Walter Zachariah "Zach" Watrous, Jr.

1918 - 1952  (33 years)

• 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

  
  

• 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

  
  

• Headstones

  Gravestone of W. Zachariah Watrous Jr., 1918-1951

  
  

• 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.