Résumé

Employee, Douglas Aircraft Company, Incorporated, Seattle, WA, 1942. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Washington, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 156, accessed 10/25/2019.) Sawers worked here at age 18.

Partner, [Robert E.] Cooper and Sawers, Architects, Seattle, WA, 1955-c. 1962. He worked in this partnership in 1956.

Principal, Phillip C. Sawers, Architects, Incorporated, Seattle, WA, c. 1962. His firm Philip C. Sawers, Architect, PS, Incorporated, had an office address of 3316 NE 125th Street in Seattle in 1997.

High School/College

Graduate, Roosevelt High School, Seattle, WA,1941.

Relocation

The 1930 US Census located Philip Sawers living with his parents in rented quarters at 7511 8th Avenue NE. His parents paid a modest $8 per month for their habitations. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Seattle, King, Washington; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 0399; FHL microfilm: 2342225, accessed 10/25/2019.)

He resided at 24222 2nd Place West, Bothell, WA,from at least 1993 until 1997. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, accessed 10/25/2019.) His last residence was in the 98021 zip code of Bothell, WA.

The Sawers Family lived at 621 East 26th Street in 1940, where they had remained since at least 1935. The residence had the modest value of $2750 in that year, according to the US Census. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Seattle, King, Washington; Roll: m-t0627-04375; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 40-49, accessed 10/25/2019.)

He and his wife, Claire, resided at 570 North 166th Street in Seattle in 1956. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1956, p. 1302.)

Parents

His father was Percy Creel Sawers (born 04/04/1894 in Topeka, KS-d. 06/08/1957 In Seattle, WA), who, in 1930 and 1940, worked as an electrician for Seattle City Light, the public utility. His mother, Linnie Cranston, (born c. 1895 in Brookings, SD), supervised the household that included four children: Margaret Sawers (born c. 1919 in WA), Robert Sawers (born c. 1920 in WA), Jean Sawers (born c. 1922 in WA) and Philip. Percy and Linnie married in Spokane, WA, on 05/24/1917. At the time of their marriage, Percy was a farmer in Kettle Falls, WA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington, accessed 10/25/2019.)

Her parents were Royal and Caroline Cranston. His parents were James Howard Sawers and Rachel Creel Sawers.

Spouse

He married Claire Allgaier in her parents' Spokane home on 02/22/1952. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation, Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Reference Number: kingcoarchmc180124, accessed 10/25/2019.)

Biographical Notes

According to his World War II draft registration card of 06/30/1942, Sawers stood 5-feet, 11-inches tall, weighed 170 pounds and had hazel eyes and brown hair. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Washington, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 156, accessed 10/25/2019.)

The Social Security Death Index spelled his name as "Philip C. Sawers." Sawers received his social security card in WA before 1951.

A donation to the Fund for the Needy "In Loving Memory of Robert H. Sawers & Philip C. Sawers, from Claire Sawers" was printed in the Seattle Times, 01/27/2002.

SSN: 534-14-0049.

• Seattle, WA (Architect's Birth)
  Seattle, WA 98104

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