Alonzo Wilford (1884-1936)

Title

Alonzo Wilford (1884-1936)

Bibliographic Citation

US, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 for Alonzo Willford.
Year: 1930; Census Place: Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0078; FHL microfilm: 2341020

Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

Birth Date

September. 23. (Circa 1884)

Birthplace

illnios

Death Date

October 23rd, 1936

Occupation

Pullman Porter

Biographical Text

Alonzo Wilford was born in Illinois on September. 23. (Circa 1884). He was the son of Simon and Mattie Wilford. Alonzo had a three younger siblings sisters Edna and Arlene [Lorinia] (Dorsay) and brother Everett. His father was a janitor at a department store. He lived with his parents at 1920 S Street after he divorced his first wife. During this time the family also had a lodger Anna Wells who was a manicurist at a beauty parlor.

In 1920 he married Anna Wilford and two years later they had a one son Randolph V. Wilford. In 1927 they purchased a house at 821 South Street and lived there until 1930 when they purchased another home at 2024 Dudley Street that was valued at $3,500 in 1930. Alonzo was a Pullman Porter on the C.B & Q line from 1918-1930 and then became a brakeman for the company in 1936. He died October 23rd, 1936 and is buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln Nebraska.

Address 1

821 South Street. Lincoln, Nebraska

Address 2

2024 Dudley Street. Lincoln, Nebraska

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Alonzo Wilford (1884-1936)