Walter Lee Link was born in 1894 to Jacob and Robena (Lloyd) Link. He enlisted in the North Carolina National Guard in 1916 and was deployed overseas during the First World War.[1]
A few months after being discharged, he was married to Maud Lane.[2]
Walter worked as a loom fixer in a cotton mill. He died in 1958, at the age of 63 years.[3]
Sources
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"North Carolina, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919," database with images, FamilySearch, Walter L Link; citing 19 June 1916, Concord, Caldwell, North Carolina; The North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh; FamilySearch digital folder 004288326.
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"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch, Walter Link and Maud Lane, 2 Aug. 1919; citing Cabarrus County, North Carolina; North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History.
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"North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch, Walter Lee Link, 14 Apr. 1958; citing Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, vol. 9B, no. 9665, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,952,522.
See also:
Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 19 July 2020), memorial page for Walter Lee Link (11 June 1894–14 Apr. 1958), Find a Grave Memorial no. 145148400, citing Carolina Memorial Park, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA; maintained by Record Keeper (contributor 47151750).
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 19 July 2020), Walter Link in household of Jacob H Link, Steel Township, Rowan County, North Carolina; citing enumeration district (ED) 118, sheet 7B, family 129, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972); FHL microfilm 1,241,216.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 19 July 2020), Walter Link in household of Jacob Link, Chambersburg Township, Iredell County, North Carolina; citing ED 70, sheet 11A, family 178, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1118; FHL microfilm 1,375,131.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 19 July 2020), Walter Link in household of Jacob A Link, Township 4 Cooks Cross Roads, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; citing ED 43, sheet 18A, line 21, family 337, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1288; FHL microfilm 1,821,288.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 20 July 2020), Walt Link, Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; citing ED 7, sheet 7A, line 9, family 61, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1677; FHL microfilm 2,341,411.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch, W L Link, Township 4 Cooks Cross Roads, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; citing ED 13-15, sheet 6B, line 79, family 120, 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, roll 2881.
"United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch, Walter Lee Link, 14 Apr. 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch, Walter L Link, 1917.
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