Walter James Garvey
(1888-1918)
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Private Walter James Garvey, signature on WWI draft registration
Monument to several of the 12 Chicago firefighters, including Private Walter James Garvey’s father, who died in the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair cold storage warehouse fire, Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago
Gravestone, Private Walter James Garvey, Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Walter James Garvey
*No plaque found
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Birth: 7/9/1888, Chicago, Illinois
Birth: 7/9/1888, Chicago, Illinois
Address: 9018 Folson Ave., Cleveland, Ohio and 5724 Kenmore Ave., Chicago, IL
Demographics: age 29 at draft registration; married; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Secretary (Clerk) at Chicago Book Co., Chicago, IL; claimed draft exemption due to dependent wife and child [no information found about a child]
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair light brown
Marriage: On 7/18/1917, at age 29 and employed as a Representative, Walter James Garvey married Clevelander Isabell Crerar Garvey, age 25 and employed as a Stenographer, in Cuyahoga County, OH. On ancestry.com there was a 1909 marriage record for a Walter James Garvey who married in Chicago at age 22, although his 1917 marriage certificate recorded no previous marriage. Isabell Crerar Garvey (1892-1990) appears to have never remarried after her marriage to Private Walter James Garvey that lasted just over one year. She worked as a Secretary in several industries, including banking, law and real estate. She retained the surname Garvey for the remainder of her life, died a widow in her 90s, and was buried at Lakewood Park Cemetery, Rocky River, OH.
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 8/12/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 8/12/1918; Private
Service Number: 4131385
Deployment: died prior to deployment
Action:
Death: October 19, 1918 [3 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 30 at Camp Sevier, Greenville, South Carolina; cause of death Bronchopneumonia of 14 days duration
Death: October 19, 1918 [3 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 30 at Camp Sevier, Greenville, South Carolina; cause of death Bronchopneumonia of 14 days duration
Burial: 10/24/1918 at Woodland Cemetery, 6901 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 76 Section 81 Grave 2 E Line
Burial: 10/24/1918 at Woodland Cemetery, 6901 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 76 Section 81 Grave 2 E Line
Next of Kin: Mrs. Isabell Garvey, wife, 9018 Folson Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Captain James A. Garvey (1861-1893), a member of the Chicago, IL Fire Department, who died in the line of duty at the cold storage warehouse fire at the Chicago World's Fair along with 11 other firefighters on 7/10/1893, buried Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL, son Walter James Garvey was 5 years old at the time; Mother: Delia [or Bridget] Fitzpatrick Garvey, about whom no further information was found; Siblings: not found
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