Almy Descendant No. 1252-9144-3

398. WILLIAM HOFFMAN9 ALMY (Henry Augustus8, Wanton7, William6, John5, William4, Christopher3-2, William1),b. Middlefield Center, Otsego County, NY, 20 Apr 1851; d. Streator, IL, 20 Dec 1941, buried Rutland, IL.

He m. 10 Feb 1878, MARY LOUISE SHULL, b. Marcus Hook, PA, 11 Feb 1854; d. 4 Apr 1903, buried Sterling, IL; dau of Frederick Augustus and Sarah Mustin (Barger) Shull.

Children:

iGRACE LINCOLN10, b. Longpoint, IL, 2 Mar 1879; d. 1 Apr 1880.
539iiWILLIAM HERBERT, b. Galesburg, IL, 14 Oct 1881; d. Danville, IL, 29 Aug 1961; m.(1) Indianola, IL, 21 Dec 1912, FLORENCE BAIRD, b. 22 Jan 1890; dau of Silas and Laura (Gray) Baird. He m.(2) East St. Louis, IL, 12 Aug 1944, TEMPLE DONALDSON, nee Schmidt, b. Bellville, IL, 27 Nov 1891; d. Danville, 4 Dec 1958; dau of Ernest Herman and Jane (Wolf) Schmidt.
540iiiMAURICE AUGUSTUS, b. Rutland, IL, 25 Jun 1883; m.(1) 6 Dec 1906, ANNE JOHNSTON, b. Ireland, 5 Oct 1876; d. Rockford, IL, 16 Apr 1946. He m.(2) 20 Jan 1947, EDNA WATSON, nee WOLF, b. 1 Jan 1886.
541ivLLOYD HUBER, b. Mendota, IL, 14 Dec 1885; m. Havana, IL, 28 Aug 1913, ANNA VAN DUYN HANSON, b. Cleveland, OH, 12 Sep 1887; dau of George and Emma Josephine (Van Duyn) Hanson.

The William Hoffman Almy household is in the 1900 Federal census in Sterling, Whiteside County, IL, as follows. William H. Almy 49, b. NY, Apr 1851; Mary L. 45, wife, b. PA, Feb 1855; William H. Jr. 18, son, b. IL, Oct 1881; Norris A. 16, son, b. IL, Jun 1883; Loyd H. 14, son, b. IL, Dec 1885; and Sarah M. Shull 70, mother-in-law, b. PA, Jan 1830.


REFERENCES: FEDERAL CENSUS; HENRY ALMY GEN pp. 10-15; LAWTON p. 91.