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My Grandfather was M. F. Lambert of
Travis Detachment #1. The family story is that his wife was told he was
dead, or assumed that as he was not listed as a survivor at the time,
and then she started getting letters from him from France. The family
story had been that he swam to Ireland, which from my research would
have been impossible unless he was wearing the red cape with the big S
on it, so I surmise that he was in the water but was picked up by an
Irish boat and carried to Ireland. From there we know nothing more, he
died 11-9-1962, and to my knowledge left very little information on the
subject. I was curious if he was listed as dead or missing in any of the
Newspaper articles.
Roger L. Lambert
February 9, 2009 |
Marion Franklin Lambert - Rotan,
Fisher Co. Texas
Army Rank:
Private (1918).
Assigned Unit:
Camp Travis Detachment #1
165th
Depot Brigade Sept. 20, 1917 – March 31, 1918
Camp Travis
Replacement Draft April 1, 1918 – Sept. 2, 1918
Company F, 161st
Infantry Sept. 3, 1918 – July 7, 1919
Army Serial Number:
251,479
Inducted:
Sept. 20, 1917 Roby, Fisher Co., Texas
Promoted:
April 13, 1918 Corporal; March 6, 1919 Mess Sergeant
Army Discharge:
July 7, 1919
Remarks:
Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – June 28, 1919
Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918
Address: Heard Co, Georgia (1910)
Address: Roby, Fisher Co., Texas (1917)
Address: Rotan, Fisher Co., Texas (1920) (1930)
Address: 991 S.W. 36th St., San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas (1962)
1st
Wife’s Name:
Pearl Noles
(b. Sept. 7, 1899
Erath Co., Texas)
(d. June 12, 1933
Rotan, Fisher Co., Texas)
Married: Sept. 16,
1917
2nd
Wife’s Name:
Edna V. Tumlinson
(b. Sept. 27, 1898
Atascosa Co., Texas)
(d. Oct. 8, 1979 San
Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas)
Married: Sept. 29,
1936
Fathers Name:
William Andrew Lambert
(b. Sept. 23, 1870
Heard Co., Georgia)
(d. Oct. 6, 1923
Stamford, Jones Co., Texas)
Occupation: Farmer
Mothers Name:
Telula Viola Ward
(b. March 9, 1868
Bowden, Carrol Co., Georgia)
(d. Aug. 14, 1939
Rotan, Fisher Co., Texas)
Married : Nov. 25,
1888 Stateline, Heard Co., Georgia
Brothers:
John, Carris, Thomas, William, James, Jesse
Sisters:
Nellie, Mamie, Alice
Civilian Occupation:
Plumber & Farmer
(1930) Cotton Farm;
Born:
Nov. 23, 1893 Franklin, Heard Co., Georgia
Died:
Nov. 9, 1962 San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas (age 68)
San Antonio State
Hospital
Cemetery:
Sardis Cemetery, Rotan, Fisher Co., Texas
Plot:
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