When James Junior Gowdy was born on May 2, 1917, in Texas, his father, Lon, was 40 and his mother, Lena, was 46. He had eight siblings. He died in August 1980 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, at the age of 63.
James Junior Gowdy registered for WWII Draft 16 October 1940. He was living with his wife Ella Margeret Gowdy in Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma [11]
Sources
Source: S189 Author Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 February 2018), memorial page for James Junior Gowdy (2 May 1917–Aug 1980), Find A Grave Memorial no. 24634291, citing Green Hill Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma, USA ; Find A Grave: Memorial #24634291 Repository: #R1
Source: S64 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1930 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626,; Repository: #R1
Source: S65 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1 NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
Source: S66 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Social Security Death Index Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security D; Repository: #R1
↑ Source: #S66 Page: Number: 445-07-3538; Issue State: Oklahoma; Issue Date: Before 1951. Data: Text: Birth date: 2 May 1917 CONT Birth place: CONT Death date: Aug 1980 CONT Death place: Sapulpa, Creek, Oklahoma, United States of America
↑ Source: #S189 Data: Text: Birth date: 1917 CONT Birth place: CONT Death date: 1980 CONT Death place:
↑ Source: #S66 Page: Number: 445-07-3538; Issue State: Oklahoma; Issue Date: Before 1951. Data: Text: Birth date: 2 May 1917 CONT Birth place: CONT Death date: Aug 1980 CONT Death place: Sapulpa, Creek, Oklahoma, United States of America
↑ Source: #S189 Data: Text: Birth date: 1917 CONT Birth place: CONT Death date: 1980 CONT Death place:
↑ Source: #S66 Page: Number: 445-07-3538; Issue State: Oklahoma; Issue Date: Before 1951. Data: Text: Birth date: 2 May 1917 CONT Birth place: CONT Death date: Aug 1980 CONT Death place: Sapulpa, Creek, Oklahoma, United States of America
↑ Source: #S189 Data: Text: Birth date: 1917 CONT Birth place: CONT Death date: 1980 CONT Death place:
↑ U.S. WWII Draft Cards, 1940-1947 .The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Oklahoma, 1940 - 1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 187
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Sandy Harris for creating WikiTree profile Gowdy-63 through the import of Clark Goudy Odenbaugh Price Family Tree_2013-02-04.ged on Feb 4, 2013.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James: