Forst, William L.

Birth Name Forst, William L.
Gramps ID I1827
Gender male
Age at Death 45 years

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1914 Indiana, USA  
 
Census 1920 Richland Twp, Greene Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a
Census 1930 Bloomfield, Richland Twp, Greene Cty, Indiana, USA  
2a
Census 1940 Bloomfield, Richland Twp, Greene Cty, Indiana, USA  
3a
Death 1959    
 
Burial   Grandview Cemetery, Bloomfield, Richland Twp, Greene Cty, Indiana, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Forst, Earl Hamilton [I1801]1888-11-161943-08-11
Mother Cook, Nellie [I1826]1890-08-281958-01-30
    Brother     Forst, Frederick E. [I1828] 1910-10-28 1953
         Forst, William L. [I1827] 1914 1959

Narrative

Buried in the same cemetery, and at the Forst family stone with a headstone of the same style as William's, is Mary Catherine Forst (b. 1919, d. 1995); I have presumed this to be his wife, but I have not confirmed this as of yet, though substantiating that assumption is a clipping from the files of Jane Anne Thomas of a quarter-page newspaper ad (with a hand-written date of "Friday, July 31st 1959") believed to be from a Bloomfield publication. The ad is for Forst's Ben Franklin Store, offering their customers assurances that service will continue as before and thanks for the years of patronage. The primary signatories to the ad are Mary Catherine Forst and Rolland Farris, with eight employees' names listed below that. The ad is presumably a response to the then-recent death of William Forst, grandson of Emery Forst and great-nephew of the store's founder, Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Forst.

Also included in Jane Anne's files was a picture of a baby boy, with annotations on the back giving the age (six months) and name as Earl Frederick Forst, in handwriting I don't recognize. Below that in the handwriting of Mary Alice (Bayha) Thomas, is written "grandson of Earl." This is presumably William's son, as neither of Fred Forst's children were named Earl.

Pedigree

  1. Forst, Earl Hamilton [I1801]
    1. Cook, Nellie [I1826]
      1. Forst, Frederick E. [I1828]
      2. Forst, William L.

Ancestors

Source References

  1. US Census of 1920 [S0041]
      • Date: 1920
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MF76-RDK : accessed 8 January 2015), Earl H Forest, Richland, Greene, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 75, NARA microfilm publication T625, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,820,435.

        Event Year: 1920
        Event Place: Richland, Greene, Indiana, United States
        Earl H Forest Head M 31 Indiana
        Millie Forest Wife F 29 Indiana
        Frederick Forest Son M 9 Indiana
        William Forest Son M 5 Indiana

  2. US Census of 1930 [S0042]
      • Date: 1930
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHMK-QJF : accessed 8 January 2015), Earl H Forst, Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0013, sheet 2A, family 48, line 34, NARA microfilm publication T626, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 590; FHL microfilm 2,340,325.

        Event Year: 1930
        Event Place: Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, United States
        Earl H Forst Head M 41 Indiana
        Nelle Forst Wife F 39 Indiana
        Fredrick E Forst Son M 19 Indiana
        William L Forst Son M 15 Indiana

  3. US Census of 1940 [S0043]
      • Date: 1940
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V1T3-ZNR : accessed 8 January 2015), Earl Forst, Bloomfield, Richland Township, Greene, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 28-14, sheet 25B, family 625, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1049.

        Event Date: 1940
        Event Place: Bloomfield, Richland Township, Greene, Indiana, United States
        Earl Forst Head M 52 Indiana
        Nellie Forst Wife F 49 Indiana
        William L Forst Son M 24 Indiana