Calvin August Blumenstock (1926 - 2011)

Born 2 Oct 1926 in De Soto Township, Jackson, Illinois, United States

Died 8 Jan 2011 at age 84 in Conover, Catawba, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Calvin August was a Jehovah's Witness and served at Brooklyn Bethel

This profile is part of the 122-124 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, New York One Place Study.

Calvin August Blumenstock was born on October 2, 1926 in De Soto, Illinois.

Calvin registered for the draft for World War II. ^[1]

Calvin volunteered at the world headquarters of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society at Brooklyn, New York.^[2]

Calvin died on January 8, 2011 in Conover, North Carolina, aged 84.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Military: "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947"
   National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Illinois, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 151
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2238 #300514614 (accessed 7 May 2023)
   Name: Calvin August Blumenstock; Race: White; Age: 18; Birth Date: 2 Oct 1926; Birth Place: Desoto, Illinois; Registration Date: 2 Oct 1944; Registration Place: Desoto, Jackson, Illinois, USA; Employer: John Blumenstock; Height: "5 10"; Weight: "160"; Complexion: Light; Hair Color: Brown; Eye Color: Blue; Next of Kin: John Blumenstock;
   Household Members (Name):
   Calvin August Blumenstock.
2. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6XYS-M314 : Sun Jan 29 22:32:37 UTC 2023), Entry for Milton G Henschel and Worth L Thornton, 15 April 1950.
3. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBNX-236 : 12 January 2021), Calvin A Blumenstock, 08 Jan 2011; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSYL-T6Y : accessed 7 May 2023), Calvin Bluminstock in household of John Bluminstock, De Soto, Jackson, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 7A, line 7, family 130, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 520; FHL microfilm 2,340,255.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWH8-63M : 8 January 2021), Calvin Blumenstock in household of John Blumenstock, De Soto Township, Jackson, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 39-15, sheet 7B, line 59, family 125, 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 814.