William Willis GILMORE

1905 - 1967  (61 years)

• Name	William Willis GILMORE
  Birth	19 May 1905	Philadelphia, PA, USA
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	2906
  _UID	463882AAD37D410896462701869D8C93899E
  Death	2 Jan 1967	Philadelphia, PA, USA
  Notes	1930 United States Federal Census: in E Roumfort Road, District 613, Philadelphia. PA (both GILMORE, both born Pennsylvania), W Willis (head, 24, married at 24, electrical engineer at public utility) and Mildred M (wife, 25, married at 24, teacher at public school). 1940 United States Federal Census: at 24 Roumfort Road, District 462, Philadelphia. PA (all GILMORE, born Pennsylvania), Willis (head, 34, electrical engineer at electric firm*), Mildred (wife, 35), William (son, 9) and Virginia (daughter, 2). * according to his daughter Virginia, her father "worked for the Philadelphia Electric Company his whole life, except for the war years when he was stationed here [in America] and overseas in England and Germany. My mother's diary from 1944 states that he was touring London on D-Day, but, of course, she did not know that until many weeks after the fact. He was also in the Battle of the Bulge, and his comment in a V-Mail letter understates the experience in an apology for not writing sooner -- "We've been busy." He was a Major with the PA 28th Division Artillery." In January 2015 Virginia added "My dad was a man of few words. The 28th Division was on R&R when they got caught in the Battle of the Bulge that winter. At home, my mother had an emergency appendectomy in that same time frame. She was convinced that Dad was missing, and she would die on the operating table, thus leaving Bill and me orphans. So much for thinking the worst! Dad came out of the war with no injuries except for a broken tooth that he got playing a pick-up basketball game while waiting for the plane home! Mother was fine in a few weeks. Thanks to the Minter grandparents for taking care of Bill and me throughout the ordeal."
  Person ID	I2906	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2015

  
  

  Family	Mildred Evelyn Minter,   b. 3 Nov 1904, Germantown, PA USA d. 25 Apr 1972, Philadelphia, PA, USA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	18 May 1929	Philadelphia, PA, USA   [1]
  	Married on 18 May.
  Children	1. William Willis GILMORE, Jr.,   b. 17 Apr 1931, Philadelphia, PA, USA d. 4 May 2012, USA (Age 81 years)   2. Virginia GILMORE   3. Charles Edmund GILMORE
  Family ID	F540	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 19 May 1905 - Philadelphia, PA, USA Marriage - 18 May 1929 - Philadelphia, PA, USA Death - 2 Jan 1967 - Philadelphia, PA, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S81] Phil Simmons July 2007.