For reasons unknown to me, Devert Henry Tennison assumed the name of Claude H. Wilson. He was born Devert Henry Tennison, in Custer, Custer County, OK, son of Henry Morgan and Cleora Elsie (Sliger) Tennison.There were 5 children born to this marriage. They were Letha Lavila, Lola Margaret, Devert Henry (Claude H. Wilson,) Donald Dean and Wilma Pauline.
The family moved to CA in 1926, where Henry was a ranch foreman, in the Marysville and the Hallwood district.
Devert (Claude) was raised and educated in Northern CA, working on various ranches, with his father. About 1939, at the age of 21, he left CA and went to CO, where he worked on a ranch in Elbert County, moving to Denver about 1940, where he was employed at the Supreme Dairy.
On June 30, 1941, he married Emma May (Stevens) Leonard at her parents home. Emma May had 2 sons by a previous marriage, Robert Eugene and Raymond Edgar Leonard.
One daughter was born to this marriage, Mary Wilson, born 1943, Denver, CO. Mary never learned of the Tennison name until April 1986, when she found her father, for the first time since 1956.
Claude (Devert) worked for several railroads in the Denver area--Denver and Rio Grande, Colorado & Southern/Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and the Union Pacific.
In January, 1945, he was drafted into the United States Army, during WWII, at Ft. Logan, CO. After the war was over in August, 1945, he was sent to Japan in the Occupation Forces, from Mineral Wells, TX, where he had been stationed. His unit was (Ca. Rec 45) 165th Infantry. He returned to the United States in January, 1946, when he was discharged at Ft. Logan, after serving one year.
I owe most of my Tennison info and photos to my Tennison "cousins," Julie Richards and Earlene Smith and a special thank you goes out to both of them.
The family moved to CA in 1926, where Henry was a ranch foreman, in the Marysville and the Hallwood district.
Devert (Claude) was raised and educated in Northern CA, working on various ranches, with his father. About 1939, at the age of 21, he left CA and went to CO, where he worked on a ranch in Elbert County, moving to Denver about 1940, where he was employed at the Supreme Dairy.
On June 30, 1941, he married Emma May (Stevens) Leonard at her parents home. Emma May had 2 sons by a previous marriage, Robert Eugene and Raymond Edgar Leonard.
One daughter was born to this marriage, Mary Wilson, born 1943, Denver, CO. Mary never learned of the Tennison name until April 1986, when she found her father, for the first time since 1956.
Claude (Devert) worked for several railroads in the Denver area--Denver and Rio Grande, Colorado & Southern/Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and the Union Pacific.
In January, 1945, he was drafted into the United States Army, during WWII, at Ft. Logan, CO. After the war was over in August, 1945, he was sent to Japan in the Occupation Forces, from Mineral Wells, TX, where he had been stationed. His unit was (Ca. Rec 45) 165th Infantry. He returned to the United States in January, 1946, when he was discharged at Ft. Logan, after serving one year.
I owe most of my Tennison info and photos to my Tennison "cousins," Julie Richards and Earlene Smith and a special thank you goes out to both of them.
For reasons unknown to me, Devert Henry Tennison assumed the name of Claude H. Wilson. He was born Devert Henry Tennison, in Custer, Custer County, OK, son of Henry Morgan and Cleora Elsie (Sliger) Tennison.There were 5 children born to this marriage. They were Letha Lavila, Lola Margaret, Devert Henry (Claude H. Wilson,) Donald Dean and Wilma Pauline.
The family moved to CA in 1926, where Henry was a ranch foreman, in the Marysville and the Hallwood district.
Devert (Claude) was raised and educated in Northern CA, working on various ranches, with his father. About 1939, at the age of 21, he left CA and went to CO, where he worked on a ranch in Elbert County, moving to Denver about 1940, where he was employed at the Supreme Dairy.
On June 30, 1941, he married Emma May (Stevens) Leonard at her parents home. Emma May had 2 sons by a previous marriage, Robert Eugene and Raymond Edgar Leonard.
One daughter was born to this marriage, Mary Wilson, born 1943, Denver, CO. Mary never learned of the Tennison name until April 1986, when she found her father, for the first time since 1956.
Claude (Devert) worked for several railroads in the Denver area--Denver and Rio Grande, Colorado & Southern/Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and the Union Pacific.
In January, 1945, he was drafted into the United States Army, during WWII, at Ft. Logan, CO. After the war was over in August, 1945, he was sent to Japan in the Occupation Forces, from Mineral Wells, TX, where he had been stationed. His unit was (Ca. Rec 45) 165th Infantry. He returned to the United States in January, 1946, when he was discharged at Ft. Logan, after serving one year.
I owe most of my Tennison info and photos to my Tennison "cousins," Julie Richards and Earlene Smith and a special thank you goes out to both of them.
The family moved to CA in 1926, where Henry was a ranch foreman, in the Marysville and the Hallwood district.
Devert (Claude) was raised and educated in Northern CA, working on various ranches, with his father. About 1939, at the age of 21, he left CA and went to CO, where he worked on a ranch in Elbert County, moving to Denver about 1940, where he was employed at the Supreme Dairy.
On June 30, 1941, he married Emma May (Stevens) Leonard at her parents home. Emma May had 2 sons by a previous marriage, Robert Eugene and Raymond Edgar Leonard.
One daughter was born to this marriage, Mary Wilson, born 1943, Denver, CO. Mary never learned of the Tennison name until April 1986, when she found her father, for the first time since 1956.
Claude (Devert) worked for several railroads in the Denver area--Denver and Rio Grande, Colorado & Southern/Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and the Union Pacific.
In January, 1945, he was drafted into the United States Army, during WWII, at Ft. Logan, CO. After the war was over in August, 1945, he was sent to Japan in the Occupation Forces, from Mineral Wells, TX, where he had been stationed. His unit was (Ca. Rec 45) 165th Infantry. He returned to the United States in January, 1946, when he was discharged at Ft. Logan, after serving one year.
I owe most of my Tennison info and photos to my Tennison "cousins," Julie Richards and Earlene Smith and a special thank you goes out to both of them.
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