2/25/05
This
book contains information about my final effort in documenting Jack’s
place of birth, his family and were he lived until joining the Army in Octo=
ber
1925. I have made the assumption that he went to Philadelphia after running
away from the Catholic school ( LaSalle School, I believe at this time) in
Albany. I also have assumed his friend that had the fight with a Priest was
Frank or Ray Fusco who later changed his last name to Patrone
TIME
LINE & INCONSISTENCIES
Application for replacement of lost Army discharge
certificate:
· Age was written as 23 years old but changed = to 22?
· Was listed as a resident of Chicago living at 3811 Broadway.
· States he was discharged October 13, 1926 at= FT. Ringgold, Texas
· Application states that he was a seaman prio= r to joining the Army
Social Security Application:
· Gave his place of birth as Albany, NY
· Gave he date of birth as July 9, 1906
· Wrote his mothers maiden last name as CARR t= hen changed it to HARRIS
Seaman’s Certificate of American Citizenship#373=
· This was issued in Mobile December 14, 1927 =
· In February 20, 1941 the Dept of Commerce/ Bureau of Marine Inspection & Navigation wrote to the U S Customs in Mo= bile questioning the birth date of July 9, 1903 and birth place of Albany, NY
· Response stated records show July 9, 1905 New York as date and place of birth Duplicate Army Discharge used as proof of citizenship.
Jack’s Union Book active dates 1947 to1956
· Notation of “22 March 1927 26 yrs̶= 1; Believe this was the first time he met Sibyl Wiggins.
· On March 16, 2005, I reread Grandmother Willis’s Family Record Book That she had me enter dates in1947 just before I went into the Marines. I had forgotten that I had written March 22, 1927 as the marriage date for Sybil & Jack.
March 16, 2005
I have written numerous chronologies .This is the most current hopefully with more accurate information..
CHRONOLOGY: July
1903 to October 1934
July 9, 1903 = Manhattan (Hell’s Kitchen”) New York, NY
July 9, 1903 = Albany, NY
July 9, 1905 = New York Application for Seaman’s Certificate of American Citizenship iss= ued December 14, 1927 in Mobile
July 9, 1906 = Albany, NY Social Security Application in = January 31,1937
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; &n=
bsp; =
;
These are the various dates
and cities that he used for h=
is
place of birth. Father William Jack Carr Mothe=
r:
Winifred (Harris?) Older brother William employed as an engineer for the De
Laval Turbine Company in Newark, NJ. Jack last saw this brother in New Orle=
ans
in
1919&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; Jack was sent to a Catholic Reform School in upstate New York. This could have been the La Salle = School or the Christian Brothers Academy in Albany, NY. He and another boy ran awa= y. The other boy may have been Frank = Fusco who later changed his name to Patr= one and died in Bay City, TX.
THE U.S.MARINES IN NICARAGUA
Jack made references to be= ing in the Navy Quartermaster supporting the Marines in Nicaragua and was given Bad Conduct Discharge in Philadelphia for stealing government property and sell= ing it to the locals. He mentioned there were six of them Court Marshaled, two officers and four enlisted sailors.
In 1920 Jack was 17 and co= uld have joined the Navy. Given time for boot training he could have gone to Nicarag= ua in January 1922 on the USS Galveston, USS Denver or USS Nitro and assigned quartermaster duties on shore supporting the Marines.
So far I have found no records that he was in = the Navy. The only possible clue is on his application for a replacement Army discharge. It states that he was a seaman prior to joining the Army?
October 7, 1925 &n=
bsp; At
the age of 20, enlisted in the U S Army in Philadelphia, PA Pfc. #6773795
April 27, 1926 &nbs= p; Attended Cook & Baker School at F= ort Sam Houston,TX
October 15, 1926 &nb= sp; Purchased his discharge from the Army in Philadelphia
November 27, 1926 Sailed on the Narcissus= from Philadelphia? This is the first recode of Jack as being in the Merchant Mar= ine
February 4, 1927 &nb= sp; Discharged from the Narcissus in Mobile, AL
This would have been the f= irst opportunity for him to meet Sibyl Wiggins who was 16 years old and working = as a clerk in Hammele’s Department store.
March 22, 1927 This d= ate written in Jack’s union book sometime between 1947 and 1956 with the notation “26 yrs.”= I recall my mother mentioning their anniversary was in March?
March 29, 1927 = ; Sailed from Mobile on the Maiden Creek
May 23, 1927 &= nbsp; Discharged from Maiden Creek at Gulfport, MS
Jack was in Mobile. Jack d= id not work for 4 months. Until he sa= iled on the West Kyska out of Mobile.
August 1927 &nb= sp; This is the month I believe Sibyl became pregnant. The unanswered question is El= mer Agee Wiggins really my biological father or is Jack. Elmer was working at t= he same store as Sybil and Jack was in Mobile also.
