Marriage License and Certificate of Marriage for Lester Magrath and Hazel Snyder
World War, 1939-1945
Veterans--Florida
The marriage license and certificate of marriage for Lester Magrath and Hazel Snyder, who were married on July 3, 1943. Magrath was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 6, 1921, to Louise and Clifton Magrath. After graduating high school, he enlisted in the United States Army Air Corp. Magrath married his wife, Hazel, in Hillsborough County, Florida, in 1943. Magrath served in the Air Corp until 1972, achieving the rank of Master Sargent. After his service, Magrath retired to Valrico, Florida, where he died on July 18, 1996. Lester Magrath is memorialized in Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell.<br /><br />
In 2017, the University of Central Florida was one of three universities selected to launch the National Cemetery Administration’s <a href="https://vlp.cah.ucf.edu/">Veterans Legacy Program Project</a>. The program engaged a team of scholars to make the life stories of veterans buried in the Florida National Cemetery available to the public. The project engages UCF students in research and writing and fosters collaboration between students, faculty and local Central Florida schools to produce interactive curriculum for k-12 students. The corresponding website exhibit uses RICHES Mosaic Interface to create a digital archive of related data. The public can use the project-developed augmented-reality app at more than 100 gravesites at the Florida National Cemetery, where they can access the UCF student-authored biographies of veterans.
Bureau of Vital Statistics, <a href="http://www.floridahealth.gov/" target="_blank">Florida Department of Health</a>
Digital reproduction of original marriage license and certificate of marriage, July 3, 1943.
Bureau of Vital Statistics, <a href="http://www.floridahealth.gov/" target="_blank">Florida Department of Health</a>
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Tampa, Florida
Application for Marriage License for Solomon Callis Sturdivant and Dorothy Ann Simpson
Atlantic Beach (Fla.)
Marriage--United States
An application for a marriage license for Solomon Callis Sturdivant (1915-1945) and Dorothy Ann Simpson. Sturdivant was born to James Sturdivant and Mary Sturdivant on April 25, 1914, in Wytheville, Virginia. Private first class Sturdivant was drafted by the U.S. Army on December 29, 1942, while he was residing in Atlantic Beach. During World War II, he served as a member of the 231st American Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion. PFC Sturdivant was Killed in Action (KIA) in France on March 5, 1945. He is buried at Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France.
Digital reproduction of original <a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRCV-XKL">handwritten application</a>, June 10, 1937: Image Number 01183, Digital Folder Number 004706872, GS Film Number 2109281, <a href="http://dos.myflorida.com/library-archives/about-us/about-the-state-archives-of-florida/">State Archives of Florida</a>, Tallahassee, Florida.
Sturdivant, Solomon Callis
Simpson, Dorothy Ann
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Atlantic Beach, Florida