Bertram PULFORD

1895 - 1947  (52 years)

• Name	Bertram PULFORD
  Birth	5 Jan 1895	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	Minnesota Births and Christenings
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 May 1947	Wood County, Wisconsin
  Burial	Forest Hill Cemetery, Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin
  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 d. 15 Feb 1914, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Susan CHRISTY,   b. 24 May 1866, England d. 14 Aug 1942, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1886
  Family ID	F10825	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret LANGEVIN,   b. 24 Feb 1899, Minnesota d. 8 Mar 1981, Los Angeles County, California (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	2 Sep 1915	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  Children	1. Burt Donald PULFORD,   b. 1 Apr 1916, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 22 Jan 1963, Los Angeles County, California (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
  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