William Koch ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   Another name for Will was Wilhelm Koch.

  General Notes:

His birth date was listed as Sep 1882 and age as 17 on the 1900 census. He was a farm laborer in Fayette County, Texas.

He registered for the draft for the first World War in Burnet County. He was farming in Double Horn community. He gave his wife as his contact person.

At the time of the 1920 census, Will was farming a general farm in Burnet County, Texas. He was paying a mortgage to own his home. By the time of the 1930 census, Will owned his home and farm in Burnet County, Texas. He reported that he was 33 when first married.

The family farmed cotton, corn and pecans on their ranch near Marble Falls, Burnet County, Texas, until moving to Escalon, San Joaquin County, California, 21 Dec 1940.

William registered for the WWII draft in 1942 in San Joaquin County, California. He was living in the city of Escalon. He gave his uncle Ed Schiller of Lott, Texas, as the person who would always know how to reach him. William gave his occupation as self-employed rancher. He had a dairy ranch in San Joaquin County which his sons continued to operate after he retired from ranching.

  Additional Information:

• FindAGrave: Memorial# 40762592.

Will married Katherine Heine, daughter of Henry William Heine Sr and Lavina Jane Harris, on 17 Mar 1917 in Burnet, Burnet County, Texas. (Katherine Heine was born on 27 Mar 1895 in , Burnet County, Texas, died on 5 Oct 1968 in , San Joaquin County, California ⁹ and was buried in Burwood Cemetery, Escalon, San Joaquin County, California ¹⁰.)