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man‎William W ""Diamond Bill"" Dawson‏‎
Born ‎1 Apr 1880 Montana, died ‎21 Jun 1963‎, age 83 years, buried Boulder, Jefferson County, Montana
NAME: DAWSON, WILLIAM W. - SEX: M - AGE: 82 - RESIDENCE: BOULDER
VALLEY - BIRTHDATE: 06/24/1880 - DATE OF PAPER: 1963/03/30 -
FATHER: DAWSON, THOMAS - SPOUSE: FLAVIN, MABEL (DEC) - NAME OF
PAPER: MONITOR - MARRIED AT: HELENA - BURIAL: BOULDER VALLEY CEM
- COMMENT: B/P: MT, BOULDER VALLEY. 2ND ART: 04/06

Married ‎Oct 1907, age 27 years
Divorced ‎before 1921 Montana (married at most 14 years) from:

womanMaybelle Blanche "Mable, Mabel" Flavin‏, age by marriage 24 years, daughter of Michael "FLAVIN" Flavin and Mary Ann Killeen‏.
Born ‎28 Mar 1883 Getty Grove, Stearns County, Minnesota, died ‎21 Nov 1946 Montana‎, age 63 years, buried Helena, Lewis And Clark County, Montana, ‎1st marriage (divorced) to: William W ""Diamond Bill"" Dawson, 2nd marriage to: Arthur Tuttle

Children:

1.
manWalter Clifford "W. Clifford" Dawson‏
Born ‎14 Apr 1908 Boulder, Jefferson County, Montana, died ‎23 May 1961 Boulder, Jefferson County, Montana Event Description: Saint John the Evangelist Cemetery, Boulder MT‎, age 53 years

2.
manWilliam Leslie ""Nifty"" Dawson‏
Born ‎21 Jan 1911 Helena, Lewis And Clark County, Montana, died ‎3 Mar 1994 Jefferson County, Montana Event Description: Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church Cemetery‎, age 83 years, buried Boulder, Jefferson County, Montana
Son of William & Maybelle (Flavin) Dawson. He married Margaret Cordelia Kunkel on October 23, 1937.

He got the nickname of Nifty when he was a newborn baby. His mother asked his older brother what he thought of him and he replied "I think he's kind of nifty."