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Bertram PULFORD

Male 1895 - 1947  (52 years)


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  • Name Bertram PULFORD 
    Birth 5 Jan 1895  Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Gender Male 
    Death 17 May 1947  Wood County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Forest Hill Cemetery, Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • He registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Minneapolis as the 22 year-old Bertram Pulford. He was married with a child but he still gave his residence as his parents’ home, 1017 South 5th Street. He was tall and slender with blue eyes and brown hair. His occupation was “shufer” with the Hennepin something shop at 627 Hennepin.

      In the 1920 census, he is single and living in Minneapolis. He is a chauffeur.

      A Bertram Pulford, residing in King County, Washington, married Irene S Sigurdson of King County in Seattle on 27 November 1929.

      In the 1930 census, an unmarried 30 year-old Bert Pulford was a roomer with a family in Minneapolis. He was brick layer. He was shown as born in New York, his father in Minnesota, and his mother in Minnesota.

      He registered for the World War II draft in 1942 while living in Menomonie in Dunn County, Wisconsin.

      From his Find A Grave entry, which quotes from the May 15, 1947, issue of the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune:

      Bert Pulford Dies of Heart Attack Bert Pulford, 52, 351 Fifth street north, died at noon today at Riverview hospital where he was taken Tuesday evening after suffering a heart attack that morning. He came to Wisconsin Rapids about four years ago and had been employed until recently as steward at the Elks club. He was born January 5, 1895, at Minneapolis, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Pulford, and married Nina Schuman at Stillwater, Minn., December 8, 1940. Surviving besides his wife are a
      son by a former marriage, Donald Pulford, Seattle; three brothers, Fred and William, Minneapolis, and George, Los Angeles, and four sisters, Mrs. William Harris, Mrs. Arthur Johnson and Mrs. Nate Olson, all of Minneapolis, and Mrs. Lyle Hurlburt, Hollywood, Cal. Funeral arrangements, which had not been completed this afternoon, are in charge of Baker's.

      Last Rites for Bert Pulford on Saturday Funeral services for Bert Pulford, 52, who died here Wednesday noon, will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Moravian church with the Rev. H. T. Kant officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. A veteran of World war I, he was a member of the American Legion, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and the Loyal Order of Moose. The body will be at the Baker chapel until 11 o'clock Saturday morning, and will be at the Moravian church from 12 o'clock until time of services.
    Person ID I16770  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 27 Jun 2013 

    Father William Ernest PULFORD,   b. Mar 1857, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1914, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Susan CHRISTY,   b. 24 May 1866, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1942, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1886 
    Family ID F10825  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret LANGEVIN,   b. 24 Feb 1899, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1981, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 2 Sep 1915  Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Burt Donald PULFORD,   b. 1 Apr 1916, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1963, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
    Family ID F12274  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2010 

    Family 2 Harriet G HUBER,   b. Abt 1902 
    Marriage 21 Dec 1933  Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F12279  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2010 

    Family 3 Nina SCHUMAN 
    Marriage 8 Dec 1940 
    • The marriage was in Stillwater according to Bertram’s obit but it’s not listed in MOMS.
    Family ID F14762  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jun 2013