Biobuilders November 2020 - Veterans of any conflict

Question

This month’s Bio Builders Challenge theme is Veterans of any conflict.

Thank you for your support.

Here's our checklist:

Data Section:

• birth date/place
• names of parents
• marriage date/place and spouse name
• names of children, if any
• death date/place

Biography Section:

• Written (full) sentences stating the facts above, adding inline sources to each fact.
• Is the profile '''Genealogically Defined?'''
• As a general rule biographies should be in your own words. Paraphrase and rewrite, don't copy/paste.
• Baptism, burial, military, and other life events with inline sources.
• Something to "humanize" the person, such as career or avocation with sources.
• List of children with at least one pertinent fact.
• Some list siblings. (I think this takes up real estate.)
• Explanatory remarks, if needed (e.g. disputed persons information, Research Notes, whatever needs extra explaining).
• Photos or pictures, background. Not a must, but nice (you need to own the copyright unless they are in the public domain).
• Categories.
• Connection to the Global Tree.
• All duplicates merged or initiated.
• Links to persons and events, perhaps from Wikipedia.
• Historical context as related to the person's life.
• Sources, Sources, Sources.

You can see some ideas on where to find some of this information on the Biography Builders space page.

Use "comments" below to ask questions.

NOTE: Biography Builders will not show on the tracker. Please add a list to your answer.

Comments

This challenge really brings home the sacrifice our relatives and ancestors made.  I find that I am crying over cousins loss a century before I was born.  Yet am blessed that I can honor them by remembering them and sharing what I have learned about them.  Thank you for such a heart-wrenching but blessed filled challenge.

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My dad Eugene Hunt WWII. Born 05/25/1922 in Weaver WV.
Weaver no longer exist it is now known as Junior WV.
Parents: Henry and Mattie (Corley) Hunt.
Married: 12/20/1941 in Oakland Maryland
6 children: Mattie, Jeanie, Allen, Rebecca, Rickard, Jeffrey.
Date of death: 11/2009.Monongalia Co WV.

Answer 1

Will get what i can done

1. Anthony John Husar (1927 - 2000)

2. Wesley John Robins (1892 - 1969)

Answer 2

I completed only:

Walter Edward Neiman https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Neiman-161

Answer 3

Hopefully I should be able to find a couple that I haven't already sourced to death.

Did they have to actually serve in the forces? My grandad was in the merchant navy in WW2 supporting the war effort, and my gran was working in the munitions factory at Woolwich. My great grandfather also worked in the munitions store in WW1.

Comments

Merchant Marine definitely counts as service, so does any job that contributed directly to the war effort (munitions, aircraft factory, shipbuilding, etc.).

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#1) Horace Alfred Smith served in the Royal Sussex Regiment, in India during the Tirah Campaign (1897-1898)

#2) William Frederick Phillpott served over 21 years in the Rifle Brigade of the 10th Royal Hussars, in Afghan Campaign from (1878-1879)

Answer 4

Will work on a few this month.

1. Robert Eugene Heskett   (WWI)
2. Dwight H. Fowler   (WWII)

Answer 5

I have a couple from the Civil War I will work on this month.

1. Hiram V Baker (1831-1917)

2. William Henry Baker (1826-1865)

3. Amos David Lamb (1837-1864)

4. Erastus Elwood Lamb (1843-1864) 

5. Charles W Sackett (1845-1929

Answer 6

Will do a few this month the majority of these are young Royal Airforce Cadets who died during their flying training and are buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, which I visited in early 2020

1. Horace Bowley-Booth (1924 - 1945)
2. Derek Robinson Clandillon (1924 - 1943)
3. Roger Bensley Crosskey (1920 - 1942)
4. John Anthony Clay (1924 - 1943)
5. Thomas Wallace Calderhead (1920 - 1945)
6. Michael Kevin Hinds (1924 - 1944)
7. Geoffrey Robert King (1923 - 1942)
8. Alfred Thomas Lloyd (1923 - 1942)
9. William Meekin (1921 - 1942) son of
10. Joseph William Meekin (1878 - 1949)
11. Harry Arthur Alfred Punchard (1902 - 1976)
12. George Alfred Evans (1877 - 1962 collaborating with PM

Answer 7

I'll see who I can find, but there won't be many because all the close WWII relatives have already been done on other challenges. I think I'll find a few in the branch that emigrated to Australia. Can we include those who died in conflicts?

