Genealogy Data Page 271 (Notes Pages)

Genealogy Data Page 271 (Notes Pages)

For privacy reasons, Date of Birth and Date of Marriage for persons believed to still be living are not shown.

West, George Arthur (b. 25 OCT 1874, d. 10 JAN 1950)

Note: 1930: House value on 1931 census was 3,000, age at marriage was 25 Year:1930; Census Place: Bradford, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: T626_2079; Page: 20B; Enumeration District: 10; Image: 0380. 294 East Main St George A, 55, machinist, Josephine, Wife, 54

Occupation: 1892-93 Photographer

1920: Roll: T625_1600
Page: 15A
ED: 123
Image: 0326
294 East Main Street, George A West, 45, machinist, Josephine, wife , 42, Shirley, Gail, Chester, Josephine and Charles, Owned home

MILITARY: Draft card for George Arthur West, Bradford, Mckean County, Sept 12, 1918. Living at 294 East Main, Bradford, Mckean PA. Age in years 43. Date of birth Oct 25, 1874. Color white, native born. Machinist, Blaisdell Machine co. Wife Josephine West Tall, blue eyes and bald.

1900: Census, Pennsylvania, Mckean County, Bradford Pa, 13 Morehouse Place, G. A (looks like J A) birth month appears to be Aug, occupation Machinist, Engine, Wife Josephine, and Shirley Mills, (illegible)

went to peru brought back inca vases for work?

The Bradford Era (Bradford, Pennsylvania) > 1950 > January > 11

George A West, Retired Local Machinist, Dies

George Arthur West, 75, a retired machinist and a resident of this community nearly his entire life, died at his home, 294 East Main St., at 7 a.m. Tuesday. Mr. West had been in failing health for the past 14 years.

Born Oct. 25, 1874, at Pleasantville, Mr. West came to Bradford with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob West, prominent pioneer photographers, when a small boy.

Mr. West lived in Bradford most of his life and was a machinist by trade. He worked for a number of machine shops in Bradford, including the Bovaird and Seyfang Manufacturing Co., the Blaisdell Machine Co., the Bovaird and Company, and the Clark Bros., Inc., the latter firm in Olean. Mr. West retired in 1943 because of ill health.

He was married to Jospehine Davis on June 15, 1899. Last June Mr. and Mrs. West celebrated their 50th anniversary of their wedding.

Mr. West was a member of the Union Lodge No. 334, Free and Accepted Masons of Bradford.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs West; four sons, Shirley M West, Gail A West and Charles B West, all of Bradford, and Chester D West of South Bradford; one daughter, Mrs. Josephine covert, of Bradford; 13 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs Jessie M Berlin, of Los Angeles, Calif., and one brother, Harold West of Butler.

Friends will be received at the Koch-Chatley Memorial Chapel between the hours of 2 and 5 p.m. and 7 and 9 p.m.

Funeral services will be held at the Koch-Chatley Chapel Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The rev. F. L. Harburn, pastor of the Asbury Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Koch-Chatly Memorial Chapel.

U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925
about George Arthur West
Name: George Arthur West
Birth Date: 25 Oct 1874
Birth Place: Pleasantville, Pennsylvania
Residence: Bradford, Pennsylvania
Passport Issue Date: 13 Mar 1920
Father Name: Jacob West
Father's Birth Location: Butler, PA
Passport Includes a Photo: Y
Source: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925 (M1490)

Traveling to Peru, on or about April 5, 1920 for installing gas engin