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William Hess 1820–1884 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 May 1820

Birth Location: Ireland

Death Date: 26 May 1884

Death Location: Ontario, Canada

Father: Jacob Hess

Mother: Elizabeth Sebrook

Spouse(s): Matilda Smith

Children(s): Jane Hess, Thomas Hess

In 1820, William Hess entered the world in Ireland, born to Jacob Hess And Elizabeth Sebrook. William Hess married Matilda Smith, and had children including Jane Hess, Joseph Hess, Robert S Hess, Thomas Hess. William Hess passed away in 1884 in Ontario, Canada.

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Biography

  • In 1820, William Hess entered the world in Ireland, born to Jacob Hess And Elizabeth Sebrook.
  • William Hess married Matilda Smith, and had children including Jane Hess, Joseph Hess, Robert S Hess, Thomas Hess.
  • William Hess passed away in 1884 in Ontario, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jacob Hess
1786–1875
Birth Location: Wexford, Ireland
JH
Elizabeth Sebrook
1785–1862
Birth Location: Ireland
ES

Spouses(s)

Matilda Smith
1819–1894
Birth Location: Ireland
MS

Children(s)

Jane Hess
1849–1923
Birth Location: Quebec, Canada
JH
Thomas Hess
1857–1934
Birth Location: Ontario, Canada
TH

William Hess's Ancestors

Self
William Hess
1820–1884
Birth Place: Ireland
Parents
Jacob Hess
1786–1875
Wexford, Ireland
Elizabeth Sebrook
1785–1862
Ireland
Grandparents
Philippe
1766–
Ireland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Hess's Descendants