September 27, 1927 Jack made application for a replacement of his Army Discharge Certificate in Chi=
cago
and gave his address as 3811 Broadway. It listed his age 23 then changed to=
22
in two places. Why did Jack go to Chicago to apply for a replacement Army
Discharge?
October 13, 1927 &nb= sp; Sailed on West Kyska
December 12, 1927 &n= bsp; Discharged from West Kyska at Pensacola, FL
December 14, 1927 Issued a Seaman’s Certificate of American Citizenship in Mobile, AL by the Deputy Collect= or of Customs.
February 20, 1941 The Bureau of Marine Inspection Washi=
ngton,
DC questioned the document and asked for proof used. Jack used his Duplicate
Army Discharge and gave his date and place of birth as July 9, 1903, Albany, NY
May 28, 1928 = Sailed on the West Gotomska
July 24, 1928 = Discharged from West Gotomska at Tampa, FL
August 24, 1928 Sailed on t= he West Gotomska
October 1,1928 = Discharged from the West Gotomska at Gulfport, MS
October 15, 1928 Sailed on West Gotomska
April 30, 1928 = Charles Hagan Wiggins born at the Florence Crittenton Home for unwed mothers in Mob= ile. Sybil was 16 yrs old
October 28, 1928 &nb= sp; Charles Hagan Wiggins birth recorded.
January 17, 1929 Discharged from West
Gotomska at Mobile
January 22, 1929 Sailed on the West Gotomska
April 3, 1929 = Discharged from West Gotomska at Gulfport, MS
May 17, 1929 = Sailed on the Quistconck Trans Atlantic
July 25, 1929 = Discharged in New Orleans, LA
August 20, 1929 Sailed on Quistconck Trans Atlantic
October 30, 1929 Discharged in New Orle= ans, LA
October 30, 1929 Sailed on S S Marina
November 20, 1929 Discharged in New Orlea= ns, LA
This may have been the tim= e he met his brother William in New Orleans. The meeting did not go well. Jack tried= to borrow money. This may have been their last meeting.
December 5, 1929 &nb= sp; Sailed on the S S Marina to Cuba
December 15, 1929 Discharged in New Orlea= ns, LA
= ; &n= bsp; = ;
December 16, 1929 Sailed on the Marina to= Cuba
January 1, 1930 Discharged= in Baltimore, MD
March 5, 1930 &nbs= p; Sailed on the Pen Buter??
March 30, 1930 Discharged= in not ledgible
April 15, 1930 = Sailed on the West Hardaway Trans Atlantic
June 20, 1930 = Discharged in Mobile
July 11, 1930 = Sailed on Anaconda . No name on certificate got it from medical inspectioncard.
September 6, 1930 Discharged in Mob= ile
November 5, 1930 Sailed on the West Hardaway
January 10, 1931 Discharged in Mobile
February 14, 1931 Sailed on t= he West Hardaway
April 17, 1931 = Discharged in Mobile
May 22, 1931 = Sailed on the D. T. Waring
= ; &n= bsp; = ; “H= amburg Whitey” and Jack were discharged in Savanna, GA and purchased a used Model T Ford and started driving to Mobile. They have car trouble and stopp= ed at the Tindel Farm. Since they did not have money to get it repaired Jack l= eft it to Grover Tindel and they hitchhiked to Mobile. Grover sold parts off the car until it was just a shell and he towed it to a gully on the farm.
June 27, 1931 = Discharged in Savannah, GA
September 10, 1931 Sailed on the Rvanik
September 28, 1931 Discharged in Los Angeles, CA=
September 29, 1931 Sailed on the Rvanik
October 20, 1931 Discharged in Baltimor= e
October 28, 1931 Sailed on the Rvanik
December 14, 1931 Discharged in ????
December 30, 1931 Sailed from Mobile on t= he City of Alma Trans Atlantic
&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; They made one stop in Baltimore and as they were leaving the harbor another ship= hit them and the captain ran on to a sand bar to keep from sinking. After the repairs they continued the trip to Europe.
February 6, 1932 Discharged in Rotterdam, Netherlands and hospit= alized due to an sever infection in his thumb from a meat cleaver cut.
&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; Jack did not work for 6 months. Do = not know how long he was in the hospital in Rotterdam or how he returned to the state or when. During the hospital stay the doctors wanted amputate his arm= but he refused, then they wanted to amputate his hand again no then his thumb. = In the end he only lost his thumbnail.
July 10, 1932 = Sailed on the S S Yaka
September 6, 1932 Discharged in Pensacola, FL
September 15, 1932 Sailed on the S S Yaka
November 12, 1932 Discharged in Mobile
January 8, 1933 Sailed on = the S S Yaka
March 11, 1933 Discharged= in Mobile
March / 1933 = This is the date I believe Sibyl &a= mp; Jack were married in Mississippi just across the state line from Mobile. A three day waiting period or blood test was not required.
