Person:Alfred Fain (1)

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Alfred P Fain
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1956
Street Address: 412 Auzerais av
Residence Place: San Jose, California, USA
Occupation: Principal
Publication Title: San Jose, California, City Directory, 1956
Household Members:
Name
Alfred P Fain
Betty Fain
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U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989

Name: Alfred P Fain
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1964
Street Address: 232 Velvetlake dr
Residence Place: Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, California, USA
Occupation: Student
Publication Title: Sunnyvale, California, City Directory, 1964
Household Members:
Name
Betty B Fain
Alfred P Fain

Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
Name: Alfred Philip Fain
Birth Date: 31 Oct 1921
Gender: Male
Race: White
Hispanic Origin: Not Hispanic (Latino)
Residence Place: Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
Residence Zip Code: 44085
Death Date: 9 Mar 2003
Death Time: 02:00 AM
Hospital of Death: Private Residence
Death Place: Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio, USA
Certificate: 15493
Age at Death: 81
Registrar's Certificate Number: 000099
Certifier: Physician
Referred to Coroner: Referred to Coroner
Autopsy: No Autopsy performed
Method of Disposition: Cremation
Filing Date: 17 Mar 2003
Hospital Status: Other/residence
Injury at Work: Unclassifiable
Father's Surname: Fain
Mother's Maiden Name: Newton
Marital Status: Married
Education: 4 years college
Armed Forces Indicator: Yes
Branch of Service: Army
Industry of Decedent: Industry Not Classifiable
Occupation of Decedent: Industry Not Classifiable
Primary Registration District: 400

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Alfred P. Fain
SSN: 549-26-6146
Last Residence:
44085 Rome, Ashtabula, Ohio, USA
BORN: 30 Oct 1921
Died: 9 Mar 2003
State (Year) SSN issued: California (Before 1951)

Web: Ashtabula County, Ohio, Obituary Index, 1858-2012
Name: Alfred P Fain
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 31 Oct 1921
Age at Death: 81
Death Date: 9 Mar 2003
Death Place: United States
Household Members:
Name
Alfred P Fain
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Web: Ashtabula County, Ohio, Obituary Index, 1858-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original Data: Obituary Index. Ashtabula County District Library. http://data.acdl.info/acdl/obits/obie1.asp: accessed 01 March 2012.

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Alfred Fain
Age in 1930: 8
Birth Year: abt 1922
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Arizona
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1930: Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona
Street Address: Hovde Road
Dwelling Number: 423
Family Number: 437
Attended School: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Arkansas
Mother's Birthplace: Arizona
Household Members:
Name Age
Spicie Fain 38
John Fain 16
Allan Fain 14
Charley Fain 10
Alfred Fain 8
Virginia Fain 6
Thelma Fain 4
Joel Fain 2

U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
Name: Alfred P Fain
Birth Date: 31 Oct 1921
Phone Number: 563-5012
Address: 988 Evening Star Dr, Roaming Shores, 44085-9780 (1992), OH

Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2013
Name: Alfred P Fain
Birth Date: 31 Oct 1921
Age at Death: 81
Death Date: 9 Mar 2003
Other Source Information: Title: Ashtabula-STARB2003; Location: Geneva Public Library; Description: Star Beacon Annual Index 2003; Details: d. 3/11/2003

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Alfred P Fain
Birth Year: 1921
Race: White, citizen
State of Residence: California
County or City: Alameda
Enlistment Date: 13 Apr 1942
Enlistment State: California
Enlistment City: San Francisco
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
Education: 1 year of college
Civil Occupation: Machinists
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 64
Weight: 150

U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
Name: Alfred Fain
Birth Date: 30 Oct 1921
Address: 7972 Midway Drive Ter Uni Te, Ocala, 34472-8962 (1995), FL

Townsend Godsey Archives, Ozarkiana Collection, Lyons Memorial Library, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Taney County, Missouri.
Godsey List by Subject
Fain, Alfred, (series)GOSO, (folder)0049, (form)O, (title)tape abstracts - alumni

California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968
Name: Alfred P Fain
Residence Year: 1944
Street address: 2980 Adeline St
Residence Place: Alameda, California, USA
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Occupation: Student

Full Name: Alfred Fain
Gender: Male
Social Security Number: ***-**-6146
Birth Date: 31 Oct 1921
Death Date: 9 Mar 2003
Cause Of Death: Unknown
Enlistment Date: 31 Oct 1922
Conflict Period: Other Service
Served For: United States of America
PUBLICATION INFO Publication Title:
Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File (Text only collection)
Content Source: US Department of Veterans Affair iconUS Department of Veterans Affair
Last Updated: June 16, 2013
Description: The BIRLS database contains information on men and women who enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II.

