Lester Joseph Faulk (1912 - 1984)

Born 20 Sep 1912 in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA

Ancestors

Died 22 Jul 1984 at age 71 in Crowley, Acadia, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Lester Faulk lived in Louisiana.

Lester Faulk is a descendant of an Acadian

Lester Joseph Faulk was born in 1912^[1] in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA, a son of Henry Faulk (1882 - ) and Ursule (Simon) Faulk (1884 - 1947).

His siblings were:

1. Dewey Faulk (1903 - 1969)
2. Pauline Faulk (1904 - 1968)
3. Alma Faulk (~1906 - )
4. Olite Faulk (~1909 - )
5. Ruth Faulk (1916 - )
6. Ethel Faulk (1922 - living)
7. Carl Faulk (~1928 - living)

He was seven when counted on the census in the fall of 1920 with his family in Acadia Parish, Louisiana;^[2] seventeen in 1930.^[3]

He married Beulah Breaux c.1937.

His known children:

1. Marie Faulk (b/d 1939)^[4]
2. Chester Winston Faulk (1939)
3. Patsy Marie Faulk (b/d 1940)^[5]

In 1940 they were counted on the census in Acadia Parish with their year-old son.^[6] Chester's twin sister Marie had not survived beyond a day. He registered for the draft in Crowley during WWII.^[1]

He was 71 when he died in Crowley in 1984;^[7] he was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Crowley, Louisiana.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Louisiana First Registration Draft Cards, 1940-1945", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC1T-6LH : 2 March 2020), Lester Joseph Faulk, 1940-1945.

   20 Sep 1912

2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MVQ3-RS4 : accessed 18 March 2016), Usural Faulk in household of Henry Faulk, Police Jury Ward 6, Acadia, Louisiana, United States; citing sheet 22B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,603.

   Henry Faulk Head Male 38 Louisiana

   Usural Faulk Wife Female 35 Louisiana

   Dewey Faulk Son Male 15 Louisiana

   Paline Faulk Daughter Female 14 Louisiana

   Alma Faulk Daughter Female 13 Louisiana

   Plitt Faulk Daughter Female 10 Louisiana

   Lester Faulk Son Male 7 Louisiana

   Ruth Faulk Daughter Female 4 Louisiana

3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMTJ-VGX : accessed 7 February 2022), Lester Faulk in household of Henry Faulk, Police Jury Ward 6, Acadia, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 9A, line 10, family 168, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 782; FHL microfilm 2,340,517.

   Henry Faulk Head Male 47 Louisiana

   Eursula Faulk Wife Female 44 Louisiana

   Olite Faulk Daughter Female 20 Louisiana

   Lester Faulk Son Male 17 Louisiana

   Ethel Faulk Daughter Female 8 Louisiana

   Carl Faulk Jr. Son Male 2 Louisiana

4. ↑ "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F39R-FFC : 4 March 2021), Lester Faulk in entry for Marie Faulk, 28 Aug 1939; citing Crowley, Acadia, Louisiana, certificate number 9798, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,358,535.
5. ↑ "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F39B-JQH : 4 March 2021), Lester Faulk in entry for Patsy Mary Faulk, 31 Mar 1940; citing Crowley, Acadia, Louisiana, certificate number 3616, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,358,775.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYRQ-VWL : 5 January 2021), Lester Faulk, Ward Six, Acadia, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-28, sheet 9B, line 70, family 173, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1378.
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5MX-K29 : 10 January 2021), Lester Faulk, Jul 1984; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6056502/lester-joseph-faulk : accessed 07 February 2022), memorial page for Lester Joseph Faulk (20 Sep 1912–22 Jul 1984), Find A Grave: Memorial #6056502, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Joel Manuel (contributor 46494625).