Military Service

Torpedoman’s Mate School, US Navy, WWII, Dec 1942-Apr 1943

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Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island
Torpedoman’s Mate School
17 Dec 1942 – 17 Apr 1943
Co. 1210-6

L to R, Front Row

  1. Harlen Ross
  2. Edward Whalen
  3. Eddie Seay
  4. S.P. Blond T.M. [?] [?]
  5. B.G. Woodward – Co. Comm. [Company Commander]
  6. Edward Sykes
  7. James E. Rustin
  8. David F. Robbins

L to R, Middle Row

  1. Bernard W. Holderer
  2. Eugeniny [?] F. Sladewaki
  3. John C. Siaberg
  4. Robert J. Strooser
  5. Charles E. Young
  6. Harold Spellman
  7. Larry Reilly
  8. Tony Vetrone
  9. Red Walker
  10. Walter H. Vanaman [?]

L to R, Top Row

  1. Victor J. Ricco
  2. Henry Cyril Zack
  3. Frank J. Meister
  4. Charles Pierinzer
  5. Milton J. Zanbowsky
  6. Cheodore C. Rembowski
  7. James C. Roberts (Rebel)
  8. Richard C. Steele
  9. Joseph J. Pacheco

James Jackson Johns and Ellen Moore Parentage Research Report

I’ve been working on trying to answer the question about who are the parents of James Jackson Johns and Ellen Moore. I didn’t have a name for the parents of Ellen Moore, who is my third great grandmother, and reportedly one of the ancestors with Native American ancestry. James Jackson Johns, my third great grandfather, is often listed as the youngest son of Bartlett C. Johns, but I didn’t have anything to substantively prove that fact. So I set out to see what I could find in order to definitively prove who were their parents.

My research document is attached here, along with images of the records I used in this research.

James Jackson Johns – Ellen Moore Parentage Research Report

Pedigree Charts

Family Group Records

James Jackson Johns Confederate Service Records

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Our Military Genealogy

I’ve been doing research on my mother’s side family and came across some sources of information about potential military service by my ancestors.

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James Jackson Johns (3rd great grandfather): Confirmed military service.  A member of the 30th Georgia Infantry, Company C.  Source: Georgia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, M266-109, Roll 0399, Located at Fold3.com

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The USS Frank E. Evans

Logo, USS Frank E. EvansI write about the USS Frank E Evans with admitted bias – my uncle Larry was one of the seventy-four men lost at sea that fateful night in June 1969, and my beloved grandfather was one of the ones lucky to survive.  The repercussions of the collision of the USS Evans and the HMAS Melbourne have now spanned four generations of Reillys.  I grew up with the accident – it colored many a family occasion.

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