Florence Marguerite Wills

Brief Life History of Florence Marguerite

When Florence Marguerite Wills was born on 4 February 1900, in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, her father, Francis Marion Wills, was 35 and her mother, Cora Ella Jacob, was 32. She married Herman Leroy Kuenzli on 31 October 1916, in Wellsburg, Brooke, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Goshen Township, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Ohio, United States in 1976. She died on 9 February 1976, in Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Herman Leroy Kuenzli
1898–1976
Florence Marguerite Wills
1900–1976
Marriage: 31 October 1916
Mary Frances Kuenzli
1917–2003
William Herman Kuenzli
1919–1977

Sources (13)

  • Florence M Wills in household of Francis M Wills, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Florence Marguerite Wills, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Florence Marguerite Wills, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

World Events (8)

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

1901 · Theodore Roosevelt becomes the Twenty-sixth President of the United States

After the Assassination of William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as the Twenty-sixth President of the United States. During his first term he didn't have a Vice President but for his second term Charles W. Fairbanks filled the position.

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

Name Meaning

English and German: variant of Will with genitival -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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