William Fitch Gotham

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William Fitch Gotham

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Cook County, Illinois, United States
Death: July 31, 1945 (36)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA, United States (Carcinoma, bronchogenic, right lung)
Place of Burial: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Henry Lee Gotham and Mary Elizabeth Gotham
Ex-husband of Elizabeth Louise King

Occupation: WWII Service--US Army, Oil company clerk, NY State National Guard Service, architect
Managed by: Jessica Marie German
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Immediate Family

About William Fitch Gotham

William F Gotham, Military • United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

  • Enlisted: 15 Jan 1943
  • Event Place Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Military Rank Private
  • Army Branch Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
  • Army Component Selectees (Enlisted Men)
  • Serial Number 39554121

"United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K85Q-ZD9 : 5 December 2014), William F Gotham, enlisted 15 Jan 1943, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

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William F Gotham, Census • United States Census, 1940

William F Gotham's Spouses and Children

  • Elizabeth Gotham Wife F 30 Massachusetts
  • William F Gotham, II Son M 7 California

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9MT-6SCR?cc=2000219&w... : accessed 23 January 2023), California > Los Angeles > Pasadena Judicial Township, Pasadena, Tract 422B > 19-461 Pasadena Judicial Township, Pasadena City (Tract 422B - part) > image 1 of 36; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.

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Second marriage, 22 Jul 1945, to Irma Kretzschmar: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8V1-FFY

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William Fitch Gotham's Timeline

1908
December 1, 1908
Cook County, Illinois, United States
1945
July 31, 1945
Age 36
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA, United States
August 3, 1945
Age 36
Mountain View Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States