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↑ Source: #S72 Page: SSA-5 for Viola CHANDLER BRUCE shows her father's name as "Alma Lee CHANDLER" rather than "Elmer Lee CHANDLER", probably as a result of the way she pronounced "Elmer".
↑ Source: #S196 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Charleston Ward 1, Kanawha, West Virginia; Roll: T625_1958; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 86; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1894 Birth place: West Virginia Residence date: 1920 Residence place: Charleston Ward 1, Kanawha, West Virginia
↑ Source: #S195 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1894 Birth place: West Virginia Residence date: 1930 Residence place: Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia
↑ Source: #S207 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Huntington Ward 1, Cabell, West Virginia; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: 1894 Birth place: West Virginia Residence date: 1910 Residence place: Huntington Ward 1, Cabell, West Virginia
↑ Source: #S249 Page: Registration Location: Kanawha County, West Virginia; Roll: 1992381; Draft Board: 0. Data: Text: Birth date: 10 Jan 1894 Birth place: West Virginia;United States of America Residence date: Residence place: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
↑ Source: #S206 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Central City, Cabell, West Virginia; Roll: T623_1756; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 7. Data: Text: Birth date: Jun 1894 Birth place: West Virginia Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Central town, Cabell, West Virginia
↑ Source: #S251 Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1895 Birth place: Mason County, West Virginia Death date: 8 Jan 1938 Death place: Cabell, West Virginia
↑ Source: #S196 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Charleston Ward 1, Kanawha, West Virginia; Roll: T625_1958; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 86; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1894 Birth place: West Virginia Residence date: 1920 Residence place: Charleston Ward 1, Kanawha, West Virginia
↑ Source: #S195 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1894 Birth place: West Virginia Residence date: 1930 Residence place: Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia
↑ Source: #S207 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Huntington Ward 1, Cabell, West Virginia; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: 1894 Birth place: West Virginia Residence date: 1910 Residence place: Huntington Ward 1, Cabell, West Virginia
↑ Source: #S249 Page: Registration Location: Kanawha County, West Virginia; Roll: 1992381; Draft Board: 0. Data: Text: Birth date: 10 Jan 1894 Birth place: West Virginia;United States of America Residence date: Residence place: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
↑ Source: #S206 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Central City, Cabell, West Virginia; Roll: T623_1756; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 7. Data: Text: Birth date: Jun 1894 Birth place: West Virginia Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Central town, Cabell, West Virginia
↑ Source: #S22 Page: Viola Dishman said that her father was buried on his forty-fourth birthday.
↑ Source: #S265 Data: Text: Elmer Chandler is buried in Dock's Creek Cemetery, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA.
↑ Source: #S21 Data: Text: Elmer Chandler was trained as a Machinist. He often worked as a professional gambler. At one time he owned a gambling boat on the Ohio River in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA. He was arrested at one point and the judge told him he'd let him go home instead of to prison if he returned to work as a Machinist and "went and sinned no more."
↑ Source: #S195 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1894 Birth place: West Virginia Residence date: 1930 Residence place: Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia
↑ Source: #S196 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Charleston Ward 1, Kanawha, West Virginia; Roll: T625_1958; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 86; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1894 Birth place: West Virginia Residence date: 1920 Residence place: Charleston Ward 1, Kanawha, West Virginia
↑ Source: #S249 Page: Registration Location: Kanawha County, West Virginia; Roll: 1992381; Draft Board: 0. Data: Text: Birth date: 10 Jan 1894 Birth place: West Virginia;United States of America Residence date: Residence place: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
↑ Source: #S207 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Huntington Ward 1, Cabell, West Virginia; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: 1894 Birth place: West Virginia Residence date: 1910 Residence place: Huntington Ward 1, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA.
↑ Source: #S206 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Central City, Cabell, West Virginia; Roll: T623_1756; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 7. Data: Text: Birth date: Jun 1894 Birth place: West Virginia Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Central town, Cabell, West Virginia
↑ Source: #S206 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Central City, Cabell, West Virginia; Roll: T623_1756; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 7. Data: Text: Birth date: 1876 Birth place: West Virginia Marriage date: 1891 Marriage place: Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Central town, Cabell, West Virginia
Source: S195 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: #R37
Source: S196 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco; Repository: #R37
Source: S206 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1900 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18; Repository: #R37
Source: S207 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1910 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Was; Repository: #R37
Source: S21 Author: Iona Y. Jones Title: Memories of Elmer Chandler, Compiler Address: 3247 Presidential Drive, Kenner LA Publication: Name: August 1999; Repository: #R38 Call Number: NARR99007 NOTEBiographical sketch about the author's grandfather. As noted in the narrative itself, these are not the author's memories of her grandfather, but her memories of what she was told about him by her mother.
Repository: R38 Name: Collection of Patricia Anne Jones Dumond Address: 227 Thiess Branch Dr E-Mail Address: Phone Number: 9124632613
Source: S22 Author: Viola M Dishman Title: Interview with Viola Mae (Chandler) Dishman, Interviewer: Patricia A. Dumond, Informant Address: 3247 Presidential Drive, Kenner LA 70065 Publication: Name: 1 Jun 1999 - 30 Mar 2000; Repository: #R38 Call Number: NOTES99003
Source: S24 Title: 1930 US census, Cabell County, WV, Record Type: Online Census Image, Household: Elmer Lee Chandler, Record Info: Sheet Number 6B, Household Number 122, Family Number 138 Publication: Name: 8 April 1930; Repository: #R37 Call Number: Census Images Online
Source: S249 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Repository: #R37
Source: S27 Title: 1900 United States Federal Census - West Virginia, Record Type: 1900 Federal Census Enumeration, Household: Gabe Chandler, Record Info: West Virginia, Cabell County, Central City, Household Number 168, Sheet 9A Publication: Name: 11-12 Jun 1900; Repository: #R37 Call Number: Census Images Online
Source: S28 Title: 1910 United States Federal Census - West Virginia, Record Type: 1910 Federal Census Enumeration, Household: Spangler Chandler, Record Info: West Virginia, Cabell County, Prec inct 1, Huntington City, Household Number 242, Sheet 12A Publication: Name: 26 Apr 1910; Repository: #R37 Call Number: Census Images Online
Source: S48 Author: Iona Y. Jones and Viola M. Dishman Title: Elmer Chandler - Leona Smith Family Group Record, Compiler Address: 3247 Presidential Drive, Kenner LA 70065 Publication: Name: Unpublished, 6 Sep 1999; Repository: #R38 Call Number: FGR99002
Source: S72 Title: Treasury Department Form 88-5, Application for Social Security Number (Viola May (CHANDLER) BRUCE), Record Type: Treasury Department Form SS-5, Subject: Viola May (Chandler) Bruce, File Number: 235-26-4752 Publication: Name: 15 Mar 1940; Repository: #R21 Call Number: 235-26-4752
Repository: R21 Name: Social Security Administration Address: Baltimore Maryland 21290 USA E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
Source: S77 Title: 1920 United States Federal Census - West Virginia, Record Type: 1920 Federal Census Enumeration, Household: Elmer L. Chandler, Record Info: West Virginia, Kanawha County, Precinct 1, Charleston, Household Number 227, Sheet 12B Publication: Name: 15 Jan 1920; Repository: #R37 Call Number: Census Images Online
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