Alfred Robert Sears (1920 - 1982)

Born 15 Dec 1920 in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 22 Dec 1982 at age 62 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Alfred Robert Sears, the son and eldest child of James Sears and Ella Curtis, was born December 15, 1920, at 15 Booth Road in Methuen, Massachusetts.^[1][2]

In 1940 at age 19, he was living with his parents and working as a "Laborer" in a Cotton Mill.^[3]

On August 11, 1942, he enlisted in the Army and was stationed at Fort Devens, Massachusetts.^[4]

He married Catherine Mary Wood on September 22, 1951. They had four children: Robert, Paul J., James and Elizabeth.^[5][6]

Alfred Sears died in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 22, 1982, aged 62.^[5][7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGR-DNZP : 1 September 2021), Alfred Robert Sears, 15 Dec 1920.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQL2-G3S : accessed 21 July 2022), Alfred R Sears in household of James F Sears, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 134, sheet 5B, line 62, family 112, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 898; FHL microfilm 2,340,633.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4XF-NHX : 10 January 2021), Alfred Sears in household of James Sears, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-211, sheet 3B, line 61, family 51, 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 1583.
4. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K855-DSK : 5 December 2014), Alfred R Sears, enlisted 11 Aug 1942, Ft Devens, Massachusetts, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228527928/alfred-j-sears: accessed 21 July 2022), memorial page for Alfred Robert Sears (15 Dec 1920–22 Dec 1982), Find A Grave: Memorial #228527928, citing Saint Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Robert Sage (contributor 47414838).
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141051519/catherine-mary-sears: accessed 21 July 2022), memorial page for Catherine Mary Wood Sears (28 Aug 1923–7 Feb 2013), Find A Grave: Memorial #141051519, citing Saint Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Heidiho (contributor 47997375).
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZY6-NDF : 13 June 2019), Alfred R Sears, 22 Dec 1982.