William Steven BORDERS Jr. #13238

21 MAR 1902 - 19 FEB 1972
OCCUPATION Schoolteacher; baseball umpire for major leagues; hotel employee in Las Vegas hotels-
GRADUATION Morehead State University
BIRTH 21 MAR 1902
DEATH 19 FEB 1972, Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, USA

Historical Notes

Bill a graduate of Morehead State University, taught school in the Lawrence County, Kentucky school system in the 1920's and then joined Armco in Ashland, Kentucky. In 1935 he went into athletics. Bill was a baseball umpire in the Kentucky and Florida State leagues. Before moving west he often umpired exhibition games in the major leagues, especially for the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1940 he moved to southern Nevada. During WWII he was employed as a security guard at the Basic Magnesium Plant. later he worked in the gambling interest until his retirement in 1962. He was employed for many years at the downtown Boulder Club and Freemont Hotel in Las Vegas.

Parents

Father : William Steven BORDERS #12293

Mother : Ida Miriam MCKINSTER #13237

Family 1

Thelma WEBB
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Children

  1.  Myram BORDERS

Lineage 

                                                       _Henry BORDERS ______+
                                                      | (1829 - 1897) m 1848
                           _Zackariah Taylor BORDERS _|
                          | (1851 - 1898)             |
                          |                           |_Sarah HALE _________+
                          |                             (1833 - 1876) m 1848
 _William Steven BORDERS _|
| (1878 - 1902) m 1901    |
|                         |                            _William A. BORDERS _+
|                         |                           | (1825 - 1875) m 1845
|                         |_Emily Jane BORDERS _______|
|                           (1855 - 1897)             |
|                                                     |_Abigail WHEELER ____+
|                                                       (1824 - 1898) m 1845
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|--William Steven BORDERS Jr.
|  (1902 - 1972)
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|_Ida Miriam MCKINSTER ___|
  (1881 - 1927) m 1901    |
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