Milton Clarence Movold

  Research Notes:

1. a. Burial from www.findagrave.com

- indicates "CM, US Navy, World War II"
submitter to findagrave also gives:

- information from the 1910 & 1920 US Census - Fosston, Polk Co, MN under the household of Karineus Movold
- Lutheran Church records, re; birth/bap
- 1905 MN State
- Bakersfield Californian, re; death
- BIRLS file
- records wife's name, birth & death

++++++++ it's not clear who the submitter is, but the information from 1910 & 1920 Census; creator of the information is : Diane Satterfield, and it appears information was submitted 12 Jul 2004 (same person/submitter/creator, links to Milton's wife, Theresa Linser, and on her burial post, some similiar information


1. b. from Fold3, Navy muster rolls [see, images but a paid subscription; my info from a "free weekend]
- US Navy Construction Training Center, Williamsburg, Virginia; Construction Battlions, quarter ending 31 Dec 1942
Milton C Movold, service number, 564 27 65; enlisted 7 Nov 1942 (Location, A), received 27 Dec 42; rating, CM1C

1. c. BIRLS
enlisted 22 Dec 1942, released 22 Oct 1945; US Navy




2. From www.Interment.net [10 June 2010]

Movold, Milton Clarence, b. 1902, d. 1976, CM 1 US Navy, World War II
Movold, Tracy Linser, b. 1904, d. 1969, Beloved Wife

- Located on a hill in Johannesburg, Calif, the cemetery is bounded by Mt. Wells Avenue on the north, Sunset Avenue on the south, Ophir Street on east, and Fremont Street on the west.
- Bart Parker, caretaker of the cemetery, for the following information on the history: It was established in Dec of 1896 when J.F. Davis, a gambler who had been shot in a gambling hall in Randsburg, was buried there

3. Ancestry.com US City Directories (R L Polk)

1923 - 3510 S Thompson Ave, Tacoma, WA; occu - laborer
1923 - 882 Sandy, Portland, OR; occ - funiture finisher
1926 - 580 Salmon, Portland OR; no occ recorded


4. CA Voter Registration, ancestry.com

- 1928-1934; 2467 Hidalog Ave, Los Angeles (1928, 1930; occupation listed as tl sttr - tile setter?); 427 S Grand View St (1932); 941 S Lake St (1934)
- registered as a Rep in 1928, then Dem from 1930-1940, and then Rep from 1948-1964
- registered in 1938-1946 at Red Mountain with occupation of miner (the line above is Mrs Lena Movold, housewife)
- Milton Movold is recorded from 1938-1948 and then both he and Mrs Theresa Movold are recorded from 1950-1964

== possible that Milton was married between 1948-1950?


= 1938 CA Voter Registration - Kerns Co, CA -- Mrs Leona B Movold ???

+++ NOTE: 4. a. (i) 4 Jun 2017

Snip from "The San Bernardino County Sun", 7 Jul 1936, page 19. col 1.

" Marriage Licences: Movold-Thompson, Milton C Movold, 34, Minnesota, resident of Red Mountain and Leona Thompson, 23, California, resident of Randsburg"; [assumed that '34' means age, thus Milton born abt 1902, and assumed that 'Minnesota' is place of Birth; Leona age 23, birth abt 1913 in CA];

- I have looked/reviewed briefly a few issues of the above newspaper, but I didn't any other mention. HOWEVER, taking the two 'facts', that is, marriage licence and the 1938 CA Voter Registration record, I have concluded that Milton was married twice, first to Leona Thompson in Jul 1936 and then between 1948-1950 to Theresa Linser.

Milton and Leona were likely divorced sometime between 1938 and 1940. Milton is indexed as 'single' in the 1940 Census, it could just as be a 'divorce'. With a general name search of 'Leona Movold' at "newspapers.com" there is a notice in the Nevada State Journal (10 Aug 1940, page 7 col 2), "William R Mowlds of Trona, Calif., and Leona Movold of Randsburg, Calif., were married Justice of the Peace Walter Bower Saturday. Attending the young couple were Mrs. Eunice O'Byrant of Silver Peak, sister of the bride, and W. A. Mowlds, father of the bridegroom."
- thus, Leona Movold (nee Thompson?), remarried in 1940 in Tonopah, NV, according to the above record (the above paragraph is part of a larger article titled, "Personal News, Social Happenings of Tonopah, Nye Areas Listed". I can't find Leona in the 1940 US Census in Califorina or Nevada (Eunice O'Bryant, her sister is recorded at Silver Peak or Silverpeak, NV age 32 born in Utah; Leona seems to be born in CA). William R Mowlds is also found in the 1940 census in Inyo Co, Ca, age 33 born in WA, a Miner. His father William A Mowlds is found at Trona and I also found that family in the 1910 US Census Adams Co, WA where William A and son William age 3 <1907> are recorded. William A Mowlds died in 1956 (findagrave) and there is a CA death record for William R Mowlds who died in 13 Dec 1982 at San Mateo, California, with birth as 29 Mar 1907 in WA. I can't find anything else on Leona, Movold, Thompson or Mawlds.

- Note that Tonopah is about 65 kms north east of Silver Peak, NV. Silver Peak, NV is about 300 kms east of Trona, CA. Trona, CA is about 60 kms north of Red Mountain, CA. Inyo Co, CA is about 120 kms north of Trona, CA.






