Second Generation

2. William Henry ACKLEY appeared in the census 1910 & 1930 in Pennsylvania. He was born on 30 Jun 1887 in Durham, England.^1,2,3,4 1930 PA census has birth as Indian territory Oklahoma He was passenger on 5 May 1907 on the Liverpool, England, UK⁵ He was living in 1910 in Throop, Lehigh , Pennsylvania.³ boarder He was living in 1930 in Bigler, Clearfield, Pennsylvania.⁴ He was living about 1936 in Madera, Clearfield, Pennsylvania.⁶ He appeared in the following News Article from the Clearfield Progress | on 8 Jul 1938 in Clearfield, Clearfield, Pennsylvania 33 APPLICANTS GET ALLEGIANCE OATH AT COURT
Examiner and Judge
Disagree On Giving
Citizenship to Madera
Man; Applicant Favored
6 CASES CONTINUED
Thirty-three of the 41 applicants for citizenship were given the oath of allegiance to the United States yesterday in Clearfield County naturalization court, one was admitted provisionally, another was denied and six cases were continued. In the provisional admittance, Judge W. Wallace Smith ruled in favor of the applicant, William Henry Ackley of Madera, but withheld administering of the oath pending a possible appeal. U. S. Naturalization Examiner William C. McDougall, of Pittsburgh, recommended that in view of testimony that he previously had misrepresented himself as a citizen. Ackley, who has held public office and been regarded as a citizen for many years in Madera, was quoted as previously giving his birthplace as Indian Territory, making him a U. S. citizen. However, two years, ago, under complaint, he applied for naturalization as an Englishman. Yesterday, in opposition to his admittance, a purported birth certificate from England was introduced. This paper was at variance with an affidavit, attributed to Ackley's mother, affirming his birth as being Savanah Indian Territory. Judge Smith, taking a different view from McDougall, held that Ackley's record was good and that he had proved himself a useful citizen. His character witnesses in court were J. C. Gatehouse, president of the County Commissioners, and James W. Ruffner, justice of the peace in Madera. His Obituary appeared in the Progress on 13 Nov 1973 in Clearfield, Clearfield, Pennsylvania WILLIAM H ACKLEY

MADERA - William H. Ackley, 86, of Madera, died at his home at 8:10 p. m. Monday. He was born June 30,1887 in Durham County, England, the son of William H. and Elizabeth (Cassidy) Ackley. He came to the United States in 1901, was a C.I.O. organizer for a number of years, and served as a Bigler Township Supervisor and was a member of the Bigler Township School Board. His wife, the former Elizabeth Hensel, whom he married March 12, 1916, died July 29, 1969. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Elmo (Rebecca) Diggins of Madera; one son, William J. Ackley of West Henrietta, N. Y.; eight grandchildren; six great - great grandchildren; and by one sister, Mrs. Mary L. Hall of Flint, Mich. He was preceded in death by four sisters and one brother. Funeral services will be held at the Shoff Funeral Home in Madera Thursday at 2 p. m. The Rev. Donald E. Bailor will officiate. Interment will follow at Alexander Cemetery, Madera. Friends will be received at the Shoff Funeral Home, Madera, Wednesday from 2 to 4 p. m. and 7 to 9 p. m. He died in Nov 1973 in Houtzdale, Clearfield , Pennsylvania.¹ He was buried in Alexander Cemetery, Madera, Clearfield, Pennsylvania.⁷ His Social Security Number was 187-01-2713 PA.¹ He registered for the draft in Clearfield , Pennsylvania²

William Henry ACKLEY and Elizabeth HENSEL were married on 12 Mar 1916.^4,8,9,10 Elizabeth HENSEL (daughter of John Newton HENSEL and Bedelia ALEXANDER) was born about 1883 in Pennsylvania.⁴ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Pennsylvania. She died on 29 Jul 1969.¹⁰ William Henry ACKLEY and Elizabeth HENSEL had the following children:

+5	i.	Rebecca Alice ACKLEY.
+6	ii.	SSgt William John ACKLEY.