


Whipple Database
Of the Guild of One-Name Studies
Walter Zachariah "Zach" Watrous, Jr.

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Name Walter Zachariah "Zach" Watrous Suffix Jr. Born 28 Oct 1918 Gender Male Died 5 Jul 1952 Buried 8 Jul 1952 Ledyard Union Cemetery, Ledyard, New London, Connecticut Person ID I21373 Whipple Descendants Last Modified 18 Nov 2009
Father Walter Zachariah Watrous, b. 17 Sep 1894, , , Rhode Island , d. 20 Apr 1918, Ledyard, New London, Connecticut
(Age 23 years)
Mother Mary Esther Prosser, b. 17 Jan 1895, , , Connecticut , d. May 1972, Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida
(Age 77 years)
Married 28 Jul 1916 Family ID F11210 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lucille Selina Stark, twin, b. 31 May 1929, Groton, New London, Connecticut , d. 3 Jun 2005, Norwich, New London, Connecticut
(Age 76 years)
Married 10 Apr 1949 Chalmette, St. Bernard, Louisiana Last Modified 18 Apr 2021 Family ID F9363 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map Married - 10 Apr 1949 - Chalmette, St. Bernard, Louisiana Buried - 8 Jul 1952 - Ledyard Union Cemetery, Ledyard, New London, Connecticut = Link to Google Earth
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Headstones Gravestone of W. Zachariah Watrous Jr., 1918-1951
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Notes - !SOURCE: Grave Marker in the Ledyard Union Cemetery, cited in email from R. Gilebarto to Weldon Whipple, May 1998.
!SOURCE: "Descendants of Lucile Selina Stark," descendancy chart from R. Gilebarto to the Whipple Web Site, emailed 5 Oct 1998.
!SOURCE: Email from R. Gilebarto to the Whipple Website, 7 Nov 1998. Corrects death year: should be 1952 instead of 1951 (as given previously). Robin states that the gravestone death date (1951) is incorrect--the death certificate (a copy is in Robin's possession) gives 1952.
!OCCUPATION: "Merchant seaman in Maritime service." -- R. Gilebarto
!SOURCE: Email from R. Gilebarto to Weldon Whipple,23 Mar 2007. Adds marriage date and place, citing marriage certificate.
!SOURCE: Obituary of Hazel Delight Crouch, published in The Day, 9/12/2007, submitted by R. Gilebarto. Adds nickname.
- !SOURCE: Grave Marker in the Ledyard Union Cemetery, cited in email from R. Gilebarto to Weldon Whipple, May 1998.