SSGT Elbert Eugene Holland (WWII)
Remembering SSGT Elbert Eugene Holland (Fairmont) January 28, 1922 - April 6, 1944 ---- SSGT Elbert Eugene Holland (Service Number 35744730) was born in Fairmont, WV on January 28, 1922, the son of Elbert Ellsworth and Goldie (Moran) Holland. It's unclear where precisely Elbert Ellsworth and Goldie lived when baby Elbert was born. In the 1920 census, they were boarders at the home of Clark and Alice Miller at 836 Fourth Street, and Clark was a book keeper for a machine foundry. The 1923 Fairmont City Directory found them living at 809 View Avenue, and Elbert Ellsworth a clerk for the Fairmont Mining Machinery Company . Between 1925 and 1929, Elbert Ellsworth made a career change, beginning to work at Long Chevrolet in different capacities, from a salesman (1929 City Directory) to an assistant manager (1931 City Directory). By the 1940 Census, Elbert Ellsworth was working as an office clerk for a coal company. Their family lived a number of places during Elbert Eugene's lifet...