Joseph Bernard HAMLIN
Birth:
23 Jan 1879
Star Prairie, St. Croix, Wisconsin
Death:
22 Jan 1933
Riverside, Riverside, California
Burial:
25 Jan 1933
Riverside, California
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23 Dec 1920
Lynchburg, Campbell, Va
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Ran away from home while a teenager and joined the army. He served in the Boxer Rebellion, Spanish American War and World War l. He was wounded in the leg during WWl, but didn't know it until that night. It was a clean shot right thru the leg. He served with Captain "Blood and Guts" Patton. His rank was Sargeant Major or Master Sergeant. He retired from the service in 1920 just before his marriage .He was commander of both the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Riverside. He drove a taxi for a while and worked for the Tip Top Laundry to supplement his retirement income. He loved to be active, enjoyed dancing and taught his children to swim. He died the day before his 54th birthday. His children were 5,9 and ll. Personal knowledge of wife, Corinne Parrish Hamlin. 1880 census of Star Prairie, St. Croix County, Wisc., enumeration 238, shows him to be one year old and son of Nelson a
Corinne Matilda PARRISH
Birth:
16 Jun 1894
Lynchburg, Virginia
Death:
19 Dec 1973
Riverside, California
Burial:
Dec 1973
Riverside, California
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Personal knowledge of Alan P. Hamlin. Corinne grew up in favorable circumstances. Her father was a painting contractor who was able to provide quite well for his family. She went to a finishing school in Virginia. Her first job was with the telephone company. She enjoyed playing tennis. After twelve years of marriage she was widowed and left with three children. She took a course in secretarial work at a business college and,since it was in the middle of the depression, 1933-1934, she got on with the PWA, WPA, NRA, etc. set up by Pres. Roosevelt. Later she was hired by the Mission Inn doing secretarial work.She was a tireless worker and learned how to stand up for her rights. She was a loving mother and a good provider altho her income was small. We made do with what we had. She learned to drive, bought a car, drove her friends all over, also her children. She loved to play bridge and had a group of friends who got together frequently for forty or more years until they started passing away. She was a great mother and always tried to provide us with the things that other kids had. We were able to go to summer camp and take piano lessons or dance lessons. She was a great example to me of what a widowed mother could do if she put her mind to it. She was also an eternal optimist. I, Alan, have a picture of her when she was in her late teens or early 20's. She was slim and trim on the tennis court and looked very pretty. I believe she normally was about 5'4" and somewhere around 100 pounds. She had light skin and probably dark brown hair. In her later years she had shrunk to about
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Line 252 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: NAME Joseph (Jack) Bernard Jr. /Hamlin/ Personal knowledge of Alan P. Hamlin. Father died when Jack (Joseph, Jr.) was eleven years old. He did yard work, was a service station attendant and worked in a grocery store during his teen age years. Jack was studious and always got good grades in school.He was a graduate of Poly High School and Riverside Junior College (1941). He entered the Air Corps as a cadet in Jan 1942 right after the war started. He received his commision as a bombardier and later became a navigator. He was an instructor at the air base at Walla Walla, Wash. After his discharge as a Captain, he went to work as a land appraiser in Riverside. Jack was rather stait-laced as a young man, but developed a drinking problem while in the service. It caused problems with his marriage and with his children. He and Laurie split up several times and finally ended in divorce. The kids went with one parent, then the other. At the time of his death (suicide), he and Laurie were living in the same home with their kids.
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Joseph Bernard Hamlin - Corinne Matilda Parrish
Joseph Bernard Hamlin
was born at Star Prairie, St. Croix, Wisconsin 23 Jan 1879.
His parents were Narcisse(Nelson) Theopil Hamelin and Julie Cloutier.
He married Corinne Matilda Parrish 23 Dec 1920 at Lynchburg, Campbell, Va . Corinne Matilda Parrish was born at Lynchburg, Virginia 16 Jun 1894 daughter of John Christopher Parrish and Virginia Elizabeth Parrish .
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Joseph Bernard Hamlin died 22 Jan 1933 at Riverside, Riverside, California .
Corinne Matilda Parrish died 19 Dec 1973 at Riverside, California .