[Randsburg, Johannesburg, and Red Mountain our mostly ghost towns and all are within 5 - 10 kms of each other, see http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ca/redmountain.html ]




Accessed and copied from Newspapers.com, 2 Jun 2017



4. b. 1930 US Census [ 4 July 2012 ] ancestry.com not indexed; used Morse 1930 ED finder

- using the addresses from the CA Voter Registration, Los Angeles -- not found
- 1928-1930 - 2467 Hidalgo Av - ED 638, - no; 1932 - 427 South Grand View - ED 432, - no;
1934 - 941 South Lake - ED 353, - no
- therefore, it seems that they moved a fair amount and that the voter registration was not up to date with the moves and thus nothing on the 1930 Census (enumeration in Apr 1930) OR when the enumerator came, Milton was not at home and he did not get back to the enumerator

++ Milton is not indexed on Ancestry.com in 1930 US Census in California, Los Angeles or San Bernardino or Kerns County, nor could I find him by using only is birthdate, first name, born in MN, Miner, Mining [ 18 Jul 2012 ]


4. b. 1940 US Census, Red Mountain, San Bernardino Co, CA

- Milton Clarence Movold (indexed as Novold; the letter does look like an N rather than M), age 38 born in MN, single (indexed as single, but the letter appears to be a combination of 'S' and 'D' - it doesn't look like the other letters 'S or D', 2 yrs of high school; worked 48 hours wk of Mar 24; worked 26 wks in 1939 earning $800; usual work is a Miner, Mining Leaser; recorded as owning home (no street address given) but no value recorded
- notes he is single
- on 1 Apr 1935, records residence as R (rural), San Bernardino Co; but no people are recorded as "same place or same house", either rural or the name of city, such as San Bernardino




5. from www.pioneergraves.info; Pioneer Graves website created by Lonnie DeCloedt (accessed 8 Nov 2008)


Located in Johannesburg, just over the hill from infamous Randsburg, the Rand District Cemetery served those two desert mining towns as well as a few others in the area. About 40 miles from the city of Mojave, in the Mojave Desert, conditions here can be harsh, especially in the summer


+++++++++

6. US Social Security Index indicates last residence as Red Mountain, San Bernardino, CA (same as death location for wife); last benefit to Alexandria, Douglas Co, MN - why??? ---- brother Clifford lived and worked in Alexandria; likely Clifford was Milton's only relative, since it appears Milton did not have children


7. [ 26 Jun 2012 ] Ancestry.com - Public Member Tree 'Sweet Family Tree owner JayneLack486' (last log in 25 Jun 2012) --- relationship through the ancestors of Theresa Linser; no new or added information on Milton or the Movolds (records surname as Movald)

- there are other Public Member Tree 'Failmezger Schoonover Family Tree owner neonsdf_1' (last log in 25 June 2012) and Public Member Tree 'Marna C. Baggs Family Tree owner mcbaggs1' (last log in 25 Jun 2012) or Sandbergs (see notes under Clifford)
== +++ these are through relationship ancestors of Edith Maude Hilligoss (married to Karenius Movold) and provide no new information on the Movolds


8. [ 7 Mar 2015 ]

- from findmypast.com; newspaper Bakersfield Califorian, 11 Jan 1974, page 51; article on the Rand Legion headed by Milton -- says he came to the Rand area in 1933, mined gold and tungston, but now his health isn't allowing him to mine; still stays active in the community

- from findmypast.com; newspaper Bakersfield Californian, 13 Dec 1976, page 49
Milton was struck by a car while Milton was crossing highway 295 at Rand Road outside of Johannesberg at 5:10PM; pronounced dead on arrival at the Ridgecrest Community Hospital at 7:20 PM. Corner said that he was struck by a car.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence - 1928-1932, 1928-1934, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, California, United States. ²⁰⁵⁴

2. Residence - 1935, 1 Apr 1935, San Bernardino Co, California, United States. ²⁰⁵⁵

3. Residence - 1938-1964, 1938-1964, Red Mountain, San Bernardino Co, California, United States. ²⁰⁴⁶

4. Residence - 1940, 1 Apr 1940, Red Mountain, San Bernardino Co, California, United States. ²⁰⁵⁵ Enumeration on 15 Apr 1940

5. Military Service, 1942-1945, 1942-1945, US Navy. ^2053,2056 "CM" 1 US Navy, World War II. The BIRLS file records he enlisted with the US Navy on 22 Dec 1942 and was released on 22 Oct 1945. At the end of Dec 1942, Milton was at the US Navy Construction Training Center (Construction Battlalion) at Williamsburg, Virginia.

Milton married Tracy (Theresa) Linser between 1948 and 1950 in San Bernardino Co, California, United States.²⁰⁴⁶ (Tracy (Theresa) Linser was born on 20 Oct 1904 in Ida Twp, Douglas Co, Minnesota, United States,⁴⁵⁴ died on 26 Jan 1969 in Red Mountain, San Bernardino Co, California, United States ^454,2057 and was buried in Rand District Cemetery, Johannesburg, Kern Co, California, USA ⁴⁵⁴.)

Milton next married Leona Thompson in Jul 1936 in San Bernardino Co, California, United States ²⁰⁴⁷.^,2048 (Leona Thompson was born in 1913 in California, United States.)