Walter Kennedy Giesecke

b. 6 June 1917, d. 27 January 1992
Walter Kennedy Giesecke|b. 6 Jun 1917\nd. 27 Jan 1992|p1286.htm|Daniel Bell Giesecke|b. 16 Aug 1885\nd. 15 Jun 1957|p1285.htm|Mary Haile Kennedy|b. 23 Oct 1885\nd. 10 Sep 1986|p1283.htm|||||||Walter Kennedy|b. 22 Nov 1842\nd. 28 Nov 1926|p1281.htm|Sarah K. Munson|b. 9 Jun 1857\nd. 13 Aug 1913|p116.htm|

1st cousin 2 times removed of George Poindexter Munson Sr.
3rd cousin of Laura Jane Munson.
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Munson and Allied Families
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Kennedy Giesecke
     Walter Kennedy Giesecke was born on 6 June 1917 in Brazoria County, Texas.1,2 He was the son of Daniel Bell Giesecke and Mary Haile Kennedy. He married Jean Anne Galloway.3 He died on 27 January 1992 in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, at age 74.1,2
     
     Kennedy grew up in Angleton and graduated circa 1934 from Angleton High School.4 Afterward he attended Texas A&M College where he received a degree in Agriculture. He enlisted in the Army at the beginning of World War II, and he and Jean Ann went to California for his first assignment. Jean Ann lived and worked in Sacramento while Kennedy was overseas, and when he returned they made it their permanent home.3

Additional Data
Walter K. Giesecke appeared on the 1 January 1920 Federal Census of Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas, in the household of his parents, Bell D. and Mary Giesecke.5 Click to view image

Kennedy Giesecke appeared on the 1 April 1930 Federal Census of Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas, in the household of his parents, Bell and Mary Giesecke.6 Click to view image

Walter K. Giesecke enlisted as a private in the United States Army "for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law," on 3 December 1943 at Houston, Harris County, Texas. Prior to enlistment, he was a married civilian living in Brazos County. He had completed four years of college and was working as an "Addressing-Embossing Machine Operator or Clerk, General."7

Child of Walter Kennedy Giesecke and Jean Anne Galloway

Citations

  1. [S29] Walter K. Giesecke, no. 452-26-1436, Social Security Death Index, RootsWeb (Provo: MyFamily.com Inc., 2005). The SSDI component of RootsWeb is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration.
  2. [S914] Department of Health Services, California Death Index, 1940-1997 (Sacramento: State of California, 19xx).
  3. [S20] Thurmond A. Williamson, The Munsons of Texas, an American Saga, First Edition manuscript (Dallas: n.pub., 1987), 264.
  4. [S32] Interview with Ruth Anna (Horn) Munson (Mrs. Joe U. Munson; Angleton, Texas), by Laura Munson Cooper. Transcript held in 2003 by Cooper (1804 Holm Oak St.; Arlington, TX 76012-5608).
  5. [S38] Bell D. Giesecke household, 1920 U.S. Census, Brazoria County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 1, Angleton city, enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 34B, dwelling 97, family 102; National Archives micropublication T625, roll 1774.
  6. [S37] Bell Giesecke household, 1930 U.S. Census, Brazoria County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 1, Angleton City, enumeration district (ED) 20-1, sheet 8A/8, dwelling 165, family 173; National Archives micropublication T626, roll 2301.
  7. [S1137] National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005). Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.
  8. [S9] Personal recollection of the writer, Laura M. Cooper (1804 Holm Oak St., Arlington, Texas).