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Jack Louis SPECKELS

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Name Jack Louis SPECKELS Born 22 Jul 1922 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA [1, 2, 3, 4]
- at 5:45 a.m. at 204 Pruitt Ave.
Gender Male Baptism San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA - at Calvary Baptist Church
Census 7 Apr 1930 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA [5]
- 517 McCullough
Residence 1 Apr 1935 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA [6]
Residence 1940 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA [11]
- Rear 531 Gulf
Census 12 Apr 1940 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA [6]
- 422 Gulf St.
Military Jack served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He enlisted on July 31, 1940 and served for a time on a cruiser in the Atlantic theater before being assigned to the U.S.S. Yorktown (CV-10). He was received on board at her commissioning on 15 Apr 1943, at Norfolk, Virginia, and stayed on board until the summer of 1945 when he transferred to another ship. Jack was awarded the Pre-Pearl Harbor ribbon with one battle star for foreign sea duty in the Philippines, the American Defense ribbon, the North African ribbon with a battle star for the siege of Casablanca, the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with eight major engagements, the Philippines Liberation ribbon with one star signifying participation in the Leyte Gulf battle. He held the ranks of Storekeeper First Class and Warrant Officer. He was released from service on October 28, 1946. Residence 31 Jul 1940 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA [12]
- 831 Gulf St.
Residence 1948 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA [13]
- Rear 1411 Nolan
Voter Registration 1950 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA [14]
- 14655 Gledhill St. (registered Democrat)
Voter Registration 1952 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA [15]
- 14655 Gledhill St. (registered Democrat)
Voter Registration 1954 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA [16]
- 14655 Gledhill St. (registered Democrat)
Religion Southern Baptist Education High School Occupation Milkman Died 11 Dec 1961 San Fernando, Los Angeles, California, USA [2, 3, 17]
- in an automobile accident
Buried 15 Dec 1961 Glen Haven Memorial Park, Sylmar, Los Angeles, California, USA Person ID I2855 Dyal and Speckels Last Modified 5 Jun 2017
Father Gilbert Otto SPECKELS, b. 10 Sep 1892, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA , d. 20 Aug 1969, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
(Age 76 years)
Mother Ellen Mae KING, b. 16 Oct 1890, Sayers, Bexar, Texas, USA , d. 9 Jan 1978, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA
(Age 87 years)
Married 15 Nov 1913 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA [18]
- by Rev. August Wolff, St. John’s Lutheran Church
Gilbert O. Speckels and Ellen M. King marriage license
Bexar County, Texas, vol. 5, p. 449Divorced Yes, date unknown Photos Gilbert and Ellen Speckels Ellen Speckels and family
standing, from l to r: Lavon and Gilbert Speckels, Ellen Speckels, Herman and Evelyn Dyal, Lillian and William Kight, Tiny and Richard Bernhardt
sitting, from l to r: Dick Bernhardt, Jack Speckels, Paula Speckels, unidentified child (possibly a family friend)Family ID F1013 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Doris Shelby BRECHER, b. 13 Jan 1922, Texas, USA , d. 15 Aug 1987, Los Angeles County, California, USA
(Age 65 years)
Married 30 May 1942 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA [19]
- by Rev. Neal Ellis, Calvary Baptist Church
Divorced Yes, date unknown Photos Jack and Doris Speckels Last Modified 24 Jan 2009 Family ID F1024 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Jacqueline Inez FORMBY, b. 26 Sep 1926, Los Angeles County, California, USA , d. 6 Jun 2008 (Age 81 years)
Married 15 Mar 1958 Imperial County, California, USA [20]
Children 1. Russell Allen SPECKELS, b. 12 Oct 1957, Los Angeles County, California, USA , d. 2016 (Age 58 years)
Last Modified 30 Jul 2014 Family ID F932 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. Gilbert O. and Jack Speckels
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Sources - [S220] Texas Birth Certificates, 1903–1932, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), File #36168.
- [S1635] Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
- [S343] California Death Index, 1940-1997, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network Inc., 2000), Place: Los Angeles; Date: 11 Dec 1961; Social Security: 456144086.
- [S82] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011), Number: 456-14-4086; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: Before 1951.
- [S15] Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Bexar County, Texas, ED 71, p. 5.
- [S1629] Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Bexar County, Texas, ED 165, p. 9A, line 27.
- [S267] The San Antonio Light, “Sailor Back For Belated Honeymoon,” Sunday, August 27, 1944, p. 7-A.
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- [S267] The San Antonio Light, Sunday, August 5, 1945, p. 4-B.
- [S267] The San Antonio Light, Sunday, August 27, 1944, p. 7-A.
- [S1615] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), San Antonio, Texas, City Directory, 1940, p. 336.
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- [S198] Great Register of Voters, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008), Los Angeles City Precinct No. 2478-A.
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- [S198] Great Register of Voters, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008), Los Angeles City Precinct No. 3257.
- [S288] San Antonio Express, Thursday, December 14, 1961, p. 2-A.
- [S71] Bexar County, Texas, Marriage Records, vol. 5, p. 449.
- [S71] Bexar County, Texas, Marriage Records, vol. 79, p. 362.
- [S2116] California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network Inc., 2013).
- [S220] Texas Birth Certificates, 1903–1932, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), File #36168.