Warren Albert Burr
Birth Name | Warren Albert Burr |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | 44 years, 1 month, 18 days |
Narrative
Pennsylvania WWI Veterans Service and Compensation
on an index card:
Warren Albert Burr
Enlisted at San Diego, CA September 15, 1915, age was 23yrs 2m, home was RR 6, New Bethlehem, Armstrong County, PA
served: USS Montana from April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918, as fireman 1st class, oiler, engineman 2nd class, engineman 1st class
active duty: September 15, 1915 to August 28, 1919, honorable discharge.
Discharged from the USS Montana at Bremerton, Washington, as engineman 1st class
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Veterans Compensation Application
dated April 3, 1934
Warren A Burr
served from October 14, 1911 to December 20, 1931
born July 10, 1892, Pittsburgh, to Charles Edward Burr (dead) and Marie A Hetcrick Burr (dead)
current residence: 110 Shepherd St, Charleston SC
residence on entry into service: Seattle, WA
dependents: wife Willie Mims Burr, Warren A Burr Jr (14), Elizabeth L Burr (8), step child Charles Dixson (16)
service:
Seattle, October 14, 1911 to September 14, 1915
San Diego, September 15, 1915 to August 28, 1919
Bremerton WA, August 29, 1919 to August 7, 1923
Newport RI, August 8, 1923 to Aug 7, 1929
convoy duty during war. transport duty after war was over
discharged December 30, 1931 at Charleston SC
found at ancestry.com
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Birth | July 10, 1892 | Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States | 1a 2a | |
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Military Service | from 1911 to 1931 | |||
Event Note
See application for WWI Compensation below. |
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Residence | October 6, 1917 | Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States | USS Montana | 1a |
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Military Service | October 6, 1917 | oiler, USN | 1a | |
Event Note
Warren was an oiler for the USN onboard the USS Montana, stationed in Portsmouth,NH, when he was married |
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Residence | January 10, 1918 | East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 115 Everett Street | 3a |
Event Note
living at 115 Everett Street when their first son named William Albert was born. This was the home of Mary E Brown's aunt and uncle Catherine (Carrigan) and James Jenkins. |
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Residence | September 5, 1919 | South Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 48 Union Park | 4a |
Event Note
living at 48 Union Park when their second son named Warren Albert was born. |
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Census | March 8, 1920 | Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States | USS Brazos | 5a |
Event Note
1920 Census, USS Brazos, Port Arthur, Texas, sheet 1A "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/SP8T-PW3 : accessed 5 March 2015), Warren A Burr, Port Arthur, Texas, United States; citing sheet 2A, family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,822,041. |
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Military Service | March 8, 1920 | USS Brazos | 5a | |
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Death | August 28, 1936 | Miami, Dade County, Florida, United States | 2a | |
Event Note
Florida, Deaths The Charleston Evening Post, Charleston SC, Wednesday September 2, 1936, page 2
MR WARREN A BURR Mr Warren Albert Burr, age 44, of Louisiana, died last Friday at Jackson Memorial hospital, Miami, Florida. Death was caused by a brief but fatal illness. A cabin boy at the age of 13 years, he was a member of the United States navy for 20 years, during which time he served on 28 different ships and went around the world four times. He was two years in the war zone during the World war. As a cabin boy on a whaler at the age of 13, Burr with the rest of the crew, was icebound in the Bering sea off Alaska for two years. Returning to the states he joined the United States navy, and for 13 years previous to his retirement in December, 1930, was chief machinist mate. During his service Mr Burr was stationed for four years in China. A resident of Miami, Florida, for the past two years and a member of the fleet naval reserve of Charleston, he is survived by his widow, Mrs Willie Mims Burr; a son, Warren Jr., and a daughter, Lorraine, of Boston, Mass; a stepson Charles Dickson, and a stepdaughter, Mrs Violette Bailey/Batley? of Miami. Mr Burr was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. His body will be brought to Charleston for funeral services and nterment. The arrrangements will be announced later by Stuhr's funeral home.
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Burial | September 4, 1936 | Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States | 2a | |
Event Note
The Charleston Evening Post, Charleston SC, Friday September 4, 1936, page 2A
MR WARREN A BURR Funeral services for Mr Warren Albert Burr, of Louisiana, who died last Friday at the Jackson Memorial hospital, Miami, will be helt at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Seventh Day Adventist church. Burial will be in Bethany Cemetery, directed by Stuhr's. Mr Burr was a member of the United States navy for twenty years, and at the time of his retirement in 1930 was chief machinist mate.
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Families
Family of Warren Albert Burr and Mary Elizabeth Brown |
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Married | Wife | Mary Elizabeth Brown ( b. June 1895 d. March 16, 1951 ) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Children |
Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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Warren A. Burr | January 10, 1918 | March 23, 1918 |
Warren Albert Burr | September 5, 1919 | April 5, 1984 |
Charles Campbell Burr | May 17, 1921 | |
Edna Eileen Teresa Burr | June 20, 1924 | June 11, 2004 |
Lorraine Elizabeth Burr | May 1925 |
Family of Warren Albert Burr and Willie Mims Downs
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Marriage | February 5, 1933 | South Carolina, United States | ||
Event Note
Guilford County, NC, office of register of deeds
married at High Point, NC by John E All, Seventh Day Adventist minister. found at ancestry.com |
Pedigree
Source References
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Massachusetts Marriages
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- Page: Warren A Burr, Mary E Heinz, Oct 6, 1917, Boston, page 173
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Citation:
"Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1841-1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KB83-23K : accessed 4 March 2015), Warren A Burr and Mary E Heinsz, 06 Oct 1917; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 6790, page 173, State Archives, Boston.
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Florida Deaths
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- Page: Warren A Burr, Miami, 28 Aug 1936, it 3, cn 13639
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Citation:
"Florida, Deaths, 1877-1939," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FPSX-QT3 : accessed 5 March 2015), Warren Albert Burr, 28 Aug 1936; citing Miami, Dade, Florida, reference it 3, cn 13639; FHL microfilm 2,135,883
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Massachusetts Births
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- Page: Warren Albert Burr, January 10, 1918, Boston, page 10
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Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records
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- Page: Births, 1919, Volume 32, page 243, Warren Albert Burr
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1920 United States Census
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- Page: USS Brazos, Port Arthur, TX, sheet 1A
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