George
Frank
Gokey
Jr
Born in Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York
Ancestors 
Son of George Frank Gokey Sr
and Louisa C (Morse) Gokey
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Clara Edna (Bigelow) Gokey
— married
after 1934 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 81
in Charleston, South Carolina
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Jun 2018
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Biography
When George Frank Gokey was born on September 16, 1897, in Jamestown, New York, his father, George, was 26 and his mother, Louise, was 27. He was living in Jamestown, New York, when he registered for the World War I draft. He married Clara (Bigelow) Sewell sometime between 1934 & 1940. George died on February 20, 1979, in Charleston, South Carolina, at the age of 81, and was buried in his hometown.
World War I Military Service:
- Name George Frank Gokey Junior
- Birth Place Jamestown, New York
- Birth Date abt 1897
- Service Start Date 2 Oct 1918
- Service Start Place Boston, Massachusetts
- Service Start Age 21
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Sources
- Year: 1900; Census Place: Jamestown Ward 1, Chautauqua, New York; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0103
- Year: 1910; Census Place: Jamestown Ward 5, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: T624_930; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0162; FHL microfilm: 1374943
- Year: 1920; Census Place: Jamestown Ward 5, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: T625_1091; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 162
- Year: 1940; Census Place: Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02511; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 7-92
- The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger and Crew Manifests of Airplanes Arriving at New York, New York.; NAI Number: 2848504; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 200
- New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919
- New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957; Year: 1951; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 7960; Line: 24; Page Number: 187
- New York, State Census, 1915, Page number 41
- Jamestown, New York, City Directory, 1949
- U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
- U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
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