Living ESTER Beatrix Virginia JENKINS Mini tree diagram
Lawrence W ESTER

Lawrence W ESTER4,6,1,2,3,7,4,5,8

3rd Nov 19211,2,3,4,5 - 14th Dec 19774,2,4

Life History

3rd Nov 1921

Born in Oklahoma.1,2,3,4,5

23rd Nov 1944

Married Beatrix Virginia JENKINS in Tucson, Pima, Arizona.1,5

14th Dec 1977

Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.4,2,4

15th Dec 1977

Buried in Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Orange County, California.4

Other facts

 

Birth of daughter Living ESTER

Notes

  • U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
    Lawrence W Ester Jr
    Born 1921 Oklahoma
    Residence Orange County, California
    Enlisted 3 Jan 1942 Los Angeles, California
    Private, Air Corps
    Education 4 years of high school
    Civil Occupation Machinist
    Single, without dependents
    Height 75
    Weight 206
    [no image of document]

    He went by the nickname Larry, which in his wife's obituary was spelled Larrie.

    The 1940 census tells us that Larry's parents moved to Buena Park, Orange County, California after 1935.  Their previous residence is reported as Garfield County, Oklahoma, and the youngest child is only 1 years old, born in Oklahoma.  City directories tell us they were there at least by 1938.

    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    Anaheim, California, City Directory, 1938, p 125
    Ester Lawrence W (Bessie D) [no occupation rptd] h 3412 W Commwlth Fullerton

    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    Anaheim, California, City Directory, 1939, p 126
    Ester Lawrence W (Bessie D) mech Tucker Foundry h 237 Court Buena Park

    In the 1940 census, we learn that Lwrence Jr is the oldest child.

    1940 Federal Census, Orange County, California, 15 April, Buena Park, District 30-10, Page 7B, 153 East court, Hse #155, Rents $16
    Ester, Lawrence W Head M W 43 Married Grade H3 b Kansas Rural Garfield Co Okla in 1935 Laborer [b abt 1897]
    Ester, Bessie Wife F W 38 Married Grade H3 b Oklahoma Rural Garfield Co Okla [b abt 1902]
    Ester, Lawrence W Son M W 18 Single Grade H3 b Oklahoma Rural Garfield Co Okla new worker [sic] [b abt 1922]
    Ester, Wanda Lou Dau F W 10 Single Grade 3 b Oklahoma Rural Garfield Co Okla At Home [b abt 1930]
    Ester, Robert J Son M W 8 Single Grade 1 b Oklahoma Rural Garfield Co Okla new worker [sic] [b abt 1939]

    Larry and his parents are reported in the 1940 Anaheim, California City Directory.  Their address is in Buena Park.  The streeet address is the same as reported in the 1940 census.

    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    Anaheim, California, City Directory, 1940, p 131
    Ester Lawrence W (Bessie D) mech Tucker Foundry h 237 Court Buena [Park]
    Ester Lawrence W Jr studt r 237 Court Buena [Park]

    "Mr. Jenkins, I live in Bakersfield, California, 2 or 3 years ago I purchased at a yard sale a "My Life In The Service Diary" given to L W Jr Ester on October 2, 1942 by Aunt Frances, Uncle Walter, Larry and Margie."
    --  Robert Pena, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 29 January 2019

    Larrie married Beatrrix Virginia Jenkins in November 1944.

    Arizona, County Marriage Records, 1865-1972
    Lawrence W Ester, Age 23 (born abt 1921)
    Beatrix Virginia Jenkins, Age 23 (born abt 1921)
    License issued 21 November 1944
    Marriage 23 November 1944 Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
    Ceremony performed by C W Gardner, Justice of the Peace
    Witnesses Albert Hesselberg & A J Gardner
    Recorded 24 November 1944 Arizona Marriage Records, Book 23 (1944-1945), p 231
    Mail Recorded document to Lawrence W Ester, Jr, 1106 N Pioneer Blvd, Norwalk, California

    However, there is a daughter, Carol Sue Ester, who is reported in several records as being born in November 1942.  On her marriage record, she reported her parents as Lawrence and Beatrix.  But this birth date is two years before they married, and while Larry was in the war.  In 1964, Carol Sue and her mother are listed together in the Orange County voter rolls, at the same street address.  (Larrie was not listed there.)

    Larrie and his wife are reported in the 1956 city directory of Lynwood, California, in Los Angeles County.

    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    Lynwood, City Directory, 1956, p 32
    Ester Lawrence Jr (Beatrix) fndywkr Tucker Foundry h Louise av NEwmrk 8-4310

    California, Death Index, 1940-1997
    Lawrence W Ester
    Birth 3 Nov 1921 Oklahoma
    Death 14 Dec 1977 Los Angeles
    Social Security #571185038

    No memorial existed on Find a Grave for Larry until October 2017.

    Lawrence William Ester
    BIRTH 3 Nov 1921
    DEATH 15 Dec 1977 (aged 56)
    BURIAL Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Orange County, California
    Spouse Beatrix V Jenkins Ester 1921-2007
    Created by Michael Tidwell 26 Oct 2017
    --  Find A Grave Memorial 184622743, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184622743

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