Samuel Gardner Close, 18871952 (aged 65 years)

Name
Samuel Gardner /Close/
Note: Not sure whether the middle name is Gardner or Gardiner. Both variations seem to crop up.
Birth
Census 1900 US Fed
Note: Living with parents and family at New Haven, Connecticut.
Census 1910 US Fed
Note: Can't find a record for this year.
Milit-Beg
Note: WW1 US Draft Card. He was a machinist at the time.
Death of a mother
Census 1920 US Fed
Note: Living with wife Gertrude and family at New Haven, Connecticut. Rail Road Machinist.
Death of a father
Note: Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934

Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934

Name: Samuel G Close
Birth Date: 21 Oct 1856
Death Date: 7 May 1925
Age at Death 68
Cemetery: Oak Grove Cemetery
Burial Place: West Haven, Connecticut

Burial of a father
Note: Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934

Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934

Name: Samuel G Close
Birth Date: 21 Oct 1856
Death Date: 7 May 1925
Age at Death 68
Cemetery: Oak Grove Cemetery
Burial Place: West Haven, Connecticut

Census 1930 US Fed
Note: Living with wife Gertrude and family at West Haven, Connecticut. Mechanical Inspector for Rail Road.

Living with wife Gertrude and family at West Haven, Connecticut. Mechanical Inspector for Rail Road.

Father-in-law, Frederick Werme, is also present.

Death of a brother
Note: New Hampshire, Death and Disinterment Records, 1754-1947

New Hampshire, Death and Disinterment Records, 1754-1947

Name: Harry Wallace Close
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1889
Birth Place: Stamford, Connecticut
Father: Samuel G Close
Mother: Elizabeth Adamson
Death Date: 8 Feb 1938
Death Place: Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Age at Death: 49

Death of a sister
Note: Can't find a death record, but husband William is widowed in 1940.
Census 1940 US Fed
Note: Living with wife Gertrude at West Haven, Connecticut. Rail Road Machinist.
Milit-Beg
Note: WW2 US Draft Card
Death
Note: Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012

Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012

Name: Samuel G Close
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: abt 1887
Residence: West Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Death Date: 14 Jun 1952
Death Place: West Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Age: 65 Years
Spouse: Gertrude

Family with parents
father
1860 US Federal Census
18561925
Birth: 21 October 1856Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 7 May 1925New Haven County, Connecticut, America
mother
1900 US Federal Census
18581920
Birth: about October 1858Pennsylvania, America
Death: before 1920New Haven County, Connecticut, America
Marriage Marriageabout 1881Connecticut, America
13 months
elder sister
1900 US Federal Census
1882
Birth: about January 1882Connecticut, America
2 years
elder sister
1900 US Federal Census
18831940
Birth: about December 1883Connecticut, America
Death: before 1940New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, America
21 months
elder sister
1900 US Federal Census
1885
Birth: about August 1885New York, America
22 months
himself
WW1 US Draft Card
18871952
Birth: 24 May 1887Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 14 June 1952West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, America
20 months
younger brother
1900 US Federal Census
18891938
Birth: 18 January 1889Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 8 February 1938Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, America
Family with Gertrude Oktavia Werme
himself
WW1 US Draft Card
18871952
Birth: 24 May 1887Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, America
Death: 14 June 1952West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, America
wife
1940 US Federal Census
1891
Birth: 19 April 1891Masthugget, Gothenburg, Sweden
daughter
Olive H Close
Census 1900 US Fed

Living with parents and family at New Haven, Connecticut.

Census 1910 US Fed

Can't find a record for this year.

Milit-Beg

WW1 US Draft Card. He was a machinist at the time.

Census 1920 US Fed

Living with wife Gertrude and family at New Haven, Connecticut. Rail Road Machinist.

Census 1930 US Fed

Living with wife Gertrude and family at West Haven, Connecticut. Mechanical Inspector for Rail Road.

Father-in-law, Frederick Werme, is also present.

Census 1940 US Fed

Living with wife Gertrude at West Haven, Connecticut. Rail Road Machinist.

Milit-Beg

WW2 US Draft Card

Name

Not sure whether the middle name is Gardner or Gardiner. Both variations seem to crop up.

Death

Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012

Name: Samuel G Close
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: abt 1887
Residence: West Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Death Date: 14 Jun 1952
Death Place: West Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Age: 65 Years
Spouse: Gertrude

Census 1900 US Fed
Milit-Beg
Census 1920 US Fed
Census 1930 US Fed
Census 1940 US Fed
Milit-Beg
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1940 US Federal Census
1940 US Federal Census
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WW2 US Draft Card (page 1)
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WW2 US Draft Card (page 2)
WW2 US Draft Card (page 2)
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1900 US Federal Census
1900 US Federal Census
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1940 US Federal Census
1940 US Federal Census
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WW2 US Draft Card (page 1)
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WW2 US Draft Card (page 2)
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1900 US Federal Census
1900 US Federal Census
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1940 US Federal Census
1940 US Federal Census
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WW2 US Draft Card (page 1)
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WW2 US Draft Card (page 2)
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1900 US Federal Census
1900 US Federal Census
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WW1 US Draft Card
WW1 US Draft Card
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1940 US Federal Census
1940 US Federal Census
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WW2 US Draft Card (page 1)
WW2 US Draft Card (page 1)
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WW2 US Draft Card (page 2)
WW2 US Draft Card (page 2)
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1900 US Federal Census
1900 US Federal Census