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Countless thanks and appreciation
for this site and guest book. Gothard Waldemar Xavier ("Garth") was my
great-uncle; he served as a private and later corporal and possibly sergeant
in Co. F. He survived and lived into the 1960's, having been a lumberjack,
gold miner with his older brothers, timber and lumber inspector, and
property owner. Born in 1889, he was the youngest of a family of 9 plus a
foster sister. His father, Nils Paul Xavier, was a "pure Lapp," from
northern Norway who is in turn known in historical circles as the first Sami
(Lapp) immigrant to obtain a US theological education as a Lutheran
minister. Rev. NP Xavier died in 1918, survived by his wife, Amanda, and 8
children plus foster daughter, in the knowledge his son had survived the
torpedoing. Uncle Garth was the only member of NP and Amanda's to serve in
uniform in World War I. An older brother, Johan U. Xavier (1870-1963), took
time off from teaching to use carpentry skills as one of the builders of
Fort Lewis.
John Xavier
February 4, 2007 |
Gothard Waldemar Xavier - Parkland,
Pierce Co., WA
Army Rank:
Private (1918).
Assigned Unit:
6th Bn., 20th Engineers, Co. F (18th Co.)
Army Serial Number:
Inducted:
Promoted:
Corporal (1918)
Army Discharge:
1919
Remarks:
Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – 1919
Torpedoed on the
Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918
Member of the
Tuscania Survivors Association (1938)
Address: Lincoln
Twp., Winneshiek Co., Iowa (1900)
Address: Spanaway,
Pierce Co., WA (1910)
Address: North
Rainier Road, National, Pierce Co., WA. (1920)
Address: King
County, WA (1930)
Address: Parkland,
Pierce Co., WA (1938)
Wife’s Name:
Fathers Name:
Nils Paul Johannesen Xavier
(b. Sept. 26, 1839
Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway)
(d. March 14, 1918
Parkland, Pierce Co., WA)
Mothers Name:
Amanda Magdalena Carlsdatter Norum
(b. Jan. 9, 1849
Alta, Finnmark, Norway)
(d. March 27, 1935
Parkland, Pierce Co., WA)
Married Jan. 9, 1868
Alta, Finnmark, Norway
Brothers:
Heinrich (Henry), Johan (John), Karl, and Nils Jr.
Sisters:
Anna, Sara, Marith, and Ella Xavier
Civilian Occupation:
Tallyman, Sawmill
Born:
May 12, 1889 Minnesota
Died:
May 25, 1969 Seattle, King Co., WA
Cemetery:
Parkland Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Pierce Co., WA
Plot:
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