William Edward Boeing

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William Edward Boeing was a very intelligent and motivated man. He created the Boeing Company. William Edward Boeing was born on October 01, 1881, in Detroit, Michigan. William Edward Boeing is named after his father. His fathers real name is "Wilheim Boing" but he got his name retranslated to "William Boeing" after he moved to America. William Edward Boeing is the first child of William Boeing and Marie Ortmann. William's father was a vet of the "Austro-Prussian War." His father "immigrated to the states back in 1868 from North Rhine-Westphalia." He was a volunteer to carry letters of introduction to German families in Detroit. William's father worked on a farm, then a lumberyard, and last a hardware store. He met a man that owned a local lumberyard from Vienna.

William Boeing married his bosses daughter. Several years after marrying his bosses daughter he opened up his own business. He sold land, iron and timber. He provided a well-off living for his wife, Marie, and two children, William and Caroline. William Boeing built a beautiful home for his family in Detroit. He also acquired the cities finest library in German lifetime. He accomplished a lot during his life. William's father had a lot of hopes and dreams. He went from a poor hard working man to a well-off man still pushing himself to become better. He accomplished a lot during his life. He went to New York for a business trip and got sick. He died from influenza on his way back home.

William was a young child whenever his mother re-married to a Virginia physician and left Detroit. Young William did not get along with his mother's husband so he was sent to several boarding schools. He went to Sellig Brothers School in Sw...

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...Boeing liked horse racing, golf, fishing, and boating". In September 28, 1956, William Boeing died of a heart attack. Just 3 days before his 75th birthday. William Boeing put his name in history because he helped advance the aviation field tremendously.

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