Baptized by Father Regis Gimbert, Pastor. Godparents: Sidney Beard & Delia Bordelon, his sister.
Sidney Beard was born Dec 21, 1880 in Bordelonville, and died November 1965 in Louisiana according to the U. S. Social Security Death Index. He was the son of Martin W. Beard. The Beards were neighbors of Leonce & Irma Bordelon, Emoor's parents.
Died at his home, 15656 Majorie Dr Baton Rouge of conjestive heart failure. He was getting ready to go to the doctor for a checkup. Coming out of the bathroom, had a heart attack, and fell face first onto the bedroom floor. He was dead before he hit the floor.
Emoor worked in the cotton fields from the time he was about 9. After his mother, Irma, died he was raised by his sister & brother-in-law, Delia & Albert Juneau, in Bordelonville. Emoor never got past the 3rd grade in school. The 1920 census shows that he was able to read and write, and lived in the household of Albert & Delia Juneau. (Delia was his sister) Because of his unhappy experiences in Bordelonville, he did not talk much about his relatives, nor did he ever return to Bordelonville after 1930. He was at home in April 1927 for the "Flood of 1927". For pictures of Bordelonville at the time of the flood see:
http://www.riddlelawoffice.org/1927Flood.shtml
In 1923 he got a job working on cargo ships as a wiper. He followed in the foot steps of his older brothers, Otis & Miller. In 1926 he made a trip around the world on the cargo ship, S S Steel Inventor. He landed a job with Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey in 1927, working o oil tankers. He worked for them until he retired in 1969. His last run was on the SS Esso Glouster Steam Tanker #235336 from Baytown, Texas to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Emoor ended his working carrier as a chief engineer on oil tankers for Exxon Corp (formally Standard Oil). He mainly went from Texas to New York to deliver oil.
During World War II, he served in the merchant marines delivering oil to the troups in the Atlantic and Pacific. He made 13 trips from the US to various ports in Europe deliving oil and 100 octaine gasoline. Was in Copenhagen Denmark when he Germans bombed the city. He made other trip to England, Scotland, & France during the War. On his last trip back from Europe in a large group of tankers, German submarines attacked the fleet just outside Baltimore. 10 of the tankers were sunk. Dad's ship was able to make it into the harbor unharmer.
Later he was making a trip from Galveston to New York. They had to ship stop in Miami where he was taken off and sent to replace an engineer on a tanker in the Panama Canal. That engineer was german born but was a natralized citizen. However the Panamanians would not let him thru. After the switch, the original ship that Dad was on was torpedoed an the german born engineer was killed. Dad continued on and made 6 trips from the West Coast to the islands in the Pacific during the war delivering fuel to the troops.
He received war zone bars confirming that he served in certain war zones. They were Merchant Marine Combat Bar, Merchant Marine Defense Bar, Atlantic War Zone Bar, Mediterranean Middle East War Zone Bar, Pacific War Zone Bar.
In 1948, he received a letter from President Harry S Truman thanking him for serving in the Merchant Marines during the war years.
Sidney Beard was born Dec 21, 1880 in Bordelonville, and died November 1965 in Louisiana according to the U. S. Social Security Death Index. He was the son of Martin W. Beard. The Beards were neighbors of Leonce & Irma Bordelon, Emoor's parents.
Died at his home, 15656 Majorie Dr Baton Rouge of conjestive heart failure. He was getting ready to go to the doctor for a checkup. Coming out of the bathroom, had a heart attack, and fell face first onto the bedroom floor. He was dead before he hit the floor.
