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Birth:          15 Feb 1851 Chatham, Kent, England
Death:          25 Feb 1889 Santa Clara, Cal.
Cause of Death: bronchial asthma
Burial:         27 Feb 1889 Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Cal.

Notes
info on ancestry.com from David Percy Blodgett
1880 in San Jose, Santa Clara Co., Cal. clerk in dry goods store
http://www.sjsu.edu/reading/greathead.htm
http://www.greathead.org/Greathead-p/p416.htm
William Sands Greathead was born on 15 February 1851 in Chatham, Kent, 
England.2,3 He was the son of William Greathead and Rachel Sands. In the census of 
30 March 1851 at 308 High Street, Chatham, Kent, England, he was listed as the son 
of William Greathead.4 In the census of 7 April 1861 in Belliar, Pelton, Barnstaple, 
Devon, England, he was listed as the son of William Greathead William was a 
scholar.5 He emigrated with Rachel Greathead on 1 July 1870 to Marshal Michigan, 
USA with her six children. Joseph James having died in England. They arrived on 16 
July 1870. Little Ernest fell down a hatchway on the ship during the journey to the 
USA and knocked out his baby teeth. When his permanent teeth came through they 
were all black so had to be removed and he wore false teeth all his life. Rachel took 
the family to stay with an aunt or cousins called Fletcher in Marshall, Michigan. She 
was naturalised in 1889.1 He married Sarah Estelle Hammond, daughter of ... 
Hammond and Sarah L Turner, on 14 June 1877 in Santa Clara, California, USA.1,6 
William was listed as the head of the family of on the census of 10 June 1880 in San 
Jose, Santa Clara, California, USA, William was a dry goods clerk.7 He died on 25 
February 1889 in 777 South Second Street, Santa Clara, California, USA, aged 38 He 
was formerly manager of J. W. Cook's dry good store.1,3,8 He was buried on 27 
February 1889 at 10 o'clock from his home address.8 
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Parents
GREATHEAD William ()
SANDS Rachel ()

Siblings
GREATHEAD William Sands (15 Feb 1851 - 25 Feb 1889)
GREATHEAD Sarah Jane (25 Sep 1858 - 10 Jul 1959)

Marriage To HAMMOND Sarah Estelle (22 Apr 1855 - 8 May 1954)
    m. 14 Jun 1877 Santa Clara Co., Cal.

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Parents
HAMMOND William Albro (26 Jun 1815 - Sep 1865)
TURNER Sarah Lovina (5 May 1819 - 15 Apr 1915)

Children by HAMMOND Sarah Estelle 22 Apr 1855 - 8 May 1954
GREATHEAD Arthur William (26 Mar 1880 - 12 Jan 1976)

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