William Richard Taber Jr. (1927 - 1981)

Born 20 Nov 1927 in Cooper, Osage, Oklahoma, United States

Died 28 Aug 1981 at age 53 in Grimes, Colusa, California, United States

Biography

William was born in Wolf, Seminole County, Oklahoma in 1927. He passed away in Grimes, Colusa County, California in 1981, at the age of 53.

Family

• Father: William Richard Taber b. 1900
• Mother: Betty May Bingham Taber b. 1903
• Siblings: James Robert Taber b. 1922, Bethel Jean Taber Hejl b. 1924, Shirley Ann Taber Tolbert b. 1925, Lessie Patricia Taber b. 1937
• Spouse: Edna Elaine Boyer Taber b. 1915 m. 1953

Timeline

• 1927 born in Cooper, Osage County, Oklahoma
• 1930 US Census in Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States ^[1]
• 1940 US Census in Wolf Township, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States ^[2]
• 1945 Military Draft Registration in Seminole, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States ^[3]
• 1981 died in Grimes, Colusa County, California ^{[4] [5]}
• Buried in Grand Island Cemetery, Grimes, Colusa County, California ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC42-1K8 : accessed 12 December 2021), Billy D Taber in household of William R Taber, Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 37, sheet 8B, line 75, family 187, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1931; FHL microfilm 2,341,665.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBKG-VNB : 5 January 2021), Billie D Taber in household of William Taber, Wolf Township, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-49, sheet 7A, line 39, family 114, 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 3332.
3. ↑ "Oklahoma, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2B4-G5XG : 3 March 2020), William Richard Taber, 21 Nov 1945; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Ancestry; citing Draft Registration, Seminole, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States, NAID 2169774. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147. National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri.
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3ZV-GJC : 10 January 2021), William Taber, Aug 1981; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGGG-QNL : 26 November 2014), William Richard Taber, 28 Aug 1981; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 October 2019), memorial page for Corp William Richard Taber, Jr (20 Nov 1927–28 Aug 1981), Find A Grave Memorial no. 54830090, citing Grand Island Cemetery, Grimes, Colusa County, California, USA ; Maintained by Graveyard Walker (contributor 47314881) .[1]
7. ↑ Grand Island Cemetery (Grimes, California, United States.) William R. Taber’s headstone. Personally photographed by Kim Collins, 4 Oct 2019.
8. ↑ "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDG-NQ59 : 25 April 2016), William P. Taber Jr., died 28 Aug 1981; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Grand Island Cemetery, Meridian, Colusa, California, United States.

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8BQ-Q9P : 5 December 2014), William R Jr Taber, enlisted Apr 1946, ; 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.