Lyman Henry DAY

1891 - 1981  (89 years)

• Name	Lyman Henry DAY
  Birth	13 Oct 1891	Massena, St. Lawrence County, New York
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Cannery Mechanic
  Social Security Number	536-05-0084
  Death	24 Sep 1981	Seattle, King County, Washington
  Burial	Omak Memorial Cemetery, Okanogan County, Washington
  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.
  Person ID	I7831	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2015

  
  

  Family	Esther Geraldine WILLIAMS,   b. 2 Apr 1893, Waupaca County, Wisconsin d. 6 Jul 1976, Seattle, King County, Washington (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	4 Apr 1915	Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington
  	the witnesses to their marriage were Andrew Williams and Alice G Geohegan
  Children	1. Geraldine Joy DAY,   b. 21 Apr 1918, Whatcom County, Washington d. 6 Nov 2016, Washington (Age 98 years)   2. Wilma (Billie) Mary Kathleen DAY,   b. 7 Aug 1923, Washington d. 16 Jan 2016, Washington (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F5421	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 May 2010