Relocation

William A. Field III, like both of his brothers, had been born in Illinois, suggesting that the Fields had lived in that state until about 1935, when they relocated to Saint Louis, MO. The 1930 US Census located them as living in an $85-per-month apartment at 829 Forest Avenue in Evanston, IL, where William Field, Jr., worked as a salesman for a chemical company. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Evanston, Cook, Illinois; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 2116; FHL microfilm: 2340234, accessed 06/01/2020.)

In 1940, the Field Family resided on the first floor of an apartment building at 5339 Pershing Avenue in the Debaliviere Place neighborhood ofSaint Louis. The family was financially comfortable, and retained a live-in maid, Lucille Homeyer, (born c. 1920 in MO). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: St Louis, St Louis City, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02207; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 96-635, accessed 06/01/2020.) They moved to 6320 Washington Avenue by 1942. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Missouri, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 102, accessed 06/012020.)

Parents

His father, WIlliam A. Field, Jr., (born 02/17/1901 in Chicago, IL-d. 02/20/1996 in Fort Lauderdale, FL), served as the Secretary of the Saint Louis Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1940. His mother, Ruth Kreismann Field, (born c. 1903 in MO), supervised the household, that included three boys, Frederick, (born c. 1930 in IL), William III, and Peter (born c. 1935 in IL). They married in about 1927.

According to the 1940 US Census, WIlliam Field II had attended four years of college, while Ruth, graduated from high school. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: St Louis, St Louis City, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02207; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 96-635, accessed 06/01/2020.)

His paternal grandfather, William A. Field, Sr., worked as the superintendant of a steel company according to the 1910 US Census. They resided in a dwelling at 5737 Washington Avenue in Chicago, with a household of five family members and a household staff of three. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 7, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_247; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0395; FHL microfilm: 1374260, accessed 06/01/2020.)