Military: World War I, Selective Service Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918, Rapides Parish, Louisiana Source:National Archives Classification M-1509, Microfilm Roll 47; Originals Housed at the National Archives Record Center; Atlanta Branch; East Point, Georgia Copy from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah; Roll # 1684930, Submitted by: Houston Tracy, Jr. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ TIPS FOR SEARCHING RECORDS ON THE INTERNET Netscape & Ms Explorer users: If you are searching for a particular surname, locality or date while going through the records in the archives or anywhere....try these few steps: 1. Go to the top of the report you are searching. 2. Click on EDIT at the top of your screen 3. Next click on FIND in the edit menu. 4. When the square pops up, enter what you are looking for in the FIND WHAT ___________blank. 5. Click on DIRECTION __DOWN. 6. And last click on FIND NEXT and continue to click on FIND NEXT until you reach the end of the report. This should highlight the item that you indicated in "find what" every place it appears in the report. You must continue to click on FIND NEXT till you reach the end of the report to see all of the locations of the item indicated. WORLD WAR I, SELECTIVE SERVICE DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918; RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA Abstracted by Houston Tracy, Jr. - Alexandria, La. National Archives Classification M-1509, Microfilm Roll 47; Originals Housed at the National Archives Record Center; Atlanta Branch; East Point, Georgia Copy from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah; Roll # 1684930, Item 2 NOTE: These are only the persons who signed-up for the draft. Some may not have actual military service. Lists may not always be in perfect Alphabetical Order. If you don't find someone's name here, they may have registered at a later time and appear on another roll of film. Abbreviations Used Here: C=Caucasian N = Negro W=White I=Indian NS=Not Shown W=Wife F=Father M=Mother Residences showing Street Addresses are for Alexandria, La. residents, only. Business names are in Alexandria, unless otherwise shown. Name-Race-Age-Birthdate-Birthplace-Occupation-Employer-Place of Residence Nearest Relative Edwin L. Aaron/W/36/03 Aug 1882/NS/Druggist/Self/930 6th St./W, Mrs. Edwin Henry Aaron/W/44/16 Oct 1873/NS/Salesman/Alex. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Pineville, LA/ W, Harriett H. John Aaron Jr./NI/35/25 Sep 1885/NS/Lumberman/Enterprise Lumber Co./702 Monroe St./W, Nolder Antwine John I. Aaron/N/30 08 Aug 1887/Bilbo, MS/Laborer/J.B. Gillis/Ball, LA/Ball, LA/ W, not named Kenneth Aaron/N/20 04 Jan 1898/Dishwasher/Norwood Cafe; Shawnee, OK/ Shawnee, OK/ NS, Caroline Williams Alonzo Abbott/N/37/NS/NS/Natchitoches Inmate Insane Asylum/ NS, Jack Abbott Joe Abraham/C/ 28 15 Feb 1889/ Daharsafra, Syria/ Merchant/Self (Declared Intent to Naturalize)/401 Turregano NS/ Wife & 2 children Mosena Abraham/N/23/NS/NS/Inmate Insane Asylum/New Iberia, LA/ NS Remo Abraham/C/22/15 Feb 1895/Daharsafra, Syria/Merchant Self & Partner; (Is an Alien)/ No dependents Sam Abram/N/23/NS/NS/Inmate Insane Asylum/Rayville, LA/NS, Annie Jackson Allynn L. Achee/C/27 14 Oct 1889/Labadieville, LA/Office Manager/La. Hide & Trader Co./1106 10th St./ NS, Wife & infant Alphonse Van Acher/W/42 /17 Sep 1875/Belgium/Farmer/Self/Rt. 2, Alex./ NS, Anglus VanLaere Albert Lonzo Adams/C/30/15 Aug 1886/Rodgers, LA/Transfer Driver/W. Honeycutt /Pineville, LA/ NS, Wife & 2 children Charley Harvey Adams W 36 23 Jun 1889/NS/Millwright/Climax Lumber in Hazelwood, LA/1531 2nd St./ W, Mamy L. Churchie Furiley Adams/24/04 Sep 