Willie - # TROST

1873 -

• Name	Willie - # TROST
  Birth	06 Jul 1873	Belleville, IL
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I30124596467	Brown/Hayes
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Leopold TROST,   b. 1833, Kapelrodeck, Baden, Germany d. 25 Oct 1903, St; Louis, MO (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Amalia SONNTAG,   b. 1830, Germany d. 04 Feb 1869 (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	1853	Germany
  Family ID	F653	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary WENDERS,   b. 06 Dec 1867, St Louis, MO d. 08 Oct 1944, St. Louis ? (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F428	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Married Mary ?. Supposedly no children. Supposedly, when Leopold went out to Ohio to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Willie went with him. OR --- maybe that is where Williw already was. Found William in 1910, 1920 & 1930 census. Need to access images for 1910 & 1920. In 1930 he and Mary are living in St. Louis. Their home is rented. He is working as a laborer in a paint factory. Mary is at home. William is 54, Mary 63. William was 29 and she was 38 at the time of their marriage. Need to find if there were children, or if she had children by a prior marriage. Found Willie's WWI draft registration card. At that time, living in Chicago. DOB check.s. Copy difficult to read, but gives occupation as Wisconsin Steel Mill. NOK is Mrs. Mary Trost. He is drescribed asshort, stout, brown hair and black eyes. According o Billie Compton, he and Mary had no children and she was an alcoholic. (info from Billie's mother) 1930 Census --- St. Louis, St. Louic Co, MO. precinct 2; ED96-365. Sheet19 A, stamped # 19 lines22-23 Trost. William, MW54b. IL, parents b. Germany. Worked in Paint factory. Mary was 9 years older.. Copy in file.