George Shand

George Shand was born April 9, 1884 to William and Augusta Shand.  Census records list his siblings as Sarah, Agnes, and William.

His WWI draft registration card indicates that he was a self employed house contractor.  He was of medium height and build and had blue eyes and brown hair. 

Sources:

Year: 1900; Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 22, Kings, New York; Roll: 1060; Page: 90A; Enumeration District: 0377; FHL microfilm: 1241060

Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.

Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

George Shand was born April 9, 1884, in New York, the son of William L. and Augusta A. Shand. His father, William, was born in Scotland, and his mother, Augusta, was a native New Yorker. Other children in the family were Sarah, Agnes, and William Jr. The family lived in Brooklyn from at least 1900 through 1942.

In 1918 when George registered for the draft during WWI, he gave his occupation as a self-employed "house contractor." His physical description was "medium height/medium build" with "blue eyes/brown hair."

In 1920, at the age of 34, George was still single and living at home with is parents. He was working as a "plasterer." When he  again registered for the draft in 1942 at the age of 58, he merely stated that he was self-employed.

George Shand died April 15, 1980, at the age of 96, and was buried on Hart Island.

Sources: U.S. Social Security Death Index; 1900, 1910, and 1920 U.S. Federal Censuses; 1905, 1915, and 1925 New York, State Censuses; U.S. WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; and U.S. WWII Draft Registration Cards, 1942.