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William Leland BRIGGS

William Leland BRIGGS

Male 1934 - 2011  (77 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Leland BRIGGS was born on 8 Jan 1934 in Overland, Missouri (son of Leland Robert BRIGGS and Dorothea Augusta STRAUSS); died on 14 Oct 2011 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas.

    William married Delores Ann ROSEY [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Leland Robert BRIGGS was born on 16 Jun 1906 in Litchfield, Illinois (son of Harmon Ellsworth BRIGGS and Essie May ELLIMAN); died on 9 Apr 1966 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas.

    Leland married Dorothea Augusta STRAUSS on 17 Dec 1932 in Wellston, Missouri. Dorothea (daughter of Otto Karl STRAUSS and Auguste Wilhelmine LAWRENZ) was born on 4 Aug 1906 in Alida, Kansas; died on 3 Dec 1962 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Dorothea Augusta STRAUSSDorothea Augusta STRAUSS was born on 4 Aug 1906 in Alida, Kansas (daughter of Otto Karl STRAUSS and Auguste Wilhelmine LAWRENZ); died on 3 Dec 1962 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas.
    Children:
    1. Dolores Augusta BRIGGS was born on 10 Jun 1932 in Missouri; died on 8 Feb 2017 in Manhattan, Kansas.
    2. 1. William Leland BRIGGS was born on 8 Jan 1934 in Overland, Missouri; died on 14 Oct 2011 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas.
    3. John Earl BRIGGS was born on 3 Aug 1941 in Jonesburg, Missouri; died on 4 Dec 2017.
    4. Glenn Robert BRIGGS
    5. Howard Wayne BRIGGS


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Harmon Ellsworth BRIGGS was born on 18 Dec 1872 in Montgomery, Illinois; died on 3 Aug 1948; was buried in 1948 in Litchfield (Montgomery), Montgomery, Illinois.

    Harmon married Essie May ELLIMAN. Essie was born on 13 May 1886 in Butler, Montgomery, Illinois; died on 17 Feb 1929 in Litchfield, Montgomery, Illinois; was buried on 20 Feb 1929 in Crabtree Cemetery, South Litchfield Township, Montgomery, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Essie May ELLIMAN was born on 13 May 1886 in Butler, Montgomery, Illinois; died on 17 Feb 1929 in Litchfield, Montgomery, Illinois; was buried on 20 Feb 1929 in Crabtree Cemetery, South Litchfield Township, Montgomery, Illinois.
    Children:
    1. 2. Leland Robert BRIGGS was born on 16 Jun 1906 in Litchfield, Illinois; died on 9 Apr 1966 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas.

  3. 6.  Otto Karl STRAUSSOtto Karl STRAUSS was born on 27 Jun 1867 in Osterode, Ostpreusen, Poland (son of Johann STRAUSS and Maria FECHTER); died on 16 Jul 1943 in Junction City, Geary County, Kansas; was buried in 1943 in Lutheran Cemetery, Russell, Kansas.

    Otto married Auguste Wilhelmine LAWRENZ on 13 Oct 1892 in St John's Lutheran Church, Lyons Creek Twp., Dickinson Co., KS.. Auguste (daughter of Ludwig Samuel LAWRENZ and Dorothea Marianne GUSTKE) was born on 21 Mar 1871 in Maheschitz, Lauenburg, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died on 17 Oct 1963 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas; was buried in Junction City, Geary, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Auguste Wilhelmine LAWRENZAuguste Wilhelmine LAWRENZ was born on 21 Mar 1871 in Maheschitz, Lauenburg, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (daughter of Ludwig Samuel LAWRENZ and Dorothea Marianne GUSTKE); died on 17 Oct 1963 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas; was buried in Junction City, Geary, Kansas, United States.
    Children:
    1. Marie Pauline Anna STRAUSS was born on 3 Oct 1893 in Hope, Dickinson, Kansas; died on 17 Jun 1956 in Geary, Kansas; was buried on 20 Jun 1956 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas.
    2. Amanda Gertrude STRAUSS was born on 18 Aug 1895 in Kansas; died on 4 Apr 1986 in Geary County, Kansas; was buried in Junction City, Geary, Kansas.
    3. Wilhelm "William" Carl STRAUSS was born on 31 Jan 1897; died on 15 Oct 1918 in Fort Riley, Kansas; was buried in St Pauls Lutheran Cemetery, Jct City, Geary, KS.
    4. Alfred Ferdinand STRAUSS was born on 13 Apr 1898 in Hope, Dickinson County, Kansas; died on 7 May 1987 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas.
    5. Pauline Johanna Sarah STRAUSS was born on 18 Aug 1900 in Enterprise, Dickinson, Kansas; died on 24 Mar 1957 in Jefferson City/Junction City, Kansas.
    6. Emile Herman STRAUSS was born on 16 Jul 1902 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas; died on 17 Jul 1961 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas.
    7. Amiel STRAUSS was born in 1903 in Kansas; and died.
    8. Paul Frederick STRAUSS was born on 24 Jan 1905 in Dickenson, Kansas; died on 14 Jun 1975 in Junction City, Geary County, Kansas.
    9. 3. Dorothea Augusta STRAUSS was born on 4 Aug 1906 in Alida, Kansas; died on 3 Dec 1962 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas.
    10. Edwin George STRAUSS was born on 5 Feb 1908 in Kansas; died on 2 Dec 1992 in Geary County, Kansas.
    11. Martha Helene STRAUSS was born on 28 Sep 1909 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas; died on 14 Jul 1973 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas; was buried after 14 Jul 1973 in Saint Pauls Lutheran Cemetery, Junction City, Geary, Kansas.
    12. Arthur Otto STRAUSS was born on 11 Mar 1915 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas; died on 14 Jun 2002 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas; was buried in Jun 2002 in Saint Pauls Lutheran Cemetery, Junction City, Geary, Kansas.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Johann STRAUSSJohann STRAUSS was born in 1832 in East Prussia, Poland (son of Gottfried (Godfried) STRAUSS and Ilsabe Elisabeth); died on 12 Oct 1888 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas; was buried in Highland Cemetery.

