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Note: DOB: Newspaper Article, Dysart, IA paper
1900 census, Clinton, Franklin, Iowa: Milne, William boarder Feb 1866 34 S IL SCOT IRE lumber retail dealer; living in boarding house on 1st St., Sheffield.
1910 census, Big Creek, Black Hawk, IA: Milne, William W. head 44 M1 9y IL SCOT IRE dealer grain; Jennie wife 40 M1 9y 3ch 3liv WI ENG ENG; Gail B. dau 8 IA; Joseph D. son 6 MN; Majorie M. dau 5 IA. [LaPorte City is in Big Creek; Dean Vaubel lived in LaPorte City in the 1950's]
1920 census, Big Creek, Black Hawk, Iowa: Milne, William W. head 53 M IL SCOT IRE Elevator Mgr farmers --; Jennie M. wife 50 WI ENG ENG; Gail B. dau 18 S IA; Joseph D. son 16 S MN; Marjorie dau 14 S IA.
31 Mar 1921: La Porte City Progress Review (newspaper) carries an ad for "Farmers Cooperative Exchange, Buyers of Grains and Seeds, Sells Lumber and all kinds of building material. W. W. Milne, Manager."
1925 IA census, Black Hawk Co.: Milne, Will W. 59 M IA Andrew Milne Scot Jane Stringer IRE M IL; Jane wife 55 M WI Joseph Wallis ENG Anna Cook ENG M WI; Gale dau 23 S all ch IA; Joe D. son 21 S; Margie dau 20 S.
1930 census, Big Creek, Black Hawk, IA: Milne, William head 64 M when 34 IL SCOT N IRE manager Grain Elevator; Jennie wife 60 M when 30 WI ENG ENG; Kettlesen, John son-in-law 25 M when 25 IA US US salesman school supplies; Kettleson, Marjorie dau 25 M when 25 IA IL WI stenographer oil.
1938 atlas of Benton Co., IA, landowners: BRUCE 86N 12W 34 W.W. Milne 160; BRUCE 86N 12W 34 A.F. Boyd Est. 80
Progress Review, La Porte City, Iowa Thursday, June 26, 1947, Page 1:
W. Milne Rites Will Be Held Friday Afternoon
Death Summons Long-Time La Porte City Resident Tuesday a.m.
W.W. Milne, 81, a long time resident of La Porte City, died at his home on Third street, Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock. He had been in failing health the past year, but was confined to bed less than a week. Death was attributed to advanced age and complications.
William Wallace Milne, son of Andrew and Jane Milne, was born February 6, 1866, near Thornton, Ill. In his infancy he moved with his parents to a farm near Dysart, where he grew to manhood. At the age of 21 years he left the farm and attended business college in Burlington, Iowa.
For several years he was engaged in business at Tingley and Sheffield, Iowa. While in Sheffield he met Miss Jennie Wallis whom he married October 10, 1900. They lived there until 1902, when they moved to Minneapolis.
In 1904 they moved to a farm southwest of La Porte City and in 1910 the family came to this city. At that time Mr. Milne became manager of the Farmer’s Co-operative Exchange. He continued to manage their grain elevators and lumber yard until 1928, when the company was dissolved and he bought the business. He retired in 1936.
He is survived by his wife; one son Joe, La Porte City; two daughters, Mrs. Harold Bruce of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and Mrs. J.C. Kettleson of Dallas, Tex.; five grandchildren, Marjorie, Shirley and William Milne, and Richard and Russell Bruce; three brothers, James, Herman and Fred, all of Dysart; and two sisters, Mrs. Charles Vaubel of Dysart and Mrs. Daniel Zwilling of State Center. Two brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
Mr. Milne was well-known and esteemed in La Porte City and vicinity and widely known in areas surrounding La Porte City as a grain buyer. He was a member of the Methodist church and active in the work of its official board as long as his health permitted.
Services Friday
Funeral services will be Friday afternoon at 2:30 at the Methodist church. Rev. C.D. James of Charles City will conduct the services, assisted by Rev. Oliver Jensen. Music will be furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Burr.
Casket bearers will be the following nephews, Clarence Milne, Donald Milne, Lyle Vaubel, Earl Vaubel, Dean Vaubel and John Milne. Burial will be in West View cemetery.
Find-a-Grave: William Wallace Milne; Birth 6 Feb 1866; Thornton, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Death 24 Jun 1947 (aged 81); La Porte City, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA; Burial Westview Cemetery; La Porte City, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA; Memorial ID 69125942.
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