William Henry MORGAN
Uncle "Bill"		 b.27 Jan 1926 Tower?, Cheboygan, MI
or born January 2nd? (see newspaper below)
d.6 Dec 1995 Carson City, Montcalm, MI1
married:
Geraldine SONIER (b.~1926)
"Jerri" d/o Kenneth & Bernice Sonier		 parents:
William Joseph MORGAN (b.1882)
Gertrude BEEHLER (b.1889)
children: MORGAN
  1. Joseph R. (b.~1947)
  2. Jerry "Bub" (b.~1949)
  3. Ronald "Ronnie"
  4. Billy Ray
  5. Patty
  6. Terry
  7. Jimmy
  8. Robert Howard "bobbie"
  9. Penny
siblings: MORGAN
  1. Floyd Arthur (b.2 Dec 1909)
  2. Leora Marie (b.26 Aug 1911)
  3. Josephine D. (died age 1)
  4. Helen Leona (b.17 Feb 1914)
  5. Joseph J. (burried Owosso,MI)
  6. Annie Hattie Amy (b.23 Dec 1920)
  7. Frank R (b.2 May)
  8. Roy Arthur (d.11 May 1923)
  9. Eva May (b.2 Dec) died young
Leora says there were abt 13 children, and 5 lived to adulthood
Bill Morgan fact sources and writings about this individual:

1Death info; Social Security Death Index

Bill was part of the WWII Glider Troops.

Photo of Bill Morgan sent by his cousin,
Jean Beeher Harris, June 2001.

Transcriptions below from the research of Kevin Everingham of MI, 2000, 2017

1925 Ingham County MI Marriage Register (Vol 4, #2954) .. "Kenneth Sonier 21, b.Lansing, MI, s/o Joseph Sonier & __ Signs,... married 20 April 1925 at Lansing, Ingham County, MI to.. Bernice Sherburne 18, b.Bridgeville, MI, d/o Harry Sherburne & Clara Meyers."

1926 The Cheboygan Democrat Newspaper, February 4, 1926.. "(Tower) Born January 2nd to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Morgan, a 5 1/2 pound son." this paper seems to suggest that William was born January 2nd.

1930 CENSUS, Woodhull Twp., Shiawassee Co. MI -- William J. Morgan 47,.. Gertrude D. 41,.. Floyd A. 20,.. Helen L. 15,.. Annie H. 9,.. William H. 4.
1930 CENSUS, Lansing, Ingham, MI (Sheet 16B, house #371).. Kenneth J. Sonier 26,.. Bernice M. Sonier 22,.. Geraldine E. Sonier 3,.. Lillian M. Sonier 1,.. Walter I. Gurnee 47, stepfather,.. Emma J. Gurnee 48, mother,.. Robert W. Gurnee 10, half bro,.. Earl R. Gurnee 9, half bro,.. Chester R. Gurnee 7, half bro,.. Elizabeth M. Gurnee, half sis,.. Vernon J. Sonier 22, brother,.. Ralph D. Goff 25, bro-in-law,.. Eva B. Goff 17, sis-in-law,.. Homer H. Simons 21, bro-in-law, Myrtle E. Simons 19, sister.

1940 CENSUS, Forest Twp,, Cheboygan Co., MI (May 1940) Sheet 4B -- William Morgan 57, laborer - Road Construction, highest grade completed 4,.. Gertrude, wife, 51, highest grade completed 6,.. William, son, 14, highest grade completed 8,.. all born in Michigan.
1940 CENSUS, Lansing Twp, Ingham, MI (Sheet 19A, family #420).. "Kenneth J. Sonier 37,.. Bernice M. Sonier 34,.. Geraldine E. Sonier 14,.. Lillian M. Sonier 11,.. William H. Sherburne 22, bro-in-law,.. Russell A. Signs 20, cousin."

1950 CENSUS Ingham County, Michigan.. "Wm.Morgan Jr. 24, b.MI, factory worker,.. Geraldine E. 23, wife, b.MI,.. William Morgan Sr. 67, father,.. Gertrude D. Morgan 60, mother,.. Joseph R. 3, son,.. Jerry 1, son."

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