1892/NS/Trans. Clerk Supt./Texas & Pacific Railway Co./1327 Monroe St./ W, not named Herbert Adams/N/21/01 Jun 1897/Chopin, LA/Laborer/J.W. Snyder; Camp Beauregard/Winn St. near 10th/ NS,/Gertrude Adams Horace L. Adams/N/29/---/---/Inmate Insane Asylum/Cheneyville, LA/NS,Lee Adams James Allen Adams/W/40/31 Mar 1878/--/Material Checker; CQM; Camp Beauregard Pineville/NS, Mrs. Melissa C. Adams James Erastus Adams/W/35/06 May 1883/---/Car Cleaner; LA & Arkansas Railway Co./Tioga, LA/F,/J.L. Adams Johnnie Adams/N/27/27 Aug 1889/Meridian, MS/Unemployed Sawmill Laborer/ DeSoto St./Single - With child Kelly Adams/W/32 06 May 1886/---/Dirt Grader; Army Base; Porter Bros.; Norfolk, VA/Pineville/NS, Mrs. Mary Reader Mason Adams/W/42/02 Apr 1876/---/Barber In his home/922 Lee St./NS, R.L. Adams,Sr. Noah Webster Adams/W/20/07 Mar 1898/---/Laborer; Lee Lumber Co.; Tioga/Tioga, LA/F, James L. Adams Oscar Channon Adams/W/20/27 Jan 1898/-----/Oiler; Gov't. Health Service Pineville/NS, John Quincy Adams Rogers Adams/N/37/01 Feb 1881/------ Farmer; Self/Rt. 3, Bayou Rapides/W, Ora Washington/Lefate Adams/C/27 01 Jan 1890/Independence, LA/Carpenter; Hudson Const. Co./Pineville/Single,/no dependents William S. Adcock/W 20 07 May 1898 ------ Lineman; Cumberland Telephone Co. c/o Telephone Co./NS,/J. B. Adcock Clarence John Addis/C/25/20 Jan 1892/Argenta, AR/Machinist App. Mo-Pac Railway, L.Rock, AR/1538 Shirland/Single, no dependents F. S. Addis/C/27/17 Nov 1889/Little Rock., AR/Locomotive Fireman/St. Louis & Iron Ry. Co./1804 Day St./W, not named Eugen (sic) Addison/N/25/17 Feb 1892/St. Helena Par., LA/Machine Laborer; Ruston Foundry/Levin Quarters/NS, W & 2 children James Dewey Addison/N/18/10 Nov 1899/--------/Laborer; G.M.G. Stafford; 1744 White St./Harrison St. NS,/Lettie Williams Erric Adkins/N/25/15 Mar 1892/Columbia, LA/ Helper; Sonia Oil Co./ Levin Quarters/ NS, W & 1 child Samuel H. Addler/W/37/07/Aug 1881/------/Traveling Salesman, Hudson M.C. Co., Detroit, MI/Adolphus Hotel, Dallas, TX./Mrs. Anna Adler, Dallas, TX Rev. Brother Adrian/W/34/28 Apr 1884/Minister, St. Francis Xavier - Brothers of Sacred Heart College (626 4th Street)/ No nearest of kin shown Kamees Ahmad/NS/21; May 1897/Syria, alien; Idle Alexandria/Mrs. Sarah Ahmad, Jerusalem, Palestine Ben L. Aertker/W/26/12 Apr 1891/Alexandria/Transmission Clerk, Post Office Department, Alexandria/1238 Elliott Street/ (SEE: Walter Patrick, below) single John J. Aertker/W/30 4 May 1887/Alexandria Agent & Yardmaster, C.R.I. & P. Ry. (Railway)/1768 Jackson Street/Wife and 2 children (NS) Walter Patrick Aertker/W/19 20 Feb 1899/Stenographer, Thornton, Gist & Richey; Rapides Bank Bldg./1238 Elliott Street/ Ben L. Aertker Victor Maximillian Ake/W/40/8 Oct 1877/Secretary-Treasurer, Tax Collector, City of Alexandria/1240 Jackson Street/ Mrs. Elizabeth Ake Howard Addison Albee/W/37/21 Sep 1880/Laborer, J.W. Snyder, Camp Beauregard /305 10th Street/F.A. Albee; Matalbany, La. Felix Albert/N/41/4 Feb 1877/Fireman, Alexandria Ice House/NS/ Mrs. Hattie Lee Albert John Albert/W/45/31 Jan 1873/Turkey Farmer/526 Bolton Avenue/A. Mickel Royal Albert/W/30/4 Aug 1886/Alexandria/ Bank Clerk, Commercial Bank & Trust Co./NS/ Widower with 3 children (NS) Willie Albert/N/21/8 Sep 1895/Cheneyville, La./Laborer, Creston Hoop Factory/ 826 Wheelock/Single/Mother (NS) William Alcott/W/35/11 Jan 1882/Traveling Salesman, Woodward, Wight & Co.; New Orleans, La./ HotelBentley/ NS William Alcott, Sr.; Pence Springs, WV Alberry David Alderson/W/38/15 Aug 1880/Mgr. & V.P. of Tioga Gravel Co., Ltd. /Polk & Bolton/Wife, Cora Toole Alderson Allen Alfred Aldridge/N/29/15 Feb 1888/Houma, La./Clerk, Peoples Life Ins. Co. /Deaf in 1 ear/918 St. James St./Single/ NS