U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 View Original Image on Fold3.
Name: Alfred Phillip Fain
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 20
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 31 Oct 1921
Birth Place: Mesa, Arizona, USA
Residence Place: Hayward, Alameda, California, USA
Registration Date: 14 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Hayward, Alameda, California, USA
Employer: Caterpillar Tractor Co
Weight: 156
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 5
Next of Kin: P B Fain
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Alfred Phillip Fain Self (Head)
Source Citation
The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for California, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 546

Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Christian name not listed on birth certificate. Listed as 6th born of his mother. Al would say that they made a mistake on his birth certificate, he was really born October 31 rather than 30. Who knows if this is true? slw

Street address not listed in birth certificate, but it says "3 1/2 miles east of Mesa".

This is the fourth of July, 2002. (Cheryl Fain) I asked Dad (Alfred Fain) if they celebrated the 4th of July when he was a child. He said they did. They had small firecrackers they would set off. He said they had a few of the large ones. They would play games like: annie over, marbles, tops, and jacks. The girls mostly played the jacks, but the boys would sometimes join in. he described the game of annie over. Several people would be on each side of the house. One team would throw the ball over. If the team on the other side caught the ball, one person from the throwing side would run around the house and they would try to hit that person with the ball. He further talked about the marble game called railroad tracks. They would have a mound of dirt. Dig a track in the side of the hill with some pits along the way. They would shoot the marbles along the track. Inside the pits was the safety zone.

Philip Steven Fain 5 July 2002

At lunch during bridge the other day, Dad (Alfred Philip Fain) told us several war stories from his youth. They all related to the canal that was next to their home at the time.

In one story, Grandma (Spicie Newton Fain) was coming after him to give him a switchin', and he used the canal as his safe haven. Grandma was deathly afraid of water, and would not come after him. She told him to come back off the levee, but he said he'd run away to the Indians. Unfortunately, there were some Indians riding horses nearby, and they had a good time laughing at the whole incident.

Another time, Grandpa (Phillip Baxter Fain) had a German shepherd that he had assigned to taking care of Thelma (Thelma Betty Fain Craig Caylor). He would growl at anyone who threatened her, or even came close when he was watching. One time she fell into the canal, and that dog jumped in and retrieved her to the side, saving her life. That dog was treated just like family after that.

Dad said he learned how to swim in that canal when he was 3 years old. It was the perfect place to swim. It had a dike that could be opened or closed to control water flow. When it was closed it created the perfect pool. It was some 6 to 8 feet deep when it was full.

The water depth created a tragedy for some Indians one time. They had gotten high drinking sterno, and were riding a team of mules pulling the wagon they were riding in. The team ran off into the canal. Grandpa was able to save the Indians, but not the mules, who drowned being tied to the harnesses of the wagon.

Grandpa would trade dead cows for tortillas. The Indians would take the meat and make jerky out of it, once they had added salt to it.

The Indians used to trap wild horses in a canyon, and they learned that if they put a noose around the "lead" horse and led it out of the canyon, the rest would follow. They would cut out the ones they did not want, and leave them wild. Grandpa would take 3 or 4 out for his own, and usually he had the Indians break them. The Indians were great riders.

Dad and his brothers used to play a marble game called "railroad tracks." The would take a spoon (or similar implement) and create a channel in a hill. Every foot or so they would create a repression. If they could shoot one of their marbles into the channel and it landed in one of these depressions, that marble was safe. It's not entirely clear to me how the game worked, but they played it a lot. Dad says he was pretty good at marbles, and always had a flour bag full of them. He'd trade them for sandwiches (usually peanut butter and jelly) at school.

Philip Steven Fain, 5 July 2002

In Washington state Al worked for the Peace Corps and helped build a simulation of a Korean village for training for volunteers who were headed to the Orient. slw

In Puerto Rico Al also created a simulation of a village - a typical Central/South American village for training in Spanish language emersion. slw

from ancestry.com, downloaded May 2006
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Record about Alfred P Fain

Name: Alfred P Fain
Birth Year: 1921
Race: White, citizen
State: California
County or City: Alameda
Enlistment Date: 13 Apr 1942
Enlistment State: California
Enlistment City: San Francisco
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
Education: 1 year of college
Civil Occupation: Machinist* or Railway Mechanic, General or Engine Specialist (Machinist, Automobile) An asterisk (*) appearing after a job title indicates that a trade test for the particular occupation will be found in the United States Employment Service Manual, Oral T
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 64
Weight: 150

Military service: Alfred flew airplanes stateside and taught others to fly until involved in a particularly bad accident which left him with back pain and emotional distress. Then he was honorably discharged. Keep in mind that many of these airplanes were still in experimental phases or being used for purposes for which they were not designed so accidents were common. He used his veteran status to help him to get a college education and which gave him an advantage in being hired by government agencies which led to a life of travel and adventure. -- Shawna Gambol Woodard, granddaughter of A. P. Fain.

Information from the Mesa Historical Museum: The Hohokam built canals circa 1100 A. D. They were abandoned by 1450 A. D. Later, Mormon setters used these canals again to irrigate Mesa. The Pima, Maricopa, and Yavapai are the current Native Americans in the Mesa area.

1940 Census: He does not appear with his mother. Does not appear with his father. Does not appear with School of the Ozarks pupils. Was he enumerated at all?