Difference between revisions of "William Harley"

Harley was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1880 to William Harley Sr., a railway engineer, and Mary Smith from Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England who emigrated to the United States in 1860.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=l5cas9C1d-YC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Arthur+Davidson&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAGoVChMI_umb0YmDxwIVRVYUCh2fAAGC#v=onepage&q=Arthur%20Davidson&f=false Jean Davidson - Harley-Davidson.]</ref><ref>{{citation|last=Goulden|first=Glenda|title=Foul deeds and suspicious deaths in & around The Fens|chapter=2|year=2008|publisher=Wharncliffe Books|location=[[Barnsley]], [[Yorkshire|Yorks]]|page=35|isbn=978-1-84563-072-0}}</ref>

In 1910 he married Anna Jachthuber, with whom he had two sons and a daughter. In his spare time, Harley took up hunting, fishing and golf, and was also noted for his affinity for sketching and wildlife photography.<ref name="AMAHoF">{{cite web|url=http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.aspx?RacerID=45|title=AMA Motorcycle Museum Hall of Fame: William S. Harley|work=[[American Motorcyclist Association]]|accessdate=September 15, 2016}}</ref> Harley died of heart failure on September 18, 1943 at the age of 62.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/william-s-harley-20903181 |title=William S. Harley Biography, |publisher=A&E Television Networks "The Biography.com Website". Last Updated October 14, 2016|accessdate=August 1, 2018}}</ref>