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 |
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
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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
Sources
- 1. U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
- 2. California, Death Index, 1940-1997
- 3. 1940 Federal Census, Orange County, California
- 15 April, Buena Park, District 30-10, Page 7B, 153 East court, Hse #155, Rents $16
- 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 5. Arizona, County Marriage Records, 1865-1972
- 6. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
- Lynwood, City Directory, 1956, p 32
- 7. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
- Anaheim, California, City Directory, 1940, p 131
- 8. California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968
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