Sophia Kausch

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MRS. SOPHIA BILL DIED IN WAYLAND LAST WEEK
Sophia Bill died at her home in Wayland, Monday morning, March 23, after a long, painful and severe illness of several months at the age of 62 years. Mrs. Bill spent nearly all her life in Wayland, where she was born on May 15, 1851, being the second daughter of Valentine and Katherine Kausch who came to this country from Germany. She was married to John Nicholas Bill, of Wayland, in 1866. whose death occurred November 5, 1880. She was a life member of the German Lutheran church at Perkinsville and an active member of the Tabea society. She is survived by one son and two daughters, Edward Bill, of Springwater. Hattie B. Skinner of Wayland, and Lola A. Branch, of New York; also four grandchildren, Hallie Skinner, Lester, Floyd and Mabel Bill.
(The Steuben Courier, Bath, New York, Friday, April 3, 1914)

Sophia married John Nicholas Bill in 1866. John (son of George Christian Bill and Maria Dorothea Drehmer) was born on 6 Jun 1843 in Germany; died on 5 Nov 1880 in Naples, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Saint Peter's Cemetery, Perkinsville, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mrs. Hattie Skinner died at her home on Hamilton Street, Wayland, early Tuesday morning, August 10, 1948. Funeral arrangements are incomplete, pending information from her son, who resides in Florida.
(Genesee Country Express, August 12, 1948)

Family/Spouse: Doctor George M. Skinner. George was born in 1853; died in 1929; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Springwater, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lola married Clarence G. Branch in 1904. Clarence was born on 14 Nov 1877 in Canadice, Ontario County, New York; died on 6 Oct 1952 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York; was buried in White Haven Memorial Park, Pittsford, Monroe County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]