Charles Rouleau Williams (Hallberg Family Data)

Ebenezer Bancroft Williams
(About 1845-)

Isabel Nutting
(About 1847-)

Charles T. Rouleau, Jr.
(1845-1914)

Exilda Dufour
(1854-1927)

Willis La Forrest Williams
(1869-1954)

Rose D. Rouleau
(1873-1952)

Charles Rouleau Williams
(1903-1981)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Helen Rosemary Giesen

2. Vera K. <Williams>

Charles Rouleau Williams ² ³ ⁴ ⁵

Born: 12 May 1903, Minnesota ³ ⁶
Marriage (1): Helen Rosemary Giesen about 1925 ¹
Marriage (2): Vera K. <Williams>
Died: 1 July 1981, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota at age 78 ³ ⁶
Buried: 6 July 1981, Ft. Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota ³ ⁷

Cause of his death was Alzheimer's disease.³

General Notes:

"Charles and Helen were a musical duo and moved from St. Paul to Portland for a while. He played banjo etc. and she sang. On the radio according to dad."

...Leslie Williams, 2 Mar 2004.

He had a fake ear, the result of an automobile accident.

...Richard Williams, 5 May 2004. ⁸

Things to check:

Charles had two other wives. Helen was the first, Vera the fourth. (Another source says he was married five times.) ⁹

Notes on his death:

He died at the Veterans Administration Medical Center.

Burial Notes:

Section W, Site 4744.

In his life:

• In 1905 he lived at 80 Dearborn in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹⁰

• Charles was counted in the 1905 Minnesota census for St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹⁰ ED 27, Ward 6, Sub-division 6, Precinct 11, Sheet 39. Enumerated as Role.

• In 1910 he lived in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ²

• He was counted in the 1910 US census for St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ² ED 81, SD 4, Sheet 15A, ward 6, precinct 7.

• In 1920 Charles lived at 2082 Goodrich Avenue in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹¹

• He was counted in the 1920 US census for St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹¹ ED 136, SD 4, Sheet 10B, ward 11, precinct 10.
Enumerated as Rouleau Williams.

• In 1930 Charles lived at 2215 Selby Avenue in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹

• He worked, in 1930, as a solicitor (advertising agent) for a newspaper in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹

• Charles was counted in the 1930 US census for St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ¹ ED 62-153, SD 8, Sheet 4B, ward 11, block 22.

• He served in the military a private in the US Army From 29 June 1942 to 26 March 1943. ¹²

• In 1981 he lived at 401 Sibley Street, Apt. 738 in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. ³

• He worked as an advertising salesman in 1981. ³

Charles married Helen Rosemary Giesen, daughter of Adolph Giesen and Gertrude H. Murphy, about 1925.¹ The marriage ended in divorce about 1930. (Helen Rosemary Giesen was born on 11 May 1902 in Minnesota ² ¹³ ¹⁴ and died on 17 July 1991 in Dakota County, Minnesota ¹⁴.)

Charles next married Vera K. <Williams>. (Vera K. <Williams> was born on 26 May 1904 in Minnesota ¹⁵ and died on 28 September 1986 in Ramsey County, Minnesota ¹⁵ ¹⁶.)

3 Minnesota Department of Health, Section of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate: Charles R. Williams. Rec. Date: 10 July 1981. Cert. No. 16811

5 Minnesota Historical Society, The B.C. Golling Historical Collection of Portraits of Prominent Citizens of Minnesota of the twentieth century., Biographical frontispiece to 1917 portrait, signed by Willis La Forrest Williams on 21 May 1917.

12 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration,
WILLIAMS, CHARLES R
PVT US ARMY
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: 06/29/1942 - 03/26/1943
DATE OF BIRTH: 05/12/1903
DATE OF DEATH: 07/01/1981
DATE OF INTERMENT: 07/06/1981
BURIED AT: SECTION W SITE 4744
FT. SNELLING NATIONAL CEMETERY
7601 34TH AVENUE, SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS , MN 55450
(612) 726-1127 (612) 725-2059
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