WWI draft registration of Richard Blackmer Holbrook, Seattle, 12 Sept 1918

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WWI draft registration of Richard Blackmer Holbrook, Seattle, 12 Sept 1918
type
military
date
12 Sep 1918
repository
Ancestry, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 > Washington > Seattle City > 05 > Draft Card H (NARA)
reference
Local Board for Division No. 5, City of Seattle; serial no. 2814, order no. 188; image 522 of 719
url
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6482/images/005245800_04454
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public

Found on Ancestry, 7 Oct 2026. Ancestry indexes the middle name as "Blackmon."

  • Name: Richard Blackm[er] Holbrook (the middle name trails off in a flourish).
  • Home: 560 Mercer St., Seattle, King, Wn.
  • Age 45; born Sept. 16th, 1872. White; native-born citizen.
  • Present occupation: steamship master. Employer: "Navy Yard Boats" [?].
  • Place of employment: "Room 36 Colman [?] Dock, Seattle, Wn." (the first letter looks like a P).
  • Nearest relative: Jessie Holbrook, 560 Mercer St., Seattle, Wn.
  • Signed Richard Blackmer Holbrook.
  • Registrar's report (46-1-14C): tall, stout; eyes blue; hair gray; no disqualification. Registered Sept. 12, 1918, by Clara B. Lounsbury [?]; Local Board for Division No. 5, City of Seattle, 627 Lumber Exchange Building.

The registration of 12 Sept 1918 was for men aged 18 to 45; he was 45, four days short of 46. Registering was not serving, and the war ended two months later. In January 1918 he was skipper of the Tourist, between Seattle and Bremerton, where the Puget Sound Navy Yard was (Anchorage Weekly Times, 17 Jan 1918); Colman Dock was the Seattle terminal of the Bremerton boats.

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  2. title: "WWI draft registration of Richard Blackmer Holbrook, Seattle, 12 Sept 1918"
  3. type: military
  4. date: 12 Sep 1918
  5. repository: "Ancestry, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 > Washington > Seattle City > 05 > Draft Card H (NARA)"
  6. reference: Local Board for Division No. 5, City of Seattle; serial no. 2814, order no. 188; image 522 of 719
  7. url: "https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6482/images/005245800_04454"
  8. seen: image
  9. access: public
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  12. Found on Ancestry, 7 Oct 2026. Ancestry indexes the middle name as "Blackmon."
  14. - **Name:** Richard Blackm[er] Holbrook (the middle name trails off in a flourish).
  15. - **Home:** 560 Mercer St., Seattle, King, Wn.
  16. - **Age** 45; **born** Sept. 16th, 1872. White; native-born citizen.
  17. - **Present occupation:** steamship master. **Employer:** "Navy Yard Boats" [?].
  18. - **Place of employment:** "Room 36 Colman [?] Dock, Seattle, Wn." (the first letter looks like a P).
  19. - **Nearest relative:** Jessie Holbrook, 560 Mercer St., Seattle, Wn.
  20. - **Signed** Richard Blackmer Holbrook.
  21. - **Registrar's report** (46-1-14C): tall, stout; eyes blue; hair gray; no disqualification.
  22. Registered Sept. 12, 1918, by Clara B. Lounsbury [?]; Local Board for Division No. 5, City of
  23. Seattle, 627 Lumber Exchange Building.
  25. The registration of 12 Sept 1918 was for men aged 18 to 45; he was 45, four days short of 46.
  26. Registering was not serving, and the war ended two months later. In January 1918 he was skipper
  27. of the *Tourist*, between Seattle and Bremerton, where the Puget Sound Navy Yard was (*Anchorage
  28. Weekly Times*, 17 Jan 1918); Colman Dock was the Seattle terminal of the Bremerton boats.

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Richard Blackmer Holbrook's draft card, Seattle, 12 September 1918Richard Blackmer Holbrook's draft card, Seattle, 12 September 1918

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