Michael Balsam (-)

William Balsam (1861-1904)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Adelheid Siems Arthur Michael Balsam Carl William Balsam+ William Balsam Born: 16 Jun 1861, , , , Germany 2 3 Marriage: Adelheid Siems on 7 Dec 1895 in Crockery, Ottawa, Michigan, USA 1 Died: 18 Oct 1904, Spragge, , Ontario, Canada at age 43 2 4 Buried: 23 Oct 1904, Manistee, Manistee, Michigan, USA 3   Noted events in his life were: • Alt. Birth: Marriage record date 1895 age 36, 1859, Manistee, Manistee, Michigan, USA. 5 William married Adelheid Siems, daughter of Hinrich Siems and Johanna Elizabeth Wachter, on 7 Dec 1895 in Crockery, Ottawa, Michigan, USA.1 (Adelheid Siems was born on 5 Nov 1863 in De Tour Village, Chippewa, Michigan, USA, christened on 19 Jun 1864 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA, died in 1932 in Grand Haven, Ottawa, Michigan, USA 6 and was buried in Manistee, Manistee, Michigan, USA 7.)

1 State of Michigan, County of Ottawa, Clerk District Court, State of Michigan, County of Ottawa, Marriages (Michigan, Ottawa, Clerk District Court), Marriage of Balsam W & Siems A: Volume 7, page 156, record number 254. FHL film 984231.

2 Balsam, Frederic Wreford, Letter to Balsam, EG Bill (Letter dated 4 May 1999), Page 1 of 11.

3 The Manistee Daily Advocate, William Balsam obituary (Manistee, Manistee, Michigan), William Balsam obituary, print date: 21 Oct 1904; page unknown.

4 Canada, Ontario, Algoma, Balsam, William, 1904 Province of Ontario, District of Algoma, microfilm 1854283, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah (Schedule C, page 30-31, record #004937).

5 State of Michigan, County of Ottawa, Clerk District Court, State of Michigan, County of Ottawa, Marriages (Michigan, Ottawa, Clerk District Court).

6 Balsam-Griswold, Judith A, Letter to Bill Balsam (Packet of documents mailed 31 Mar 2008), Page 1, Pedigree chart.

7 Linda Clark-Saffron, Letter to Bill Balsam "Clark Ancestors" (08 Nov 2006, Honor, Michigan, USA).