Harry Eugene Fiscus (1898 - abt. 1971)

Born 28 Jun 1898 in Missouri [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died about Aug 1971 at about age 73 in Missouri, USA [uncertain]

Biography

At the time of the 1900 US Census, Harry and his brother are living with their mother in their paternal grandmother's household in Wilson Township, Missouri. Both of the women are widows.^[1]

Harry is listed as Frank Macklin's stepson in the 1910 Census^[2]

12 Sep 1918: Harry is 20 years old and registers for the World War I Draft in Adair County, Missouri. He lists his mother -- Violet Macklin -- as his next of kin. He indicates that he works as a shoe maker for the International Shoe Co. in Kirksville, Missouri. He is of medium height and build with brown eyes and black hair.^[3]

Harry is married in 1920 and continues living in Kirksville, Missouri. His wife's name is "Gussie."^[4]

By 1930, Harry and Gussie are living in Kansas City, Missouri. Harry lists a brother, George, in his household. George's birth year is given as 1901, and he says he was born in Texas. His father's birthplace is given as England, and his mother's as Alabama. None of this information matches up with either Frank Macklin or Violet (Unknown) Fiscus Macklin. Harry's half-brother, George, was born in 1909 in Missouri, and his father was born in Iowa; his mother in Missouri.^[5]

At the time of the 1940 US Census, Harry and Gussie are living in Gallatin Township, Clay County, Missouri. Harry's father-in-law, Benjamin Sale, is also living with them. There have never been any children listed in their household.^[6]

Harry was living in Clay County, Missouri when he passed away in August 1971 at the age of 73.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3HX-QJ3 : accessed 17 September 2015), Harry E Fiskus in household of Rebecca Fiskus, Wilson Township Gibbs town, Adair, Missouri, United States; citing sheet 12A, family 249, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,836.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2RB-RSH : accessed 17 September 2015), Harry Fiscus in household of Frank Macklin, Kirksville Ward 3, Adair, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 7B, family 160, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,779.
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3RW-TY2 : accessed 17 September 2015), Harry Eugene Fiscus, 1917-1918; citing Adair County, Missouri, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,683,088.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8WK-R4N : accessed 17 September 2015), Harry Fiscus, Kirksville Ward 4, Adair, Missouri, United States; citing sheet 13A, family 363, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,902.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHF4-B6G : accessed 17 September 2015), Harry E Fiscus, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0108, sheet 12B, family 290, line 65, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1196; FHL microfilm 2,340,931.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K731-TPR : accessed 17 September 2015), Harry E Fiscus, Gallatin Township, Clay, Clay, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24-17A, sheet 15B, family 351, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2097.
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JT3S-SWR : accessed 17 September 2015), Harry Fiscus, Aug 1971; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

See also:

• WikiTree profile Fiscus-30 created through the import of John William Hodges.ged on Jun 12, 2011 by Clark Hodges.