Rogers Hornsby Sr. (1896 - 1963)

Born 27 Apr 1896 in Winters, TX

Ancestors

Died 5 Jan 1963 at age 66 in Chicago, IL

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Biography

Rogers Hornsby Sr. is Notable.

Wikipedia Bio: "Rogers Hornsby, Sr. (April 27, 1896 – January 5, 1963), nicknamed "The Rajah", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1915–1926, 1933), New York Giants (1927), Boston Braves (1928), Chicago Cubs (1929–1932), and St. Louis Browns (1933–1937). Hornsby had 2,930 hits and 301 home runs in his career; his career .358 batting average is second only to Ty Cobb's average. He was named the National League (NL)'s Most Valuable Player (MVP) twice, and was a member of one World Series championship team.."

Further Reading

• Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Hornsby

• Baseball Reference Page: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hornsro01.shtml

• Baseball Hall of Fame Page: http://baseballhall.org/hof/hornsby-rogers

• SABR Bio: http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/b5854fe4

Sources

Draft Registrations

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZXC-M7Q : 13 March 2018), Rogers Hornsby, 1917-1918; citing Ft. Worth County no 1, Texas, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,953,358.

• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPV8-NTT : 6 November 2017), Rogers Hornsby, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Census Information

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M35G-F9T : accessed 1 July 2019), Rogers Hornsby in household of Dallas Hornsby, Justice Precinct 4, Travis, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 110, sheet 9B, family 154, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,673.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHTL-GY3 : accessed 1 July 2019), Rogers Hornsby in household of Mrs. C Martin, Fort Worth Ward 7, Tarrant, Texas, United States; citing ED 128, sheet 5B, line 99, family 118, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1848; FHL microfilm 1,821,848.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHJ9-P61 : accessed 1 July 2019), Roger Hornsby, Saint Ferdinand, St Louis, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 107, sheet 11A, line 39, family 214, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1226; FHL microfilm 2,340,961.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7HF-K9H : 16 March 2018), Rogers Hornsby, Ward 26, St. Louis, St. Louis City, St. Louis City, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96-671, sheet 63A, line 4, family 343, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2208.

Death & Burial

• "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M6-PJ91 : 18 March 2018), Rogers Hornsby, 05 Jan 1963; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .

• United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J54Q-G6B : 20 May 2014), Rogers Hornsby, Jan 1963; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ1-1BZ4 : 13 December 2015), Rogers Hornsby, 1963; Burial, Austin, Travis, Texas, United States of America, Hornsby Bend Cemetery; citing record ID 2365, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2365

See Also:

• Full Resource of every card appearance, lots of stats, commentary etc can be found on his individual page of the trading card database:

https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/2701/Rogers-Hornsby