    Johann married Maria FECHTER on 20 Apr 1862 in Prussia. Maria was born on 11 May 1832 in Ostpreussen, East Prussia, Poland; died on 31 Oct 1907 in Geary County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Maria FECHTERMaria FECHTER was born on 11 May 1832 in Ostpreussen, East Prussia, Poland; died on 31 Oct 1907 in Geary County, Kansas.
    Children:
    1. Elfriede STRAUSS was born about 1862 in Prussia; and died.
    2. Wilhelm (William) STRAUSS was born on 18 Jun 1864 in Osterode, Ostpreusen, East Prussia now Poland; died on 16 Jul 1943 in Lincolnville, Kansas.
    3. 6. Otto Karl STRAUSS was born on 27 Jun 1867 in Osterode, Ostpreusen, Poland; died on 16 Jul 1943 in Junction City, Geary County, Kansas; was buried in 1943 in Lutheran Cemetery, Russell, Kansas.

  3. 14.  Ludwig Samuel LAWRENZLudwig Samuel LAWRENZ was born on 15 Jan 1832 in Pommern, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (son of LAWRENZ); died on 9 Jul 1890 in Herington, Dickinson County, Kansas; was buried in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Lyons Creek, Kansas.

    Ludwig married Dorothea Marianne GUSTKE in 1860 in Schweslin, Lauenburg, Pommern, Germany. Dorothea (daughter of George GUSTKE and Dorothea Maria) was born on 29 Nov 1832 in Pommern, Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; died on 8 Dec 1917 in Union Township, Kansas; was buried in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Lyons Creek, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Dorothea Marianne GUSTKEDorothea Marianne GUSTKE was born on 29 Nov 1832 in Pommern, Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (daughter of George GUSTKE and Dorothea Maria); died on 8 Dec 1917 in Union Township, Kansas; was buried in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Lyons Creek, Kansas.
    Children:
    1. Julius James (Lawrence) LAWRENZ was born on 16 Apr 1860 in Luggeweise, Lauenburg, Pommern, Saxony, Germany; died on 4 Jun 1939 in Nashville, Kingman County, Kansas.
    2. Ferdinand Henry LAWRENZ was born on 17 May 1862 in Schweslin, Lauenburg, Pommern, Germany; was christened on 9 Jun 1862 in Bresin, Lauenburg, Pomerania, Prussia, Germany; died on 3 Jul 1957 in Herington, Dickinson County, Kansas.
    3. Pauline Emmalie Caroline LAWRENZ was born on 13 Jan 1865 in Pommern (Pomerania), West Prussia, Germany; died on 14 Nov 1940 in Herington, Dickinson County, Kansas.
    4. Ludwig August Ernest LAWRENZ was born on 14 Sep 1867 in Pommern (Pomerania), West Prussia, Germany; died on 28 Dec 1938 in Herington, Dickinson County, Kansas.
    5. 7. Auguste Wilhelmine LAWRENZ was born on 21 Mar 1871 in Maheschitz, Lauenburg, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died on 17 Oct 1963 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas; was buried in Junction City, Geary, Kansas, United States.
    6. Herman August Friedrich LAWRENZ was born on 17 Nov 1873 in Karolinenthal, Lauenburg, Pommern, Germany; died on 3 May 1943 in Elmdale, Chase Co., Kansas.
    7. Anna Sophia LAWRENZ was born on 25 Apr 1879 in Hope, Dickinson County, Kansas; died on 6 Oct 1926 in Woodbine, Dickinson Co., Kansas; was buried in Shady Brook, Dickinson, Kansas.