US Army Nurse Corps 1944-1957
Anna Myrtle (Marsh) Hadley married Walter W (Wilson) Hayward on Jul 29, 1908 in Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. They divorced on Jul 6, 1914 in Dolores, Colorado. They had Bernice W Hayward on Apr 3, 1912 in Cook County, Illinois.
1920 US Census: Anna Shafer (29), born in Colorado; with her husband John Shafer (29), born in Kansas; her daughter Bernace (sic) Shafer (7), born in Illinois; and their son Allen Shafer (2 11/12), born in Colorado; living in Los Angeles.
1930 US Census: Bernice S (Shafer) Hayward (18), divorced and born in Illinois; living with her son, Robert A (Allen) Hayward (0); her half-brother, Allen Shaver (sic - should be Shafer) (13), born in Colorado; her mother, Anna M (Myrtle) Lanier (40), born in Colorado; and her mother's husband, Roby L Lanier (42), born in Arkansas; living in Belvedere, Los Angeles County, California.
(Roby Lanier is Nathan Roby Lanier, USMC circa 1911, born Jun 16, 1885 in Arkansas.)
Paul Raymond Agar married Bernice H (Hayward) Kinney on Jun 24, 1939 in Orange Co., California.
The California Death Index lists the date of death for Anna M Lanier, approx. 51, as Dec 1, 1939 in Los Angeles.
1940 US Census: Bernice Agar (28) born about 1912 in Illinois, living with her husband Paul R Agar (41) and her son Robert Agar (10).
So Robert Allen Hayward was adopted and became Robert Allen Agar. Bernice was his biological mother but Paul Agar was not his biological father.
Bernice's family paid a high price in the service of their nation. Her husband, 1stSgt Paul R Agar, USMC, was a Wake Island Defender and became a Japanese POW in Dec 1941, dying in a Japanese POW camp in China in 1944. Her son, Corporal Robert A Agar, USMC, died in Sep 1950 as a result of fierce fighting in Seoul, South Korea.
Bernice Agar herself also served as an officer in the US Army Nurse Corps from 1944-1957.
AGAR Bernice Juanita N2257
B-Ill 3 Apr 12
A-Calif BS Univ of Calif 49
2lt ANC AUS 10 June 45 to Maj AUS 6 Apr 55
RA Capt ANC 9 May 51 D/R 3 Apr 44 to Maj 8 Oct 57 PL 160
(Source: U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862-1985, Army, 1961, Volume I)
Bernice re-married and died on Dec 1, 1981 in San Diego as Bernice Agar Stone.
Anna Myrtle (Marsh) Hadley married Walter W (Wilson) Hayward on Jul 29, 1908 in Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. They divorced on Jul 6, 1914 in Dolores, Colorado. They had Bernice W Hayward on Apr 3, 1912 in Cook County, Illinois.
1920 US Census: Anna Shafer (29), born in Colorado; with her husband John Shafer (29), born in Kansas; her daughter Bernace (sic) Shafer (7), born in Illinois; and their son Allen Shafer (2 11/12), born in Colorado; living in Los Angeles.
1930 US Census: Bernice S (Shafer) Hayward (18), divorced and born in Illinois; living with her son, Robert A (Allen) Hayward (0); her half-brother, Allen Shaver (sic - should be Shafer) (13), born in Colorado; her mother, Anna M (Myrtle) Lanier (40), born in Colorado; and her mother's husband, Roby L Lanier (42), born in Arkansas; living in Belvedere, Los Angeles County, California.
(Roby Lanier is Nathan Roby Lanier, USMC circa 1911, born Jun 16, 1885 in Arkansas.)
Paul Raymond Agar married Bernice H (Hayward) Kinney on Jun 24, 1939 in Orange Co., California.
The California Death Index lists the date of death for Anna M Lanier, approx. 51, as Dec 1, 1939 in Los Angeles.
1940 US Census: Bernice Agar (28) born about 1912 in Illinois, living with her husband Paul R Agar (41) and her son Robert Agar (10).
So Robert Allen Hayward was adopted and became Robert Allen Agar. Bernice was his biological mother but Paul Agar was not his biological father.
Bernice's family paid a high price in the service of their nation. Her husband, 1stSgt Paul R Agar, USMC, was a Wake Island Defender and became a Japanese POW in Dec 1941, dying in a Japanese POW camp in China in 1944. Her son, Corporal Robert A Agar, USMC, died in Sep 1950 as a result of fierce fighting in Seoul, South Korea.
Bernice Agar herself also served as an officer in the US Army Nurse Corps from 1944-1957.
AGAR Bernice Juanita N2257
B-Ill 3 Apr 12
A-Calif BS Univ of Calif 49
2lt ANC AUS 10 June 45 to Maj AUS 6 Apr 55
RA Capt ANC 9 May 51 D/R 3 Apr 44 to Maj 8 Oct 57 PL 160
(Source: U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862-1985, Army, 1961, Volume I)
Bernice re-married and died on Dec 1, 1981 in San Diego as Bernice Agar Stone.