Emoor worked in the cotton fields from the time he was about 9. After his mother, Irma, died he was raised by his sister & brother-in-law, Delia & Albert Juneau, in Bordelonville. Emoor never got past the 3rd grade in school. The 1920 census shows that he was able to read and write, and lived in the household of Albert & Delia Juneau. (Delia was his sister) Because of his unhappy experiences in Bordelonville, he did not talk much about his relatives, nor did he ever return to Bordelonville after 1930. He was at home in April 1927 for the "Flood of 1927". For pictures of Bordelonville at the time of the flood see:
http://www.riddlelawoffice.org/1927Flood.shtml
In 1923 he got a job working on cargo ships as a wiper. He followed in the foot steps of his older brothers, Otis & Miller. In 1926 he made a trip around the world on the cargo ship, S S Steel Inventor. He landed a job with Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey in 1927, working o oil tankers. He worked for them until he retired in 1969. His last run was on the SS Esso Glouster Steam Tanker #235336 from Baytown, Texas to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Emoor ended his working carrier as a chief engineer on oil tankers for Exxon Corp (formally Standard Oil). He mainly went from Texas to New York to deliver oil.
During World War II, he served in the merchant marines delivering oil to the troups in the Atlantic and Pacific. He made 13 trips from the US to various ports in Europe deliving oil and 100 octaine gasoline. Was in Copenhagen Denmark when he Germans bombed the city. He made other trip to England, Scotland, & France during the War. On his last trip back from Europe in a large group of tankers, German submarines attacked the fleet just outside Baltimore. 10 of the tankers were sunk. Dad's ship was able to make it into the harbor unharmer.
Later he was making a trip from Galveston to New York. They had to ship stop in Miami where he was taken off and sent to replace an engineer on a tanker in the Panama Canal. That engineer was german born but was a natralized citizen. However the Panamanians would not let him thru. After the switch, the original ship that Dad was on was torpedoed an the german born engineer was killed. Dad continued on and made 6 trips from the West Coast to the islands in the Pacific during the war delivering fuel to the troops.
He received war zone bars confirming that he served in certain war zones. They were Merchant Marine Combat Bar, Merchant Marine Defense Bar, Atlantic War Zone Bar, Mediterranean Middle East War Zone Bar, Pacific War Zone Bar.
In 1948, he received a letter from President Harry S Truman thanking him for serving in the Merchant Marines during the war years.
Baptized by Father Regis Gimbert, Pastor. Godparents: Sidney Beard & Delia Bordelon, his sister.
Sidney Beard was born Dec 21, 1880 in Bordelonville, and died November 1965 in Louisiana according to the U. S. Social Security Death Index. He was the son of Martin W. Beard. The Beards were neighbors of Leonce & Irma Bordelon, Emoor's parents.
Died at his home, 15656 Majorie Dr Baton Rouge of conjestive heart failure. He was getting ready to go to the doctor for a checkup. Coming out of the bathroom, had a heart attack, and fell face first onto the bedroom floor. He was dead before he hit the floor.
Emoor worked in the cotton fields from the time he was about 9. After his mother, Irma, died he was raised by his sister & brother-in-law, Delia & Albert Juneau, in Bordelonville. Emoor never got past the 3rd grade in school. The 1920 census shows that he was able to read and write, and lived in the household of Albert & Delia Juneau. (Delia was his sister) Because of his unhappy experiences in Bordelonville, he did not talk much about his relatives, nor did he ever return to Bordelonville after 1930. He was at home in April 1927 for the "Flood of 1927". For pictures of Bordelonville at the time of the flood see:
http://www.riddlelawoffice.org/1927Flood.shtml
In 1923 he got a job working on cargo ships as a wiper. He followed in the foot steps of his older brothers, Otis & Miller. In 1926 he made a trip around the world on the cargo ship, S S Steel Inventor. He landed a job with Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey in 1927, working o oil tankers. He worked for them until he retired in 1969. His last run was on the SS Esso Glouster Steam Tanker #235336 from Baytown, Texas to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Emoor ended his working carrier as a chief engineer on oil tankers for Exxon Corp (formally Standard Oil). He mainly went from Texas to New York to deliver oil.
