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Generation +1  #1 son of William Landau of Oberlin Ks

 

1886  Landau-Acton

 

born

1886-07-03  William Edgar Landau

               Etta Acton

married

1913-04-07  Kanona Ks

 

died

 

 

father

1856  William Landau

 

mother

1860  Nancy French

 

#1 child

19xx  William "Billy" Landau

 

#2

19xx  Doris Landau

19xx            Nelson

#3

19xx  Lila June                        died 40'

 

 

 

                     Bill & Etta Landau                                                           Bill Landau

 

                    William Landau                                                               Bill, Newpaper Editor

  

                  Billy Landau                                     Doris Landau                                 Lila June Landau

 

 

 

William Landau  1941 at Rell & Ila’s 306 W Oak Oberlin

Bill aspired to be a newspaper man.  He ran a paper in Oberlin for a while then ran a paper in Torrington Wyoming. Rell went to Wyoming to work for Bill for a while after he returned home from service. But the newspaper business didn't work out for Bill and he eventually migrated into the gold mining business. He worked for the Denver Dry Goods Store, the largest of it's kind in Denver for a while when his kids were growing up but he'd always return to his dream of Gold coming off the 35$/oz Gold Standard and cause him to become wealthy. Bills conviction came true but years after it no longer made any difference for him.

Bill Etta & the kids, would frequently come back to Oberlin for a visit. Nina would get a big kick out of them leaning how to shoot a gun, ride a horse and milk cows.

Billy came back and stayed with Grandma Nancy about 1927, before I started to kindergarten. A big circus had come to town and Billy got a job watering the elephants and helping put up the tents. It was an exciting time for him. I was too little to remember much about Billy though everyone talked about what a wonderful fellow he was.

Billy won a contest, I believe it was for making a model stage coach, and the prize was a trip to Europe. He wrote a letter back in response to my writing to him with the help of Ila, as I was perhaps in the first grade or so. In his letter he included a picture of the Steam Ship Leviathan which was the ship he rode over on. He wrote back to Grandma Nancy about having gone to the town of Landau and of finding there was a Landau Castle, I believe he said it was on or near the Rine. I have no idea where that letter might be, as I don't believe it would have been intentionally thrown away as everyone in the family took an interest in Billies activities.

Three Bill Landau’s

Bye Now -- Doris