Family: William Porter "Bill" Myers and Vera E. White

Husband/father: William Porter "Bill" Myers
Wife/mother: Vera E. White
Children:

• Gorton William Myers
• MaryLu Gorton Myers

Child: Gorton William Myers

Child: MaryLu Gorton Myers

Marriage:

• Date: 2 May 1908
• Place: Portland, Multnomah County, OR
• Source: 1930 census West Hartford, Hartford, CT
  • Data:
    • Text: "age at first marriage: 20"
  • Note: 1930 Fed Census, West Hartford, Hartford, CT, Apr 7, 1930, "age at first marriage: 20." If he were born in 1881, then he would be married in 1901,age 20.
• Source: Marriage certificate William P Myers & Vera White 2 May 1908, Portland, Multomah, OR

Source: 1930 census West Hartford, Hartford, CT

Source: Marriage certificate William P Myers & Vera White 2 May 1908, Portland, Multomah, OR

Individual: William Porter "Bill" Myers

Parental family: George William Myers and Mary Augusta Gorton
Marital or other families:

• William Porter "Bill" Myers and Unknown
• William Porter "Bill" Myers and Vera E. White

Name: William Porter "Bill" Myers

• Source: Personal recollections of Frances Lenore Myers Gates abt 1968 in oral interview by Janet R. Markle

Sex: Male

Alias: /Bill/

Birth:

• Date: 15 September 1881
• Place: Lima, Allen, OH
• Source: 1900 census Lima, 7th Ward, Allen Co., OH
• Source: Gorton, Adelos, Life and Times of Samuel Gorton, 1907, PA
• Source: IGI, FamilySearch.org
  • Note: Family search: 15 sept 1881, Lima, ,OH
• Source: WWI registration 1915

Death:

• Date: 24 September 1958
• Place: Preston, New London, CT
• Source: letter from Betty Myers to Frances & Gus Gates, Simsbury CT, 1969.
  • Note: letter from Betty Myers to Frances & Gus Gates, 1969 re: Aunt Vera's death. Says she was the Widow of William P. Myers in 1969. In 1960 Vera is listed as widow of William P. in Hartford City, CT directory.William P. is listed in 1954 Hartford, CT directory.
• Source: death certificate William Myers 24 Sept 1958
• Cause: dementia, Altzheimer's? , pneumonia, died in Norwich State Mental Hospital
  • Source: death certificate William Myers 24 Sept 1958

Death:

• Date: 1958
• Place: Norwich State Hospital, CT, age 77

Adoption:

• Date: 1929
• Place: adopted Vera Gorton Myers
• Source: Personal recollections of Frances Lenore Myers Gates, 1974,oral interview audiotaped by Janet R. Markle
• Source: 1930 census West Hartford, Hartford, CT

_MILT:

• Date: about 1898
• Place: Spanish War
• Source: Gorton, Adelos, Life and Times of Samuel Gorton, 1907, PA
• Source: Markle, Constance Gates, family tree notes, abt 1960
• Source: death certificate William Myers 24 Sept 1958
  • Note: death certificate Willliam Myers 24 Sept 1958: says he was a "veteran."

Residence:

• Date: about 1956
• Place: Lived in (West?) Hartford, CT
• Source: letter from Betty Myers to Frances & Gus Gates, Simsbury CT, 1969.

Residence:

• Date: about 1907
• Place: Detroit, MI
• Source: Gorton, Adelos, Life and Times of Samuel Gorton, 1907, PA
  • Page: p 517

Residence:

• Date: 1912
• Place: 10 Park Ave., Hartwell, OH
• Source: birth certificate Gorton William Myers, 1 June 1912

Residence:

• Date: 1928
• Place: 47 Ardmore Rd., West Hartford, CT
• Source: Directory Greater Hartford, CT 1928, Ancestry.com

Residence:

• Date: 1930
• Place: West Hartford, Hartford, CT.
• Source: 1930 census West Hartford, Hartford, CT

Residence:

• Date: 1935
• Place: West Hartford, Hartford, CT., 6 Woodrow,
• Source: Directory Greater Hartford, CT 1935, Ancestry.com

Residence:

• Date: 1939
• Place: west hartford, Hartford, CT., 18 Grennan Rd,
• Source: Directory Greater Hartford, CT, 1939, Ancestry.com
  • Note: Directory Greater Hartford, CT, 1939 from Ancestry.

Occupation:

• Date: 1935
• Place: comptroller Brown Thomson Inc, Hartford, CT
• Source: Directory Greater Hartford, CT 1935, Ancestry.com

Occupation:

• Date: 1915
• Place: office manager G. Fox & Co. W., Hartford, CT
• Source: WWI registration 1915

Occupation:

• Date: 1927
• Place: office manager G. Fox & Co. W. Hartford, CT
• Source: Directory Hartford, CT, 1927, Ancestry.com

Occupation:

• Date: 1928
• Place: asst treasurer, office manger G Fox & Co, Inc.
• Source: Directory Greater Hartford, CT 1928, Ancestry.com

Occupation:

• Date: 1939
• Place: treasurer, Brown, Thomson, Inc., Hartford, CT
• Source: Directory Greater Hartford, CT, 1939, Ancestry.com

Burial:

• Date: 1958
• Place: Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford, CT

_MDCL: Ht: med, build: med, hair: brown, eyes: brown, died at age 77

• Source: WWI registration 1915

Note: Number 32