William Richard Edward Claus

• Name source ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}
• Sex: M
• Also Known As: William Klaus
• Born: 2 SEP 1889 in Belknap Twp., Presque Isle, Michigan ^{1 11 2 4 6 12 13 14 15}
• Died: 1 OCT 1950 ^{1 2 6}
• Buried:: Memorial Park Cemetery, Rogers City, Presque Isle, Michigan ¹
• Census 1900: 9 JUN 1900: Belknap Twp., Presque Isle, Michigan; age 9 ²²
• Census 1910: 15 APR 1910: Belknap Twp., Presque Isle, Michigan; age 20 ²³
• Census 1920: 5 FEB 1920: Bismarck Twp., Presque Isle, Michigan; age 29 ¹⁸
• Census 1930: 21 APR 1930: Rogers City, Presque Isle, Michigan; age 40 ¹⁹
• Educated: : Ferris school, Presque Isle County, Michigan ¹⁶
• Medical Information: Got tuberculosis, before 1914 ^{16 20}
• Occupation 1: BEF. 1914: Worked in a bank in (Meesig?) or Detroit, Wayne, Michigan ^{16 2}
• Occupation 2: 1914: Bookkeeper ¹⁷
• Occupation 3: BET. 1917 - 1920: Farmer ^{18 2 25}
• Occupation 4: 1930: County treasurer for Presque Isle County ^{19 2}
• Residence 1: BEF. 1914: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan ²⁰
• Residence 2: 1914: Claus Rd., Bismarck Twp., Presque Isle, Michigan
• Residence 3: 1914: Hawks, Presque Isle, Michigan ²¹
• Residence 4: BET. 1915 - 1924: Noffze Hwy., Bismarck Twp., Presque Isle, Michigan ^{20 24}
• Residence 5: 1930: 471 W. Huron Ave., Rogers City, Presque Isle, Michigan ¹⁹
• Notes:

  He worked in a bank in Meesig (sp?), Michigan; after he got tuberculosis, he moved to Rogers City and farmed & lumbered. Source: Interview with Viola Schaedig (Primary Enclosure File #47) maybe Meesig or Messig was the bank name/owner instead?]
  
  Was a banker in Detroit. Source: Interview with John & Velma Claus (Primary Enclosure File #49)
  
  In or around 1924 (when his son John was 6), he moved the family from the farm into Rogers City because Judge Wilcox talked him into running for County Treasurer. (He had been a banker in Detroit and had gone to college at Ferris Institute--old Benjamin Ferris himself was teaching there at the time. Then he got tuberculosis and moved back to Presque Isle County.) They rented a house on the far side of Marvin Claus' place; Arnold was born there. Source: Interview with John W. Claus (Claus Enclosure File #C2)
  
  He met his wife in Presque Isle County. He bought the farm [on the south side of Noffze Hwy.] with money borrowed from Old Bill Trapp who ran the saloon; the farm cost $600. The farm had already been lumbered off. He built the house, then moved the family onto the farm. With the neighbors' help, he built the barn & the other buildings. He worked at lumbering in the winter. He raised grain & wheat, and hay to feed the couple of cows he had for milk. He also had a couple teams of horses for logging. Source: Interview with John W. Claus (Claus Enclosure File #C2)
  
  He & his wife were members at the Hawks church (now Hope?). They sometimes went to Pastor Schmidt, who was Ohio Synod, but the family belonged to "the other one", where Pastor Schoenow was and his son was afterwards. They family would walk across the field and come out by the red barn by Brietzke's place, and then walk down the railroad track. Source: Interview with John W. Claus (Claus Enclosure File #C2)
  
  The children would ride the cutter (a small sleigh) hitched to one horse that was like a racehorse; the other horses were heavy & strong. The family had a few chickens and a dog named Rocky. Source: Interview with John W. Claus (Claus Enclosure File #C2)
  
  Height: medium
  Build: medium
  Eyes: blue
  Hair: light
  Source: World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.

• Married: 6 JAN 1914: Belknap Twp., Presque Isle, Michigan ^{26 27}

1. Earl Claus, b. 26 SEP 1914 in Bismarck Twp., Presque Isle, Michigan
2. Viola Helena Claus, b. 4 JUL 1916 in Bismarck Twp., Presque Isle County, Michigan
3. John Emil William Claus, b. 4 JUN 1918 in Bismarck Twp., Presque Isle, Michigan
4. Ralph Charles Claus, Sr., b. 27 JUL 1921 in Bismarck Twp., Presque Isle County, Michigan
5. LIVING Claus
6. [Unnamed infant son of William R. E.] Claus, b. 14 OCT 1931 in Rogers City, Presque Isle, Michigan

