William Kords

(November, 1864 - )
     

William Kords a clerk in in Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa. He was born in November, 1864 in Iowa.1

At age 26, William married Harriet Elizabeth Minger on Sunday, December 21, 1890 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa. Harriet was 19 years old. She was the daughter of Rudolph Minger and Elisabeth Ann Walker. They were married by the Justice of the Peace, G. H. Smart. The witnesses were Herman Anderegg; Gustav Beutel.2

William Kords and Harriet had three children; only one lived, Willis Kords. Hattie died age 39 in childbirth. (Willis is grandfather of Clara Frommelt).2

Child of William Kords and Harriet Elizabeth Minger

Citations

  1. [S126] 1900 US Census, US Census Search, Heritage Quest Online, 1900 Iowa, Clayton County, Jefferson Twp, Series: T623 Roll: 425 Page: 142.
  2. [S25] Mae (Brown) Siemers, Edith (Brown) Lenarz and Ruth (Brown) Rohrwsser, The Minger Family History, A Book of Memory (Publish Date: March 1984). Hereinafter cited as Minger Family Book.
 


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