Name Info

Joseph Atkinson Garrett 1887-1980
Fathers:Joseph

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

#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 county, Kentucky, died:1888-07-27 (43y 7m 10d) Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Dad:George Garrett, Mom:Ann Pratt, #M:1, #SrcDocs:2
  2. Parent: Louisa B. WILSON, female, born:1843-02-19 Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, died:1933-05-15 (90y 2m 26d) Oakland, Alameda county, California, Dad:Benjamin Franklin WILSON, Mom:Elizabeth Eliza Atkinson, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:1
  3. Sibling: Mary Louise Garrett, female, born:1868-10-18 Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, died:1945-03-17 (76y 4m 27d) Oakland, Alameda county, California, Dad:Joseph McElroy Garrett, Mom:Louisa B. WILSON, #SrcDocs:1
  4. Sibling: Wilson Brockway Garrett, male, born:1872-06-18 Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, died:1962-07-04 (90y 0m 16d) Redwood City, San Mateo county, California, Dad:Joseph McElroy Garrett, Mom:Louisa B. WILSON, #M:1, #SrcDocs:1
  5. Sibling: Robert Garrett, male, born:1875-05-18 Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, died:1876-03-30 (0y 10m 12d) Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Dad:Joseph McElroy Garrett, Mom:Louisa B. WILSON, #SrcDocs:1
  6. Sibling: Richard Pratt Garrett, male, born:1877-10-01 Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, died:1972 (94y 3m 0d) Evanston, Cook county, Illinois, Dad:Joseph McElroy Garrett, Mom:Louisa B. WILSON, #M:1, #SrcDocs:1
  7. Sibling: Benjamin Franklin Garrett, male, born:1882-11-12 Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, died:1967-10-12 (84y 11m 0d) Oakland, Alameda county, California, Dad:Joseph McElroy Garrett, Mom:Louisa B. WILSON, #SrcDocs:1

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1921-06-25 Claremont, Los Angeles county, California
  2. Spouse: Gretchen Virginia Smith, female, born:1892-07-01 Illinois, died:1975-08-15 (83y 1m 14d) Laguna Hills, Los Angeles county, California, Dad:Adna Smith, Mom:? ?, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:1
  3. ..Child: Joseph Tenny Garrett, male, born:1928-09 Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, died:1928-2018 (0y 4m 0d) , Dad:Joseph Atkinson Garrett, Mom:Gretchen Virginia Smith, #SrcDocs:1

Events
Birth
: 1887-08-12, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois
Census
: 1900 , Age:12y 4m 20d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Role:census federal, Joseph age 12 b.IL Aug. 1887 attending school, living with his mother
Census
: 1910 , Age:22y 4m 20d, Oakland, Alameda county, California, Role:census federal, Joseph age 22 living with his mother a timekeeper for Southern Pacific Railroad
Census
: 1920 , Age:32y 4m 20d, 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:33y 10m 13d, Claremont, Los Angeles county, California, Role:groom
Death
: 1980-01-13, Age:92y 5m 1d, Orange county California
Education
: ?, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Delavan High School, Role:graduate, high
Job
: ?, 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 county, California
Claremont, Los Angeles county, California
Laguna, Los Angeles county, California
Orange county, California
Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois
Spokane, Spokane county, Washington

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


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