Patterson, John B.

Also Known As Patterson, John B.
Also Known As Patterson, Walter Benjamin John
Gramps ID I9743
Gender male
Age at Death 60 years, 5 months, 14 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1909-10-23 Indiana, USA  
1a 1b
Census 1910 Rushville, Rush Cty, Indiana, USA  
2a
Census 1920 Laurel Twp, Franklin Cty, Indiana, USA  
3a
Census 1930 Laurel Twp, Franklin Cty, Indiana, USA  
4a
Census 1940 Posey Twp, Franklin Cty, Indiana, USA  
5a
Death 1970-04-06 Butler Cty, Ohio, USA  
6a
Burial   Hopewell Cemetery, Morning Sun, Israel Twp, Preble Cty, Ohio, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Patterson, George Elza [I9739]1886-09-051978-10-20
Mother Brown, Jessie [I9534]18831914
    Brother     Patterson, Ralph Edward [I9742] 1906-01-10 1921-10-21
         Patterson, John B. [I9743] 1909-10-23 1970-04-06
    Brother     Patterson, Earl V. [I9744] 1911-12-11 1983-08-02
    Sister     Patterson, Cecilia Marie [I9740] 1914-02-05 1914-02-05

Families

    Family of Patterson, John B. and Plough, Florence [F3013]
Married Wife Plough, Florence [I9745] ( * 1911-03-04 + 1929-09-06 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1929-03-23 Fayette Cty, Indiana, USA  
1b
    Family of Patterson, John B. and Cruse, Frances Virginia [F3014]
Married Wife Cruse, Frances Virginia [I9746] ( * + ... )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Patterson, Ralph [I9748]
Patterson, Eva [I9749]
Patterson, Pauline [I9750]
Patterson, Donald [I9751]1934-06-271934-06-27
    Family of Patterson, John B. and Ramsey, Emily A. [F3015]
Married Wife Ramsey, Emily A. [I9747] ( * + ... )

Narrative

Note: Researching the names, marriages, and children of John B. Patterson

John has proved somewhat difficult to research due at least in part to the variance in his used names over the years. His full name appears to have been Walter Benjamin John Patterson, and through most of his early life and adolescence he appears to have been called Walter primarily, with his name given on records as "Walter Benjamin" or "Walter B." At some point in his thirties he began to be called John, and most of the later records give his name as "John B." I have not found a birth record to more clearly document his legal name.

John's first marriage was in early 1929, to Florence Plough; Florence died barely six months later. I have not found a death record, obituary, or burial listing for Florence, though when John remarried in 1933, he reported his first wife's death as September 1929.

After Florence's death, John returned to living with his paternal grandparents and his younger brother Earl, where he was recorded in the 1930 US Census. He remarried in 1933 to Frances Virginia Cruse, and the two of them remained married until their divorce in 1946. The two of them had at least three surviving children, with one known infant death (Donald, b. 1934, died the same day) and one child named in Frances' obituary (Betty King, mentioned in her mother's obituary from 2006) whom I cannot yet confirm as a child of Frances and John (as opposed to from Frances' next marriage to James VanWinkle).

In the months after John's divorce from Frances, John remarried again to Emily Ramsey, herself twice divorced prior. I have found very little information about Emily at this time, and have been unable to confirm whether their marriage ended in divorce or death. I have also not been able to confirm whether John and Emily had any children, though as Emily would have been about thirty-eight at the time of their wedding, it is possible.

Additional information on a user-created family tree on the FamilySearch.org website suggests that John married a fourth time around 1950, to the much-younger Genevieve Christine Brewer (b. 1933, d. 1994). Whether the two of them remained married until John's death in 1970 or divorced is unknown at this time; Genevieve remarried at some point to John Edward Murray (b. 1920, d. 1999). If the information presented is accurate, Christine would have been about twenty-seven when she married John, though I have not found any information to suggest they may have had children.

Aside from the three surviving children I can confirm were born during John's marriage to his second wife, Frances, I have been unable to determine if he had any other children from any later marriages. Of those confirmed children, Frances' obituary mentions that one daughter, "Pauline Jones," preceded her in death. There is a California Death Index record for Pauline Sue Jones (b. 6 Mar 1940 in Indiana, d. 16 Nov 1993 in Yolo Cty, California), with the indexed record giving her mother's name as "Vanwinkle." This would suggest that this record does indeed belong to Pauline, daughter of John and Frances.

 

 

Pedigree

  1. Patterson, George Elza [I9739]
    1. Brown, Jessie [I9534]
      1. Patterson, Ralph Edward [I9742]
      2. Patterson, John B.
        1. Plough, Florence [I9745]
        2. Cruse, Frances Virginia [I9746]
          1. Patterson, Donald [I9751]
          2. Patterson, Ralph [I9748]
          3. Patterson, Eva [I9749]
          4. Patterson, Pauline [I9750]
        3. Ramsey, Emily A. [I9747]
      3. Patterson, Earl V. [I9744]
      4. Patterson, Cecilia Marie [I9740]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2019 [S0496]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XX1J-84H : 8 April 2021), John B Patterson and Emily A Ramsey, 16 Nov 1946; citing Fayette, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004540448.

         

      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XX1R-SHF : 8 April 2021), Walter Patterson and Florence Plough, 23 Mar 1929; citing Fayette, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004540443.

         

  2. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK5J-Y2Y : accessed 2 November 2021), Ralph Patterson in household of George L Patterson, Rushville, Rush, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 119, sheet 8A, family 100, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 377; FHL microfilm 1,374,390.

        Event Date 1910
        Event Place Rushville, Rush, Indiana, United States
        George L Patterson Head M 29 Indiana
        Jessie Patterson Wife F 24 Indiana
        Ralph Patterson Son M 4 Indiana
        Walter Patterson Son M 0 Indiana

         

  3. US Census of 1920 [S0041]
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF73-STR : 1 February 2021), Ralph Patterson in entry for George Patterson, 1920.

        Event Date 1920
        Event Place Laurel, Franklin, Indiana, United States
        George Patterson Head M Indiana
        Mary Patterson Wife F 57 Indiana
        Isaac Patterson Uncle M 62 Indiana
        Ralph Patterson Grandson M 13 Indiana
        Walter Patterson Grandson M 10 Indiana
        Earl Patterson M Grandson 8 Indiana

         

  4. US Census of 1930 [S0042]
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHM6-XZN : accessed 2 November 2021), Walter I Patterson in household of George R Patterson, Laurel, Franklin, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 4A, line 40, family 71, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 587; FHL microfilm 2,340,322.

        Event Date 1930
        Event Place Laurel, Franklin, Indiana, United States
        George R Patterson Head M 69 Indiana
        Mary Patterson Wife F 70 Indiana
        Walter I Patterson Grandson M 22 Indiana
        Earl V Patterson Grandson M 19 Indiana

         

  5. US Census of 1940 [S0043]
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1RB-Z52 : 5 January 2021), Walter Patterson, Posey Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24-14, sheet 3A, line 18, family 56, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1044.

        Event Date 1940
        Event Place Posey Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States
        Walter Patterson Head M 30 Indiana
        Francis Patterson Wife F 23 Ohio
        Ralph Patterson Son M 3 Indiana
        Eva Patterson Daughter F 1 Indiana
        Pauline Patterson Daughter F 0 Indiana

         

  6. Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 [S0096]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKV4-6FZ : 29 June 2021), John B Patterson, 1970.