Résumé

Laborer, Austin Construction Company, Los Angeles, CA. On 10/16/1940, the Austin Construction Company operated at 777 East Washington, Los Angeles, CA.

Partner, Hull and [Hercules F.] Anderson, Incorporated, Building Contractors, Seattle, WA, c. 1948-1950.

Carpenter, Seattle, WA, 1954. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1954, p. 666.)

Relocation

Harold Lewis Hull was born in New Castle, Garfield County, CO, on 05/03/1913. His mother had resided with her parents Hubert Strouse and Mary E. Nugent in New Castle between 1900 and 1910, at least. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: East New Castle, Garfield, Colorado; Roll: 123; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0039, accessed 02/24/2025.)

His parents resided at 1725 South 42nd Street in Tacoma, WA, in 02/1919. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington State Births 1907-1920 Source Information Ancestry.com. Washington, U.S., Birth Records, 1907-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002, accessed 02/24/2025. It was listed as 1717 South 42nd Street in the Tacoma, Washington, City Directory, 1919, p. 384.)

As a child in 1920, Harold lived with his parents in rented accommodations in Orchardvale, WA.

Harold moved to Peaceful Valley, ID, where he lived on a farm with his parents and siblings. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Peaceful Valley, Canyon, Idaho; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0046; FHL microfilm: 2340134, accessed 02/24/2025.)

Hull resided in Redondo Beach, CA, in 1935, as per the 1940 US Census. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Inglewood, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00236; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 19-348, accessed 02/24/2025.)

In 1940, Hull lived with his wife Irene and daughter Beverly in a rented house at 14906 Lemoli Avenue in the Lawndale section of Los Angeles, CA. They paid the modest rent of $20 per month. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Inglewood, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00236; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 19-348, accessed 02/24/2025.) (Lawndale became an indepedent city in 1959.) Later in the same year, as noted on his World War II draft registration card, the Hulls dwelled at 15209 Avis Avenue in Lawndale. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 857, accessed 02/24/2025.)

He lived with his wife and three daughters at 114 24th Avenue North in Seattle in 1950. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Seattle, King, Washington; Roll: 2805; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 40-398, accessed 02/24/2025.) They relocated to 2323 Bolyston Avenue North by at least 1954. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1954, p. 666.)

Harold Hull died in Pierce County, WA, on 06/20/1999. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Death Index, 1940-2017 Source Information Ancestry.com. Washington, U.S., Death Records, 1907-2017 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2002, accessed 02/24/2025.)

Parents

His father William Judson Hull, Jr., (born 02/02/1890 in MO-d. 11/08/1969 in Seattle, WA.) worked in multiple jobs during his life. In 1919, on his daughter's birth certificate, he was identified as working as a carpenter. The 1920 US Census listed him as a farm laborer in Orchardvale, WA, and the 1930 US Census listed him as a farmer. In 04/1942, he worked for the Puget Construction Company at Bonneville, OR, likely on the Bonneville Dam project near Cascade Locks, OR, for the Bonneville Power Administration. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Box or Roll Number: 59, accessed 02/24/2025.)

His mother Nellie Boone Strouse (born 05/12/1892 in CO-d. 01/13/1956 in Seattle, WA) wed William Hull on 07/28/1912 in Glenwood Springs, CO. Nellie worked in the home raising two children. It appears that her marriage to William Hull ended during the 1940s.

at the end of her life, she worked as a custodian at the Seattle-based Northwestern Mutual Fire Association. Nellie passed away at age 63 of a cerebral hemorrhage while walking on East Lynn Street in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Death Index, 1940-2017 Source Information: Washington, U.S., Death Records, 1907-2017 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2002, accessed 02/24/2025.)

Harold had a younger sister Syble Elmira Hull (middle name also spelled "Elmyre" on some documents, born 02/08/1919 in Tacoma, WA-d. 08/17/1991 in Seattle, WA) and a younger brother, William Roy Hull (born 06/15/1929 in Nampa, ID-d. 04/29/1999 in San Juan County, WA)

Spouse

He married

Children

He and Irene had three daughters: Beverly G. Hull (born c. 1938 in OR), Sally I. Hull (born c. 1941 in CA) and Marjorie L. Hull (born c. 1942 in CA).

Biographical Notes

As noted on his World War II draft registration card, Hull was Caucasian with a dark complexion, brown eyes and brown hair. He stood 5-feet, 10-and-½-inches tall and weighed 155 pounds. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 857, accessed 02/24/2025.)