Name Info

Joseph Atkinson Garrett 1887-1980
Fathers:Joseph

Search.........Person
Gender.........male
PAF-ID.........09121851
Age............92y 5m 1d
Fam-Group......WILSON
Fam-ID.........WILSON
Citizenship....US born
Status.........deceased
Last-Marital...widowed

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......1
#Events........1
#Images:.......0
#Comments......0
#Siblings......5
#Children......1

Person-Type....A
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........father
Spouse?........husband
Sibling?.......brother
Child?.........son
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......

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Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: Joseph McElroy Garrett, male, born:1844-12-17 Louisville (Jefferson) Kentucky, died:1888-07-27 (43y 7m 10d) Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, Dad:George Garrett, Mom:Ann Pratt, #M:1, #SrcDocs:2
  2. Parent: Louisa B. WILSON, female, born:1843-02-19 Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio, died:1933-05-15 (90y 2m 26d) Oakland (Alameda) California, Dad:Benjamin Franklin WILSON, Mom:Elizabeth Eliza Atkinson, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:1
  3. Sibling: Joseph Atkinson Garrett
  4. Sibling: Wilson Brockway Garrett, male, born:1872-06-18 Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, died:1962-07-04 (90y 0m 16d) Redwood City (San Mateo) California, Dad:Joseph McElroy Garrett, Mom:Louisa B. WILSON, #M:1, #SrcDocs:1
  5. Sibling: Joseph Atkinson Garrett
  6. Sibling: Richard Pratt Garrett, male, born:1877-10-01 Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, died:1972 (94y 3m 0d) Evanston (Cook) Illinois, Dad:Joseph McElroy Garrett, Mom:Louisa B. WILSON, #M:1, #SrcDocs:1
  7. Sibling: Joseph Atkinson Garrett

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1921-06-25 Claremont (Los Angeles) California
  2. Spouse: Gretchen Virginia Smith, female, born:1892-07-01 Illinois, died:1975-08-15 (83y 1m 14d) Laguna Hills (Los Angeles) California, Dad:Adna Smith, Mom:? ?, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:1
  3. ..Child: Joseph Atkinson Garrett

Events
Birth
: 1887-08-12, Age:92y 5m 1d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois
Census
: 1900 , Age:92y 5m 1d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Role:census federal, Joseph age 12 b.IL Aug. 1887 attending school, living with his mother
Census
: 1910 , Age:92y 5m 1d, Oakland, Alameda county, California, Role:census federal, Joseph age 22 living with his mother a timekeeper for Southern Pacific Railroad
Census
: 1920 , Age:92y 5m 1d, Oakland, Alameda county, California, Role:census federal, Joseph age 31 single living with his mother, working as a clerk in a shipyard.
Married
: 1921-06-25, Age:92y 5m 1d, Claremont, Los Angeles county, California, Role:groom
Death
: 1980-01-13, Age:92y 5m 1d, Orange county California
Education
: ?, Age:92y 5m 1d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Delavan High School, Role:graduate, high
Job
: ?, Age:92y 5m 1d, Oakland, Alameda county, California, bank auditor, C.P.A., Forced to retire at mandatory age of 70, so he went to work for five more years in Spokane, Washington.

Places In
Oakland (Alameda) California
Claremont (Los Angeles) California
Laguna (Los Angeles) California
Orange county California
Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois
Spokane (Spokane) Washington

Sources
Letter from Mary Paskevich, Foster City California, May 1999


Data Issues
AncFlags between Spouses Mismatched

Historical
1888: Brazil - Slavery banned in Brazil
1888: England - Jack the Ripper is believed to have begun murdering in August and murdered his last victim in November
1889: Brazil - End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889: France - Eiffel tower was Inaugurated in Paris
1889: India - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community
1890: United States - The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the American Indian Wars, this event represents the end of the American Old West
1891: United States - James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, Invents basketball
1894-1895: Japan, Korea - After the First Sino-Japanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea
1895-1896: Ethiopia, Italy - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War
1896: Canada - Klondike Gold Rush in Canada
1896: Greece - Olympic Games revived in Athens
1896: Philippines, Spain - Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule
1897: Korea - Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910
1898-1900: China - The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance
1898-1902: Colombia - The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903
1898: United States, Cuba, Philippines - The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
1899: England, South Africa - Second Boer War begins, lasting until 1902