Individual 752: Lionel H. Worden

Individual Record 752

Name} Worden, Lionel H.

Family History} Hancock

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Race} White

Sex} Male

Birth: Date} Exa 14 Aug 1894

Place} Nashville, Barry, Michigan

Marr.: Date} Exa 7 Sep 1918

Place} El Centro, Imperial, California (Link)

Marr.: Date} Exa 8 Jun 1921

Place} Vancouver, Clarke, Washington

Marr.: Date} Bef 1940

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Death: Date} Exa 4 Sep 1976

Place} , San Diego, California

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Sourc 1}	767 = Family notes
Sourc 2}	1688 = 1900 USA cen
Sourc 3}	1698 = Divorce rec
Sourc 4}	1689 = 1910 USA cen
Sourc 5}	145 = Marriage rec
Sourc 6}	1690 = Marriage rec
Sourc 7}	151 = Newspaper
Sourc 8}	1691 = Newspaper
Sourc 9}	1692 = Marriage rec
Sorc 10}	710 = 1930 USA cen
Sorc 11}	1693 = 1940 USA cen
Sorc 12}	1694 = Military
Sorc 13}	1601 = Voter record
Sorc 14}	1695 = 1945 FL cen

Parents: } Horace Worden & Sylvia Minerva Worden
Relationship No.} None - Not traced

1st Household No.} None

Occupation 1} Seaman/sailor
Occupation 2} Machinist
Occupation 3} Truck driver

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Spouses: Prime} McFarren, Bess Crystal
Second} Walker, Mae Annetta
Third} Elliott, Edith Dianthia
Total Number of} 3

Source 15} 1696 = 1950 USA cen
Source 16} 1600 = City directy

Source 17} 1697 = Death record
Source 18} 521 = Death record

Source 19} 1599 = S.S. record
Source 20} 1699 = Misc Sources

Notes: Lionel H. Worden was born 14 Aug 1894 in Nashville, Barry, Michigan. His parents were Horace and Sylvia Minerva Worden. He had an older sister, Flossa. In the 1900 U.S. census, the family was living in Vermontville, Eaton, Michigan. Lionel, 5, and Flossa, 7, were both going to school. Their father was a day laborer.

On 31 Aug 1907, his mother Silvia Worden was granted a divorce from Horace, in the Circuit Court of Barry County, Michigan, on the grounds of extreme cruelty, drunkenness and neglect.

In the 1910 U.S. census, Lionel Worden, 15, was a boarder in the home of Henry W. Fuller, 71, a pensioner, and his daughters Mary E., 31, a school teacher, and Carry J., 24. Their home was located in the Los Nietos Twp. (E. Whittier Precinct), Los Angeles, California. His mother, Sylvia Worden, 33, was a servant in the nearby home of Amos C. Maple, 42, and his wife Lula H., 37. Their four daughters were Caroline E., 19, Margaret W., 6, Catherine N., 4, and Josephine, 1. Amos was a savings bank cashier.

According to family sources, Lionel attended Holtville High School in Holtville, Imperial, California, where he was a classmate of Bess McFarren. On 22 Sep 1914, Lionel enlisted in the U.S. Navy, and was sent to a ship on the Atlantic coast. Upon being transferred to the western division in 1918, he secured a furlough and returned to Holtville to visit with his mother.

He married Bessie McFarren on 7 Sep 1918 in El Centro, Imperial, California. He left on 11 Sep 1918 to report for duty at Mare Island, near San Francisco. He is not found in the 1920 U.S. census. The marriage ended and Lionel married Mae Anetta Walker on 8 Jun 1921, in Vancouver, Clark, Washington.

In the 1930 U.S. census (April), Lionel was in the U.S. Naval Hospital at Pugget Sound Navy Yard, Kitsap, Washington. He was then 35 years old, still an enlisted man in the U.S. Navy, and again single.

Sometime before 1940, Lionel married Edith Dianthia Young, nee Elliott. In the 1940 U.S. census (April), Lionel , 45, and Edith, 35, were living at 455 Fenton Place, National City, California. Her two sons from a prior marriage, Robert Young, 14, and Wayne Young, 12, were living with them. Lionel was a truck driver, earning $1,200. plus additional income, and had finished 6th grade. Edith had finished 8th grade. They owned their home valued at $3,000.

Lionel H. Worden is found on 29 Aug 1940 in the U.S. Navy Muster Rolls of the USS Howard, stationed in San Diego. He was registered to vote as a Democrat in 1942, address 455 Fenton Place, National City, again listed as a driver.

Edith enlisted in the Women's Army Corp on 16 May 1944. In 1945, L.H. Worden and Edith Worden are found in the Florida State Census living in Dade County, Florida. Lionel was in the Navy and Edith the Army. Lionel was discharged from the Navy on 14 Aug 1945, and Edith was discharged from the AF on 28 Sep 1945.

In the 1950 U.S. census, Lionel H., 55, and Edith, 45, were living at 4339 Keeler, San Diego, San Diego. Lionel was a truck driver for the Naval Station Civil Service. Living with them was her son, Wayne B. Young, 22, a steam engineer for a service club. The 1950 San Diego Directory, same address, lists Lionel's occupation as a machine operator.

Lionel died 4 Sep 1976, burial place unknown. Edith died 28 Jul 1980, and is buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, California.

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Photo} None

Immigr'n Date} N/A

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Education: Grade} Sixth grade or Top 2 Degrees}

Military: Service} Navy for the State of} United States

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Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock

Date Updated} 6 Jul 2023
Date Created} 4 Mar 1996

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