William Charles MARSH

1915 - 1964  (48 years)

• Name	William Charles MARSH
  Birth	25 Jun 1915	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	born at 11:00 PM at St. Barnabas Hospital in Minneapolis
  Gender	Male
  MN Birth Cert Checked	Y
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Birth Certificate	1915-44610
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1964-MN-006320
  Occupation	Salesman
  Social Security Number	468-01-8329 According To His Death Certificate
  Death	15 Feb 1964	Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	3:00 in afternoon according to Cora’s diary, 4 PM according to his death certificate
  Burial	18 Feb 1964	Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	Bill is buried some distance from the other Carlson plots which are near the bell tower.
  Notes	Shown as Francis Charles Augustine on his birth certificate. Mother’s maiden name shown as Carr. In the 1920 census, Bill is listed as the adopted son of 48 year-old Ada Marsh, a widow living with her two daughters, one granddaughter, Bill (age 4 and 8/12) and two female lodgers at 1619 Park Avenue. The two lodgers are Frances Mincke, age 24, and Ruth Kirbach, age 21. Ada and Frances are shown as widows; Ruth is shown as married. In the 1930 census, William C. Marsh, 14, is living at 1619 Park Avenue South with his grandmother, Eliza A. In the 1934 Minneapolis city directory, he is listed as William C, salesman, residing at 1619 Park Ave. At the time of his Iowa marriage in October of 1934, he was a salesman living at 3344 Stevens Avenue S. He and Vivian took out a marriage license in Minneapolis on July 29, 1935. In the 1936 Minneapolis city directory, he is listed as William C, wife Vivian M, manager of Acme Bicycle Supply Co, and residing at 4228 Minnehaha. In the 1937 city directory, he is William C, wife Vivian M, branch manager for Acme Bicycle & Supply Co., residing at 4228 Minnehaha. In that same directory, he is also listed as William S Marsh, a clerk for Maurice E Carlson, residing at 4228 Minnehaha Ave. In the 1938 and 1939 city directories, he is William C, wife Vivian M, manager of Acme Bicycle & Supply Co., living at 4228 Minnehaha. In the 1940 city directory, William C Marsh has “moved to Luverne Minn.” In the 1940 census, dated April 17th, Bill and Vivian are shown as living at 4901 28th Avenue S in a rented half of a duplex for which they paid $45/month. This duplex was built in 1939, the other part being 2805 49th Street, and both sets of occupants were renters in the 1940 census. Bill was the informant for the information on the census form. He was a manager in the retail and wholesale bicycle industry. No occupation is listed for Vivian. Both he and Vivian were high-school graduates. Bill earned $1800 in 1939, Vivian earned $500. According to Cora’s diary, Bill left for Delaware the next day, April 18th. Bill must have come back in the mean time because he left again on April 30th. Vivian left on May 4th. Bill and Viv and Ronald came back to Minnesota on August 14th. They stayed for 12 days, during which time they had Ronald baptized. He is not listed in the 1941 city directory. In the 1942 Wilmington, Delaware, city directory, he is a clerk for Meisel Tire Co. He and Vivian live at 711 Seville Avenue in North Hills. He is not listed in the 1944 Minneapolis city directory. In the 1946 city directory, he and Vivian live at 43-something 43rd Ave S. He is assistant paymaster at Strutwear. In the 1948 city directory, he and Vivian live at 4321 43rd Avenue S. He is paymaster at Strutwear. The Star reports that (a different) Mr. and Mrs. William Marsh of Hopkins gave birth to a baby boy 5 Dec 1949. There was, surprisingly, another William C. Marsh, of about the same age, living in Hopkins at the time that Bill and Viv lived there. The other ones lived at 105 Ridgewood Drive. He is not listed in the 1950 city directory. He and his family are not listed in the 1950 census. He may be the William C. Marsh and wife involved in a car accident at Hwy 7 and Baker Road on 15 Nov 1950 during rain and fog. The wife had minor injuries and was treated at Swedish Hospital. He may be the William Marsh, Williston Park, who was president of the Minnetonka Recreational Association in the Minnetonka Mills area, as reported in the Star on 19 Nov 1951. By August of 1953, Bill is an accountant at Dahlberg Brothers Ford and is a member of the Twin Cities Automotive Accounts Association. In 1955, he may have been a member of the church board for St. David’s Episcopal Church, Minnetonka Mills. The church broke ground on a new education wing in 1959 and Bill was on the building committee. His obituary notes that he was 48 and resided at 14508 Idylewood Road which was in Minnetonka. His funeral was at St. David’s Episcopal Church, Minnetonka Mills. The court records of the 1964-1965 legal dispute between Dahlberg Ford (dba Dahlberg Brothers, Inc.) and Ford Motor Co. reveal that Bill was one-ninth owner of Dahlberg Ford (the other eight-ninths owned by Earl Dahlberg) and that he had owned that percentage of the company since 1957. Bill Marsh died one day after the date of the letter from Ford terminating the Dahlberg dealership agreement. Among Bill Marsh’s responsibilities at Dahlberg Ford was franchise relations.
  Person ID	I69	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Francis Charles (Frank) AUGUSTINE,   b. 13 Oct 1882, Argyle, Marshall County, Minnesota d. 14 Nov 1951, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Frances Emily CARR,   b. 12 Jun 1895, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada d. 17 Sep 1981, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	3 Feb 1913	Ramsey County, Minnesota
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F380	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Vivian Mae CARLSON,   b. 23 Jul 1917, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 4 Apr 2008, St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	3 Aug 1935	Gethsemane Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	But see notes. This couple also married in Mason City, Iowa, on 20 Oct 1934.
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2017

  
  

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