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Martin Matthew Possin
(1801-1889)
Anna Sophia Jänicke
(1806-1881)
Charles Krueger
(Abt 1825-)
Johanna
(Abt 1830-)
Julius C. Possin
(1850-1929)
Caroline August Krueger
(1853-1919)
William Carl Possin
(1872-1955)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Clara R. Toll

William Carl Possin 2

  • Born: 25 March 1872, Theresa, WI 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Clara R. Toll on 12 July 1898 in Burnett, WI 1
  • Died: 5 July 1955, Beaver Dam, WI at age 83 1
  • Buried: 8 July 1955, Burnett, WI 1

bullet   Cause of his death was Cerebro Vascular Hemorrhage.

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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Theresa, WI on 7 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 8D, District 23, Dwelling 56, Family 66, Roll 1423
Theresa, Dodge County, Wisconsin
William Possin..Son..8..WI
(Living with parents and paternal grandparents.)
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• His obituary was published in the Beaver Dam Argus on 7 July 1955 in Beaver Dam, WI.

WILLIAM C. POSSIN, SR. DIES
William C. Possin, Sr., 83, of 308 Prospect Ave., passed away at the Lutheran hospital on Tuesday, July 5th, after being in failing health for many years.

He was born in the town of Theresa, March 25, 1872, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Julius Possin. On July 12, 1898, he was married to Clara Toll. He had resided in the town of Theresa, then to the town of Chester and for the past twelve years a resident of Beaver Dam.

Surviving him are his wife; one son, William A. Possin, Jr., of Beaver Dam; one grandson, Howard, of Fond du Lac; one daughter, Mrs. Delmar Dummer of Beaver Dam; eleven grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Haase of Beaver Dam and Mrs. Ida Haase of Waupun; three brothers, Gustave of Waupun; Adolph of Milwaukee, and Walter of Waupun.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and one sister. He was a member of the First Evangelical Lutheran church.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 PM from the First Evangelical Lutheran church with Rev. Alfred J. Wittmann officiating. Interment will be at the North Burnett cemetery.


(Source: Beaver Dam Argus, Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin, Thursday, 7 Jul 1955, Page 3)
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• He was buried on 8 July 1955 in the Burnett Union Cemetery in Burnett, WI.


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William married Clara R. Toll, daughter of Charles Toll and Frederika Stordnow, on 12 July 1898 in Burnett, WI.1 (Clara R. Toll was born on 30 January 1875 in Iron Ridge, WI,1 3 died on 1 February 1964 in Beaver Dam, WI 1 and was buried on 3 February 1964 in Burnett, WI 1.)


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Sources


1 Robert Carl Westphal, Jr., Westphal Family History.

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Theresa, Dodge County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 23, p. 8D, dwelling 56, family 66, Julius Possin and Caroline Krueger; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 May 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1423.

3 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Burnett, Dodge County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 5, p. 76A, dwelling 187, family 193, Charles Toll and Frederika Stordnow; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Jan 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1422.


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