William Ernest Verge (January 31, 1901 – August 10, 1973) was an officer in the United States Navy and commanded the Amphibious Flotilla 7 forces that invaded the Philippine islands during World War II, and later was one of the officers responsible for the mooring and arrangement of the target ships at Bikini Atoll.
William Ernest Verge, was born 31 January 1901 in Everett, Massachusetts. To William Ainsley Verge and Mary Frances "Molly" Fenessy. He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy by John F. Fitzgerald, who served as Representative for the state of Massachusetts, on 11 June 1920, after he graduated from the Leonard Preparatory School in New York. While at the academy, Verge participated in boxing, football, baseball and handball, he was also a member of the academy glee club, and reached the rank of Company Commander. He graduated in 1924 as an Ensign.
He married Martha Ann Bready in 1930 and had 3 children, Martha Ann Caroline (Oct 10 1934- ), William Granville Verge (May 21, 1937 -), and George Sinclair (Oct 17 1942 – April 13, 2007).He also had an adopted son John Robert (Oct 21 1928 – Sept 2 2007).
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William (II) was the margrave (comes terminalis, "frontier count") of the March of Pannonia in the mid ninth century until his death on campaign against the Moravians in 871. In his day, the march orientalis corresponded to a front along the Danube from the Traungau to Szombathely and the Rába river and including the Vienna basin. It was a military frontier zone against Avaria.
William co-ruled the march with his brother Engelschalk I and both died on the same campaign. They were replaced by Aribo, but Engelschalk's son Engelschalk II led their heirs in rebellion against Aribo in what became known as the Wilhelminer War from 882 to 884. The "Wilhelminers" were descendants of William's father, William I.
William (929 – 2 March 968) was Archbishop of Mainz from 17 December 954 until his death. He was the son of the Emperor Otto I the Great and a Slav mother.
On 17 December 954, he was appointed to the archbishopric of Mainz following the death of the rebellious former archbishop Frederick. William received confirmation from Pope Agapetus II and also the title of Apostolic Vicar of Germany, a title which made the archbishops of Mainz the pope's deputies in Germany and granted the archdiocese of Mainz the title of Holy See. From his father William also received the title of "Arch-Chaplain of the Empire."
William died at Rottleberode in 968 and was buried in St. Alban's Abbey, Mainz.