1. Title: Tombstone Records, Memorial Park Cemetery, Rogers City, Michigan
   Author: Transcribed by Harvey Hahn
   Publication: July 1973?
   Comment/Location: Primary enclosure file
   Call Number: #41
   Media: Tombstone
2. Title: Interview with John & Velma Claus, December 1972?
   Author: Harvey Hahn
   Comment/Location: "Carolina Matilda Agusta Papke"
   Comment/Location: Primary enclosure file
   Call Number: #49
   Media: Interview
3. Title: Information on the John Claus family
   Author: Anita Hahn
   Publication: July 25, 1975
   Comment/Location: Claus binder
   Call Number: #-, Search #51
   Media: Manuscript
4. Title: Letter from Velma Claus, Mar. 3, 1973
   Comment/Location: Letter consists of transcribed extracts from Belknap church records
   Comment/Location: Primary enclosure file
   Call Number: #56
   Media: Letter
5. Title: Fleming/Hein/Danbert Family Trees
   Author: Harvey & Anita Hahn
   Comment/Location: Claus enclosure file
   Call Number: #C10-11
   Media: Manuscript
6. Title: Klaus/Claus Family Tree
   Author: Harvey & Anita Hahn
   Comment/Location: Claus enclosure file
   Call Number: #C14
   Media: Manuscript
7. Title: Census - 1900 US Federal; MI; Presque Isle Belknap
   Media: Census
   Page/Cite: ED 147, Sheet 5A; entry 73 73
   Text: "Klause, William"
8. Title: Census - 1910 US Federal; MI; Presque Isle Belknap
   Media: Census
   Page/Cite: ED 171, Sheet 1A; entry 2 2
   Text: "Klaus, William"
9. Title: Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925
   Comment/Location: Includes images of the actual pages in the marriage registers. Some or all of the data is also indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Data also available as LDS microfilms 2342448-2342523 and 2342663-2342773
   Comment/Location: Very good, though names are not always spelled correctly.
   Comment/Location: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html
   Media: Electronic
   Page/Cite: Presque Isle, 1911, p. 283, no. 3
   Text: "Wm. Claus" [record for brother Paul]
10. Title: Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925
    Comment/Location: Includes images of the actual pages in the marriage registers. Some or all of the data is also indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Data also available as LDS microfilms 2342448-2342523 and 2342663-2342773
    Comment/Location: Very good, though names are not always spelled correctly.
    Comment/Location: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html
    Media: Electronic
    Page/Cite: Presque Isle, 1914, p. 42, no. 35 (67)
    Text: "Wm. Claus"
11. Title: Interview with Velma Claus, April 14, 1973
    Author: Harvey Hahn
    Publication: April 14, 1973
    Comment/Location: Primary enclosure file
    Call Number: #47
    Media: Interview
12. Title: Census - 1900 US Federal; MI; Presque Isle Belknap
    Media: Census
    Page/Cite: ED 147, Sheet 5A; entry 73 73
    Text: "Oct 1890, Michigan"
13. Title: Census - 1910 US Federal; MI; Presque Isle Belknap
    Media: Census
    Page/Cite: ED 171, Sheet 1A; entry 2 2
    Text: "Age 20, Michigan"
14. Title: World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
    Publication: Provo, UT : Ancestry.com, 2002
    Comment/Location: http://www.ancestry.com/
    Media: Electronic
    Text: "September 2, 1889, Presque Isle Co., Mich"
15. Title: Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925
    Comment/Location: Includes images of the actual pages in the marriage registers. Some or all of the data is also indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Data also available as LDS microfilms 2342448-2342523 and 2342663-2342773
    Comment/Location: Very good, though names are not always spelled correctly.
    Comment/Location: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html
    Media: Electronic
    Page/Cite: Presque Isle, 1914, p. 42, no. 35 (67)
    Text: "Age 24, Michigan"
16. Title: Interview with Viola Schaedig
    Author: Harvey Hahn
    Publication: Dec. 30, 1972 & April 14, 1973
    Comment/Location: Primary enclosure file
    Call Number: #47
    Media: Interview
17. Title: Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925
    Comment/Location: Includes images of the actual pages in the marriage registers. Some or all of the data is also indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Data also available as LDS microfilms 2342448-2342523 and 2342663-2342773
    Comment/Location: Very good, though names are not always spelled correctly.
    Comment/Location: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html
    Media: Electronic
    Page/Cite: Presque Isle, 1914, p. 42, no. 35 (67)
    Text: "Bookkeeper"
18. Title: Census - 1920 US Federal; MI; Presque Isle Bismarck
    Media: Census
    Page/Cite: ED 315, Sheet 3B; entry Fm 54 56
19. Title: Census - 1930 US Federal; MI; Presque Isle Rogers City
    Media: Census
    Page/Cite: ED #17, Sheet #24A; entry 471 455 487
20. Title: Interview with John W. Claus, Jan. 3, 1979
    Author: Anita Hahn
    Publication: Jan. 3, 1979
    Comment/Location: Claus enclosure file
    Call Number: #C2
    Media: Interview
21. Title: Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925
    Comment/Location: Includes images of the actual pages in the marriage registers. Some or all of the data is also indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Data also available as LDS microfilms 2342448-2342523 and 2342663-2342773
    Comment/Location: Very good, though names are not always spelled correctly.
    Comment/Location: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html
    Media: Electronic
    Page/Cite: Presque Isle, 1914, p. 42, no. 35 (67)
    Text: "Hawks"
22. Title: Census - 1900 US Federal; MI; Presque Isle Belknap
    Media: Census
    Page/Cite: ED 147, Sheet 5A; entry 73 73
23. Title: Census - 1910 US Federal; MI; Presque Isle Belknap
    Media: Census
    Page/Cite: ED 171, Sheet 1A; entry 2 2
24. Title: World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
    Publication: Provo, UT : Ancestry.com, 2002
    Comment/Location: http://www.ancestry.com/
    Media: Electronic
    Text: "Hawks, Mich."
25. Title: World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
    Publication: Provo, UT : Ancestry.com, 2002
    Comment/Location: http://www.ancestry.com/
    Media: Electronic
26. Title: Census - 1930 US Federal; MI; Presque Isle Rogers City
    Media: Census
    Page: ED #17, Sheet #24A; entry 471 455 487
27. Title: Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925
    Comment/Location: Includes images of the actual pages in the marriage registers. Some or all of the data is also indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Data also available as LDS microfilms 2342448-2342523 and 2342663-2342773
    Comment/Location: Very good, though names are not always spelled correctly.
    Comment/Location: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html
    Media: Electronic
    Page: Presque Isle, 1914, p. 42, no. 35
    Text: "Jan 6 1914, Belknap Twp., Mich."