Hugh Othal West, Sr.
1903–1945
✦ direct ancestor — Owen's great-grandfather · West line
Life
- Born
- 15 Dec 1903 · Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, United States of America
- Died
- 24 May 1945 · Bammel, Harris County, Texas, United States of America
- Buried
- Brookside Memorial Park, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
Parents
Marriage & children
Hugh Othal West, Jr. (1933–2003)
Mary Elizabeth West (1928–2014)
Timeline
- 1 Mar 1905ResidenceRichland, Ford, Kansas, USA
- 1910ResidenceGrandview, Ford, Kansas, USA — Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
- 1915ResidenceGrandview, Ford, Kansas, USA
- 1920ResidenceJustice Precinct 5, Harris, Texas, USA
- 9 Jun 1927ArrivalNew York, New York, USA
- 1927MarriedGertrude Ella Minnie Becker
- 18 Jun 1930MarriedDolores Grace Carpenter — Harris, Texas, USA
- 1937ResidenceBeaumont, Texas, USA
- 1938ResidenceBeaumont, Texas, USA
- 1940ResidenceBeaumont, Texas, USA
- 1942ResidenceBeaumont, Jefferson, Texas, USA — Relation to Head: Self
- 16 Feb 1942OccupationBeaumont, Jefferson, Texas, USA — Sun Oil Co., Beaumont (res. 2715 Pennsylvania St.); posted to Chacahoula, Louisiana (mail: Thibodaux) - WWII draft card, read 7/25/2026
- Oct 1942ArrivalMiami, Florida, USA
- about 1943ResidenceWestfield, Harris, Texas, USA — death cert: resident Westfield "2 years" at May 1945 death
- —DepartureBatavia and Sengapose and Port Said and Penang Aden
Records behind this page
Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census
Year: 1910; Census Place: Grandview, Ford, Kansas; Roll: T624_439; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0051; FHL microfilm: 1374452
Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Justice Precinct 5, Harris, Texas; Roll: T625_1815; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 117
Ancestry.com, Florida, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1898-1963 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006)
The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger Manifests of Airplanes Arriving at Miami, Florida; NAI Number: 2774955; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group
Ancestry.com, Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009)
Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; Roll: ks1915_89; Line: 5
Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1905 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: ks1905_53; Line: 7
Ancestry.com, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013)
Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA
Ancestry.com, Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014)
Harris County Clerk's Office; Houston, Texas; Harris County, Texas, Marriage Records
Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005)
Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin, Texas, USA; Texas Birth Indexes
Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014)
Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014)
Harris County Clerk's Office; Houston, Texas; Harris County, Texas, Marriage Records
Ancestry.com, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011)
The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Texas, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1602
Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011)
Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012)
Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015)
New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Year: 1927; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 17; Page Number: 232
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)
Research notes
Working notes from the research, kept verbatim — what was read, what it proved, what stays open.
Research note · 27 Jul 2026
Audited 27 Jul 2026. BOTH PARENTS EVIDENCED. Death certificate, Harris Co., 24 May 1945, file 21415, image 40394_b062273-00318 (Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982 (Ancestry coll. 2272)): field 10 FATHER = 'George W. West'; field 12 MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME = 'Bessie Alexander'; his own birthplace DODGE CITY, KANSAS. With his father's Kansas birth in 1866 this places the West family in Kansas across two generations, matching the Wilbur-Dennis-West-to-Kansas-Territory account. Cause: heat exhaustion, ruled an ACCIDENT, at the recycling plant at Bammel, related to occupation, aged 41 - which confirms the family account in for-mom-west-carpenter-catchings.md.
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