SECOND GENERATION

2. Charles Lyle "Chuck" Taylor Jr. (photo) was born in San Diego, San Diego, CA.⁽⁴⁾ He was baptized in San Diego, San Diego, CA. ⁽⁵⁾ He is an HVAC Contractor/Repair Technician Since June 1986 in Austin, Travis, TX. His Social Security Number is private. ⁽⁶⁾

!NOTES: Particulars: Born 8:58 AM War Standard Time, 7lbs 5oz, Mercy Hospital.

Married Bonnie Zukas twice. First civil ceremony, second church wedding.

Have been self-employed/owner of TAYLOR-MADE REPAIRS since 1986. A service
oriented business specializing in licensed Heating and Air Conditioning.
I also perform electrical and plumbing repairs, and do locksmithing.

I became interested in doing genealogy about a year after the death of my
father. He never seemed to know a lot about his ancestors. I was curious
and I still am!

My history:
I went to kindergarten at Casa de Oro Elemetry School. That year I
participated in a Christmas pagent and soloed "Away In A Manger." I also
was selected as the male participant in a beautification program at the
school and with a female classmate, we planted a tree on the west side of
the school in 1950 that is still growing today in 1996. I continued my
education at St. John Of The Cross School in Lemon Grove, CA
from the first through the eighth grade, graduating from there in 1958.
I went two years to Catholic High School. The same school was known as
Rockne High School in my freshman year and as St. John's Academy in my
sophomore year. The school was running so far in the red, that after my
second year there, the Bishop of the San Diego Diocease closed the school.
My junior year was spent at Mt. Miguel High School in Spring Valley, and I
graduated from a brand new high school, Monte Vista High School in Casa de
Oro in 1962. I went one semester to Grossmont Junior College. Got fed up
with the educational system and went on active duty with the U. S. Navy.
I had been in Naval Reserves since my junior year in high school. I went
to boot camp the summer between my junior and senior years in high school.
The Navy sent me to Bainbridge, MD to service school, where I learned
electronics and morse code. Then to Bremerhaven, Gemany. After only three
months in Germany I got orders to serve on the U.S.N.S. Pvt. Jose F. Valdez
(TAG-169).

After a 13 month tour there, I was sent to Skaggs Island, Sonoma, CA. I
served my last 14 months there and was honorably discharged in March 1966.
While in the Navy, I was part of NSG, Naval Security Group.

On October 15, 1966, I married Leona Mae Lilly. We had two boys. I
tutored music and taught at a computer school. In 1970 I went to work for
Elba Systems, Inc., a correspondence school out of Denver, CO where I was a
regional credit representative. In 1973 I purchased a truck tractor and
became a highway gypsy, runing all 48 states and several providences of
Canada. While trucking, I got divorced from Leona, and met Bonnie Zukas.

Bonnie and I got married in July 1976 and quit trucking in March 1977.
I went to work for a furniture store as a delivery driver - a no where job.
After a year at that I went to work for W. W. Grainger, Inc. in Austin, TX.
I worked 49 months for them, quitting in May 1982. While there I did
everything from shipping in the warehouse, to counter sales, phone sales,
to inventory. The manager and I had a major disagreement. Then I worked
the next 18 months for Hamilton Electric Works in Austin where I learned
all about the electric motor business and how electric motors work. I gave
up that job to work for Davis & Associates, a property managment company as
an on-sight maintenance technician. I worked for them for about eighteen
months. Then to Step One Properties for the next three years. I moved to
Step One in the same capacity but with better pay and benefits. Then in
June 1986 I took the big step and "hung out my own shingle." I've been that
way ever since, and haven't ever looked back. I got my heating and A/C
license in 1991. I love being the boss of my own company. I love the
freedom and the challenge. Along the way I've taken a community college
course here and there. I held a Texas Wastewater License Class 'C' for 4
years, but relinquished it. I took a course in Kuk Sool Won and earned my
way up to a middle brown belt. Would probably have gone all the way if I
hadn't incurred an abdominal injury and went for my black belt. May still
go back someday if I can ever put away this genealogy!

Bonnie and I had one child, Paul Joseph, born 13 February 1982. He was our
Valentine's present. Paul is an intelligent young man who wants to be a
doctor when he grows up. Since starting Middle School (6th grade) Paul has
taken up the Saxaphone. He's now in his fifth year and has become quite an
accomplished musician.

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USNS Pvt. Jose F. Valdez (TAG-169)

USNS Private Jose F. Valdez (APC-119), originally the Joe P.
Martinez (Maritime Commission hull 2245), was laid down by Walter
Butler Shipbuilders, Incorporated, at Duluth, Minnesota, on 22
April 1944. She was launched as Round Splice on 27 October 1944.
The sponsor was Mrs. Guy R. Porter. Round Splice was transferred
to the American Shipbuilding Company in Chicago, Illinois, for
completion... which occurred on 15 December 1944. She was
delivered to the U.S. Army for operational use on 16 February
1945.
Round Splice, owned by the Maritime Commission and operated
by the Army Transportation Service during and following World War
II, was renamed Private Jose F. Valdez by the U.S. Army in 1947.
On 2 September 1950, she was acquired by the U.S. Navy,
designated T-APC-119, and assigned to the Military Sea
Transportation Service (MSTS). Manned by a civil service crew,
she operated in the Gulf and Caribbean areas until August 1951.
Between then and December she cruised the Mediterranean and in
January 1952 began runs to Newfoundland and Greenland which
continued until she was ordered inactivated in late 1959. On 22
December she arrived in the James River National Defense Reserve
Fleet berthing area and was transferred to the custody of the
Maritime Administration.
Private Jose F. Valdez was reacquired by the Navy in August
1961. Converted to a research vessel (AG-169) and reassigned to
MSTS, she departed Brooklyn, her homeport, in November on the
first of her extended hydrographic survey cruises to the South
Atlantic and Indian Oceans. She continued doing that type of
work, primarily in African waters, with few interruptions. In
1965, one listing of naval ships referred to USNS Private Jose F.
Valdez as being a "special project" ship. In 1969, a German
publication called her a "hydrographic research vessel."
Whatever, she obviously was surveying portions of the bottom of
the ocean.
On 1 September 1971, she was taken out of service and
transferred to permanent custody of the Maritime Administration
for layup. She was subsequently berthed in the Maritime
Administration Reserve Fleet in the James River...abeam of Fort
Eustis, Virginia - approximately midway between Newport News and
Williamsburg.
As an APC (Small Coastal Transport), the ship displaced
6,070 tons fully loaded, was 339' long, had a beam of 50' (her
width), and drew 18' of water. 1750 diesel engine HP could drive
the ship at 10 knots. The crew consisted of 169 officers and
men. Private Jose F. Valdez was a T.C1-M-AV1 Alamosa Class
ship...of which Fentress was the prototype. He was married to Leona Mae "Lee" Lilly on 15 Oct 1966 in Winterhaven, Imperial, CA. ⁽⁷⁾ He was divorced from Leona Mae "Lee" Lilly in 1975.

3. Leona Mae "Lee" Lilly (photo) was born in Wriston, Fayette, WV. She is a housekeeper and does child care.

!NOTES: James "Jimmy" Lilly says Leona Mae born at home. They were living at Wriston,
Fayette, WV at the time. Said Beckley was not correct. Children were:

1 i. Charles Lyle "Chuck" Taylor III.
ii. Michael Reginald "Mike" Taylor.

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