WILLIAM "Bill" JEROME MORSE

Born: August 24, 1901    Claremont, Dodge, Minnesota
Died: May 12, 1978    Winona, Winona, Minnesota


Parents:
 
 
Education:
 
Occupation:
 
 
Marriage:
 
 
 
Wellington E. Morse
Cora Jeanette Rand
 
Claremont High School [graduated]
 
Electrician for battery company [Source: 1930 U.S. Census]
Electrician for motor company [Source: 1940 U.S. Census]
 
Alvina Marie Kampa
January 10, 1930
Winona, Minnesota
 
William Jerome and Alvina Marie Morse (née Kampa)

 
Children: Carol Marie Dec. 19, 1930  
  Marguerite Louise Sept. 21, 1933  
  Katherine Alice Jan. 8, 1936 † Jan. 17, 2014
  William Dennis June 14, 1937  
  Linda Ann Oct. 16, 1953  

Notes: At the time of the Apr. 9, 1930 U.S. federal census, William was 28 years old and living with his bride Alvina in a
  house rented for $45/month located at 211 W. 9th, District 31, Winona, Winona, Minnesota. They did not own a radio. William was working as an electrician for a battery company.

At the time of the Apr. 12, 1940 U.S. federal census, William J. was 38 years old and living with his wife Alvina M. and their four children at 417 West Mill, Winona, Winona, Minnesota. They had been living in the same place as of Apr. 1, 1935. William was employed as an electrician at a motor company; he worked 54 hours a week, and worked 51 weeks in 1939, earning $1,560. Both he and his wife were high school graduates. Nine-year-old daughter Carol M. had completed the second grade.

Letter from Louise Kampa to her sister, Mrs. G. F. Windhurst, dated Apr. 7, 1933

Letter from Louise Kampa to her sister, Mrs. G. F. Windhurst, dated Dec. 29, 1933

Letter from Louise Kampa to Mrs. G. F. Windhurst, dated June 14, 1937

Letter from Louise Kirkpatrick to Frances Windhurst, dated Dec. 20, 1937

Postcard from Louise Kirkpatrick to Mrs. G. F. Windhurst, postmarked July 10, 1952

Letter from Frances Windhurst to the Munson family, dated June 15, 1953

Letter from Frances Windhurst (née Kampa) to her husband George
upon the death of her father, dated July 14, 1954

Three letters from Alvina Morse to Mr. and Mrs. H. Kirkpatrick, dated July 16, 1960; April 13, 1961 and March 5, 1974

Frances Windhurst's Recollections, 1982

John Munson (Martha's husband, Jack and Janet's father) and Bill Morse (Alvina's husband).
Left to right: John Munson and Bill Morse

Carol, Bill and Alvina (Kampa) Morse.
Left to right: Carol, Bill and Alvina Morse (née Kampa)
1931

Left to right:  Alvina and Bill Morse, 1956.
Alvina and Bill Morse
July 1956

Linda and her father, Bill Morse; June 1972.
Left to right: Linda and her father, Bill Morse
June 1972

Bill and Alvina Morse, 1976.
Left to right: Bill and Alvina Morse
1976

Kampa Family.
Left to right: Bill, Dorothy, Louise, Martha, George, Frances, Alvina and Kirk
Minnesota, 1976

Bill Morse, George Kampa and Frances Kampa Windhurst.
Left to right: Bill Morse, George Kampa and
Frances Windhurst (née Kampa)

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