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William Lewis Messer 1934 – 1994 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 May 1934

Birth Location: Cherokee County Kansas, USA

Death Date: 7 Oct 1994

Death Location: Wichita Sedgwick County Kansas

Father: James Messer

Mother: Letha Riley

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William Lewis Messer was born in 1934 in Cherokee County Kansas, USA, the child of James Louis Messer and Letha Lizzy Riley. In 1950, William Lewis Messer resided in Shoal Creek, Newton, Missouri, USA. William Lewis Messer passed away in 1994 in Wichita Sedgwick County Kansas.

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Biography

  • William Lewis Messer was born in 1934 in Cherokee County Kansas, USA, the child of James Louis Messer and Letha Lizzy Riley.
  • In 1950, William Lewis Messer resided in Shoal Creek, Newton, Missouri, USA.
  • William Lewis Messer passed away in 1994 in Wichita Sedgwick County Kansas.

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William Messer's Ancestors

Self
William Messer
1934 – 1994
Birth Place: Cherokee County Kansas, USA
Parents
James Louis Messer
1898 – 1951
Kansas
Letha (Lizzy) Riley
1901 – 1939
Kansas
Grandparents
Berty ("Birdie") Sliger
1877 – 1956
Cave Springs, Jasper, Missouri, USA
James Riley
1863 –
Indiana, USA
Grace Riley
1874 –
Iowa, USA
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Messer's Timeline

3 Records

1934
26 May 1934
Birth of William Lewis Messer in Cherokee County Kansas, USA
Cherokee County Kansas, USA
1950
1950
Age 16
William Lewis Messer resided here in Shoal Creek, Newton, Missouri, USA
Shoal Creek, Newton, Missouri, USA
1994
7 Oct 1994
Age 60
Death of William Lewis Messer in Wichita Sedgwick County Kansas
Wichita Sedgwick County Kansas

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 May 1934
    Event Place: Cherokee County Kansas, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Shoal Creek, Newton, Missouri; Roll: 3273; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 73-40

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Shoal Creek, Newton, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Shoal Creek, Newton, Missouri; Roll: 3273; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 73-40

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Shoal Creek, Newton, Missouri
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Shoal Creek, Newton, Missouri; Roll: 3273; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 73-40

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Oct 1994
    Event Place: Wichita Sedgwick County Kansas

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