William was born June 2nd 1903 in Washington DC. In 1920, at the age of 16, he is living with his sister, Annie McNamara and her family. By 1930 he is a painter, living with his brother Harry, mother Rose, and his sisters Rosie and Catherine. The 1940 census has him as a patient at St. Elizabeth Hospital, in Washington DC.
William died August 20th 1995, at the age of 92, in DC. His name is engraved on Harry’s headstone at Congressional with a birth date of 1903 but no death date. There is a good chance he is not buried there.
1910 District of Columbia Census: Robert & Rose Garner
1920 District of Columbia Census: John McNamara
1930 District of Columbia Census: Harry Garner
1940 District of Columbia Census: William L Garner
1970 Obituary: Harry Garner
1995 SS Death Index: William L. Garner
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