JOHN, Corporal Clarence Fredrick

1898 - 1954  (55 years)

• Name	JOHN, Clarence Fredrick  [1]
  Prefix	Corporal
  Born	29 Oct 1898	Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1924 of White Lake (according to newspaper tidbit) 1925 of Laona (according to newspaper tidbit) 1930 Census... Can’t find anywhere in the USofA. Details of 1940 US Federal Census, Laona Township, Forest County, Wisconsin Supervisors district 8, ED 21-13, Sheet No. 21 A [lines 39-40] & B, [lines 41-43]; household number 375, homed owned, lives as a farm 39. Johns, Clarence [answered questions] head, male, white, age 41, married, had not attended school since March 1939, completed 1 year of college, born in Wisconsin, lived in a different place April 1, 1935, Oconto, Wisconsin, wasn’t on a farm, was doing government work during week of March 24th 1939, number of hours worked then 36, senior clerk for U.S. Forestry Station, type of work CA [code], no. of hours worked in a week 32, salary received $560, did not receive money from other source, no. 10 on farm schedule. 40. Johns Myrtle, wife, female, white, age 33, married had not attended school since March 1939, competed 3 years of college [nursing school], born in Minnesota, lived in a different place April 1, 1935, Oconto, Wisconsin, wasn’t on a farm, wasn’t working in government work, not working, was not seeking work, did not have a job, worked in the home. sheet 21B 41. Johns, Claire, daughter, female, white, age 5, single, attended school, born in Wisconsin, R, Oconto, Wisconsin, not on farm 42. Johns, Victor, son, male, white, age 4, single, no school, born in Wisconsin 43. Johns, Carol, daughter, female, white, age 2, single, no school, born in Wisconsin EXTRA QUESTIONS FOR CLARENCE were asked in 1940 census: Father born in Wisconsin, mother born in Wisconsin, was a veteran, war service, does have a SS number, no deductions for old age insurance or RR were made in 1939, deductions made from all wages, usual occupation is a senior clerk for U.S. Forestry, government worker.
  Census	1900	Cavour, Forest County, Wisconsin
  	See Victor H. John for details.
  Census	1905	Town Of Wabeno, Forest County, Wisconsin
  	See Victor H. John for details.
  Census	1910	Hackley, Vilas County, Wisconsin
  	See Victor H. John for details.
  Census	1920	Crandon, Forest County, Wisconsin
  	See Victor H. John for details.
  Census	1940	Laona, Forest County, Wisconsin
  	See notes for details.
  MILF	Y
  MILI	Clarence John is in the Boston passengers lists during WWII when he went to Newfoundland. His trip was put in an album by him and presented to a local school in Crandon, when he got back. Copies of his ship passenger listing is on file. He left in 1942 and again in 1943. ——————— 26th Separate Company, Wisconsin State Guard, Crandon <http://www.b-1-105.us/history/wsg.html> Separate Companies and Platoons of the Wisconsin State Guard Reserve ----------------- Transcribed letter: September 26, 1932 Mr. Clarence F. John, Gillett, Wisconsin (Signed and Mailed Sep 26 1932) stamped Dear Sir: On your application for Disability Allowance filed in this office on July 20[?], 1932, you state that you enlisted June 5, 1918 and November 1[6?] and was discharged June 16, 1920 and November 12th. Your Adjutant General’s report does not indicate that you served in the Federal Service during the World War and before this office can properly identify you, it will be in order for you to submit either a certified copy of your discharge or your original discharge to this office. In the event you submit your original discharge, you should send same registered mail, this office will make a copy of same and return the original to you. Further action is deferred pending receipt of this information. You are further informed that paragraph B, Section 206 of the World War Veterans Act, 1926[?], as enacted[?], July 5[?], 1930 provides for the purpose of disability allowance to any honorably discharged ??service men who entered the service prior to November 11th 191?, and served 90 days or more during the World War, who is or may be suffering from a ?? per certain[?] or non permanent disability, not the result of his own wilful misconduct, which was not received in service during the World War for which compensation is not payable, and who is entitled to exemption from the payment of a Federal Income Tax for the period preceding the filing of application. By direction: David R. Jude Adjudication Officer, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ———————————— In 1943, a German officer was taken prisoner by the Sledge Patrol and taken to the Americans after a long journey over ice. After the patrol discovered and reported the German weather station Holzauge at Hansa Bay on the northeast coast of Sabine Island, it was bombed by USAAF bombers from Iceland. It was then seized by a Coast Guard landing party, but all German personnel save one person had already been evacuated. Apart from fire exchanged between German aircraft and U.S. ships, this was the only air combat action in Greenland proper. [http://military.wikia.com/wiki/Greenland_in_World_War_II]
  Died	13 Feb 1954	Gillett, Oconto County, Wisconsin   [3, 4]
  	at 3:30 pm of a heart attack.
  Buried	16 Feb 1954	Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin   [4]
  	Pine Grove Cemetery Wausau, WI / obit says buried the 17th
  Person ID	I2176	Shepard and John Tree
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	JOHN, Victor Hugo,   b. 13 Feb 1872, Gillett, Oconto County, Wisconsin ,   d. 22 Apr 1956, Oconto Falls, Oconto County, Wisconsin  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	CAIN, Gertrude Marie,   b. 9 Aug 1877, Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin ,   d. 10 Feb 1962, Gillett, Oconto County, Wisconsin  (Age 84 years)
  Married	28 Aug 1897	Carter, Armstrong, Oconto County, Wisconsin   [5, 6]
  	at 4:15 pm
  Notes	Married on the Train. A romantic wedding took place on the train between Gillett and Wabeno Saturday August 28. The contracting parties in this happy event were Mr. Victor John, the genial station agent at Wabeno, and Miss Gertie Cain of Oconto. The bride, accompanied by justice Newald of Gillett, took the 1:30 train from the latter place and when near the county line between Oconto and Forest counties, they were met by the groom and his party who had come to meet them on a handcar, as it was necessary to have the nuptial knot tied on Oconto county territory. The train was stopped and Justice Newald lost no time in declaring the lovers man and wife. Miss May Lecourt. who accompanied the groom from Wabeno was bridesmaid and Mike Arsnean was best man. The event was celebrated by a long continuous blast of locomotive whistle and the joyous ringing of the bell. The newly married couple are well known in Oconto. [7]
  Family ID	F1747	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	EDWARDS, Esther
  Married	10 Jan 1922	Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois   [8, 9]
  Divorced	24 Oct 1923	Merrill, Lincoln County, WIsconsin   [10, 11]
  Notes	Clarence John Married The marriage of Miss Esther Edwards to Clarence John, both of White Lake, was published in the Milwaukee papers last Friday among the Waukegan weddings. Clarence is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. V. H. John, former Crandon residents. The bride also has acquaintances in this city having visited here several times. Their local friends extend congratulations. It appears that Esther was possibly pregnant when they married. I do not know if that was why they married as she was only about a month gone, this is calculating from marriage date to birth date of Marie. Forest Republican, Crandon, WI —Crandon Public library digital images Friday, Feb 17, 1922, p1c3, No. 26 36th year White Lake News Mrs. Clarence John has resigned her position at the post office. <—this was shortly after marriage [8]
  Children	1. JOHN, Gertrude Marie,   b. 8 Aug 1922, Wisconsin ,   d. 23 Aug 1992, Sonoma County, California  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	21 May 2019
  Family ID	F1860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	HAMM, Myrtle Caroline,   b. 8 Jul 1906, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota ,   d. 14 Jun 1966, Pewaukee, Waukesha County, Wisconsin  (Age 59 years)
  Married	9 May 1931	Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois   [12]
  Children	1. JOHN, V   2. JOHN, Carole Louise,   b. 25 Jan 1938, Laona, Forest County, Wisconsin ,   d. 5 Dec 1997, Illinois  (Age 59 years)
  Photos
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2001
  Family ID	F1692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Documents		Crossing the Arctic Circle certificate Clarence John received this certificate on his trip to Greenland during WWII. He had officially crossed the latitude 66'33" line for the first time on the ship Fairfax.
  		Graduation Certificate of Clarence John Clarence John's 8th grade graduation certificate. He was 16. There is even a newspaper article regarding the matter of the graduates which confirms that he was indeed that old when he finally graduated from the 8th grade.

