Claude Chester Faulkner (1906 - 1997)

Born 7 Oct 1906 in Alba, Antrim, Michigan, United States

Died 10 May 1997 at age 90 in Grass Valley, Nevada, California, United States

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Biography

Claude was born in 1906, the son of Joseph Williams and Pauline Faulkner. His father, from Kentucky, migrated to Michigan and opened a retail liquor establishment.^[1] Although the start of national prohibition on alcohol did not begin until January 17, 1920, Michigan approved a prohibition amendment to its state constitution three years earlier, in 1916.^[2] Following Michigan's prohibition amendment, Lester's father worked his way west; in January of 1920, his father was working as an edger at a saw mill in Baker, Oregon,^[3] and ultimately ended up in California. Claude married Amelia Yost (1909-1996) sometime before 1930, when they lived in Fresno, California. At age 24, Claude worked as a box maker at a raisin plant in Fresno.^[4] Claude and Amelia had two children together and the family moved on to Kern, in Bakerfield County, where Claude found work as a truck driver salesman for Mother's Cake and Cookie Company:^[5]

1. Stanley Eugene (1930-2002)
2. Margaret May (1933-)^[6]

Claude registered for the draft at the age of 35, in 1940. The couple divorced during the 1940s; Amelia remarried, marrying Clarence E. Sylvia in Kern in January of 1950. Claude remarried, marrying Virgia M. Harris (bc 1918) in Kern in July of 1961.^[7] Claude passed away in Nevada, California at the age of 91, in 1997. ^[8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1910; Census Place: Whitney, Baker, Oregon; Roll: T624_1278; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0323; FHL microfilm: 1375291. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Ancestry Record 7884 #156309653 with attached Image
2. ↑ Prohibition ended 86 years ago today: Here’s what it looked like in Detroit; Ken Haddad, ClickOnDetroit, December 5, 2019, 7:34 am.[1]
3. ↑ Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1920; Census Place: Baker, Baker, Oregon; Roll: T625_1491; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 7: Baker Precinct 3 (part) comprising that part of Baker City, Ward 3, lying south of the main line of the O W Railroad and N as it runs through the Precinct from northwest to southeast, Depot Precinct (part) comprising Baker City (part) including Baker County Infirmary (paupers), Ward 3 (part), Ward 4 (part), South Baker Precinct (part) comprising Baker City (part), Ward 3 (part). Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Ancestry Record 6061 #99180821 with attached Image
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCFS-GTG : accessed 31 July 2020), Claude Williams, Fresno, Fresno, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet A, line 35, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 116; FHL microfilm 2,339,851. Enumeration District: 0014: FRESNO CITY (PART) BOUNDED BY (N) CALIFORNIA AVE., INYO; (E) RAILROAD TRACKS, CITY LIMITS; (S) CHURCH AVE., HOLLY AVE., FLORENCE AVE.; (W) CITY LIMITS.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K97M-Z67 : 16 May 2020), Claude C Williams, Ward 1, Bakersfield, Judicial Township 3, Kern, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15-11, sheet 61A, line 32, family 51, 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 211. Enumeration District: 15-11: JUDICIAL TOWNSHIP 3, BAKERSFIELD CITY WARD 1 BOUNDED BY (N) CITY LIMITS; (E) CITY LIMITS; (S) MONTEREY; (W) OWENS. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K97M-Z67 : 16 May 2020), Claude C Williams, Ward 1, Bakersfield, Judicial Township 3, Kern, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15-11, sheet 61A, line 32, family 51, 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 211.
6. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CYV2-HG3Z : 11 April 2020), Claude Williams in entry for Margaret May Williams, 6 Jul 1933; citing Birth, Fresno, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento.
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data:State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Ancestry Record 1144 #4164308 with attached Image
8. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPJ8-MJ7 : 26 November 2014), Claude Chester Williams, 10 May 1997; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
9. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VM9S-SNG : 22 July 2020), Claude Williams, 10 May 1997; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).