Lyman Henry DAY

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Cannery Mechanic
• Social Security Number: 536-05-0084

Notes:

Or Layman, the name used several times in the Bellingham Herald’s articles.

At the time that he married Esther Williams, he claimed his occupation as deck engineer. His parents were Edward Warren Day, born in New York, and Ida May Griffin, born in New York.

Neither he nor Esther are listed in the 1917 or 1918 Bellingham city directories.

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Bellingham. At that time he was living at 1513 E in Bellingham, the same address as Andrew Lynde Williams. On his draft registration, Lyman indicates that he is a cannery worker at the Lummi Bay Packaging Co. at Lummi Island. Lyman is described as of medium height and build with grey eyes and black hair.

Working at a fish cannery in the 1920 census. He and his wife and his daughter and his father-in-law and his brother-in-law lived at 1408 Humboldt in Bellingham, Washington. Lyman owned the house. He and both of his parents were born in New York.

In the 1921 Bellingham directory, he and Esther lived at 1408 Humboldt. He was a laborer.

In the 1922 Bellingham directory, he was a machinist. He and Esther W lived at 1408 Humboldt.

He is not listed in the 1923 Bellingham directory.

In the 1930 census, the family has moved to Okanogan where they are renting a house for $30/mo. Lyman, 38, and Esther, 36, have been married since they were 23 and 22, respectively. They have two children, Joy, 11, and Wilma, 6. Lyman is a machinist at a garage. Also living with them is Esther’s brother Andrew, 39, who is a mechanic for steamships. Andrew is a veteran of the World War, Lyman is not.

In the 1940 census, he and Esther and Joy Geraldine and Billy lived in Okanogan in a rented residence. Lyman was a truck driver for a lumber company. He had earned $1200 in 1939. His wife was an apple sorter for a fruit company and Joy Geraldine was a stenographer for the U.S. Forest Service. Billy was still in high school. Lyman and Esther were high school graduates.

He registered for the World War II draft in 1942. At that time, he lived at Box 603, Okanogan, Washington. He gave as the “person who will always know your address” Mrs. M.F. Hawley of Ferndale, Washington. This Mrs. Hawley is Lyman’s sister Dorothy, the wife of Myron F Hawley. Myron married the 22 year-old Dorothy A Day in Bellingham, Whatcom County, on 13 April 1923. Her parents were E. W. Day and Ida Griffin.

In the 1948 Seattle city directory, he and Esther W lived at 3956 W Kenyon. He was a mechanic for Alaska Year-Round Canneries Co.

Lyman married Esther Geraldine WILLIAMS on 4 Apr 1915 in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington. Esther (daughter of Andrew Ove WILLIAMS and Mary Melissa KING) was born on 2 Apr 1893 in Waupaca County, Wisconsin; died on 6 Jul 1976 in Seattle, King County, Washington; was buried in Omak Memorial Cemetery, Okanogan County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
the witnesses to their marriage were Andrew Williams and Alice G Geohegan

1. Geraldine Joy DAY was born on 21 Apr 1918 in Whatcom County, Washington; died on 6 Nov 2016 in Washington; was buried in Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent, Washington.
2. Wilma (Billie) Mary Kathleen DAY was born on 7 Aug 1923 in Washington; died on 16 Jan 2016 in Washington; was buried in Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent, Washington.