Whilehemina Elizabeth Denton, daughter of Charles E. Denton and Wilhelmina Behncke, was born on 4 July 1884 at Canarsie, Kings, New York.¹

     Whilehemina died on 12 November 1887, at Canarsie, Kings, New York, at age 3. Her cause of death was Diphtheria.²

     William Denton, son of William Henry Denton and Marie C. "Surname Unknown", was born circa 1930 at New York.¹

     William Henry Denton, son of Charles E. Denton and Meta Lankenau, was born on 8 May 1894 at Canarsie, Kings, New York.^1,3

     Due to a need for men to serve during World War I, the United States instituted a draft. The first registration was for men between the ages of 21 and 31. As a result, this first registration included men born between June 5, 1886 and June 5, 1896. As World War I continued to escalate, the United States instituted a second draft registration. The second registration was for men who had turned 21 since June 5, 1917, so it added men born between June 5, 1896 and June 5, 1897. Two months later, a supplemental registration was held on August 24, 1918 for men who had become 21 years of age since June 5, 1918, adding the names of men who were born between June 5, 1897 and August 24, 1897. With no end in sight for World War I, the United States instituted it's third and final registration. It included all men who were between the ages of 18 and 21, and 31 to 45 years of age. This added younger men than the previous registrations, those who were born between September 12, 1897 and September 12, 1900; and added an older group of men, born between September 12, 1873 and September 12, 1888. William filled out a draft card for World War I on 5 June 1917 (at age 23), while living at Canarsie, Kings, New York. He was employed as a carpenter and described as height, tall and medium build with blue eyes and brown hair..⁴

     William married Marie C. "Surname Unknown" circa 1918.⁵

     The U.S. officially entered World War II on 8 December 1941 following an attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Just about a year before that, in October 1940, President Roosevelt had signed into law the first peacetime selective service draft in U.S. history, due to rising world conflicts. After the U.S. entered WWII a new selective service act required that all men between ages 18 and 65 register for the draft. Between November 1940 and October 1946, over 10 million American men were registered. The Fourth Registration, often referred to as the "old man's registration", was conducted on 27 April 1942 and registered men who born on or between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897 - men who were between 45 and 64 years old - and who were not already in the military. William filled out a draft card for World War II on 27 April 1942 (at age 47), while living at Queens, Queens, New York. He was described as 5 ' 11", 204 lbs., ruddy complexion, blue eyes and brown hair. William was working for the New York City Fire Department, 1361 Rockaway Parkway, Brooklyn, New York.⁶

     William died on 14 January 1966, at age 71,⁷ and was buried at Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, Nassau, New York.⁷

     William R. Denton, son of Walter C. Denton and Clara B. Fredrick, was born in 1910 at New York.²

     William died on 2 March 1954, at Brooklyn, Kings, New York,^3,4 and was buried at Canarsie Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York.³

     Aertje Denyce ID: I6115
Name: Aertje DENYCE
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1656 in ,New Amsterdam
Note:
PARENTS--BIRTH--SIBLINGS: Information for these entries was located
on the LDS Church website (www.familysearch.org), using Teunis Nyssen
Denyce as the search name, under an Ancestral File listing of a Famiy
Group Record of the Teunis Nyssen Denyce/Phoebe Seals family.
     Aertje Denyce, son of Theunis Nyssen and Femmetje Jans, was born in 1656 at New Amsterdam.¹