William Mack Wolverton was born in Limestone County, Texas on 21 January 1874. (Source: His WWI Draft Registration card). He was the son of Mack C. Wolverton and Winifred Andrew.
According to Texas and Louisiana records, he was legally married three times. He may have had a fourth common law wife who died in the 1900 Galveston huricane. (see the 1900 US Census for Galveston, Texas).
He was married first to Mary Drucilla Vinson of Robertson County, Texas on December 24, 1889. They lived in Hearne, Texas where Mack worked as a brakeman for what was originally the Houston and Texas Central Railroad. They had four children as follows:
1) Walter Snead Wolverton - b. December 23, 1890
2) Daniel Hubert Wolverton - b. September 28, 1892
3) Bertha Lillian Wolverton - b. May 19, 1896
4) William Taylor Wolverton - b. November 1897
Mack and Drucilla divorced in Milam County, Texas on December 01, 1900. Leading up to the divorce, Mack lived in Galveston and then moved to New Orleans and went to work for the New Orleans Transit Authority after Galveston was destroyed by the 1900 huricane.
He married second to Anna Pradat in New Orleans on 2 July1902. They had been married for 8 years at the time of the 1910 Census. Their marriage ended in divorce about 1911. There were no children from this marriage.
He married third to Dora Klumpp Pradat in New Orleans on April 02, 1912. She was the widow of co-worker William Pradat and the sister-in-law of Mack's second wife, Anna Pradat. Dora and Mack were divorced between 1940 and his death in 1946. They had one child:
1) William Thomas Wolverton, b. December 23, 1912
Over the next 35 years he held various positions for the Transit Authority and for the City of New Orleans Police department. These included motorman, inspector, transit security office and an officer in the New Orleans Police Department.
He retired from public service about 1935 and he and Dora bought a house in Lacombe, St. Tammany Parish, LA where he was employed in 1940 as a truck driver for a wholesale grocery distribution company.
He died intestate in November 1946 and because of his many marriages and different children, the probate of his estate dragged out over the next 2 years. The children he had with Drucilla in Texas had to obtain birth certificates in Limestone and Robertson Counties, since Texas did not institute state wide birth registration requirements until 1910. To top that off, his second son, Daniel Hubert had disappeared in 1922 and a certain time was required to search for him; after which, he was declared legally dead by the probate court. Lawyer fees got most of the estate. In 1948 his son Dan Hubert's daughter Kathryn Gorman received an $87 check as her father's share of the estate. (Her father Dan was finally found alive living in Brooklyn in 1953).
(Bio written by his g-grandson, William Gorman of Plano, Texas. Updated on November 16, 2023)
According to Texas and Louisiana records, he was legally married three times. He may have had a fourth common law wife who died in the 1900 Galveston huricane. (see the 1900 US Census for Galveston, Texas).
He was married first to Mary Drucilla Vinson of Robertson County, Texas on December 24, 1889. They lived in Hearne, Texas where Mack worked as a brakeman for what was originally the Houston and Texas Central Railroad. They had four children as follows:
1) Walter Snead Wolverton - b. December 23, 1890
2) Daniel Hubert Wolverton - b. September 28, 1892
3) Bertha Lillian Wolverton - b. May 19, 1896
4) William Taylor Wolverton - b. November 1897
Mack and Drucilla divorced in Milam County, Texas on December 01, 1900. Leading up to the divorce, Mack lived in Galveston and then moved to New Orleans and went to work for the New Orleans Transit Authority after Galveston was destroyed by the 1900 huricane.
He married second to Anna Pradat in New Orleans on 2 July1902. They had been married for 8 years at the time of the 1910 Census. Their marriage ended in divorce about 1911. There were no children from this marriage.
He married third to Dora Klumpp Pradat in New Orleans on April 02, 1912. She was the widow of co-worker William Pradat and the sister-in-law of Mack's second wife, Anna Pradat. Dora and Mack were divorced between 1940 and his death in 1946. They had one child:
1) William Thomas Wolverton, b. December 23, 1912
Over the next 35 years he held various positions for the Transit Authority and for the City of New Orleans Police department. These included motorman, inspector, transit security office and an officer in the New Orleans Police Department.
He retired from public service about 1935 and he and Dora bought a house in Lacombe, St. Tammany Parish, LA where he was employed in 1940 as a truck driver for a wholesale grocery distribution company.
He died intestate in November 1946 and because of his many marriages and different children, the probate of his estate dragged out over the next 2 years. The children he had with Drucilla in Texas had to obtain birth certificates in Limestone and Robertson Counties, since Texas did not institute state wide birth registration requirements until 1910. To top that off, his second son, Daniel Hubert had disappeared in 1922 and a certain time was required to search for him; after which, he was declared legally dead by the probate court. Lawyer fees got most of the estate. In 1948 his son Dan Hubert's daughter Kathryn Gorman received an $87 check as her father's share of the estate. (Her father Dan was finally found alive living in Brooklyn in 1953).
