Little Joe Clift had a son, Walter F. Clift, who was born about 1908 in Washington State1.
1 1910 U.S. census, Yakima County, Washington, population schedule, Yakima, Enumeration District (ED) 284, sheet 14A, p. 79 (written), dwelling 285, family 298, Walter F. Clift; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2011), citing National Archives microfilm publication T624, roll 1675.
Walter’s 1925 senior yearbook from Yakima High School tells us that he was known as an honest young man2.
2“U.S. School Yearbooks.” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2011), 1925, Yakima High School, Walter F. Clift entry, image 31.
Walter F. Clift from Yakima, Washington was a Business Administration major as reported in the 1930 University of Washington yearbook3.
3“U.S. School Yearbooks Index Record for Washington,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2011), University of Washington, 1930, Walter F. Clift entry, image 87.
Polk’s Seattle Directory for 1943-1944 finds Walter married to Gertrude A. and working as an Assistant Manager in the Credit Department at the National Bank of Commerce4.
4“U.S. City Directories,” database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2011), entry for Walter F. Clift; citing “Polk’s Seattle (Washington) City Directory (Seattle, Washington: R.L. Polk & Co., 1944),” p 223.
Source List
“U.S. City Directories.” Database. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2011.
“U.S. School Yearbooks.” Digital images. Ancestry.com. http://ancestry.com :2011
“U.S. School Yearbooks Index Record for Washington.” Digital images. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2011
Washington. Yakima County. 1910 U.S. census, population schedule. Digital images. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2011
LDS Familysearch WA State Death Certificate Records show Joseph Lamm Clift died 17b July 1960 in Yakima. Both of Joseph's parents are buried in the Tahoma Cemetery in Yakima and pictures of the headstones are on the Find a Grave website. A biography of Joseph can be found on Rootsweb Yakima County, WA web site biographies. Also same bio. is found in the History of the Yakima Valley by Lyman, pg. 331.
ReplyDeleteThank you Anonymous, who I think is Linda. I saw the pictures on Find a Grave, but I haven't been to the Rootsweb site. Going there now. :)
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