1900 KS CENSUS – Abraham Willims ((b Jan 1897, Kansas) enumerated with parents Abraham (b Jan 1873, Russia, immigrated 1879, naturalized, married 4y, occupation farmer) and Susan (b Oct 1879, Kansas, mother of 3 children) and 2 brothers, Jacob (b Jan 1898, Kansas) and John (b May 1900, Kansas)

1910 KS CENSUS – Abraham Willems (13y, b Kansas) enumerated with parents Abraham (37y, b Germany, immigrated 1879, naturalized, married 14y, occupation farmer) and Susan (31y, b Kansas, mother of 10 children) and 9 siblings, all born in Kansas, Jacob (11y), John (10y), Katie (8y), Henry (7y), Nettie (5y), Klaas (4y), George (2y), Peter (1y) and Susie (0m)

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION - Abraham Nelson Willems, age 21, of 536 So. Hope St., Los Angeles, Cal., b. 29 Mar 1897 in Butler, Kansas, father born in Russia, occupation student at Bible Intitute. Tall, medium build, brown eyes, brown hair.

1st MARRIAGE – to Matilda Ann Heinrichs

1930 CA CENSUS – Abraham N. Willims (33y, b Kansas, married at age 25y, occupation mail carrier) enumerated with wife Matilda A. (31y, b Kansas, married at age 23y) and 3 children, all born in California, Fyrne H. (6y), Franklin J. (2y) and Nolan L. (2m); also with family were 2 roomers

1940 CA CENSUS – Abraham Willems (43y, b Kansas, occupation mail carrier) enumerated with wife Matilda (41y, b Kansas), 3 children, all born in California, Fyrne (16y), Franklin (12y) and Nolan (10y) and sister Helen (23y, b California); family was living in same place in 1935

NOTE – Matilda Ann Willems died 31 Dec 1948 in Fresno co, California [CA death index]

2nd MARRIAGE – Abraham N. Willems (53y) & Nell M. Hedrick (54y) md 18 Mar 1950, Los Angeles co, California

OSBH DC (Polk County 1983) #83-16651 - name of spouse, Nell.

Abraham N. Willems. Late resident of Salem. Monday, Oct 3. Survivors include wife, Nell M. Willems, Salem; daughter, Fyrne Rudorf, Staten Island, NY; son, Franklin James Willems, Fresno, Cal; eight sisters; four brothers; ten grandchildren; one great-grandson. Services, 2:00 pm Saturday at the Virgil T. Golden Chapel, 605 Com’l SE at Oak. Private interment, Zena Cemetery. Contributions, Capital District Child Evangelism Fellowship, PO Box 7297, Salem, 97303.

Statesman Journal, Tuesday, October 4, 1983, page 13

Services will be at 2 pm Saturday at Virgil T. Golden mortuary for Abraham N. Willems, 86, of 1955 Salem-Dallas Highway NW, who died last Saturday. Private interment will be in Zena Cemetery. Born in McPherson County, Kan, he moved to Salem in 1963 after retiring as a minister of a church in San Jose, Calif. In Salem he was a volunteer with the American Sunday School Union and was a member of the Rivera Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Nell M.; daughter, Fyrne Rudorf, Staten Island, NY; son Franklin James, Fresno, Calif; eight sisters and four brothers. Contributions may be made to the Capital District Child Evangelism Fellowship.

Statesman Journal, Tuesday, October 6, 1983

Rev. Abraham N. Willems
Beloved
1897 - 1983

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
ODI 

1900 KS CENSUS (McPherson co, Superior, ED 151, sheet 9B)

1910 KS CENSUS (Ford co, Wilburn, ED 49, sheet 9B)

WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18 (Ancestry.com)

1930 CA CENSUS (Fresno co, Fresno, ED 30, sheet 8B)

1940 CA CENSUS (Fresno co, Fresno, ED 10-29, sheet 8A-B)

California Marriage Index (Ancestry.com)

SJ, 4 Oct 1983, page 13

SJ, 6 Oct 1983