The 1910 Census[1] shows him at age 3 in the home of his parents in Montgomery City, Montgomery County, Missouri.
The 1920 Census[2] shows him at age 11 in the home of his parents in Prairie Township, Montgomery County, Missouri.
The 1930 Census[3] shows him at age 21 in the home of his sister, Ollie and her family in St. Louis, Missouri. He worked as a filling station attendant.
The 1940 Census[5] shows him at age 31, single, and working as a private in the U.S. Army, posted at Hickam Field, 11th Bombardment Group (M), recorded at: Tract 42, Ewa Judicial District, Representative District 5, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, United States.
His 1945 WWII Enlistment Records[6] show him as a Staff Sergeant and that he has been divorced and is without dependents.
He married Margaret W. Pasma on 10 Aug 1946 in Colby, Kansas. Margaret was born 22 May 1917 in Idaho Springs, Colorado, daughter of Wiebe Pasma and Margaret Jane Phillips.[7] They adopted a son and gave birth to a son.
He died in 1979 in Montana.[8][9] He was buried at Lewistown City Cemetery, Lewistown, Fergus County, Montana.[10]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2B8-B5S : accessed 13 November 2020), Wilmer B Holt in household of William E Holt, Montgomery, Montgomery, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 106, sheet 7A, family 142, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 800; FHL microfilm 1,374,813.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8CZ-77M : accessed 13 November 2020), Wilmer B Holt in household of William E Holt, Prairie, Montgomery, Missouri, United States; citing ED 122, sheet 13A, line 21, family 169, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 936; FHL microfilm 1,820,936.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHVW-Q4F : accessed 13 November 2020), Wilmar B Holt in household of Rollie A Harmon, St Louis (Districts 1-250), St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 244, sheet 24B, line 83, family 464, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1246; FHL microfilm 2,340,981.
↑ 4.04.14.2 "Montana, Cascade County Records, 1880-2009," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM7-7DKS : 16 August 2019), Wilmer Or Jack Holt, 31 Jul 1979; citing Death, , Great Falls Genealogy Society; FHL microfilm 004922096.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB9G-L8F : 28 February 2020), Wilmer B Holt, Tract 42, Ewa Judicial District, Representative District 5, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-201, sheet 4A, line 19, family , 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 4589.
↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8GB-ZQL : 5 December 2014), Wilmer B Holt, enlisted 26 Sep 1945, Pueblo Aab, Colorado, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V35T-531 : 23 August 2020), Wilmer Holt, Jul 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
↑ "Montana Death Index, 1860-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZM-QXM : 9 December 2014), Wilmer Holt, 28 Jul 1979; from "Montana Death Index, 1868-2011," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2009); citing State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Office of Vital Statistics, Helena.
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #77132113, page for Wilmer B “Jack” Holt (9 Jun 1908–28 Jul 1979), citing Lewistown City Cemetery, Lewistown, Fergus County, Montana, USA; accessed 12 November 2020; Maintained by Sharon Rich Pohlman (contributor 47701969).
Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between WH and Bartley McRorie, his first cousin once removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are William Holt and Malinda Maupin, the grandparents of WH and great grandparents of Bartley McRorie. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd - 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 325 cM across 17 segments.
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