(Bio written by his g-grandson, William Gorman of Plano, Texas. Updated on November 16, 2023)
William Mack Wolverton was born in Limestone County, Texas on 21 January 1874. (Source: His WWI Draft Registration card). He was the son of Mack C. Wolverton and Winifred Andrew.
According to Texas and Louisiana records, he was legally married three times. He may have had a fourth common law wife who died in the 1900 Galveston huricane. (see the 1900 US Census for Galveston, Texas).
He was married first to Mary Drucilla Vinson of Robertson County, Texas on December 24, 1889. They lived in Hearne, Texas where Mack worked as a brakeman for what was originally the Houston and Texas Central Railroad. They had four children as follows:
1) Walter Snead Wolverton - b. December 23, 1890
2) Daniel Hubert Wolverton - b. September 28, 1892
3) Bertha Lillian Wolverton - b. May 19, 1896
4) William Taylor Wolverton - b. November 1897
Mack and Drucilla divorced in Milam County, Texas on December 01, 1900. Leading up to the divorce, Mack lived in Galveston and then moved to New Orleans and went to work for the New Orleans Transit Authority after Galveston was destroyed by the 1900 huricane.
He married second to Anna Pradat in New Orleans on 2 July1902. They had been married for 8 years at the time of the 1910 Census. Their marriage ended in divorce about 1911. There were no children from this marriage.
He married third to Dora Klumpp Pradat in New Orleans on April 02, 1912. She was the widow of co-worker William Pradat and the sister-in-law of Mack's second wife, Anna Pradat. Dora and Mack were divorced between 1940 and his death in 1946. They had one child:
1) William Thomas Wolverton, b. December 23, 1912
Over the next 35 years he held various positions for the Transit Authority and for the City of New Orleans Police department. These included motorman, inspector, transit security office and an officer in the New Orleans Police Department.
He retired from public service about 1935 and he and Dora bought a house in Lacombe, St. Tammany Parish, LA where he was employed in 1940 as a truck driver for a wholesale grocery distribution company.
He died intestate in November 1946 and because of his many marriages and different children, the probate of his estate dragged out over the next 2 years. The children he had with Drucilla in Texas had to obtain birth certificates in Limestone and Robertson Counties, since Texas did not institute state wide birth registration requirements until 1910. To top that off, his second son, Daniel Hubert had disappeared in 1922 and a certain time was required to search for him; after which, he was declared legally dead by the probate court. Lawyer fees got most of the estate. In 1948 his son Dan Hubert's daughter Kathryn Gorman received an $87 check as her father's share of the estate. (Her father Dan was finally found alive living in Brooklyn in 1953).
(Bio written by his g-grandson, William Gorman of Plano, Texas. Updated on November 16, 2023)
According to Texas and Louisiana records, he was legally married three times. He may have had a fourth common law wife who died in the 1900 Galveston huricane. (see the 1900 US Census for Galveston, Texas).
He was married first to Mary Drucilla Vinson of Robertson County, Texas on December 24, 1889. They lived in Hearne, Texas where Mack worked as a brakeman for what was originally the Houston and Texas Central Railroad. They had four children as follows:
1) Walter Snead Wolverton - b. December 23, 1890
2) Daniel Hubert Wolverton - b. September 28, 1892
3) Bertha Lillian Wolverton - b. May 19, 1896
4) William Taylor Wolverton - b. November 1897
Mack and Drucilla divorced in Milam County, Texas on December 01, 1900. Leading up to the divorce, Mack lived in Galveston and then moved to New Orleans and went to work for the New Orleans Transit Authority after Galveston was destroyed by the 1900 huricane.
He married second to Anna Pradat in New Orleans on 2 July1902. They had been married for 8 years at the time of the 1910 Census. Their marriage ended in divorce about 1911. There were no children from this marriage.
He married third to Dora Klumpp Pradat in New Orleans on April 02, 1912. She was the widow of co-worker William Pradat and the sister-in-law of Mack's second wife, Anna Pradat. Dora and Mack were divorced between 1940 and his death in 1946. They had one child:
1) William Thomas Wolverton, b. December 23, 1912
Over the next 35 years he held various positions for the Transit Authority and for the City of New Orleans Police department. These included motorman, inspector, transit security office and an officer in the New Orleans Police Department.
He retired from public service about 1935 and he and Dora bought a house in Lacombe, St. Tammany Parish, LA where he was employed in 1940 as a truck driver for a wholesale grocery distribution company.
He died intestate in November 1946 and because of his many marriages and different children, the probate of his estate dragged out over the next 2 years. The children he had with Drucilla in Texas had to obtain birth certificates in Limestone and Robertson Counties, since Texas did not institute state wide birth registration requirements until 1910. To top that off, his second son, Daniel Hubert had disappeared in 1922 and a certain time was required to search for him; after which, he was declared legally dead by the probate court. Lawyer fees got most of the estate. In 1948 his son Dan Hubert's daughter Kathryn Gorman received an $87 check as her father's share of the estate. (Her father Dan was finally found alive living in Brooklyn in 1953).
(Bio written by his g-grandson, William Gorman of Plano, Texas. Updated on November 16, 2023)
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