He registered for the WWI draft on September 12, 1918 [2] where he was working for the United Gas Improvement Company as a foreman. He was still working for them at the time of the WWII draft[3] though UGI leased to Philadelphia Gas Works and that is listed as his employer.
1900 Philadelphia city Ward 25, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States[5]
1910 Philadelphia Ward 45, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States[6]
1920 Philadelphia Ward 45, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States[7]
1930 Philadelphia (Districts 1001-1236), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States[8]
1940 Ward 45, Philadelphia, Philadelphia City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States[9]
Sources
↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JV3V-X92 : 7 December 2014), John W Hanson and Ruppert, 1905; citing license number 182127, Clerk of the Orphan's Court. City Hall.
↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6KX-W7P : 12 December 2014), John W Hanson, 1917-1918; citing Philadelphia City no 47, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,907,955.
↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQFP-S4D : 7 April 2016), John Winpenny Hanson, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3WH-VL3 : 22 January 2015), John Hanson in household of Samuel B Hanson, Philadelphia city Ward 25, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 1A, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,466.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG7F-NGF : 29 October 2015), John Hanson, Philadelphia Ward 45, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1150, sheet 5A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,427.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFYT-HKJ : 14 December 2015), John Hanson in household of Margaret Cooper, Philadelphia Ward 45, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 11A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,637.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQJ6-K4L : accessed 18 August 2016), W John Hanson, Ward 45, Philadelphia, Philadelphia City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51-1920, sheet 4A, family 57, 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 3746.
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