Bernard Jack Cruz (1902 - 1960)

Born 10 Aug 1902 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Ancestors

Died 2 Jan 1960 at age 57 in Broward County, Florida, USA

Biography

Bernard was born 10 August 1902 in Key West, Florida.^[1] He was the son of Sylvester "Betty" Cruz and Irene Ethel Russell.

He married Mary Elizabeth Lowe circa 1927.^[2]

Bernard died on 2 January 1960 in Broward County, Florida,^[3] and he is buried there in the Dania Memorial Park.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ The SSDI provides Bernard's full date of birth. The date is consistent with his age in the 1910 census, when he lived in his parents' household in Key West. "United States Social Security Death Index," Bernard Cruz, January 1960, Florida; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPVP-HP1 : accessed May 2017). 1910 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, Key West City Ward 2, enumeration district 117, stamped page 35, sheet 14B, dwelling 261, family 292, Sylvester Cruz household; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7884/31111_4327451-00759/3052290?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/37835005/person/190016694411/facts/citation/680067921414/edit/record : accessed May 2017); citing National Archives microfilm T624, roll 165.
2. ↑ Bernard and Mary's marriage record has not been located. The 1930 census states that Bernard was twenty-seven years old and that he was twenty-four when he first married, implying a date circa 1927. 1930 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, Key West City Ward 1, enumeration district 44-5, stamped page 126, sheet 1A, dwelling 2, family 2, Bernard Cruz household; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6224/4531946_00814/103225163?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/37835005/person/190016694414/facts/citation/680283707180/edit/record : accessed May 2017); citing National Archives microfilm T626, roll 325.
3. ↑ "Florida Death Index, 1877–1998," Bernard Jack Cruz, 2 January 1960, Broward County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVFV-QFJ : accessed May 2017). "United States Social Security Death Index," Bernard Cruz, January 1960, Florida; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPVP-HP1 : accessed May 2017).
4. ↑ GerbLady, "Bernard J Cruz," Memorial no. 67838992, posted 3 April 2011; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67838992&ref=acom : accessed May 2017).