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William Aaron Zwetz

M, #3781, b. 16 April 1872, d. 1 December 1958

Biography

  • Birth: William Aaron Zwetz was born on 16 April 1872 in Plainfield, Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States.1,2,3,4,5,6
  • Marriage: He and Gertrude Avesta ("Gertie") Gray were married on 15 November 1933.7
  • Death: William Aaron Zwetz died of left heart failure, rheumatic heart disease; diabetes mellitus on 1 December 1958 at age 86 at Wild Rose Hospital in Wild Rose, Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States.7,2,5
  • Burial: He was buried on 4 December 1958 at Plainfield Village CemeteryG+, in Plainfield, Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States. row 17, lot 172,3,5
  • Person Source: William Aaron Zwetz had sources that helped establish his name.7,3
  • Census (fam): He and Gertrude Avesta ("Gertie") Gray appeared in the census on 1 April 1940 in Plainfield, Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States. William and Gertrude are farming [home ownership and value are not filled in]; they lived in the same place five years ago. William is educated through the fifth grade and Gertrude through the sixth grade. William operates a farm and worked fifty-two weeks the previous year [no estimated income listed].4
  • Last Edited: 5 September 2017

Citations

  1. [S36] Wisconsin County Registrars, "Registration of Marriages," series 2073 (bound registers of county marriage records, 1836–1907, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin): , Adams County
  2. [S495] Waushara County, Wisconsin; Register of Deeds, Wautoma, Wisconsin, death certificate; 18-138; 1958; William Zwetz
  3. [S29] Find a Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), memorial page for , Find A Grave Memorial # , citing , 3 April 2015; William A Zwetz; 45878582; Plainfield Cemetery; Plainfield, Waushara County, Wisconsin; genealogyfever; TM
  4. [S677] 1940 U. S. Census, Waushara County, Wisconsin, population schedule, , ; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ); citing the NARA, Washington D. C., microfilm T627, roll 4536, Plainfield; 69-14; sheet 4B [penned]; family no. 100; Will Zwetz; 3 April 2015
  5. [S1040] , Waushara Argus, Wautoma, Wisconsin, , "William Zwetz—obituary"; 17 December 1958; p. 8, col. 1
  6. [S1160] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ); Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland, 5 September 2017; entry for William Aaron Zwetz (July 1947); no. 395-26-4346
  7. [S87] "," Daily Journal (Stevens Point, Wisconsin), ; online images, NewspaperArchive.com (http://newspaperarchive.com/ : accessed ), Historic Newspapers, Mrs. Gertrude A Zwetz; obituary; 7 March 1962; p. 8, column 7; 2 April 2015; Daily Journal