George
Russell
Vierra
aka Vieira
Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Son of George Lewis Vierra
and Anna (Johnson) Silva
Brother of
Mildred Claire (Vierra) Dinwiddie
Husband of
Thelma Ilene (Godsey) McKenzie
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
[private daughter (1940s - unknown)]
Died
at age 32
in Hayward, Alameda County, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Apr 2017
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George Vierra is Portuguese.
Biography
George Russell Vierra was born in 1917 to George Lewis Vierra and Anna Johnson. George was of Portuguese descent. Both sets of grandparents were 100% Portuguese and immigrated to the U.S. in the later part of the 1800s.
He married Thelma Ilene Godsey and had two daughters with her before his untimely death in 1950. He died of a heart attack without warning.
He is buried in the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California as he served during the years of World War II in the United States Marine Corps as a Staff Sergeant stationed on Treasure Island, San Francisco, California.
1920 U.S. Federal Census[1]
- Name: Russell G Vierra or George Russell Vierra
- Age: 2
- Birth Year: 1917
- Birthplace: Massachusetts
- Home in 1920: Boston Ward 1, Suffolk, Massachusetts
- Street: Wordsworth Street
- Race: White
- Gender: Male
- Relation to Head of House: Son
- Marital Status: Single
- Father's name: George L. Vierra
- Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
- Mother's name: Annie Vierra
- Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Household Members:
- George Vierra, 28
- Annie Vierra, 26
- Russell G Vierra, 2
- Mildred Vierra, 0
Sources
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census. [online data base.] Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2010. Year: 1920; Census Place: Boston Ward 1, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_728; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 13; Image: 306. [Last name Orina is a transcription error.]
- Personal knowledge of George Russell Vierra as described by his daughter, Jeanne Yvonne (Vierra) Martindale. - Katie Martindale
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