Private John Dygert served with the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. Service Started: Jun 22, 1898 Unit(s): unknown Service Ended: Feb 28, 1899
1875 - living in Groveland with parents and siblings. Age 1 6/12; born Livingston County; listed as John M.[1]
1880 - living with parents and siblings in Groveland. Age 7.[2]
John served in the Spanish-American War -- Co. A, 7th Artillery. Enlisted June 22, 1898, in Buffalo, New York; honorable discharge, February 28, 1899.[3]
1900 - living as a boarder with the family of H. M. & Ida Davis, in Rochester, New York. Age 26; single; worked as a railroad brakeman.[4]
1910 - living with his wife Grace in Rochester, boarders in the household of William & Minnie Oaks. Age 36; married 8 years; worked as a streetcar motorman.[5]
Sources
↑ "New York, State Census, 1875," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNV9-D68 : accessed 28 June 2015), John M Dygert in household of David F Dygert, Groveland, Livingston, New York, United States; citing p. 16, line 8, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 510,545.
↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: Groveland, Livingston, New York; Roll: 858; Family History Film: 1254858; Page: 118A; Enumeration District: 024; Image: 0726.
↑ Ancestry.com. New York, Spanish-American War Military and Naval Service Records, 1898-1902 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Rochester Ward 11, Monroe, New York; Page: 17; Enumeration District: 0073; FHL microfilm: 1241075
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M53C-S1K : accessed 11 November 2021), John Dygert in household of William Oaks, Rochester Ward 15, Monroe, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 150, sheet 7B, family 139, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 992; FHL microfilm 1,375,005.
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