Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890 - 1979)

Born 16 Apr 1890 in Putnam, Windham, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Died 30 Aug 1979 at age 89 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Gertrude Chandler Warner was an American author, mainly of children's stories. She was most famous for writing the original book of The Boxcar Children and for the next 18 books in the series.

She was born April 16, 1890 in Putnam, Windham, Connecticut, USA to Edgar Warner and Jane Carpenter.^[1]

Never married, she lived in her parents' home for almost 40 years then moved to her grandmother's house before moving into her own house in 1962.

Gertrude died at the age of 89 on August 30, 1979 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut and was buried in Grove Street Cemetery, Putnam, Connecticut.^[2][3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLM4-4MK9 : 22 July 2021), Gertrude C, 1890.
2. ↑ "Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZPF-ND4 : 9 December 2014), Gertr C Warner, 30 Aug 1979; from "Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2003); citing Killingly, , Connecticut, Connecticut Department of Health, Hartfort.
3. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3Q9-J2S : 9 January 2021), Gertrude Warner, Aug 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #8123179

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M97V-QZ5 : accessed 16 December 2021), Gertrude C Warner in household of Edgar M Warner, Putnam city Ward 1-2, Windham, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 522, sheet 7B, family 136, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,151.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKLM-V81 : accessed 16 December 2021), Gertrude C Warner in household of Edgar M Warner, Putnam Ward 1, Windham, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 581, sheet 2B, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 144; FHL microfilm 1,374,157.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJS-K9X : 1 February 2021), Gertrude C Warner in entry for Edgar M Warner, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMR9-7MH : accessed 16 December 2021), Gertrude C Warner in household of Jane E Warner, Putnam, Windham, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 5A, line 17, family 116, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 285; FHL microfilm 2,340,020.

SEE ALSO:

• Wikipedia:Gertrude_Chandler_Warner
• https://boxcarchildrenmuseum.com/