Cornelius Ho...
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William Hotc...
William was born on 2 FEB 1886 in Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas, the son of Cornelius Hotchkiss and Christina Ferguson.
He died on 11 SEP 1933 in Ransom Memorial Hospital, Ottawa, Kansas.
He had two marriages/partners. His first wife was Margaret Pyle, who he married on 28 DEC 1909. The place has not been found. They had no known children.
His second wife was Lucretia S Newton, who he married on 28 DEC 1931 in Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas. They had no known children.
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| Event | Date | Details | Source | Multimedia | Notes | ||
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| Birth | 2 FEB 1886 |
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| Death | 11 SEP 1933 |
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| Burial | 13 SEP 1933 |
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| Occupation | Seaman 2nd Class - Coal Miner |
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Note 1
!Source: 34
!Lived: Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas
!Alias: Willie.
!Note: Was border with Alexander Hotchkiss & Jeanie Hislop when 1915 census of Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas was taken. A second set of notes placed his death on 15 Oct 1933.
!Source: Gravestone: WILLIAM HOTCHKISS - KANSAS - SEAMAN - U.S. NAVY SEPTEMBER 11, 1933
!Source: 1920 United States Federal Census https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/50743992:6061
Name: Cornelius Hotchkiss [Cornelius Hotchkins]
Age: 62
Birth Year: abt 1858
Birthplace: Scotland
Home in 1920: Burlingame, Osage, Kansas
Household Members Age Relationship
Cornelius Hotchkiss 62 Head
Christina Hotchkiss 63 Wife
William Hotchkiss 33 Son <<<
Alexander Hotchkiss 22 Son
Margaret Chalmers 32 Daughter
William Chalmers 11 Grandson
Cornelius Chalmers 8 Grandson
!Source: U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3351216:61861
Name: William Hotchkiss
Record Type: Military Service
Birth Date: 2 Feb 1886
Military Date: 10 Jan 1919
Residence Place: Burlingame, Kansas
Death Date: 11 Sep 1933
!Source: U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1147747:2375
Name: William Hotchkiss
Service Number: 1737455
Service Branch: Navy
Unit: Navy
Company: Traning Sta Great Lakes
Enlistment Date: 30 Jul 1918
Discharge Date: 10 Jan 1919
Death Date: 11 Sep 1933
Cemetery Location: Burlingame, Kansas, USA
!Source: Obituary: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18981273/william-hotchkiss?_gl=1*e9th4q*_ga*MjU5MjI5MzQ2LjE2NzMxMjcxNDY.*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY3NTU2Njc5OS43LjEuMTY3NTU2OTM1OC41NS4wLjA.*_ga_B2YGR3SSMB*OWYxYzdjMmMtNDU0NC00ZjJmLTg1Y2UtM2JjYmZhM2FhODMyLjcuMS4xNjc1NTY5MzU5LjU0LjAuMA..
Kansas, Seaman, 2nd Class, U.S. Navy
Son of Cornelius Hotchkiss & Christina Hotchkiss nee Ferguson.
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William Hotchkiss of Williamsburg, formerly of Burlingame, died Monday morning in Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, from an abdominal gun wound received in a dispute over coal prices with W. H. Griffin of Williamsburg. The shooting occurred Saturday night at Williamsburg. Griffin is held on a murder charge. The original charge was manslaughter.
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William Hotchkiss was born in Burlingame, Kansas February 2, 1886, the son of Neal Hotchkiss, Sr. and Christina Hotchkiss. He grew to manhood here and with the exception of a few years had made Burlingame his home. For the most of his life he had been employed in the coal mines and at the time of his death was running a strip mine at Williamsburg.
During the World War he served some time in the Navy and was stationed at Mare Island, California.
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Both his father and mother preceded him in death. He is survived by four brothers, Edward, Neal, Jr., Thomas and Sandy, all of Burlingame; four sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones and Mrs. Anna Henderson of Burlingame; Mrs. Margaret Hastings of Scranton; and Mrs. Christina Conners of New York City; and many other relatives.
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Funeral services were held at the home in Burlingame at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon conducted by Rev. E. C. Wolters. Burial was in the Burlingame Cemetery.
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Burlingame, KS Enterprise-Chronicle-September 14, 1933
Contributed by Thomas Hotchkiss
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He married a Margaret Pyle of Burlingame, KS on December 6, 1909 and they were granted a divorce in Colorado about November 13, 1913.
He married a Lucretia Newton of Burlingame, KS on December 28, 1931 and was his wife upon his death, September 11, 1933.