Kenneth Whitefield Sammis

Changed his name from Kenneth Whitefield Sammis to Kenneth Whitefieldafter his parents divorced. An inventor and a photographer. In 1920he was living with wife Fern Richardson in Los Angeles working as aphotographer. Englisted in the military during WW2 while living inWest Virginia at 46 years old in 1942.

New Jersey, Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 about Kenneth WSammis
Name: Kenneth W Sammis
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 29 Jul 1895
Birth Place: S O , Essex, New Jersey
Father's Name: Whitefield Sammis
Father's Age: 23
Father's Birth Place: United States
Mother's Name: Harriet B Bridge
Mother's Age: 22
Mother's Birth Place: United States
FHL Film Number: 494231

1937 Charleston WVA newspaper
Files as Bankrupt-A volunt a ry b a n k r u p t cy p e t i t i onwas filed yesterday in district f e deral court by Kenneth W h i t ef i e ld of Charleston. He listed liabilities
at $2,340.44 and assets at $151.18.

U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Kenneth Whitefield
Birth Date: 29 Jul 1895
Birth Place: Maplewood, New Jersey
Residence: Kanawha, West Virginia

1930 United States Federal Census about Kenneth Whitefield
Name: Kenneth Whitefield
Home in 1930: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
Age: 36; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894; Birthplace: New Jersey
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Garnette Whitefield
Race: White
Kenneth Whitefield 36
Garnette Whitefield 25
Maude L Whitefield 7
Thomas Popp 66
Carl E Peterson 40
Ethel Reese 28
Edward Hersman 50

1942 Charleston, West VA directory at 300 28th Street with aphotography studio living with Garnette and student Wanda L.

Born in New Jersey in 1893. Resident of Los Angeles in 1920 andCharleston, West Virginia in 1930.
Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
City Directory; Census.