Obit: Williams, Harvey L. (1915 - 1945)

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Surnames: WILLIAMS HAYES

----Sources: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wis.) 02/06/1945

Williams, Harvey L. (1915 - 22 JAN 1945)

Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.) - Sgt. Harvey L. Williams of Greenwood was killed in action in Luxembourg on Jan. 22, 1945, according to information received in a War Department telegram last night by his wife, the former Dorothy Hayes, a member of the Greenwood High School faculty.

Sgt. Williams entered the Army in April 1943 and left for overseas in October 1944.

He and his wife came to Greenwood in 1940 from Palmyra, the former teaching commercial subjects at Greenwood High School until 1942, when he accepted a position as bookkeeper in the office of the John Wuethrich Creamery Co.

Surviving besides his wife are a son, Robert, who was 2 years old the day of his father’s death, and the soldier’s father, who resides at Palmyra.

Research Notes

*The Milwaukee Day Camp now occupies the site of the Hayes farm. Daughter Dorothy Hayes married Harvey Williams who was killed in the war. (T.T.), Palmyra, Wis. Historical Society - Fall, 2005

1920 Federal Census, Jefferson, Wisconsin

Harvey L William, white, single, male
marital status: Single
father's birthplace: Wisconsin
mother's birthplace: Wisconsin

Household Members
self Lenard William M 34y Wisconsin
wife Alice A William F 35y England
dau Gladys A William F 11y
son Harvey L William M 5y (1915 Wisconsin)

Dorothy Hayes, white, single, female
father's birthplace: Wisconsin
mother's birthplace: Wisconsin

Household Members
self Frank Hayes M 42y Wisconsin
wife Alice Hayes F 30y Wisconsin
daughter Dorothy Hayes F 3y Wisconsin

1930 Federal Census, Palmyra, Jefferson, Wisconsin, enumeration district number: 0026, family number: 104, sheet number and letter: 5A, line number: 7

Dorothy Hayes, white, single female
father's birthplace: Wisconsin
mother's birthplace: Wisconsin

Household Members
head Frank T Hayes M 53 Wisconsin
wife Alice M Hayes F 40 Wisconsin
daughter Dorothy Hayes F 13 (1917 Wisconsin)
daughter Irene E Hayes F 9 Wisconsin
daughter Mary L Hayes F 6 Wisconsin

1940 Federal Census, Muskego Town, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, enumeration district number: 67-26, family number: 573, sheet number and letter: 26B, line number: 79

Dorothy Hayes, white, single, female
residence in 1935: West Allis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Household Members
head Frank Hayes M 66 Illinois, stationery engineer, manufacturing
wife Margaret Hayes F 66 Wisconsin
daughter Margaret Hayes F 36 Wisconsin
daughter Dorothy Hayes F 23 (1917 Wisconsin)

Wisconsin Death Records

Dorothy B Williams
Death date: 27 Jan 1974
event place: Palmyra, Jefferson Co., Wisconsin
residence: , Wisconsin
gender: Female
age: 58 (1916)