Ancestry of
Gene Roddenberry

Creator of Star Trek

William Wesley Golemon

View famous kin of William Wesley Golemon

• • Grandfather of Gene Roddenberry — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6 
  • Father:
  • Jacob Golemon 
  • Mother:
  • Caroline Matilda Walker   
  • Birth Date:
  • 9 Sep 1859 
  • Birth Location:
  • Mississippi 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 13 Sep 1944 
  • Death Location:
  • Los Angeles County, California 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Lydia Ann McDonald
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 22 Jul 1899 
  • Marriage Location:
  • prob. Harris County, Texas 
  • Child:

  Caroline Glen Golemon (Ahnentafel No:3 )

• Sources for William Wesley Golemon

  • ¹ California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997, Death record for William Wesley Goleman.
  • ² Death Certificate (California), Los Angeles Co, No 3199819020250, Death certificate for daughter Caroline Glenn Roddenberry.
  • ³ Federal Census, CA, Los Angeles County, 1930, Los Angeles, E.D. 19-649, Sheet 1B, Image 2 of 47.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, MS, Clarke County, 1860, p. 14, Image 14 of 143.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, TX, El Paso County, 1920, El Paso Precinct 19, E.D. 65, Sheet 4B, Image 8 of 15.
  • ⁶ Federal Census, TX, El Paso County, 1910, El Paso, E.D. 79, Sheet 1A, Image 1 of 4.
  • ⁷ Federal Census, CA, Los Angeles County, 1940, Inglewood, E.D. 19-302, Sheet 14A, Image 27 of 36.
  • ⁸ Federal Census, TX, El Paso County, 1900, El Paso Ward 1, E.D. 18, Sheet 1B, Image 2 of 54.
  • ⁹ Federal Census, AL, Mobile County, 1880, Carvers, E.D. 115, p. 6, Image 6 of 19.
  • ¹⁰ Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977, Marriage certificate for Eugene E Roddenberry and daughter Caroline G Golemon.
  • ¹¹ Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976, Death certificate for grandmother-in-law Jane C Mccandless.
  • ¹² Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, 22 JUL 1899, Marriage license for W W Goleman and Lydia M McDonald.
  • ¹³ Alexander, David, Star Trek Creator: The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. (1994), 9.

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