Wallace Grant Chandler (1916 - 1964)

Born 9 Jan 1916 in Oregon, United States

Ancestors

Died 10 Jun 1964 at age 48 in San Diego, California, United States

Biography

Wallace was born about the time his parents' marriage broke up. His mother was living in San Diego with her daughter Gladys in 1920. It is unknown where Wallace was in 1920.

In 1930 Wallace was a ward at the Turner Memorial Home for Boys in Turner, Marion, Oregon. He was age 14.^[1]

He married Esther J.

By 1935, according to the 1940 Census, Wallace was living in San Diego. He was a gas station attendant. His wife was Esther J. Chandler, age 24, b. Oregon, a resident of Marion County, Oregon in 1935. This implies that Wallace and Esther were married in Oregon around that time.^[2]

A Wallace G. Chandler served in the United States Marine Corps at the San Diego base in 1932-1933. He was a Company Runner.^[3]

The obituary references a "Shir-N-Lee's" Gift Shop in Alpine, California.

Wallace Chandler was Treasurer of the El Capitan PTA in Alpine, California, in 1960.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC9R-N16 : accessed 20 July 2022), Wallace Chandler in household of Clarence H Jessee, Turner, Marion, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 84, sheet 2A, line 7, family 25, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1948; FHL microfilm 2,341,682.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9MT-27Q1?cc=2000219&wc=QZX5-CCY%3A790105301%2C803572501%2C803713301%2C953746701 : accessed 20 July 2022), California > San Diego > San Diego Judicial Township, San Diego, Councilmanic District 6 > 62-128A San Diego Judicial Township, San Diego City Councilmanic District 6 in Assembly District 78 bounded by (N) Cedar; (E) 8th; (S) A, 5th, Beech; (W) 3rd > image 2 of 34; citing 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.
3. ↑ "United States Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798-1937", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:Q21N-Y4ZP : 10 March 2021), Entry for Wallace G Chandler, .
4. ↑ Alpine Echo, March 17, 1960, page 6. http://w.alpinehistory.org/newspapers_scanned/Newspapers/Alpine%20Echo/1960/1960-3-17%20Alpine%20Echo.pdf

• *"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:9MHZ-VQD9 : 26 November 2014), Entry for Wallace G Chandler, 10 Jun 1964; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:QTSF-3417 : 18 July 2020), Entry for Slated Wallace G Chandler, 1964.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55029528/wallace-g-chandler