William Thomas Obert (1894 - 1969)

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Died 23 Mar 1969 at age 74 in Norristown, PA

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Biography

William was born in 1894. He passed away in 1969.

Name: William Thomas Obert. Given Name: William Thomas. Surname: Obert. A Given name was found in addition to a first name in the NAME tag.

Christening: 23 Dec 1894. St. Boniface Church, Diamond St. At Norris Square, Philadelphia, PA. ^[1] File Format: jpg. File: (removed). Baptism Certificate. 22 Apr 2020. Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO

Buried Mar 1969. Northwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.

Employment ^[2] 1910 Philadelphia, PA. ^[3] Abt 1917. Philadelphia, PA. Note: address of 9th and Oxford shows on draft card. Name of company not easily decipherable.

Census: 1900 Census. 1900 2131 N. 9th Street, Philadelphia, PA. File Format: jpg. File: (removed). 1900 Census. 22 Apr 2020. Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO 1920 Census. 1920 549 West Somerset Street, Philadelphia, PA. File Format: jpg. File: (removed). 1920 Census. 22 Apr 2020. Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO 1930 Census. 1930 3742 Eighth St, Philadelphia, PA. File Format: jpg. File: (removed). 1930 Census. 22 Apr 2020. Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO 1940 Census. 1940 1507 E. Barringer St, Philadelphia, PA. File Format: jpg. File: (removed). 22 Apr 2020. Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO

Residence 1900 2131 N. 9th Street, Philadelphia, PA. ^[4] 1920 549 West Somerset Street, Philadelphia, PA. ^[5] 1942 1507 E. Barringer St, Philadelphia, PA. Note: per WWII draft registration. File Format: jpg. File: (removed). WWII Draft registration. 22 Apr 2020. Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO 1950 1507 E. Barringer St, Philadelphia, PA. File Format: jpg. File: (removed). 1950 Philadelphia city directory. 22 Apr 2020. Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO 1955 220 Orchard Lane, Penn Square VIllage, Norristown, PA. File Format: jpg. File: (removed). 1955 Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO

Military Service Abt 1917. Note: Date determined from age on card. Address listed as 549 Somerset St., Phila., PA. ^[6] File Format: jpg. File: (removed). 22 Apr 2020. Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO 7 Dec 1917. Fort Slocum, NY. Note: Enlistment information per discharge papers. ^[7] File Format: jpg. File: (removed). WWI Draft registration. 22 Apr 2020. Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO File Format: JPG. File: (removed). W T Obert in WWI. 22 Apr 2020. Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO 24 Jul 1919. Note: Promotion certificate. File Format: jpg. File: (removed). Certificate of Promotion. 24 Jul 1919. Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO

Military Discharge 4 Sep 1919. Fort Slocum, NY. Note: Discharged as a Sargeant in the medical department. A.S. #360237. File Format: jpg. File: (removed). Honorable discharge from US Army. Note: discharged from medical department as a sargeant. 4 Sep 1919. Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO File Format: jpg. File: (removed). back of discharge paper. Note: Occupation is "steam fitter".

Service honest and faithful, no absence. 4 Sep 1919. Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO

Marriage License 16 Apr 1932. Church Of The Transfiguration, New York, NY. File Format: jpg. File: (removed). Marriage license index from NY, NY. 22 Apr 2020. Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO

Religion: Received into membership at Gethsemane Methodist Church. 17 Mar 1940. Philadelphia, PA.

File Format: jpg. File: (removed). William Thomas Obert. Unknown Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO Format: jpg. File: (removed). Will Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO Format: jpg. File: (removed). Certificate of Baptism. 23 Dec 1894. Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO Format: jpg. File: (removed). Headstone at Northwood Cemetery. 24 Mar 2008. Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO

Note: #NI14.

Marriage Husband @I14@. Wife @I15@. Marriage 16 Jan 1932. Church Of The Transfiguration, New York, NY. Event: Eloped to New York. Note: "Eloped to New York - Married in Little Church Around the Corner" per Grandmother Remembers by Bertell Obert. ^[8] Child: @I4@.

Notes

Note NI14

Wedding date is a bit of a mystery. Bertell was born on Dec. 10, 1932. NY marriage license shows a date of April 16, 1932. Other materials suggest wedding (elopement) was on January 16, 1932. The January date works best with the Bertell birth date. Could the license issue have been late given the elopement?

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S14
2. ↑ Source: #S3 p. 15 Certainty: 3
3. ↑ Source: #S16 File Format: jpg File: (removed) Scrapbook: Y 58 PHOTO
4. ↑ Source: #S42 Certainty: 4
5. ↑ Source: #S39 Certainty: 4 File Format: jpg File: (removed) Note: LEAD Technologies Inc. V1.01 Scrapbook: Y 160 PHOTO
6. ↑ Source: #S17 Certainty: 3
7. ↑ Source: #S15 Certainty: 4
8. ↑ Source: #S3 p. 15 Certainty: 3

• Personal knowledge
• Source: S14 Media: Church Baptism Certificate File Format: jpg File: C:\Users\Bill\Documents\Geneaology results\family documents\Obert William\baptism certificate.jpg Certificate of Baptism 23 Dec 1894 Scrapbook: Y PHOTO

• Source: S15 Media: Military Promotion Certificate File Format: jpg File: C:\Users\Bill\Documents\Geneaology results\family documents\Obert William\army promotion.jpg 24 Jul 1919 Scrapbook: Y PHOTO

• Source: S16 Media: Census/Tax 1910 census

• Source: S17 Media: Military Draft card File Format: jpg File: C:\Users\Bill\Documents\Geneaology results\family documents\Obert William\obert draft reg.jpg Scrapbook: Y PHOTO

• Source: S3 Media: Book Grandmother Remembers Obert, Bertell -- known as Judy Franz at the time of authorship

• Source: S39 Media: Census/Tax 1920 Census

• Source: S42 1900 Census File Format: jpg File: C:\Users\Bill\Documents\Geneaology results\family documents\Obert William\Obert 1900 census.jpg Note: LEAD Technologies Inc. V1.01 Scrapbook: Y PHOTO