Comments

Dying in a conflict definitely qualifies.

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Thank you, that gives me more scope. I'll be busy this week but hope to add some next week

Answer 8

Oh wow! I have many members of my family in the military in every conflict going all the way back to the Revolutionary War. My husband does, too! So, I'll be busy this month :)

Answer 9

Surely I can find a few...

1. Michel Marcel Rivet, War of 1812
2. F. Xavier Rivet, War of 1812
3. Josephe Rivet, War of 1812
4. Pierre Rivet, War of 1812
5. Auguste Rivet, War of 1812
6. Vidal Marcelin Rivet, War of 1812
7. Louis Rivet, War of 1812
8. Elias Rivet, War of 1812
9. Jerome Rivet, War of 1812
10. Joseph Theodore Rivet, War of 1812
11. Francois O'Neil Rivette, Civil War, CSA
12. Charles Jackson Holden, Civil War, CSA
13. Simon Octave Rivet, Civil War, CSA
14. Abraham Barnhisel, Civil War, USA
15. Benjamin F. Barnhisel, Civil War, USA

Answer 10

Count me in! I’ll be working on my maternal Grandfather, Jesse John roberts, a veteran of  wWI. I’ve been itching to create his bio forever! I’ll also do his grandfather who served briefly in the Civil War...

Answer 11

Would love to participate this month.

1. Private Weldon Adshade (1889-1917)
2. Private Stanley William Draper (1888-1917)
3. Major Cuthbert Donald (1875-1958)

Comments

Just add profiles by editing your answer.

Answer 12

1. Harry Gay WW I

2. Harry Hills WW I

3. Ernie Hills WW I

4. Syd Reeves WW II

5. Harry Horatio Gay WW II

6. Bill Reeves WW I

7. Earle Reeves WW II

8. Creina Audrey Reeves WW II

Answer 13

Hi

This sounds like fun, can I join in?

I'd like to work on :

Arthur David Cormac (WW2)

Crawford Raynor Foulis (WW2)

Richard Raynor Foulis (WW1)

Vivian John Grant (WW2)

Norman Davidson Mackie (WW1)

Bolton Grant (WW2)

Answer 14

Doing a few this month:

Evan Bowles Shields - Civil War casualty

Charles Hotze - finally a proper bio for my maternal grandfather! WW2 and Korea veteran.

Arthur Richard Turner - WW2 veteran who died by suicide

Frank Rittenhouse Dunham - WW2 veteran

Answer 15

It's time to write bios for profiles I have squirreled away just for this occasion.

Col in the Civil War: [[Peden-848|Milton  Peden (1823-1908)]]

Answer 16

I'll add what I get done here.

1. Elmer Hugh Corbin, Sr. (1893 - 1964) WWI

2. Jessie Lee Hood (1895 - 1967) WWI

3. Robert Austin Hood (1845 - 1862) Civil War (Confederacy)

4. John Wilson Hood (1846 - 1902) Civil War (Union)

Please let me know if any profile I add isn't genealogically defined, this is my first time doing it and I'm not sure if I'm doing it right.

Answer 17

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sullivan-6787 WWI
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/West-6621 Spanish American

Answer 18

How do I become an official bio builder? I just came from visiting the cemetery and researched a few ancestors that I did not know were veterans. I will try to flesh them out, or at least work on one before the end of the month.

Francis V Dangler was my Husband’s Great Uncle.  He was a WWII vet that my husband does not remember.

[[Dangler-69]]

Comments

Nancy, All you have to do is answer the posting, and edit your answer to add the qualifying profiles. We don’t have a badge, but you get a sticker for reaching a milestone for bios written.

Answer 19

John Smith York Cleaned this profile up from my Data_Doctors suggestion list. Husband, Father & Confederate Veteran.