Ernest Jerome Egge

  Research Notes:

1. findagrave; http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=151053706

died 1969; WW II vet (see ancestry); Married to Maude Lee Hamilton Pierce (link) - she was married 3 times; married Ernest J Egge after 1930; she was born in Jan. 21, 1908, Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA

Grants Pass, Josephine Co, OR [about 250-300 kms south of Portland]


2. OR Death Index (familysearch)

- either there are errors in the first transcription or in familysearch transcription

Oregon Death Index

NameErnest Jer Egge
Event TypeDeath
Event Date24 Mar 1969
Event PlaceJosephine, Oregon
Age12 [ ??????? ]
Spouse's NameMaude Egge
Certificate Number3766


3. 1940 US Census --- no record or at least not indexed; but he was in the Navy as of 16 Jul 1940, Minneapolis


4. Military Service - servive # 328-70-90

Ancestry records a number of record pages for his "location" , but not much more

- 16 Jul 1940 enlisted Minneapolis; and to Penscola Naval Air Station on 30 Oct 1940
31 Oct 1940 to 30 Dec 1941 - at Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida; various "ranks" AS, AMM3c, Sea 2C
then, 10 Jul 1944 on board the USS Orizaba sailing from San Francisco to Fray [I can't find this location; must be specific to the navy; rank ACMM

- findagrave has the phrase "ARDC US Navy" World War II ; general google search for "ARDC" suggests, "Auxiliary Repair Dock" [C - center?]

- from wikipedia: USS Orizaba
she returned to the west coast in March 1944, only to leave again for another Central Pacific run. Back at San Francisco in June, she underwent repairs; completed a run to the Marshalls and Marianas; and then sailed north to the Aleutians.

From: https://www.nps.gov/valr/learn/historyculture/ratesandranks.htm

AMM Aviation Machinist's Mate
AS Apprentice Seaman
Sea 2C - likely Seaman, 2nd Class

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Military Service, 16 Jul 1940 to 1945, United States. ⁶⁴³⁰ Ernest Egge served with the US Navy starting with his enlistment in Jul 1940 until at least the end of World War II. I have not found a discharge date.

Ernest married Maude Lee Hamilton. (Maude Lee Hamilton was born on 21 Jun 1908 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States,⁶⁴³¹ died on 27 Jul 2012 in Reno, Nevada, United States ⁶⁴³¹ and was buried in Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery, Grants Pass, Josephine Co, Oregon, United States ⁶⁴³¹.)