Virgil Stewart Crees ^{2 3 4 5 6 7}

  General Notes:

There is an official record of birth for Virgil born in Wapsie (West Liberty), Muscatine County, Iowa on 28 Oct 1917 instead of the month of Nov as is normally assumed to be his month of birth. Either the birth record or its transcription index is wrong, or else Virgil just forgot what month he was born in as he got older. The birth record from October does indicate that Frank Crees and Edith Riddle were the parents.

The earliest I can find any record of him using the month of November instead of October would seem to be when he was elderly and retired to the Fort Jones area in Siskiyou County, California. Apparently his gravestone also indicates November instead of October.
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Virgil was married in Southern California in 1940 shortly after being enumerated in the 1940 Census in Los Angeles. There is a record of an enlistment in the US Army in 1945 at Fort McArthur in southern California near San Pedro for a Virgil S. Crees with a birth year of 1917. However, this enlistment record indicates a birth location of Alaska and a marital status of single so I am not sure if this is the same person in spite of the somewhat unique name. Virgil and his wife, Adina, are both buried in the far northern California city of Fort Jones just south of the Oregon border.
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Name:Virgil S Crees

Residence Date:30 Dec 2000-01 Feb 2001
Residence Place:Fort Jones, California, United States

Birth Date:28 Nov 1917

Address:533 PO Box
Address Continued:Fort Jones, California 96032
Address Date:30 Dec 2000-01 Feb 2001

2nd Address:420 Wetzel Way
2nd Address Continued:Yreka, California 96097
2nd Address Date:01 Nov 1986-01 Oct 2007

Possible Relatives:Adina P Crees
Record Number:237058211

Citing this Record:
"United States Public Records Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K1R9-ZWP : accessed 25 Jan 2014), Virgil S Crees, 30 Dec 2000-01 Feb 2001.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 28 October 1917 and a birth location of Wapsie, IA.

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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Waseca, MN on January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 177, Household 47
Waseca, Waseca County, Minnesota
Home Owned
Virgil S. Cruse..Son..2..IA

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Downey Township, Los Angeles, CA on 15 April 1940. ⁴

1940 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 19-132, Family 214, Roll 226
Downey Township, Los Angeles County, California
Last Place of Residence: Rural, Los Angeles, California
1031 South Woodruff, home owned, $1000
David V. Best..Head..61..KS
Minnie G. Best..Wife..61..IL
Virgil Crees..Boarder..22..IA..12th grade..Spot Welder, Airplane Factory..earned $95 in 1939
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• Military: Fort MacArthur, 14 June 1945, San Pedro, CA. ⁸ Name:Virgil S Crees
Event Type:Military Service
Event Date:14 Jun 1945
Event Place:Ft Macarthur, San Pedro, California, United States
Residence Place:
Birth Year:1917
Birthplace:ALASKA
Marital Status:Single, without dependents

NOTE - There are discrepancies in his place of birth and his marital status.
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• He resided at 420 Wetzel Way 1 November 1986-3 October 2000 in Yreka, CA.
Name:Virgil S Crees

Possible Relatives:Adina P Crees
Record Number:237058211

Citing this Record:
"United States Public Records Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K1R9-ZWP : accessed 25 Jan 2014), Virgil S Crees, 30 Dec 2000-01 Feb 2001.
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• He was buried after 3 October 2000 in the Fort Jones Cemetery in Fort Jones, CA.

Plot: Public Section
Find A Grave Memorial #88742362
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Virgil married Adina Lloyd Pearl on 17 June 1940.⁵ (Adina Lloyd Pearl was born on 19 June 1921 in Anaheim, CA,⁵ died on 16 December 2010 ⁹ and was buried after 16 December 2010 in Fort Jones, CA ⁹.)