  
  

  Headstones

  Clarence F. John and Myrtle Hamm John This headstone is located in Pine Grove cemetery in Wausau, Wisconsin.

  
  

• Notes

  Comments from son Victor F. John: He had a carpenter foreman job that entailed traveling all over the world to build military bases; Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland. He was government employed to help build the first nuclear plant in the USA, the Hanford Nuclear Power Plant in Hanford, Washington State. He helped build the Baraboo, Wisconsin Munitions Storage, building storage bunkers. He was in the military but never actually participated in the action, WWI ended before his ship got to Europe. There is a plaque at the D.C. Everest High School, Schofield, Marathon Co., Wisconsin honoring those people that were on the building committee. Clarence John is one of those members. He was State building inspector for the northern half of Wisconsin from Green Bay to Minneapolis, MN Clarence was a very avid hunter and outdoorsman. He wasn’t around much during his children’s bringing up as he was working as a foreman in CCC camps during the depression and had to be out of town a lot. He might have gotten into speed boating while they were vacationing in Florida as there was a speed boat shell leaning against the house in Crandon for many years. It was eventually sold.

  
  

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  [S412] . [S427] . [S82] . [S428] . [S550] . [S551] . [S1352] . [S676] The Forrest Republican. [S1100] date of marriage to Clarence indicated on marriage registration to Oscar. [S1100] details of first marriage on record includes date [which is a few days off] and place of divorce from Clarence. [S1101] . [S549] .