Defferding, William

1867 - 1937  (69 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Defferding, William
  Born	12 Oct 1867	Granville, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 1265
  WILLIAM H. DIFFORDING. In naming the prominent citizens and representative farmers of Black Creek township, Outagamie county, extended mention should be given the name of William H. Diffording, who resides on a fine property of 120 acres in section 32, Black Creek township, and also owns a tract of 105 acres in section 5, Center township. He was born in Washington county, Wisconsin, October 12, 1867. Cornelius and Elizabeth (Foal) Diffording, the parents of William H. Diffording, were natives of Germany, where they were married, and came to America in 1861, locating in Milwaukee. In about 1863 they came to Outagamie county and settled in Appleton, but after a short period went to Grand Chute township, where Mr. Diffording rented a farm for three years. At the end of this time he purchased a forty-acre tract in the same township, but five years later sold this to buy eighty acres in Center township, on section 8, and here he spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring in February, 1909, when he was seventy-nine years of age. Mrs. Diffording died in March, 1893, when sixty-seven years old, and was buried in St. Edward's cemetery, Mackville, while her husband was laid to rest at Twelve Corners. When Mr. Diffording first purchased his eighty acres in Center township, the land was wild and uncultivated, but he had put about seventy-five acres under cultivation by the time of his death, had fenced the entire farm with barbed wire, and had erected a log house and barn. He was one of the energetic and hard-working men of his time and was esteemed and respected by all who knew him. He and his worthy wife were the parents of seven children, William H. being the fifth in order of birth. William H. Diffording was twenty-one years of age when he started out in life for himself, and for one year he worked for wages on a farm, then taking up carpenter work for four years as an employe and then working at the bench on his own account for ten years. During this time he managed to save enough of his earnings to invest in a farm of 105 acres in Center township, then wild timber land, and on this, in 1893, he erected a frame house and barn, into which he moved. So steadily and earnestly did he work during the following years that by February, 1908, he had put about seventy-five acres under cultivation, and made extensive improvements, including barbed-wire fencing. In January, 1908, he had purchased his present fine Black Creek township property, and during the following month he moved on to it, where he now carries on general farming, marketing grain and dairy products and shipping hogs and cattle, in addition to breeding blooded horses. He is a republican in political matters, and is now serving very acceptably as clerk of the school board. Mr. Diffording and his family are members of the Lutheran church of Ellington township. In March, 1892, Mr. Diffording was married to Miss Annie Riehl, a, native of Outagamie county and daughter of William and Mary (Best) Riehl, and she died in February, 1897, aged twenty-four years, being buried in the Lutheran cemetery in Ellington township. Two sons were born to this union, namely Orrin and Elmer, both single and residing at home. In March, 1899, Mr. Diffording's second marriage was celebrated, when he took for his wife Miss Emma Pollex, daughter of August and Minnie (Sitloff) Pollex, natives of Germany. She was born in this county and died at the age of twenty-seven years, in February, 1903, burial taking place in the Lutheran cemetery. Two children, Nolan and Arlow, both at home, were born to this union. In July, 1905, Mr. Diffording was married (third) to Hilda Johnson, daughter of John and Helen (Olson) Johnson, natives of Sweden and Norway respectively. Mr. Johnson died in the fall of 1903, while his widow still survives. Mrs. Diffording, who was the youngest of a family of five children, was born July 20, 1881, and came to America in May, 1903. There have been three children born to this union: Evelyn, William and Charles.
  	Diffording, William Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  Died	1 Apr 1937	Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Buried	St. Mathias Cemetery, Center, Wisconsin, USA
  	Defferding, William St. Mathias Cemetery, Center, Wisconsin
  Person ID	I161256	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Defferding, Cornelius,   b. 24 Feb 1825, Parchim, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany ,   d. 10 Dec 1909, Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Fahl, Elisabeth,   b. 25 Dec 1826, , , , Luxembourg ,   d. 20 Dec 1893  (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F63410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Riehl, Anna,   b. 14 Feb 1870, Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 22 Jan 1897, Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 26 years)
  Married	29 Feb 1892	Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Children	1. Defferding, Elmer C.,   b. 21 Mar 1895,   d. 29 Nov 1983  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F54835	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Pollex, Emma,   b. 25 Aug 1873,   d. 21 Feb 1902  (Age 28 years)
  Married	15 Dec 1897
  Children	1. Defferding, Nolan G.,   b. 18 Jul 1899,   d. 24 Feb 1916, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 16 years)
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F54824	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Johnson, Hilda,   b. 20 Jul 1881, Kongsberg, , Buskerud, Norway ,   d. 17 May 1945, Black Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Married	Aft 1902
  Children	1. Defferding, Evelyn H.,   b. 12 Apr 1906, Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 10 Aug 1938, Black Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 32 years)   2. Defferding, William H.,   b. 4 Sep 1907,   d. 1 Sep 1969  (Age 61 years)   3. Defferding, Norman Matthew,   b. 31 Oct 1912,   d. 26 Feb 1989  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F55047	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 12 Oct 1867 - Granville, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Married - 29 Feb 1892 - Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Died - 1 Apr 1937 - Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Buried - - St. Mathias Cemetery, Center, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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