= ; &n= bsp; = ; During this 5 month period from March= 11th to September 30, 1933 Jack worked in Mobile
August 25, 1933 Jack filed petition to adopt Charles Hagan Wiggins
= ; &n= bsp; = ; I had been brought from the Tindel farm in Rose Hill and we lived at 152 S. Conception Street in Mobile
September 30, 1933 Sailed on the S S Yaka
= ; &n= bsp; = ;
October 27, 1933 Conditional adopti= on granted for one year. Jack was on a trip and not in Mobile, so a lawyer must have handled the hearing.
November 21, 1933 Discharged in Pensacola= , FL
November 30, 1933 Sailed on the S S Yaka<= /p>
January 30, 1934 Disch= arged in Pensacola, FL
&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp;
Apparently Jack elected to= stay in Mobile for 12 months and opera= te a bar on lower Government Street that catered to sailors. To present a stable environment for the
October 29, 1934 Adoption decree finali=
zed
and my name was changed to Charles=
Hagan
Carr
Shortly after the adoption= became final my mother and I took a bus to Texas. We lived in a “Tourist Court” the forerunner of motels, in Harrisburg ,TX a suburb of Housto= n. We then moved to an apartment on the Pasadena highway for a few months, then moved to Pasadena and lived in a three room apartment on 510 Shaver Rd. The house was owned by the Hartsfieds. He was principal of the high school and = Mrs. Hartsfield was a math teacher at the grade school which was located directly behind their house.
1935 /1936 &nbs= p; During this period Sibyl became very ill and was hospitalized for several weeks. J= ack was on a trip and could not come home. My grandmother Willie and James came from Mobile to stay with me until Sibyl was released
= ; &n= bsp; = ; Jack was on strike for almost a year and we moved back to Harrisburg and I atten= ded the 2nd grade again. Because my “Daddy was a striker”= ; I was not allowed to receive any free milk that was given to the other kids. During this time Jack painted houses to earn money.
January 31, 1937 Applied for Social Security Card in Pasad= ena, TX #467-05-0926
&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; Gave his date and place of birth as Jul= y 9, 1906 Albany, NY
= ; &n= bsp; = ; Sibyl applied for her Social Security Ca= rd # 467-05-0931 at the same time. She was working as a waitress at Manson’s Café in Pasa= dena
February 1, 1937 &nb= sp; Sailed on the Tanker Betterton from Houston
April 1, 1937 = Update Physical Exam for food handler in New York, NY
February 6, 1938 Discharged in Baton Rouge, LA
April 30, 1938 = Sailed on SS Ruth Lykes Galveston, TX
May 25, 1938 = Discharged in Galveston, TX
= ; &n= bsp; = ; Apparent= ly around this time Sibyl was tired of Jack being gone for extended periods of time and after school was out we retuned to Mobile. I was sent back to the Tindel farm and attended the 3rd grade at the Rose Hill school. Sibyl worked as a waitress immobile until she had enough money to rent an apartment on Spring Hill Avenue.
July 30, 1938 = Sailed on the SS Ruth Lykes
August 19, 1938 Discharged in Houston
August 22, 1938 Sailed on the SS Ruth Lykes
September 12, 1938 Discharged in Houston
September 17, 1938 Sailed on the SS Ruth Lykes
October 21, 1938 Discharged in Beaumont= , TX
October 29, 1938 Sailed on the SS Ruth Lykes from Lake Charles, LA
November 21, 1938 Discharged in Galveston=
November 22, 1938 Sailed on the SS Ruth L= ykes from Houston
November 25, 1938 Discharged in New Orlea= ns
December 26, 1938 Sailed on the SS Albert= Watts from Houston
January 16, 1939 Discharged in Houston<= /p>
June 1, 1939 &= nbsp; St= rike Clearance to sail on the Virginia Sinclair to Marcus Hook
August 24, 1939 &nbs= p; Discharged in Marcus Hook, PA
August 25, 1939 &nbs= p; Sailed on the Virginia Sinclair
September 9, 1939 &n= bsp; Discharged in Marcus Hook
September 9, 1939 &n= bsp; Sailed on the Virginia Sinclair
October 16, 1939 &nb= sp; Discharged in Bayonne, NJ
October 17, 1939 &nb= sp; Sailed on the Virginia Sinclair
January 1, 1940 &nbs= p; Discharged in Jacksonville, FL
February 23, 1940 &n= bsp; Sailed on the MV Zephyr from Houston
March 4, 1940 = Discharged in Houston
March 5, 1940 = Sailed on the Zephyr
March 12, 1940 = ; Discharged in Houston
March 13, 1940 = ; Sailed on the Zephyr from Houston
March 23, 1940 = ; Discharged in Texas City
March 24, 1940 = ; Sailed on the Zephyr from Texas City
&nbs= p; April 1, 1940 = Discharged in Corpus Christie, TX
&nbs= p; April 2, 1940 = Sailed on the Zephyr from Corpus Christie
&nbs= p; April 13, 1940 Discharged in Marcus Hook
&nbs= p; April 14, 1940 Sailed on the Zephyr
May 5, 1940 &n= bsp; Dis= charged in Toledo, OH =