Alvin Newton Preston

Birth Name Alvin Newton Preston
Gender male
Age at Death 78 years, 5 months, 13 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth January 20, 1898 Pennsylvania, United States   1a 2a
Census (Son) June 7, 1900 Mt. Union, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States   2a
Event Note

1900 Census Mt. Union Borough, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, ED 102, sheet 9A, families 202 and 203
June 7, 1900

on Pennsylvania Avenue
Morris Kiel, head, 68, born December 1831, married 32 years, born in Pennsylvania, father in Holland, mother in Pennsylvania, railroad laborer, but not employed for all 12 months
Margaret Kiel, wife, 59, born February 1841, married 32 years, 1 child 1 alive, born in Pennsylvania, parents also
Frank Kiel, son, 27, born April 1877, born in Pennsylvania, parents also, painter, unemployed for 6 months

on Shirley
Edward Preston, head, 30, born March 1870, married 4 years, born in Maryland, father in Alabama, mother in Maryland, chair maker, unemployed for 1 1/2 months
Gertrude Preston, wife, 28, born August 1871, married 4 years, 3 children 2 alive, born in Pennsylvania, parents also
Faustine Preston, daughter, 3 born November 1896, born in Pennsylvania, parents also [sic]
Alvin Preston, son, 2, born January 1898, born in Pennsylvania, parents also [sic]

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Census (Son) April 18, 1910 Mt. Union, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States   3a
Event Note

1910 Census Mt Union Ward 2, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, ED 78, sheet 3a, family 54
April 18, 1910
on Shirley Street

Edward Preston, 41, married 1x for 14 years, born in Maryland parents also, foreman, brick works
Gertrude Preston, 38, married 1x for 14 years, 4 children 3 alive, born in Pennsylvania, parents also
Faustine Preston, 13, born in Pennsylvania, parents also [sic]
Alvin Preston, 12, born in Pennsylvania, parents also [sic]
Gertrude Preston, 7, born in Pennsylvania, parents also [sic]
Morris Kiel, father in law, 78, widowed, born in Pennsylvania, father in Holland-Dutch, mother in Pennsylvania, own income

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Draft Registration September 12, 1918 Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States   1a
Event Note

WWI Draft Registration
Alvin Newton Preston
age 20, born January 20, 1898, white, native born
address: 223 Shirley, Mt Union, PA
occupation: clerk at Harbison[?] Walker Ref.Co., Mt Union
nearest relative: E N Preston, 223 Shirley, Mt Union

medium height, stout build, blue eyes, light hair,
September 12, 1918, Local Board, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

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Residence (Son) September 12, 1918 Mt. Union, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States 223 Shirley Street 1a
Event Note

Alvin listed his father as his nearest relative when he registered for the draft in WWI. Both were at 223 Shirley Street

Census (Son) January 5, 1920 Mt. Union, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States   4a
Event Note

1920 Census Mount Union Ward 2, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, ED 85, sheet 9A, family 39
January 5, 1920
owns the home on West Shirley Street

Edward Preston, 50, born in Maryland, father in Alabama, mother in Pennsylvania, foreman, brick yard
Gertrude Preston, 48, born in Pennsylvania, parents also
Faustine Preston, 23, born in Pennsylvania, parents also [sic]
Alvin Preston, 21, single, born in Pennsylvania, parents also [sic], clerk, brick yard
Gertrude Preston, 17, born in Pennsylvania, parents also [sic]
Frank Kiel, brother in law, 46, single, born in Pennsylvania, parents also, house painter, on own account

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Graduation 1921 Pennsylvania State University, State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States   5
Census (Head) April 3, 1930 Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States   6a
Event Note

1930 Census, Ward 4, Latrobe, Westmoreland Co, Pennsylvania, ED 65-77, sheet 2a
April 3, 1930
owns the home at 1828 Ligonier Street, owns a radio

Alvin Preston, 32, married 1st at 27, born in Pennsylvania, father in Virginia, mother in Pennsylvania, production manager, brick plant
Matilda Preston, 26, married 1st at 21, born in Pennsylvania, parents also
Matilda Preston, 4y 2m
Alvin Preston Jr, 2y 11m
Joyce Preston, 1y 8m
Fredrick B Preston, 2m

all children born in Pennsylvania

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Census (Head) April 8, 1940 Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States   7a
Event Note

1940 Census, Latrobe, Westmoreland Co, Pennsylvania, ED 65-95, sheet 7A
April 8, 1940
owns the home at 631 Brinker Avenue

Alvin Preston, 42, 4 yrs high school, superintendant, brick plant
Matilda Preston, 36 3 yrs high school
Matilda Preston, 14
Alvin Preston, 12
Joyce Preston, 11
Fredrick Preston, 10
Gertrude Preston, 6
Richard Preston, 1 month,

Matilda (Sr) provided the information. All born in Pennsylvania. All lived in Latrobe in 1935.

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Death July 2, 1976 New Port Richey, Pasco County, Florida, United States   5 8a
Event Note

Florida Death Index
Name Alvin Newton Preston
Event Date 02 Jul 1976
Event Place Pasco, Florida, United States
Age 78, Race White
Birth Date 20 Jan 1898
Certificate Number 53105

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Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Edward Newton PrestonMarch 24, 1869October 7, 1955
Mother Gertrude F KielAugust 26, 1871April 4, 1940
    Sister     Faustine Kiel Preston November 28, 1896 December 1981
         Alvin Newton Preston January 20, 1898 July 2, 1976
    Sister     Gertrude M Preston June 18, 1902 April 1973

Families

Family of Alvin Newton Preston and Matilda
Married Wife Matilda ( b. about 1904 d. ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage about 1925     6a

Source References

  1. World War I Draft Registration Cards
      • Page: Alvin Preston, September 12, 1918, Huntingdon Co PA
  2. 1900 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Daniel Morris Kiel, Mt. Union Borough, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, ED 102, sheet 9A, families 202 and 203
  3. 1910 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Edward Preston, Mt Union Ward 2, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, ED 78, sheet 3a, family 54
  4. 1920 United States Census
      • Page: Edward Preston, Union Ward 2, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, ED 85, sheet 9A, family 39
  5. Preston Correspondence, May 2016
  6. National Archives and Records Administration: 1930 United States Census
      • Page: Alvin Preston, Ward 4, Latrobe, Westmoreland Co, Pennsylvania, ED 65-77, sheet 2a
  7. 1940 United States Census
      • Page: Alvin Preston, Latrobe, Westmoreland Co, Pennsylvania, ED 65-95, sheet 7A
  8. Florida Death Record Index
      • Page: Alvin N Preston, 2 Jul 1976, Pasco Co