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- 1880 BIRTH: OR,Umatilla Co-Pilot Rock: William Ferdinand Wegner born 6 Nov 1880 [Obit-Cheney WA paper: born Nov 6, 1880 in Independence, Polk Co, Oregon-ck out]
1900 CENSUS: WA,Spokane Co-Rock Lake Prec: 15 June, Dw63/63: William F 19/OR-bn Nov 1880 (GY,CA), school 5 months, son of Ferdinand C and Amy E Wegner
1910 CENSUS:WA,Spokane Co-ED 159 pg 270,30 April,Dw 299/301-402 E 28th Av: William F Wegner 29/OR (GY,CA) single bookkeeper-labor contractor, son of Ferdinand C and Amy E Wegner
1915 MARRIAGE: WA,Spokane: William Ferdinand Wegner md Eva Lois Sperry in 1915. Oct 2003 letter from Joyce Spaulding: "There were no children born to this marriage."
1919 MILITARY: US WW I Draft cards 1917-1918: Reg #2443,Order #1301: Willifam Ferdinand Wegner, 2210 College Ave, Spokane WA, Bn 6 Nov 1880 age37, white, natural born citizen, bookkeeper-Charles G Schrimff, 0608 Monroe St, Spokane WA, Eva Lois Wegner, 2210 College Ave.
Registrar's Report K6-3-11C: Tall height, medium build, brown eyes,dark brown hair, no medical reason to disqualify. Signed Minnie Cunningham, 9-12-1919.
1920 CENSUS: WA,Spokane-Dillon Prec: 10 Jan, 2210 W College Ave, Dw 159/166:
WEGNER, Wm F 39/OR (GY,CA) bkkpr retail hdware,owns home; Eva L 37/MN
(IL,MN) no children
1920 BORDER CROSSINGS - Canada: William F Wegner, age 39, born approx 1881, Kingsgate BC 21 Oct 1920 crossing. Bn Independence OR.
1930 CENSUS: WA,Spokane,Dist 48: Anc.com Img 11-pg ..., Dw 92/92-1028 Summit Rd:
WEGNER, Wm F-head 49/OR (GY,US) md 32 1st time, own home ($9000) bookkeeper
a print co, not a veteran: Eva L-wife 47/MN (IL,MN) md 31 1st time, no occ
1942 WWII draft registration card, serial #2367: William Ferdinand Wegner, E 336 16th, Spokane WA, age 61, bn Independence OR, 6 Nov 1880, someone who will always know where you are: H D Sullivan, Union Sand & Gravel, 805 N Division, Spokane WA. 6.1" 165, #brown eyes, dark complexion
grey hair. gold teeth. No Signed Leslie M Lipscourt, April 25, 1942.
1948 HIST: Oct 2003 letter from Joyce Spaulding: Copy of Certificate of Dimit, Manito Lodge #246 F & AM, Spokane WA: ...William F Wegner... a Master Mason, signed 14 June 1948
HIST: WA,Spokane Co-Spokane: Oct 2003 letter from Joyce Spaulding to Pam Wagner: "William, known as Will to his nephews, ran a Premix Concrete business in Spokane, Washington"
1962 HIST,BUSINESS: WA,Spokane Co-Spokane: Oct 2003 letter from Joyce Spaulding: Copy of Certificate of Ownership, Greenwood Cemetery - Garden Crypts and Niches: "This is to certify that Wm. F Wegner and Eva L. Wegner are the owners of Niche 36 Garden of Meditation - Unit 1, signed Aug 29 1962
1967 DEATH: WA,Spokane Co-Spokane: William F Wegner died 20 September 1967; services Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Home; cremated; buried Niche 36 Mediation B-100-P by Greenwood and Riverside Cemeteries, Spokane WA
Passed away 20 Sep in Spokane, home E 101 Hawthorn Rd, wife Eva L; bro Herman C of Spokane, Dr. H. E. Seattle; 3 nephews. Svcs by Hazen & Jaeger Fun Home
See Barbara - Genforum Querie under FH > Wegner: "This was in one of my grandmother's scrap books. The paper was either the Cheney Free Press, Cheney, WA, or the Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA. The date about 1964. 'William F. Wegner, 86, resident of Spokane more than 83 years, died yesterday at Hawthorne Manor, E 101 Hawthorne, where he had lived since the retirement home opened in 1958. Born Nov. 6, 1880, in Independence, Ore., Mr. Wegner was brought to Spokane when just two and one-half years old by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand C. Wegner. He was a retired employe of Central Pre-Mix Concrete Co. and earlier had worked for the Charlie Schrimpf Hardware Co. Mr. Wegner is survived by his wife, Eva L., at the home, and a brother, Herman C., Spokane.Cremation was yesterday at Hazen & Jaeger's.'
2001 HIST: April 2001 letter from Glenn Wegner to Joyce Spaulding, copy sent to Pam Wagner Oct 2003: " Uncle Will and his wife, Eva, were always very private people and we never visited them, pretty much at his wife's design."
2003 HIST: Oct 2003 letter fom Joyce Spaulding to Pam Wagner:"Bill, [Ferdinand & Amy Johnson Wegner's eldest son), became quite wealthy. He invested in a Retirement Manor - Ran a concrete business. After his death, his widow Eva Sperry Wegner, was being robbed and cheated in the Retirement Home (according to correspondence from her niece, Helen Boots). They had to get legal help to save the estate, which was considerable. After her death, her niece, being the executor, has given thousands in scholarships. (Bill) Will left his Wegner nephews and nieces nothing..."
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