Silk's from Calne in Cleveland, Ohio, USA - 1900's

[Daniel Silk]

1910 US Census at 2287 Euclid Ave., Ward 12, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio

Harvey H. Brown Head 61 Pennsylvania Manufacturer [Brown Hoisting & Conveying Machine Co.]
Elizabeth F. Brown Wife 58 Ohio
Fayette Brown Son 28 Ohio
Elizabeth Brown Dau 23 Ohio
Cornelia Brown Dau 19 Ohio
Harvey H. Brown Jr. Son 17 Ohio
William Silk Serv 24 Eng [Calne, Wiltshire] Chauffeur for private family [s/o Wm & Eliz. Annie Silk]

Other servants were: Clara Gerkens, May Annin, Mary Zeiner, Margaret Smith, Katherine & Eliza McLaughlin, Mary Fowley, Bertha Minck, Marie Stanley, Olga Nelson, Hedwic Sandberg, Emma Johnson, Elizabeth Gallagher, Charles Maun, May Bennsen, Jennie Hanson, William Moor, Carl & Victor Johnson

[Daniel Silk]

1917-18 Ohio Military Men [World War I]

Ernest A. Silk [s/o Wm & Eliz. Annie Silk] enlisted on 2 Jun 1917 in the National Guard at Cleveland, Ohio; Birth Place - Calne, England; age 22 5/12 years; Assigns Comment: Battery A 1 Cavalry ONG to --: Headquarters Company 135 Field Artillery to death. Private Defensive Sector. American Expeditionary Forces 28 Jun 1918 to death. Died of broncho pneumonia 27 Jan 1919. Notified Mrs. Rose F. Silk, wife, 1899 W. 52nd St., Cleveland, O. [Ernest Albert Silk is buried at a churchyard in France. His widow, Rose F. (Bailey) Silk and son, Alben Frederick Silk, returned to England, resided Burton-On-Trent.]

[Daniel Silk]

1917-18 Central Armory, Cleveland, O. WWI registration

William James Silk [s/o Wm & Eliz. Annie Silk] registered 12 Sep 1918; age 32; residence 1950 E. 89th St. Cleveland, Ohio; naturalized U.S. citizen; occ. Private chauffeur for F.E. Drury; wife Helen Silk; Medium height, Medium build, Brown eyes, Black hair.