Vernard W Greenaway (1912 - 1949)

Born 10 Dec 1912 in Alberta Province, Canada

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Died 22 Apr 1949 at age 36 in Portland, Oregon

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Biography

Vernard W Greenaway was born in Alberta Province, Canada on December 10, 1912.[1] When he was 4 or 5 years old, his parents gave up the farm on which they homesteaded and moved back to the state of Washington. The 1920 census shows them living on a farm near Duley Lake, Washington.[2] The following year, when Vernard was 8, his father died.

The fact that he can't be found in the 1930 or 1940 census suggests a somewhat unsettled lifestyle. His WWII Army Enlistment record shows his occupation in the category "Unskilled lumbermen, raftsmen, and woodchoppers."[3] At that time, in 1941, he is unmarried and was living in Curry County, Oregon.[3]

Vernard served in the army in WW II.[1]

Vernard died at age 36, in Portland, Oregon, on April 22, 1949.[1,4]

Sources

1. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Provo, Utah, 2012.

2. US Census, Duley Lake, Okanogan, Washington, 1920.

3. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8BW-7T4; also available at https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=Vernard+Greenaway&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=7613492

4. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=134152669