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John West

John West

Male 1904 - 1989  (84 years)


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  • Name John West  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Birth 8 Oct 1904  Broughty Ferry, Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Death 4 Feb 1989  Hayward, Alameda, California, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 7
    • Age: 84
    Burial Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I220  My Tree
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

    Father John West,   b. Abt 1863, pittlie, Fife Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Catherine Marshall,   b. Abt 1858, Dundee, Forfar Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1916, DRI, Dundee, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F328  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Catherine 
    Family ID F61  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

    Family 2 Catherine McKenzie,   b. 25 Sep 1898, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1980, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 6 Apr 1935 
    Children 
     1. John Webster West,   b. 28 Dec 1936, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1989, Hayward, Alameda, California, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F62  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

  • Photos
    Wedding Raymond and Peg Bence
    Wedding Raymond and Peg Bence
    Wedding photo at Union Congregational Church of Braintree and Weymouth, East Braintree, Massachusetts

    John and Catherine West Mary and Raymond Bence Jr, Bertha and Raymond Bence

  • Sources 
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      Birth date: 8 Oct 1904
      Birth place:
      Death date: 4 Feb 1989
      Death place: Hayward, Alameda, California, United States of America
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    2. [S349] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T627_1624; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 11-8.

    3. [S292] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at Boston; Waltham, Massachusetts; ARC Title: Petitions and Records of Naturalization , 8/1845 - 12/1911; NAI Number: 3000057; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: RG 21.
      Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950
      Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950
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    4. [S123] Ancestry.com, California Death Index, 1940-1997, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.Original data - State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.Original dat;), Date: 1989-02-04.

    5. [S312] Ancestry.com, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Massachusetts, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1016.

    6. [S226] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), The Boston Globe; Publication Date: 19 Mar 1980; Publication Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/428201854/?article=71c2f468-3831-4e38-bf06-d388ef60c7d2&focus=0.8900873,0.70838374,0.9987399,0.765349.

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    8. [S337] Ancestry.com, New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, R;), Year: 1928; Arrival: , ; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_4230; Line: 16; List number: .
      Birth date: abt 1905
      Birth place: Scotland
      Residence date:
      Residence place: Scotland
      Arrival date: 19 Mar 1928
      Arrival place: New York, New York
      Departure date:
      Departure place: Glasgow, Scotland
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