Melvin Bolerjack

1905 - 1980  (74 years)

• Name	Melvin Bolerjack  [1, 2, 3]
  	Melvin Turner Bolerjack Melvin Greenland Jim Turner Greenland
  Born	13 Oct 1905	Missouri, USA   [1, 2]
  	WWII Draft reg claims birth in Springfield, MO
  Gender	Male
  Census	11 Apr 1930	Dyer township, Saline County, Arkansas, USA   [4]
  	1. Greenland, Melvin, head, renting, farm, male, white, 23, married, first married age 21, can read and write, Missouri, US, US, farmer, farm, employed, not a veteran, farm schedule no. 67 2. _____, Marie, wife, female, white, married, first married age 16, can read and write, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas 3. _____, Melvin, Jr., son, male, white, 1 6/12, Arkansas, Missouri, Arkansas 4. Dyer, Miles, boarder, male, white, 58, married, first married age 32, can read and write, Arkansas, Arkansas, Tennessee
  	1930 U.S. census, Saline County, Arkansas, population schedule, Dyer township, enumeration district (ED) 06, sheet 5B (penned, recto), p. 47 (stamped, verso), dwelling 107, family 107, Melvin Greenland [Melvin Bolerjack] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 July 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, [roll not stated].
  Census	5 Apr 1940	Mountain Pine, Hale township, Garland County, Arkansas, USA   [5]
  	1. Greenland, Jim, head, male, white, 34, married, completed grade 4, Missouri, rural Garland Co in 1935, farm, cleanup man, saw mill, $600 2. _____, Marie, wife, female, white, 29, married, completed grade 5, Arkansas, rural Garland Co in 1935 3. _____, Eugene, son, male, white, 11, attending school, completed grade 2, Arkansas, rural Garland Co in 1935 4. _____, Helen, daughter, female, white, 9, attending school, completed grade 1, Arkansas, rural Garland Co in 1935 5. _____, Lois, daughter, female, white, 6, Arkansas, rural Garland Co in 1935 6. _____, Yvonne, daughter, female, white, 3, Arkansas
  NOTE_RESEARCH	Oct 1940  [2]
  	WWII Draft Reg names Alma Dillard, "mother-in-law," of Tulsa OK as his the person who would always know where he was living.
  Occupation	Oct 1940	Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, USA   [2]
  	Employed at Dierks Lumber and Coal Company, Mountain Pine, Garland County, Arkansas
  NEWS	26 Nov 1953	Collinsville, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA   [6]
  	Obituary of Melvin's mother-in-law, Alma Dillard: "Mrs. Alma Dillard Dies at Sperry Home Mrs. Alma I. Dillard, 71, mother of Forrest Dillard of Collinsville, died last Wednesday night at her home near Sperry. Mrs. Dillard came to Sperry from her native Arkansas, in 1941 to live with her son, Roy Dillard. Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Marie Greenland, National City, Calif.; eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were by the Collinsville Funeral Home."
  	"Mrs. Alma Dillard Dies at Sperry Home," The Collinsville News and the Owasson (Collinsville, Okla.), 26 November 1953, p. 1, col. 5; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 5 July 2021).
  Died	26 May 1980	Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA   [7]
  Buried	White Rose Cemetry, Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA   [7]
  Person ID	I2407	Full
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Joel Bolerjack,   b. Oct 1859, Illinois, USA ,   d. 1934, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Mother	Cora Elizabeth "Bettie" Deboard,   b. 24 Jul 1874, White County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 21 Nov 1965, Amarillo, Randall County, Texas, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Married	24 Jul 1893	Howell County, Missouri, USA   [8]
  Divorced	Mar 1920	Coalgate, Coal County, Oklahoma, USA   [9]
  Family ID	F194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bula Marie Dillard,   b. 5 Oct 1910, Garland County, Arkansas, USA
  Married	19 Feb 1927	Garland County, Arkansas, USA   [10]
  	Date license issued.
  Children	1. Melvin Eugene Greenland, Jr.   2. Helen Marie Greenland   3. Lois Greenland   4. Yvonne Greenland
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2021
  Family ID	F3222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Melvin Bolerjack, AKA Jim Turner Greenland, WWII Draft Reg, 1940, Hot Springs, Arkansas "U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947," digital images, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/ : accessed 5 July 2021), for Jim Turner Greenland, serial no. 1661, order no. 1581, Garland County, Arkansas, Local Board B, Hot Springs; citing Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Multiple Registrations, NARA, Washington, D.C..…
  		Melvin Bolerjack, AKA Jim Turner Greenland, marriage license to Marie Dillard, 1927, Garland County, Arkansas. "Arkansas, Marriage Certificates, 1917-1969," digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61775/images/61775_01_00419-00340 : accessed 5 July 2021), Garland County, Arkansas, marriage license, Jim Greenland-Marie Dillard (19 February 1927).

  
  

• Sources

  [S92] Oklahoma, Lincoln - 1910 U.S. Census, 1910 U.S. census, Chandler township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, ED 90, Sheet 6B, Dwelling 113, Family 113, Joel Bolerjack household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3). [S6380] "U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947," digital images, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/ : accessed 5 July 2021), for Jim Turner Greenland, serial no. 1661, order no. 1581, Garland County, Arkansas, Local Board B, Hot Springs; citing Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Multiple Registrations, NARA, Washington, D.C.. [Fold 3]. [S6389] Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 5 July 2021), database and, memorial 195755326, Jim Greenland (1905-1980), citing White Rose Cemetery (Bartleville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA). [S6381] 1930 U.S. census, Saline County, Arkansas, population schedule, Dyer township, enumeration district (ED) 06, sheet 5B (penned, recto), p. 47 (stamped, verso), dwelling 107, family 107, Melvin Greenland [Melvin Bolerjack] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 July 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, [roll not stated]. [S6384] 1940 U.S. census, Garland County, Arkansas, population schedule, Hale township (Mountain Pine), enumeration district (ED) 26-10, sheet 6A (penned, recto), p. 67 (stamped, recto), visited no. 86, Jim Greenland household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 July 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 137. [S6386] "Mrs. Alma Dillard Dies at Sperry Home," The Collinsville News and the Owasson (Collinsville, Okla.), 26 November 1953, p. 1, col. 5; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 5 July 2021). [S6388] Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 5 July 2021), database and, memorial 34084738, Melvin Turner "Jim" Bolerjack (1905-1980), citing White Rose Cemetery (Bartleville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA). [S48] Missouri, Howell - Marriage Book 5, 1893-1897 (book, Gen Soc'y), (West Plains, Missouri : South Central Missouri Genealogical Society, 1990), entry no. 44, p. 4, for J.S. Bolerjack and Cora E. Deboard, Howell County, Missouri (24 July 1893) (Reliability: 3). by H.P Dawes JP [S6377] "District Court Now in Session: Cora Bolerjack vs. Joel Bolerjack," The Coalgate Courier (Coalgate, Okla.), 4 March 1920, p. 1, col. 1; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 4 July 2021). [S6382] "Arkansas, Marriage Certificates, 1917-1969," digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61775/images/61775_01_00419-00340 : accessed 5 July 2021), Garland County, Arkansas, marriage license, Jim Greenland-Marie Dillard (19 February 1927).