Poirier, Robert Garfield^[1]

1917 - 1980  (63 years)

• Name	Poirier, Robert Garfield
  Born	16 Sep 1917	Virginia, St. Louis, MN, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Dec 1980	Barstow, San Bernardino, CA, USA   [1]
  Christened	12 Dec 1980	Barstow, San Bernardino, CA, USA   [1]
  Fact 3 (2)	2   [1]
  _UID	9259F626518A5A4C94AE96902A7D457B577D
  Person ID	I4430	NewFranceGenealogy
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2007

  
  

  Father	Poirier, Albert James,   b. 1 Jul 1890, Duluth, St. Louis, MN, USA ,   d. 29 Oct 1968, Loma Linda, Riverside, CA, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Johnson, Jennifer Dorothy Virginia,   b. 23 Apr 1895, Trysil, Norway ,   d. 1 Jan 1963, Santa Cruz, Monterey, CA, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Married	24 May 1916	Virginia, St. Louis, MN, USA
  Family ID	F1237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	+ 1. Poirier, Robert James,   b. Private + 2. Poirier, Carol Sue,   b. Private
  Last Modified	27 May 2017
  Family ID	F685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  [Br?derbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #4512, Date of Import: Nov 12, 2000] He was raised by his grandmother, Loretta, along with this brother & sister. He spent several years in a Catholic boarding school in San Francisco. When he left school, he went to live with his father in Los Angeles. He joined the Army Air Force during WWII. His training took place in Miss. where he met Katherine. After they were married, he was transferred to England, where he served with the Royal Air Force. He was an aircraft mechanic. The English weather proved too damp for him. The damp made his asthma worse, he was discharged from the army on a medical discharge. After the war, he and Katherine moved to Hemet to live with an old friend. He worked as a farmer, a diesel locomotive mechanic for Santa Fe Railroad. He later worked for the USMC Logistics Supply Depot in Dagget. He worked in small arms repair, motor pool repair and toward the end of his career, he was an inspector at Yermo. He was a heavy smoker and used developed emphasema at the age of about 60. He died of asphixiaton at home. !SSN: 565-18-1697 DEATH REC. REGISTRAR: 7335 ST FILE 170787

  
  

• Sources

  [S27] World Family Tree Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Brøderbund Software, Inc., (Release date: November 29, 1995), Tree #4512. Date of Import: Nov 12, 2000