William Crohn

  Research Notes:

Name: William Crohn
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1910
Event Place: Dagmar School District, Valley, Montana, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1874
Birthplace: Germany
Immigration Year: 1888
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 10


Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
William Crohn Head M 36 Germany
Nelle Crohn Wife F 32 Ireland
Francie Crohn Daughter F 10 Montana
Mary Crohn Daughter F 8 Montana
Henry Crohn Son M 6 Montana
Thomas Crohn Son M 4 Montana
Helane Crohn Daughter F 0 Montana



William Crohn
Birth 1865
Death 1916 (aged 50\endash 51)
Burial
Eden Valley Cemetery
Sheridan County, Montana, USA
Memorial ID 102877072


In 1916 William Crohn died of pneumonia, leaving a widow with 8 small children. After his death, life was very difficult for the family and a few years later the ranch was sold to pay the mortgage. The family then moved to Plentywood, Mont.,where Nellie attempted to support the family by doing daywork. This arrangement did not work out and a decision was made to place the 3 younger boys in an orphans home. Helen went to
stay with her sister,Frances, and her family. Frances was married to a rural mail carrier who lived in the Dagmar area. During the year, William died in the home and the other two boys were returned home. Edward and Helen went to live with Ed Shermans, friends of their father. The Shermans were good to them but life was difficult and they learned to work hard. They worked before and after school and drove 5 miles each
way every day to school in Antelope by horse and buggy. The next year Helen wen to to Princeton, Minn. to live with another sister, Mary Horstman and her family. She helped in their restaurant before school, at noon, after school and week-ends.

From Dingle to Derrynane, Kilkenny and points west _ a family history of Thomas and Honora Flaherty Brown

William married Ellen Brown, daughter of Thomas Brown and Honora Flaherty, on 11 Jan 1898 in Williston, Williams, North Dakota. (Ellen Brown was born on 5 Oct 1877 in Raheen, Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland, died in 1937 in Plentywood, Montana and was buried in Eden Valley Cemetery, Sheridan County, Montana.)

  Marriage Notes:

Name: William Cohn
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 11 Jan 1898
Event Place: Williams, North Dakota, United States
Event Place (Original): Williams, North Dakota
Age: 23
Birth Year (Estimated): 1875
Spouse's Name: Nellie Brown
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1877
Certificate Number: 70

Other information in the record of William Cohn
Name: William Cohn
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 11 Jan 1898
Event Place: Williams, North Dakota, United States
Event Place (Original): Williams, North Dakota
Age: 23
Birth Year (Estimated): 1875
Spouse's Name: Nellie Brown
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1877
Certificate Number: 70