Gale Oren Watson (1918 - abt. 1976)

Born 31 May 1918 in Vadis, Lewis County, West Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Lucille (West) Watson — married 16 Mar 1943 in Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia

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Biography

From 1920 US Census, Vadis, Lewis Co., WV: "Joseph W Watson Head M 47 West Virginia Liddie Watson Wife F 26 West Virginia William H Watson Son M 6 West Virginia Roy Watson Son M 4 West Virginia Gail O Watson Son M 1 West Virginia"

From 1930 US Census, Freeman's Creek, Lewis Co., WV: "Joseph W Watson Head M 37 West Virginia Liddia Watson Wife F 36 West Virginia William H Watson Son M 16 West Virginia Roy J Watson Son M 14 West Virginia Gail O Watson Son M 11 West Virginia Laymon E Watson Son M 7 West Virginia Geraldine R Watson Daughter F 4 West Virginia"

From 1940 US Census, Troy, Gilmer Co., WV: "Joseph Watson Head M 67 West Virginia Lida Watson Wife F 46 West Virginia William Watson Son M 26 West Virginia Roy Watson Son M 24 West Virginia Gale Watson Son M 21 West Virginia Laymon Watson Son M 17 West Virginia Ruth Watson Daughter F 14 West Virginia"

Gale enlisted in the US ARMY for WW II Field Artillery in September 1940.

Sources

• *United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNK2-F1P : accessed 30 April 2016), Joseph W Watson, Vadis, Lewis, West Virginia, United States; citing sheet 40A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,960.

• United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMHS-1ZK : accessed 2 May 2016), William H Watson in entry for Joseph W Watson, 1930.

• United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7CQ-KKG : accessed 2 May 2016), William Watson in household of Joseph Watson, Troy Magisterial District, Gilmer, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11-12, sheet 10A, family 176, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 4403.

• United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8GM-L5B : accessed 2 May 2016), Gale O Watson, enlisted 26 Sep 1940, Ft Hayes, Columbus, Ohio, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRLF-WZW : accessed 2 May 2016), Gale Oren Watson and Mary Lucille West, 1943; citing Lewis, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 824,933.

• Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100634753