Vernon Hamilton BURRESS

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1930 Census
Name: Vernon Burress
Birth Year: abt 1930 [abt 1929]
Race: White
Birthplace: West Virginia
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Home in 1930: Gladeville, Wise, Virginia
Street address: Fifth Street
House Number in Cities or Towns: 11
Father's Birthplace: West Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Blanche Pruitt 29
Pauline Pruitt 12
Jeannette Pruitt 10
Billy Pruitt 4
Hazel Burress 17
Vernon Burress 9 months
Wanda Burress 2 years 5 months
Elmer Schwantes 24
Virginia Adams 56
Worley Adams 18

1940 Census
Name: Vernon Roberts
Age: 10
Estimated birth year: abt 1930
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: West Virginia
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1940: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Inferred Residence in 1935: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
Residence in 1935: Same House
Attended School or College: Yes
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 3rd grade
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Name Age
Press Roberts 35
Dessie Roberts 30
Vernon Roberts 10
Ethel Sturgell 16
Ed Sturgell 27
Bill Starling 29
Evert E Tiller 30
Ida Lyod 35

[Note: Unsure of the relationship if any, but according to his daughter, Michelle Burress, Vernon was living with the Roberts family at this time. When he was 15, he lied about his age and joined the Navy in 1944 to fight in World War II. When the Navy discovered his true age, they gave him an honorable discharge. Vernon then enlisted in the US Marine Corps at age 18.]

MILITARY RECORDS

U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1893-1958. Microfilm Publication T977, 460 rolls. ARC ID: 922159. Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, Record Group 127; National Archives in Washington, D.C.

Name: Vernon H Burress
Muster Date: Oct 1946
Rank: Private
Station: First Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, S C

Name: Vernon H Burress
Muster Date: Oct 1946
Rank: Private
Station: Marine Barracks, U. S. Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia.

Name: Vernon H Burress
Muster Date: Apr 1947
Rank: Private
Station: Marine Barracks, U. S. Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia.

Name: Vernon H Burress
Muster Date: Jul 1947
Rank: Private
Station: Marine Barracks, U. S. Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia.

Name: Vernon H Burress
Muster Date: Oct 1947
Rank: Private
Station: Marine Barracks, U S Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia

Name: Vernon H Burress
Muster Date: Oct 1947
Rank: Private
Station: Service Battalion, Marine Barracks and Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia

Name: Vernon H Burress
Muster Date: Jan 1948
Rank: Private First Class
Station: Marine Barracks, U S Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia

Name: Vernen H Burress
Muster Date: Jan 1951
Rank: Private First Class
Station: Enol #1 To Ud #11-51 Marine Corp Supply Depot Camp Lejeune Nc

Birth:
Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Vernon Hamelton Burress
SSN: 230243488
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 2 Jul 1928
Birth Place: Bluefield ME, West Virginia
Death Date: 13 Dec 1997
Father: Emery H Burress
Mother: Hazel Palmer
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Feb 1943: Name listed as VERNON HAMELTON BURRESS; 30 Dec 1997: Name listed as VERNON H BURRESS

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=442589
Inscription:
SGT, US MARINE CORPS
WORLD WAR II AND KOREA
Plot: MG, 0, 17

Died:
State of Florida. Florida Death Index, 1877=1998. Florida: Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, 1998.
Name: Vernon H Burress
Race: White
Age at Death: 68
Birth Date: 2 Jul 1929
Death Date: 13 Dec 1997
Death Place: Citrus

Social Security Death Index
Name: Vernon H. Burress
SSN: 230-24-3488
Last Residence: 34428 Crystal River, Citrus, Florida
BORN: 2 Jul 1929
Died: 13 Dec 1997
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951)

Vernon married Mary Ruth West 24 Dec 1947, Gloucester Co. VA; divorced 25 Nov 1957, Gloucester Co. VA. Mary was born 08 Nov 1930; died 09 Jan 1994, Gloucester Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Vernon married Gwendolyn Kay Chandler 15 Jul 1961, Clark Co. NV; divorced 1964, Arizona. [Group Sheet]

Vernon married Shirley Kornatowski. [Group Sheet]

Edward married Nancy Carol Givans 24 Jul 1970, Gloucester Co. VA. Nancy was born 05 Jan 1951. [Group Sheet]

Dean married Donna Gail Owens [Group Sheet]