Robert Morgan Wise was born September 20, 1919 to Shelby Jacob Wise and Julia Agnes Castle 18 days prior to the death of his father on October 7, 1919, in Seattle, WA .[1]
After the death of his father, his mother Julia, would move the family back to Missouri to live close to her parents. In 1920, Robert was the youngest of 5 children at home. The family is listed consecutively with other Castle families on the Census in Bethany in Harrison County, Missouri.[2]
Robert's mother would remarry and in 1930 Robert and his older brother Oluf were living with Julia and her new husband, Arthur Ward, in Butler Township where Arthur worked in a blacksmith shop.[3]
Sometime after 1935, Robert moved from Harrison, Missouri back to Washington State where he was born. In 1940 he was working a rented farm in the community of West Parker in Yakima County.[4]
Robert died on 13 December 1986 in Yakima City, Washington.[5]
Although birth index and Social Security records cite DOB as September 20, 1919, in other records he cited his DOB as September 17, 1918.
Sources
↑Unclassified:
"Washington, U.S., Birth Index, 1907-1919" Ancestry ca Record 6493 #367912 (accessed 28 October 2021)
Name: Robert Morgan Wise; Birth Date: 20 Sep 1919; Location: Seattle; Sex: Male; Race: White; Father's Name: Shelby Wise; Mother's Name: Julie Castle; Image Filename: 5751.
↑1920 Census:
"1920 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1920; Census Place: Bethany, Harrison, Missouri; Roll: T625_920; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 97 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 6061 #57317724 (accessed 28 October 2021)
Julia Wise (40), widowed, None, head of household in Bethany, Harrison, Missouri. Born in Missouri.
↑1930 Census:
"1930 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1930; Census Place: Butler, Harrison, Missouri; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 2340925 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 6224 #6938425 (accessed 28 October 2021)
Arthur Ward, married, Laborer, head of household in Butler Township, Butler, Harrison, Missouri, USA. Born in Missouri.
↑1940 Census:
"1940 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1940; Census Place: West Parker, Yakima, Washington; Roll: m-t0627-04373; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 39-107 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 2442 #64844558 (accessed 28 October 2021)
Robert Wise (21), single, Farm Laborer, head of household in West Parker, Yakima, Washington. Born in Washington.
↑Death Registration:
"Washington, U.S., Death Index, 1940-2017"
Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Death Index, 1940-1959, 1965-2017 Ancestry ca Record 6716 #920649 (accessed 28 October 2021)
Robert M Wise death 13 Dec 1986 (age 67) in Yakima City, Washington.
See also:
Death Registration: "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014" Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File Ancestry ca Record 3693 #68350500 (accessed 28 October 2021) Robert Wise death Dec 1986.
Acknowledgements
WikiTree profile Wise-751 created through the import of Luttrell6-25-12.GED on Jun 26, 2012 by Richard Luttrell.
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