During World War II, he served in the merchant marines delivering oil to the troups in the Atlantic and Pacific. He made 13 trips from the US to various ports in Europe deliving oil and 100 octaine gasoline. Was in Copenhagen Denmark when he Germans bombed the city. He made other trip to England, Scotland, & France during the War. On his last trip back from Europe in a large group of tankers, German submarines attacked the fleet just outside Baltimore. 10 of the tankers were sunk. Dad's ship was able to make it into the harbor unharmer.
Later he was making a trip from Galveston to New York. They had to ship stop in Miami where he was taken off and sent to replace an engineer on a tanker in the Panama Canal. That engineer was german born but was a natralized citizen. However the Panamanians would not let him thru. After the switch, the original ship that Dad was on was torpedoed an the german born engineer was killed. Dad continued on and made 6 trips from the West Coast to the islands in the Pacific during the war delivering fuel to the troops.
He received war zone bars confirming that he served in certain war zones. They were Merchant Marine Combat Bar, Merchant Marine Defense Bar, Atlantic War Zone Bar, Mediterranean Middle East War Zone Bar, Pacific War Zone Bar.
In 1948, he received a letter from President Harry S Truman thanking him for serving in the Merchant Marines during the war years.
Sidney Beard was born Dec 21, 1880 in Bordelonville, and died November 1965 in Louisiana according to the U. S. Social Security Death Index. He was the son of Martin W. Beard. The Beards were neighbors of Leonce & Irma Bordelon, Emoor's parents.
Died at his home, 15656 Majorie Dr Baton Rouge of conjestive heart failure. He was getting ready to go to the doctor for a checkup. Coming out of the bathroom, had a heart attack, and fell face first onto the bedroom floor. He was dead before he hit the floor.
Emoor worked in the cotton fields from the time he was about 9. After his mother, Irma, died he was raised by his sister & brother-in-law, Delia & Albert Juneau, in Bordelonville. Emoor never got past the 3rd grade in school. The 1920 census shows that he was able to read and write, and lived in the household of Albert & Delia Juneau. (Delia was his sister) Because of his unhappy experiences in Bordelonville, he did not talk much about his relatives, nor did he ever return to Bordelonville after 1930. He was at home in April 1927 for the "Flood of 1927". For pictures of Bordelonville at the time of the flood see:
http://www.riddlelawoffice.org/1927Flood.shtml
In 1923 he got a job working on cargo ships as a wiper. He followed in the foot steps of his older brothers, Otis & Miller. In 1926 he made a trip around the world on the cargo ship, S S Steel Inventor. He landed a job with Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey in 1927, working o oil tankers. He worked for them until he retired in 1969. His last run was on the SS Esso Glouster Steam Tanker #235336 from Baytown, Texas to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Emoor ended his working carrier as a chief engineer on oil tankers for Exxon Corp (formally Standard Oil). He mainly went from Texas to New York to deliver oil.
During World War II, he served in the merchant marines delivering oil to the troups in the Atlantic and Pacific. He made 13 trips from the US to various ports in Europe deliving oil and 100 octaine gasoline. Was in Copenhagen Denmark when he Germans bombed the city. He made other trip to England, Scotland, & France during the War. On his last trip back from Europe in a large group of tankers, German submarines attacked the fleet just outside Baltimore. 10 of the tankers were sunk. Dad's ship was able to make it into the harbor unharmer.
Later he was making a trip from Galveston to New York. They had to ship stop in Miami where he was taken off and sent to replace an engineer on a tanker in the Panama Canal. That engineer was german born but was a natralized citizen. However the Panamanians would not let him thru. After the switch, the original ship that Dad was on was torpedoed an the german born engineer was killed. Dad continued on and made 6 trips from the West Coast to the islands in the Pacific during the war delivering fuel to the troops.
He received war zone bars confirming that he served in certain war zones. They were Merchant Marine Combat Bar, Merchant Marine Defense Bar, Atlantic War Zone Bar, Mediterranean Middle East War Zone Bar, Pacific War Zone Bar.
In 1948, he received a letter from President Harry S Truman thanking him for serving in the Merchant Marines during the war years.
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