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William A SCHERER 1894–1981 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 Mar 1894

Birth Location: Garlock, South Dakota, USA

Death Date: 7 August 1981

Death Location: Boise, Idaho, USA

Father: Franz SCHERER

Mother: Annie Rutter

Spouse(s): Ruby Jordan

Children(s):

William A SCHERER was born in 1894 in Garlock, South Dakota, USA, the child of Franz Scherer And Annie Rutter. William A SCHERER married Ruby Marie Jordan. William A SCHERER passed away in 1981 in Boise, Idaho, USA.

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Biography

  • William A SCHERER was born in 1894 in Garlock, South Dakota, USA, the child of Franz Scherer And Annie Rutter.
  • William A SCHERER married Ruby Marie Jordan.
  • William A SCHERER passed away in 1981 in Boise, Idaho, USA.

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William SCHERER's Ancestors

Self
William SCHERER
1894–1981
Birth Place: Garlock, South Dakota, USA
Parents
Franz SCHERER
1872–1957
Abenheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
Annie Rutter
1873–1948
Germany
Grandparents
Andrew Scherer
1837–1921
Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Gertrudis (Margaretha) Bösel
1846–
Abenheim, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany
Franz Rotter
1848–1920
Prussia
Anna (Elisabeth) Schmitz
1843–1921
Kruft, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Johannis Scherer
1800–1870
Catherine (Jaeger)
1801–1880
Joannis Bösel
1808–1853
Gertrudis Schöppler
1817–1853
Josef Rotter
1828–
Maria Gell
1828–
Dionisius Schmitz
1797–1865
Anna Klemens
1813–1890
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jakob Scherer
1775–1830
Anna Doerr
1764–1803
Kaspar Scherer
1774–1856
Katharina Pleines
1777–1840
Johann Bösel
–1841
Katharinae Merkel
1772–
Martin Schöppler
1787–1859
Johann Schmitz
1741–1829
Maria Wilbert
1764–1844
Johann Klemens
1780–1829
Anna Krings
1771–1855

William SCHERER's Timeline

2 Records

1894
31 Mar 1894
Birth of William A SCHERER in Garlock, South Dakota, USA
Garlock, South Dakota, USA
1981
7 August 1981
Age 87
Death of William A SCHERER in Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 Mar 1894
    Event Place: Garlock, South Dakota, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, MO, USA; Applications for Headstones and Markers, 711970-9301985; NAID: 6016127; Record Group Number: 15; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 August 1981
    Event Place: Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, MO, USA; Applications for Headstones and Markers, 711970-9301985; NAID: 6016127; Record Group Number: 15; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Boise, Idaho, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, MO, USA; Applications for Headstones and Markers, 711970-9301985; NAID: 6016127; Record Group Number: 15; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007

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