William Tambo, Jr.

Male 1906 - 1963  (57 years)


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  • Name William Tambo 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born 24 Feb 1906  Olyphant, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Jul 1963  Pontiac, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I04157  Tombeau Family Tree
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2007 

    Father William Tambo Tombow,   b. 12 Apr 1866, Olyphant, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Dec 1929, Olyphant, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Fitzsimmons,   b. 5 May 1876, Gilosgate Moor, Co. Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1932, Olypant, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 8 Jun 1899  Scranton, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F0129  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Kathryn Harren 
    Children 
    +1. John Tambeau
     2. Joan Tambeau
    +3. June Tambeau
    +4. Nancy Tambeau
    Family ID F1594  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Romayne Williams,   b. 10 May 1910, Scranton, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1974, Brooklyn, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 1 Sep 1925  Olyphant, PA, St. Patrick's Church Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. William Sidney Tambeau,   b. 20 Aug 1926, Scranton, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1984, Scranton, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     2. Leo Clayton Tambeau,   d. 18 Mar 1931, Olyphant, PA (burial: Dunmore, PA, Cemetery) Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1551  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Anna Martha Krey Strohpagel,   b. 6 Sep 1886, Berlin, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1976, Pontiac, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 25 Aug 1956  Pontiac, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1598  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Children of William and Elizabeth Tambo: Eddie, Peggy, Willie, Leo, Jack, and Pearl
    Children of William and Elizabeth Tambo: Eddie, Peggy, Willie, Leo, Jack, and Pearl
    William Tambo, Jr.
    William Tambo, Jr.

    Documents
    Prayer Card for William Tambo, Jr.
    Prayer Card for William Tambo, Jr.
    Obituary for William Tambo, Jr.
    Obituary for William Tambo, Jr.
    Marriage License and Certificate for William Tambo, Jr. and Martha Strohpaul
    Marriage License and Certificate for William Tambo, Jr. and Martha Strohpaul
    Marriage License Application for William Tambo, Jr. and Mary Romayne
    Marriage License Application for William Tambo, Jr. and Mary Romayne
    Census from April 1910 in Pennsylvania
    Census from April 1910 in Pennsylvania
    Census from April 15 1910 in which William Tombow his wife Elizabeth and their children Elizabeth, William and Leo appear in, as does William step son Edward Mackrell

    Histories
    William Tambo VA life insurance
    William Tambo VA life insurance
    William Tambow 1920 Census
    William Tambow 1920 Census

  • Notes 
    • William Tambo, Jr., the fourth child of William Tambo, Sr., and Elizabeth Fitzsimmons, was born 24 February l906 in Olyphant, PA. He served in World War II in the European Theater of Operations. His mili- tary record is not available at this writing but could be obtained by descendants from the Veterans Administration in Washinton, D.C. He was apparently on German soil during the War as he brought back with him a German stein currently in the possession of his sister-in-law, Lucille Tambeau, wife of his brother Leo Thomas Tambeau.

      He married three times: (l) Mary Romayne Williams; (2) Kathryn Haren; and (3) Martha A. Kray. He died l8 July l963 in Pontiac, MI., of heart disease. He is buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Lot 7, Section K, grave C, Pontiac, MI. He was 57 years old at the time of his death. He worked for General Motors, Truck and Coach Division, Pontiac, MI, on the assembly line and resided at 479 Midway, Pontiac, MI, at the time of his death.

      (l) William Tambo (Jr.) married Mary Romayne Williams, the daughter of Sidney Williams and Agnes Loftus, on l September, l925, in Olyphant, PA, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Romayne Williams was born l0 May l9l0 in Scranton, PA. She was baptized at Holy Rosary Church, Scranton.

      The application for the marriage license has errors, including Mary Romayne William's age which was l5, not l8 at the time of the marriage, according to their son, William Sidney Tambeau. Her father also was not deceased at the time of application. Her aunt, Mrs. Albert Ninehan, gave consent for Mary Romayne to marry, as she was a minor.

      Mary Romayne's occupation at the time of marriage was listed as weaver. William Tambo's occupation was listed as carpenter. Her address at the time of her marriage was l87 Parker St., Scranton, Pa. William Tambo, Jr., was living at ll4 School St., the home of his parents. He indicates his age as 2l, but he was l9 at the time. Their son, Bill, speculated that this early marriage was to remove Mary Romayne from the domination of her father.

      This marriage ended in divorce in the early l930's and Romayne Williams Tambeau moved to New York and lived for many years in Brooklyn as did her son, William Sidney Tambeau. She remarried to Thomas Hayes and died in Brooklyn, N.Y., 7 December l974. She is buried in Dunmore, PA., Cemetery, 400 Church St., Dunmore, PA., near Scranton.

      William Tambo (Jr.) and Mary Romayne Williams had two children: William Sidney Tambeau and Clayton Tambeau who died as a child of a throat tumor 3-18-31 and is buried in the Williams Lots, in Dunmore (PA) Cemetery.

      William Tambo (Jr.), son of William Tambo and Elizabeth Fitzsimmons, married a second time to Kathryn Haren in l934 in Scranton, PA. They resided at 7l5 N. Valley. Divorced. Kathryn ("Kitty") Haren moved to Endicott, NY, in l954. She resided at ll4 Cleveland, Endicott, until her death on Mother's Day, l980. She is buried in Endicott.

      William Tambo (Jr.) and Kathryn Harren had four children: John, June and Joan (twins) and Nancy Tambeau.

      Wiliam Tambo (Jr.), the fourth child of William Tambo and Elizabeth Fitzsimmons, married a third time to Anna Martha Krey 25 August l956 in Pontiac, MI, by a justice of the peace. Anna Martha was twenty years older than William. She was born on 6 September l886 in Berlin, Germany, the daughter of Adolf Krey and Mary Bingham. She came to the U.S. with her parents in the l890's according to documents held by a daughter of a former marriage, Georgia Cooke. William Tambo and Martha Krey Strohpagel Tambeau resided in her home at 479 Midway, Pontiac, MI, according to their marriage license. Martha died l3 September l976 and is buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Pontiac, MI, next to William Tambo (Jr.)

      From William's third marriage there were no children.