When William Hendrickson was born on 1 October 1855, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Felix G Hendrickson, was 23 and his mother, Sarah Ann Thacker, was 21. He married Mary Ellen Stepp on 7 September 1878, in Monroe, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Bloomington Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Center Township, Marion, Indiana, United States in 1920. In 1920, at the age of 65, his occupation is listed as factory laborer in Indiana, United States. He died on 12 September 1934, in Indiana, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Payne Cemetery, Bloomington, Perry Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States.
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Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
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Americanized form of Swedish Henriksson (see Henrikson ), Danish, Norwegian, and North German Henriksen or Henrichsen , and Dutch, North German, and Danish Hendriksen . Compare Hendrixson and Henrickson .
English (eastern): patronymic from the personal name Hendrick + -son. This form of the surname appears to be a 16th- or 17th-century importation to Britain from the Netherlands, and was reinforced in the 20th century.
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