Forrest Lester Gasaway (1923 - 1996)

Born 19 Sep 1923 in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, USA

Ancestors

Died 5 Dec 1996 at age 73 in Silvis, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA

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Biography

Research Notes

• In 1930, Foresst, Violet and Charles are living with their mother in Paducah, Kentucky.^[1]

• In 1940, Foresst and his mother are living in Foresst's brother Martin's household in Paducah, Kentucky. Foresst is listed on a different page of the census, which makes it a bit difficult to track down his household.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMF7-3DM : accessed 4 March 2020), Violet Gasaway in household of Lula Gasaway, Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 8B, line 64, family 193, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 768; FHL microfilm 2,340,503.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7YS-H2K : 28 July 2019), Forest Gasoway, Paducah, Magisterial District 1, McCracken, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 73-11, sheet 62B, line 69, family 347, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1334.

See also:

• "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHJ-CQSX : 11 February 2018), Forestt L Gasaway, 1923; citing Birth, Mccracken, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K85N-B7N : 5 December 2014), Forestt L Gasaway, enlisted 30 Oct 1942, Cp Dodge, Herrold, Iowa, 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 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V982-DJX : 20 May 2014), Forestt L Gasaway, 05 Dec 1996; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 March 2020), memorial page for Forestt Lester Gasaway (19 Sep 1923–5 Dec 1996), Find A Grave: Memorial #52207580, citing Erie Cemetery, Erie, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Bob Ricketts (contributor 47637292) .