Albert Adam William was born January 5, 1870, in Whiteside County, Illinois. When he was three years old, his family moved to Osborne County, Kansas, settling in Section 33 of the Lawrence Township. The William's and Knolls were neighbors and both families attended the same church. Growing up together to young adulthood, Albert and Sarah were married on August 10, 1890. They moved to a farm in Section 29, Lawrence Township, near both of their parents' homes. Their farm was called: "Oak Grove Stock Farm". Mr. William was a farmer and a stockman there for the rest of his life. Albert and Sarah knew many hardships in their lives, especially in childhood after their families moved to Kansas. Their married life together was not carefree--they too knew more hardships--yet they did not have to re-endure the extremes of their childhoods. They owned a moderately prosperous farm and were well-known and respected citizens of the Osborne Community. Until the mid-1900's the infant mortality rate was characteristically high. Sarah's mother lost three of sixteen children, and unfortunately, Sarah experienced an even higher loss. She gave birth to thirteen children, but only eight survived early childhood: four died within days of their births, and one baby boy died when he was nine months old. The actual cause of death of the children is unknown. All of the surviving children attended the Mayflower school and the family were charter members of the Mayflower United Brethren Church which Albert and Sarah's fathers built in 1905.
Albert Adam William was born January 5, 1870, in Whiteside County, Illinois. When he was three years old, his family moved to Osborne County, Kansas, settling in Section 33 of the Lawrence Township. The William's and Knolls were neighbors and both families attended the same church. Growing up together to young adulthood, Albert and Sarah were married on August 10, 1890. They moved to a farm in Section 29, Lawrence Township, near both of their parents' homes. Their farm was called: "Oak Grove Stock Farm". Mr. William was a farmer and a stockman there for the rest of his life. Albert and Sarah knew many hardships in their lives, especially in childhood after their families moved to Kansas. Their married life together was not carefree--they too knew more hardships--yet they did not have to re-endure the extremes of their childhoods. They owned a moderately prosperous farm and were well-known and respected citizens of the Osborne Community. Until the mid-1900's the infant mortality rate was characteristically high. Sarah's mother lost three of sixteen children, and unfortunately, Sarah experienced an even higher loss. She gave birth to thirteen children, but only eight survived early childhood: four died within days of their births, and one baby boy died when he was nine months old. The actual cause of death of the children is unknown. All of the surviving children attended the Mayflower school and the family were charter members of the Mayflower United Brethren Church which Albert and Sarah's fathers built in 1905.
Family Members
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Raymond Dee "Ray" William
1887–1960
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May Elizabeth William Conn
1891–1974
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George Walter William
1893–1963
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Annie Mabel William
1895–1896
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Infant Son William
1896–1896
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Jennie Elmira William Conn
1897–1980
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Sarah Julia William Gruning
1900–1935
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Infant Daughter William
1902–1902
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Katie Rebecca William Jacobe
1903–1982
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Infant Son William
1905–1905
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Lena Violet William Roach
1907–1992
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Minnie Irene Josephine William Smith
1909–2007
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Infant Son William
unknown–1892
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