Harry Ray Drinkwater (1898 - 1976)

Born 15 May 1898 in Livingston, Grant, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 Aug 1976 at age 78 in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Harry was born in 1898. He was the son of John Drinkwater and Elizabeth Drinkwater.

Harry, age 20, registered for the World War I draft in September 1918. Medium build and height, blue eyes, black hair.^[1]

Harry Ray Drinkwater completed a card for Social Security from Chicago & North Western Railway Company as track laborer in Beloit, Wisconsin.^[2]

He passed away in 1976.

Sources

1. ↑ Military: "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
   United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6482 #217351496 (accessed 17 April 2023)
   Name: John Drinkwater; Child: Harry Drinkwater.
2. ↑ Employment of son Harry Ray Drinkwater: "U.S., Chicago and North Western Railroad Employment Records, 1935-1970"
   Chicago & North Western Historical Society; Berwyn, Illinois; CNW Social Security Applications
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6944 #150069572 (accessed 17 April 2023)
   Name: John Drinkwater; Gender: Male; Child: Harry Ray Drinkwater.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146454430/harry-ray-drinkwater: accessed 28 March 2023), memorial page for Harry Ray Drinkwater (15 May 1898–23 Aug 1976), Find A Grave: Memorial #146454430, citing Eastlawn Cemetery, Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Sue (contributor 46778782).