm of Williams Bros. was organized, which is now one of the largest wholesale and retail dry goods houses in the city. April 5, 1867, he married Miss Emilie Hutzel of Niagara Falls, N. Y., and they have two children, a son, Eric Johann Williams, and a daughter, Katherine Hutzel Williams.
From:
Landmarks of Niagara County, NY
Edited by William Pool
D. Mason & Company, Publishers, 1897
- Williams, William A., a native of Germany, was born December 19. 1845, and came to this country with his parents in 1857, settling in Niagara county, N. Y., where he attended the public schools and the Lockport Union School. His first business experience was as a clerk in the hat store of Howard Strong, where he remained for three years. He then entered the service of Jason Collier & Sons, dry goods merchants, and continued with this firm until 1868. when he engaged in business on his own account, in company with Messrs. Lerch & Van Dusen, under the firm name of Lerch, Williams & Van Dusen, and after the death of Mr. Van Dusen, in 1869, the business was conducted by Lerch & Williams for ten years. In 1878 the firm of Williams Bros. was organized, which is now one of the largest wholesale and retail dry goods houses in the city. April 5, 1867, he married Miss Emilie Hutzel of Niagara Falls, N. Y., and they have two children, a son, Eric Johann Williams, and a daughter, Katherine Hutzel Williams.