US Army Nurse Corps 1944-1957
Anna Myrtle (Marsh) Hadley married Walter W (Wilson) Hayward on Jul 29, 1908 in Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. They divorced on Jul 6, 1914 in Dolores, Colorado. They had Bernice W Hayward on Apr 3, 1912 in Cook County, Illinois.
1920 US Census: Anna Shafer (29), born in Colorado; with her husband John Shafer (29), born in Kansas; her daughter Bernace (sic) Shafer (7), born in Illinois; and their son Allen Shafer (2 11/12), born in Colorado; living in Los Angeles.
1930 US Census: Bernice S (Shafer) Hayward (18), divorced and born in Illinois; living with her son, Robert A (Allen) Hayward (0); her half-brother, Allen Shaver (sic - should be Shafer) (13), born in Colorado; her mother, Anna M (Myrtle) Lanier (40), born in Colorado; and her mother's husband, Roby L Lanier (42), born in Arkansas; living in Belvedere, Los Angeles County, California.
(Roby Lanier is Nathan Roby Lanier, USMC circa 1911, born Jun 16, 1885 in Arkansas.)
Paul Raymond Agar married Bernice H (Hayward) Kinney on Jun 24, 1939 in Orange Co., California.
The California Death Index lists the date of death for Anna M Lanier, approx. 51, as Dec 1, 1939 in Los Angeles.
1940 US Census: Bernice Agar (28) born about 1912 in Illinois, living with her husband Paul R Agar (41) and her son Robert Agar (10).
So Robert Allen Hayward was adopted and became Robert Allen Agar. Bernice was his biological mother but Paul Agar was not his biological father.
Bernice's family paid a high price in the service of their nation. Her husband, 1stSgt Paul R Agar, USMC, was a Wake Island Defender and became a Japanese POW in Dec 1941, dying in a Japanese POW camp in China in 1944. Her son, Corporal Robert A Agar, USMC, died in Sep 1950 as a result of fierce fighting in Seoul, South Korea.
Bernice Agar herself also served as an officer in the US Army Nurse Corps from 1944-1957.
AGAR Bernice Juanita N2257
B-Ill 3 Apr 12
A-Calif BS Univ of Calif 49
2lt ANC AUS 10 June 45 to Maj AUS 6 Apr 55
RA Capt ANC 9 May 51 D/R 3 Apr 44 to Maj 8 Oct 57 PL 160
(Source: U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862-1985, Army, 1961, Volume I)
Bernice re-married and died on Dec 1, 1981 in San Diego as Bernice Agar Stone.
Anna Myrtle (Marsh) Hadley married Walter W (Wilson) Hayward on Jul 29, 1908 in Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. They divorced on Jul 6, 1914 in Dolores, Colorado. They had Bernice W Hayward on Apr 3, 1912 in Cook County, Illinois.
1920 US Census: Anna Shafer (29), born in Colorado; with her husband John Shafer (29), born in Kansas; her daughter Bernace (sic) Shafer (7), born in Illinois; and their son Allen Shafer (2 11/12), born in Colorado; living in Los Angeles.
1930 US Census: Bernice S (Shafer) Hayward (18), divorced and born in Illinois; living with her son, Robert A (Allen) Hayward (0); her half-brother, Allen Shaver (sic - should be Shafer) (13), born in Colorado; her mother, Anna M (Myrtle) Lanier (40), born in Colorado; and her mother's husband, Roby L Lanier (42), born in Arkansas; living in Belvedere, Los Angeles County, California.
(Roby Lanier is Nathan Roby Lanier, USMC circa 1911, born Jun 16, 1885 in Arkansas.)
Paul Raymond Agar married Bernice H (Hayward) Kinney on Jun 24, 1939 in Orange Co., California.
The California Death Index lists the date of death for Anna M Lanier, approx. 51, as Dec 1, 1939 in Los Angeles.
1940 US Census: Bernice Agar (28) born about 1912 in Illinois, living with her husband Paul R Agar (41) and her son Robert Agar (10).
So Robert Allen Hayward was adopted and became Robert Allen Agar. Bernice was his biological mother but Paul Agar was not his biological father.
Bernice's family paid a high price in the service of their nation. Her husband, 1stSgt Paul R Agar, USMC, was a Wake Island Defender and became a Japanese POW in Dec 1941, dying in a Japanese POW camp in China in 1944. Her son, Corporal Robert A Agar, USMC, died in Sep 1950 as a result of fierce fighting in Seoul, South Korea.
Bernice Agar herself also served as an officer in the US Army Nurse Corps from 1944-1957.
AGAR Bernice Juanita N2257
B-Ill 3 Apr 12
A-Calif BS Univ of Calif 49
2lt ANC AUS 10 June 45 to Maj AUS 6 Apr 55
RA Capt ANC 9 May 51 D/R 3 Apr 44 to Maj 8 Oct 57 PL 160
(Source: U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862-1985, Army, 1961, Volume I)
Bernice re-married and died on Dec 1, 1981 in San Diego as Bernice Agar Stone.
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