George Washington McCollom (1918 - 1947)

Born 1918 in Elk City, Beckham, Oklahoma, United States

Ancestors

Died 1947 at about age 29 in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States

Biography

George was born in 1918. He was the son of George McCollom and Ethel Caffee. He passed away in 1947.

"George Washington attended OU and earned a degree in languages. He later received a Masters Degree from UCLA. He had worked his way through college himself by doing odd jobs. He tried to enter the service like his brother Oliver Glenn, during WWII but he was rejected because of a heart condition. He was also turned down by the State Dept. where he wanted to be an interpreter, so he taught at a Junior College in Laguna Beach CA until his death in 1947 at the age of 29. He died in Whittier CA and was buried at the Rose Hills Cem."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ familysearch.org profile for George Washington McCollom, posted 26 Aug 2013 by Lois Johnson

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MN12-4RD : accessed 16 February 2018), Geo Washington Mccollom in household of G Oliver Mccollom, Oklahoma City Ward 4, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 156, sheet 11B, line 72, family 388, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1475; FHL microfilm 1,821,475.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCWG-QHD : accessed 16 February 2018), George W Mccollom in household of George O Mccollom, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 60, sheet 6B, line 60, family 150, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1919; FHL microfilm 2,341,653.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VB2W-FX5 : accessed 16 February 2018), George W Mccollom in household of George O Mccollom, Ward 3, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 78-87, sheet 11B, line 59, family 307, 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 3345.