1.
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William Hess (10 May 1820–26 May 1884) m. Matilda Smith (1819–1894)
  1. 1. Jane Hess 1849–1923 m. Israel (Ezra) Ennis 1832–1909
    1. 1. William (Wilson) Ennis 1879–1938 m. Emma (Marie) Nichols 1882–1952
      1. 1. Glenn (Harrison) Ennis 1900–1985 m. Lucille (Elenor) Williams 1906–1994
        1. 1. Leroy (Edward) Ennis 1927–2009
    2. 2. Baby Ennis 1870–1870
    3. 3. Annie (Webster) Ennis 1871–1942 m. John (Edward) Code 1867–1922
      1. 1. Cecil (Ennis) Code 1901–1976 m. Llorien (June) Emery 1904–2001
        1. 1. Shirley (Ann) Code 1935–1975
        2. 2. James (Edward) Code 1929–2008
      2. 2. Phyllis (Gwendolyn) Code 1903–1999
      3. 3. Aylmer (Lyndon) Code 1905–1979 m. Janice (Marian) Cheney 1917–1993
      4. 4. Baby (Boy) Code 1893–1893
      5. 5. Orpheus (Edward) Code 1895–1973 m. Irene (Marion) Williams 1899–1986
        1. 1. Ruth (J) Code 1921–
        2. 2. Grace (Anne) Code 1922–
        3. 3. Cecyle (Marion) Code 1924–2010 m. Lowell (Walter) Kuntze 1921–1995
        4. 4. John (Edward) Code 1934–2003
    4. 4. Priscilla Ennis 1872–1872
    5. 5. Richard (Alymer) Ennis 1875–1961
    6. 6. Catherine (Elizabeth) Ennis 1877–1959
    7. 7. Priscilla Ennis 1881–1882
    8. 8. Orpha (Edith) Ennis 1883–1953
    9. 9. Ethel (Ina) Ennis 1885–1954
    10. 10. John (Eldon) Ennis 1886–1961
    11. 11. LuLu (Rose) Ennis 1888–1944 m. Ernest Fleetwood 1888–1930
      1. 1. Dudley (E) Fleetwood 1914–1968
    12. 12. Mary (Matilda) Ennis 1873–1961 m. Frank (Edwin) Stowe 1871–1959
      1. 1. Floyd (Eldon) Stowe 1904–1973
      2. 2. Lucille (Frances) Stowe 1901–1995
      3. 3. Dorothy (Jennie) Stowe 1907–1994 m. Floyd (Edward) Porter 1904–2002
        1. 1. Betty (Lou) Porter 1929–1994
  2. 2. Thomas Hess 1857–1934 m. Lucinda Chaffins 1856–1887 m. Martha (Irene) Tupper 1869–1961
    1. 1. Margaret (Lucille) Hess 1914–1990 m. Erwin (Ernest) Spading 1915–1981
      1. 1. Glenn (Eugene) Spading 1939–2004
    2. 2. George (Elmer) Hess 1905–1958 m. Bertha (Catharina) Goettsch 1900–1995
      1. 1. Martha (Caroline) Hess 1932–2006 m. John (Eugene) Yorks 1918–2006
      2. 2. Gilbert (Erwin) Hess 1930–1995
      3. 3. Dale (Arthur) Hess 1938–1992 m. Gloria (Jean) Lupkes 1939–2008
    3. 3. Earl (William) Hess 1881–1977 m. Alma (V) Schmitz 1889–1974
      1. 1. Harvey (Owen) Hess 1926–2009
    4. 4. Thomas Hess 1884–1947 m. Ella (Dale) Schenck 1889–1928
      1. 1. Elvera (Elsie) Hess 1908–1995
      2. 2. Lucinda (Lillie) Hess 1910–1992
      3. 3. Tracy (Hazel) Hess 1912–1985 m. Timothy (Marie) Boyle 1902–1988
        1. 1. Kevin (James) Boyle 1937–2021 m. Clara (Jean) Haston 1939–2021
        2. 2. Roger (Eugene) Boyle 1939–2015
        3. 3. Marjorie (Lucille) Boyle 1942–2009
        4. 4. Thomas (Daniel) Boyle 1948–2015
      4. 4. Mildred (Lucille) Hess 1915–1981
      5. 5. Edmond (Ralph) Hess 1917–1981 m. Ione (Vandalia) Fenner 1920–1994
      6. 6. Thomas (Earl) Hess 1914–1952 m. Gertrude (Helen) Beyer 1913–2004
        1. 1. Douglas (McArthur) Hess 1946–2010
      7. 7. Mary (Levina) Hess 1922–2015 m. Reuben (Otto) Roske 1913–1967
      8. 8. Dorothy (Wilma) Hess 1924–
    5. 5. Mary (E) Hess 1887–1967
    6. 6. Harriet (Matilda) Hess 1889–1968 m. Arthur (Adelbert) Davis 1885–
      1. 1. Leonard (LeRoy) Davis 1916–
    7. 7. Aylmer Hess 1908–1988 m. Wendla (Viola) Forsberg 1904–1988
    8. 8. Anna (Edith) Hess 1907–1996 m. Mathew (Earl) Casey 1902–1966
      1. 1. Thomas (Edward) Casey 1935–1990 m. Darla (Dean) Kidwell 1930–2012
      2. 2. Larry (Joseph) Casey 1950–1996
    9. 9. Fanny (Irene) Hess 1903–1965 m. John (Stanton) Barlow 1898–1969
