Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameHerman Joseph Blanchard 
Birth21 Dec 1877, Holmes Co, OH
Census6 Jun 1900, Knox, Holmes Co, OH
Memoroll#1288, pg 2
Census15 Apr 1910, Bowie, Cochise Co, AZ
Memoroll#38, pg 5
Census23 Apr 1940, Benton, Mono Co, CA
Memoroll#266, pg 1
Death8 May 1950, Inyo Co, CA
BurialEast Line Street Cem, Bishop, Inyo Co, CA
MemoSection 10, Row 2, Grave 4
OccupationBricklayer, Cook, Miner
FatherJames Eugene Blanchard (1840-1917)
MotherMary F. Drouhard (1842-1923)
Misc. Notes
Listed as Harmon in 1880, and Hermon with his parents in 1900, then alone as H. J. Blanchat (33, OH) a bricklayer in Arizona in 1910.
He enlisted as a cook (PFC) in the 40th Div of 158th Arizona Infantry in WWI from 11 Apr 1917 thru 8 Sept 1919, most of which was spent in Europe.
He apparently migrated to California after the war, as he is listed in multiple voter registrations there for San Bernardino Co, before being next recorded as single, head of household (62, OH) in the 1940 Mono Co, CA census. Then in Bishop, CA when he registered for the WWII draft.
He enlisted as a cook (PFC) in the 40th Div of 158th Arizona Infantry in WWI from 11 Apr 1917 thru 8 Sept 1919, most of which was spent in Europe.
He apparently migrated to California after the war, as he is listed in multiple voter registrations there for San Bernardino Co, before being next recorded as single, head of household (62, OH) in the 1940 Mono Co, CA census. Then in Bishop, CA when he registered for the WWII draft.