Résumé

Carpenter, City of Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1917. (His World War I draft registration card indicated that he worked for the City of Los Angeles. See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Los Angeles; Roll: 1531199; Draft Board: 7, accessed 08/08/2016.) Principal, Warren W. West, Building Contractor, Glendale, CA, c. 1930. Salesman selling roofing supplies, Glendale, CA, c. 1940.

Relocation

Warner W. West was born in Gaynor, Nodaway County, MO, in 1888. (See Source Information Ancestry.com. Missouri, Birth Records, 1847-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007, accessed 08/08/2016.) By the time of the 1900 US Census, the West Family lived in Independence, MO.

He lived at 615 Gardenia Avenue in Tropico, CA, in 1917, an independent city annexed to Glendale that year. Three years later, his family lived at 1835 Gardenia Street in Glendale, CA, according to the US Census of 1920. The family owned its own house at this time. (Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Glendale, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T625_102; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 31; Image: 1114,accessed 08/08/2016.) It is possible that this was the same address, as street numberings may have changed when Tropico voted to merge with Glendale in 1917.

West and his family resided at 1815 South Brand Boulevard in Glendale, CA, in 1930-1931. His father-in-law, Louis L. Baker, (born c. 1867 in LA) lived with the family in 1930. (See Glendale City Directory, 1931, p. 686.) He continued to live at this address in 1940; according to the US Census of 1940, the house had a value of $5,000, down from the estimated $20,000 in 1930. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation, Year: 1930; Census Place: Glendale, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 127; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0976; Image: 744.0; FHL microfilm: 2339862, accessed 08/08/2016 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Glendale, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T627_231; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 19-211, accessed 08/08/2016.)

West lived to be 93, and died in Glendale, CA. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.

Parents

His mother was Anna R. Lewis (08/1859 in MO), his father Price C.V. West (born 10/1858 in IL). Price worked as a farmer in Gaynor. He and Anna married c. 1882 had five children, four of whom were Edward (born c. 03.1884 in MO), Lester (born 06/1885 in MO), Warner, and Bertha (born 09/1890 in MO). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Independence, Nodaway, Missouri; Roll: 878; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0105; FHL microfilm: 1240878, accessed 08/08/2016.)

Spouse

In 1931, Warren W. West was married to Gertrude E. Baker (born c. 1890 in Louisiana).

Children

Warren and Gertrude West had one daughter, Ethel (born c. 1911 in CA).

Biographical Notes

It appears from early records, that he was named "Warner" originally, and he changed it to the more common "Warren" by the time he had moved to CA, by 1917, at least.

At age 29, West stood 5-feet 9 inches tall, had a medium build, blue eyes and light hair. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Los Angeles; Roll: 1531199; Draft Board: 7, accessed 08/08/2016.)