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Surnames: Schutte, Ahrens
Classification: Query
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William divorced Anna Ahrens, moved to CA in the early 1900's. His second oldest son
Henry later followed him there. William and Henry are found in the 1920 Census Colton,
San Bernardino, CA living with William's new wife Minnie. The last name is spelled
SHOOTER in the census records, and he died and was buried in Hermosa Cemetery in Colton,
CA in 1922. The name is spelled SHUTTER in the obirtuary and on his headstone. He is
buried beside his son Henry, who took his own life in 1920 because he was afraid he would
end up an invalid like his mother, after suffering a stroke.
William's first wife Anna Ahrens, b. 3 Sep 1844, died the same year as her son Henry,
14 Sep 1920 at the home of her daughter Anna Schutte Bernhard.