Life History

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Notes

• Jack was likely Jackson, named after a great uncle.  Many men called Jackson were actually named Andrew Jackson, after the famous Tennessee General and President of the United States.  Green family researcher Bev Bell reports his name as Walter Jack, born in Nov 1924, even though he had a brother named Walter Jacob Jr, born about a year later.
  
  Both sons are reported in the 1930 as Jack and Junior Green, and in 1940 as Jack and Jacob.  They are with their widowed mother and sister in the residence of their uncle, Walter Jacob Green's brother Pink Green.  Walter Jacob later went by Jake and Walter Jack went by Walter J (ref the 1957 city directory).
  
  The Social Security record matching Jack or Walter Jack Green, his birth date has simply Walter Green.
  
  1930 Federal Census,  Fresno County, California, 18 April, Township 5, District 76, page 7A, Conejo Avenue, Hse #150, Fam #151
  Green, Pink Head M W 42 First married at 32 [but no wife in the household] OK TN TN Farm Laborer
  Green, Maggie Sister-in-law F W 35 First married at 34 [but no husband in the household] OK MO MO
  Green, Eva Lee Niece  F W 7 OK OK OK
  Green, Jack Nephew  M W 6 OK OK OK
  Green, Junior Nephew  M W 4yrs 4mos OK OK OK [b abt Dec 1925]
  
  In the 1940 census, Jack and his siblings are reported as children of Pink.  It appears to be an enumerator error.
  
  1940 Federal Census, Fresno County, California, 9 April, Judicial Township 11, District 132, page 2B, Belmont Ave, Hse #43, Rents $10, Live on a Farm
  Green, Pink Head M W 53 Widow First  Grade 3 b Oklahoma  Place under 2000 population in 1935 Farmer
  Glory, Maggie Wife F W 48  Grade 3 b OK lived in same house in 1935
  Green, Eva Dau F W 17 Single Grade 8 b OK lived in same house in 1935
  Green, Jack Son M W 16 Single HS-1 b OK lived in same house in 1935 Farm Laborer
  Green, Jacob Son M W 14 Single Grade 8 b OK lived in same house in 1935
  
  U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
  Jack Walter Green
  Service Number 562 68 77
  Enlistment 28 August 1942 Los Angeles
  USS Overton, Ship #239
  Departure 11 Nov 1942 from Tompkinsville, Staten Island, New York to Sea
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  Fresno, California, City Directory, 1957, p 269
  Green Jake (Doris D) trencher opr Dallas Wilson h 3842 E Austin way [Walter Jacob Green, son of Walter Jacob Green & Laurie Margaret Lee, wife Doris D Mahaffey]
  p 270
  Green Walter Jr jan First Natl Bk r 521 S 3d [unclear who this is]
  Green Walter J (Bonnie) heavy equip opr Valley Eng h 3049 Inyo [Walter Jack Green, son of Walter Jacob Green & Laurie Margaret Lee, wife Bonnie Clement]
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  Fresno, California, City Directory, 1960, p 306
  Green Walter J (Bonnie S) emp Valley Engineers Inc h 1508 E Garland av
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  Walter Green
  Born 26 Feb 1924
  Died Sep 1974
  SSN 564-20-3136 issued California (Before 1951)
  
  Jack's death record reports that he died in Sierra County.  This is a low population county near Reno, Nevada.
  
  California, Death Index, 1940-1997
  Walter J Green
  Social Security #564203136
  Birth 26 Feb 1924 Oklahoma
  Death 1 Sep 1974 Sierra County
  
  "Sierra County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.  As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,240 making it the second-least populous county in California.  The county seat is Downieville, and the only incorporated city is Loyalton.  The county is located in the Sierra Nevada, northeast of Sacramento on the border with Nevada."
  --  "Sierra County, California," Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_County,_California
  
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  Walter Jack Green
  
  Birth Feb 26, 1924 Muskogee County, Oklahoma
  Death Sep 1, 1974 Fresno County, California
  [California death records say he died in Sierra County, California]
  
  Jack Green was the son of Walter Jacob Green (1889-1925) and Maggie Lee Green (1897-1952).
  He was middle child of their three children: Eva Lee, (himself) and Junior (Walter Jacob (Jake) GREEN
  
  Spouse Bonnie Sue Clement Green (1927 - 1983)
  
  Siblings:
  Paul Ester Burch (1914 - 1989) Half-sibling
  Eva Lee Green (1922 - 2002)
  Walter Jacob Green (1925 - 1984)
  
  U.S. Navy Veteran of WW II.
  
  When just babes, their father died; his extended family soon moved to central Calif, along with their mother, Maggie, who was staying in her brother-in-law's HH (Pink Green) in 1930 census. America was in difficult economic times. No child support.
  
  Jack married Bonnie Sue Clement (1927-1983) according to WFT. (Three living children).
  
  Jack's Funeral card is posted Family Tree [?], which shows several of his Green family as pallbearers, and that interment was in Fresno Memorial Gardens. Eva Lee, his sister, and Walter Jacob (Jake) are also bur. here.  Pictures of tombstones are courtesy of Bev Bell, on Family Tree.
  
  Burial Fresno Memorial Gardens, Fresno, Fresno County, California
  
  Created by wvy Jul 25, 2011
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #73921580, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73921580
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  A Texas birth certificate was discovered in September 2016 that is eerily similar to the child of Walter Jacob Green and Laurie Margaret Lee, named Walter Jack Green.  The reported date of birth for Walter Jack in Social security records and his grave is 26 February 1924.   The birth date on the birth certificate was 29 November 1924.
  
  This child was born in Gainesvill, Texas, a town associated with this Green family, since the original Green, Toliever Green,  moved his family there was Georgia a little before the 1960 census when they were reported there.  Walter Jacob Green and Walter Jack Green were cons of Toliver's grandson Walter Jacob Green, son of Toliver's son Jacob GReen, known also in family memory as Jake.
  
  The newborn son was not named, reported as "Full name of child Unknown."  (The form states that if the name is not known at thtat time a supplemental report is to be made.  No such report has yet been found to match.)
  
  The child's father is reproted as J Walter Green and the mother as Willie Owens.
  
  Child's Name Unknown, Legitimate Boy
  Birth 29 Nov 1924 N Weaver St Ward 3 (Family residence), Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas, USA
  Father J Walter Green, white, born Texas, Occupation Farming
  Mother Willie Owens, white, born Texas, Occupation Housewife
  Mother Residence Gainesville, Texas
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Sources

• 1. 1940 Federal Census, Fresno County, California
  • 9 April, Judicial Township 11, District 132, page 2B, Belmont Ave, Hse #43, Rents $10, Live on a Farm
• 2. 1930 Federal Census, Fresno County, California
  • 18 April, Township 5, District 76, page 7A, Conejo Avenue, Hse #150, Fam #151
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 5. U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
• 6. California, Death Index, 1940-1997
• 7. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
• 8. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Fresno, California, City Directory, 1960, p 306