      1. 1. Thomas (Stanton) Barlow 1924–1984 m. Irene (F Sergeant) Morneweck 1919– m. Mary (Katherine) Werner 1925–1998
        1. 1. Thomas (Stanton Barlow) Jr 1951–2014
        2. 2. Larry (Thomas) Barlow 1947–1948
    10. 10. Jessie (Ethel) Hess 1899–1991 m. Albert (Plummen) Hess 1899–1981
      1. 1. Robert (A) Hess 1930–2017 m. Nettie (Ruth) Batten 1931–1998
      2. 2. Wilma (Martha) Hess 1920–2004 m. Franklin (Howard) Erickson 1933–1985 m. George (Nicholas) Tix 1914–1978
        1. 1. Joyce (Elaine) Tix 1941–1941
      3. 3. Donald (William) Hess 1922–2000 m. Marian (Winnifred) Strong 1921–2004
      4. 4. Gilbert (Thomas) Hess 1923–1924
      5. 5. Marian (Ethel) Hess 1924–2009 m. Sylvester (Adolph) Krump 1920–1997
        1. 1. Richard (Lee) Krump 1951–2011
      6. 6. Wayne (Eugene) Hess 1926–2008 m. Bessie (Louise) Pegg 1933–2014
      7. 7. Geraldine (Joyce) Hess 1937–1990
      8. 8. Richard (Albert) Hess 1930–2010 m. Mary (Lounette) East 1930–2011
        1. 1. Veronica (Ann) Hess 1951–2007
    11. 11. Benjamin Hess 1901–1968 m. Loretta (Mae) Coleman 1912–1975
      1. 1. Georgiana Hess 1924–
      2. 2. Dorothy (Ann) Hess 1946–1993
      3. 3. Villary (Ettamae) Hess 1927–1990
    12. 12. Elsie (May) Hess 1896–1973 m. Peter (Joseph) Schmitz 1895–1983
      1. 1. Philip (Ervin) Schmitz 1919–2002 m. Fern (Alvina) Kurth 1920–2011
      2. 2. Norman (Arthur) Schmitz 1921–2016 m. Alice (Helen) Rinke 1916–
        1. 1. John (Paul) Schmitz 1949–2006
      3. 3. Vernon (Wayne) Schmitz 1926–2007 m. Phyllis (Marie) Roerig 1926–2013
      4. 4. Violet (Irene) Schmitz 1916–1974 m. Herbert (William) Kurth 1914–1970
        1. 1. Delores (Jeanne) Kurth 1938–2010 m. William (Hugh) Leonard 1919–2004 m. Adalberto (Elizardo) Costales 1929–1976
    13. 13. Arthur (Dale) Hess 1894–1961 m. May (A) Foster 1886–1955
    14. 14. Lena (Marie) Hess 1891–1926 m. John (Louis) Gernandt 1891–1962
      1. 1. Agnes (Estella) Gernandt 1912–2010 m. Oliver (Emanuel) Dedrickson 1902–1995
        1. 1. Russell (Gene) Dedrickson 1931–2012
        2. 2. Mary (Ellen) Dedrickson 1935–1999
        3. 3. Lloyd (Oliver) Dedrickson 1930–2013 m. Twyla (M) Degraff 1932–2015
      2. 2. Rosemary (A) Gernandt 1920–
      3. 3. Lillie (Elizabeth) Gernandt 1920–2002 m. George (Huestis) Lynds 1911–2007
      4. 4. Helen (M) Gernandt 1923–
      5. 5. George (Elmer) Gernandt 1922–1994 m. Erma (Viola) Grunich 1923–
      6. 6. Florence Gernandt 1911–1911
      7. 7. Leo (Wayne) Gernandt 1924–2006
      8. 8. Harvey (Owen) Hess 1926–2005 m. Evangeline (Rosanna) Lorenzen 1930–2015
      9. 9. John (Arthur) Gernandt 1918–1999 m. Grace (Ethel) Lockrem 1920–2004
        1. 1. Donna (Mae) Gernandt 1939–1954
      10. 10. Francis (Vernon) Gernandt 1916–1965 m. Regina (Ann) Silkey 1908–2006
        1. 1. Dorothy (Lavonne) Gernandt 1942–1958
      11. 11. Adeline (F) Gernandt 1915–
    15. 15. Clarence (Leroy) Hess 1910–2003 m. Dorothy (Margaret) Schrader 1904–1989
      1. 1. David (Clarence) Hess 1937–2010

William Hess's Timeline

2 Records

1820
10 May 1820
Birth of William Hess in Ireland
Ireland
1884
26 May 1884
Age 64
Death of William Hess in Ontario, Canada
Ontario, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 May 1820
    Event Place: Ireland
    Record Source: Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1936 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, Roll: MS935_38.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 May 1884
    Event Place: Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1936 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, Roll: MS935_38.
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