Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameWilliam John “Billy” Denk 
Birth17 Mar 1889, Honesdale, Wayne Co, PA
Census4 Jun 1900, Texas Twp, Wayne Co, PA
Memoroll#1495, pg 254
Census3 May 1910, Texas Twp, Wayne Co, PA
Memo(281 112 261)
Census3 Jan 1920, Texas Twp, Wayne Co, PA
Memoroll#1661, pg 275
Census19 Apr 1930, Honesdale, Wayne Co, PA
MemoED#33, pg 10
Census21 Apr 1950, Allentown, Lehigh Co, PA
Memoroll#4738, pg 21
Death24 Dec 1963, Allentown, Lehigh Co, PA
MemoAllentown State Hospital
BurialHoly Saviour Cem, Bethlehem, Northampton Co, PA
MemoSection 100, Range 6, Grave 5
OccupationGlass Cutter, laborer
FatherGeorge Denk (1852-1906)
MotherMargaret Sporer (1854-1934)
Never married
Misc. Notes
Listed with his parents at age 21 in 1910, working as a glass cutter.
In 1920 he is listed as a glass cutter in a glass factory, living with his widowed mother. Both his parents were listed as born in PA.
Listed with his mother until her death, and with/near his sister Christina in 1934 in Honesdale.
He was blind in one eye after helping take care of a neighbor child who had poison ivy. Billy contacted it from him and it was in his eye and he lost sight in it.
He is listed in Honesdale for his WWII draft registration, where his closest contact is his aunt - Mrs. John Stegner
William is listed in the 1950 census as a patient in a mental institution, age 61 and never married.
Unmarried and had no trade, a bum according to Walter G. Tallman.
He was an alcoholic who died in Allentown State Hospital.
In 1920 he is listed as a glass cutter in a glass factory, living with his widowed mother. Both his parents were listed as born in PA.
Listed with his mother until her death, and with/near his sister Christina in 1934 in Honesdale.
He was blind in one eye after helping take care of a neighbor child who had poison ivy. Billy contacted it from him and it was in his eye and he lost sight in it.
He is listed in Honesdale for his WWII draft registration, where his closest contact is his aunt - Mrs. John Stegner
William is listed in the 1950 census as a patient in a mental institution, age 61 and never married.
Unmarried and had no trade, a bum according to Walter G. Tallman.
He was an alcoholic who died in Allentown State Hospital.