William John Sampson 1891-1966 & Lottie Martin 1891-1936
Married 27 Sep 1913 at Pewabic, Houghton, Michigan, USA
William John Sampson
First child of William Curnow and Alice White Sampson
Born: 24 March 1891 Ludgvan, Cornwall
Died: 26 Sep 1966
Buried: Troy, Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Occupation: Junior railway porter, miner, sander in mine, truck driver
auto worker, machine operator
Lottie Martin
Born: 29 Nov 1891 Quincy, Houghton, Michigan, USA
Died: 23 Jan 1936 Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Buried: Unknown
Occupation: Clerk and house wife
It seems that William migrated to Michigan from Cornwall after he left his job as a porter in August of 1908. Later US census records confirms that he migrated to the US in 1908 at around the age of 17. No shipping passenger list has be found thus far to pinpoint with accuracy his arrival in the US. After Lottie’s death in 1936, it is assumed that William married Florence Bessie ?????? – maiden name not known.
William John Sampson as a very young child with his parents in the 1891 English Census for Ludgvan, Cornwall
William John Sampson as a 10 year old boy in the 1901 English Census for Ludgvan, Cornwall
W.J. Sampson employment record from July 1906 – Aug 1908 as a Lad – Porter for the Greater Western railway company UK
William John Sampson as listed in the 1910 US Census for Limerick Location, Quincy, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
1913 marriage record for William John Sampson and Lottie Martin in Houghton County, Michigan, USA
William John Sampson WW1 US Registration Card 1917
William John & Lottie Sampson 1920 US Census for Limerick Location, Quincy, Houghton County, Michigan
William John & Lottie Sampson 1930 US Census for W. Harry Ave, Hazel Park, Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan
Lottie Sampson’s death certificate 1936
William John Sampson’s World War 2 Draft registration card (1942) with his signature
Entries for William John Sampson in the Royal Oak, Michigan, City Directories
