Carl Eugene Linaweaver and Robert L. Linaweaver
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Title
Carl Eugene Linaweaver and Robert L. Linaweaver
Subject
Linaweaver, Carl Eugene (1926-1968)
Linaweaver, Robert Lee (1925-2002)
Sailors - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Military personnel - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Description
Portrait photograph of two brothers: Carl Eugene Linaweaver on the left, and Robert L. Linaweaver on the right.
Carl was in the U.S. Navy while Robert was a paratrooper in the Airborne division of the U.S. Army.
Their parents were Lawrence and Essie (Brill) Linaweaver. They also had a sister named Louise (Linaweaver) Raynor Seekford.
When he registered for the WWII draft, Carl worked at the Safeway Store in Front Royal but lived on Spring Street in Woodstock. He served in the U.S. Navy Reserves from December 1944 to July 1946. Sometime later, he married Lavine Estelle (Gulick) (1919-1982), a woman from West Virginia, who worked as a waitress in a restaurant.
Robert served in the Airborne Division of the U.S. Army from May 1943 to Dec 1945. After, he married Emily Isabel (Hollar) (1924-2017) in 1946. She was a nurse and the daughter of Lester Granville and Mazie Irene (Lambert) Hollar. When they married, Robert was a 21-year old service station operator in Edinburg. The couple had five children: Robert Jr., Sue, Rebecca, William, and Richard “Dicky”.
Carl was in the U.S. Navy while Robert was a paratrooper in the Airborne division of the U.S. Army.
Their parents were Lawrence and Essie (Brill) Linaweaver. They also had a sister named Louise (Linaweaver) Raynor Seekford.
When he registered for the WWII draft, Carl worked at the Safeway Store in Front Royal but lived on Spring Street in Woodstock. He served in the U.S. Navy Reserves from December 1944 to July 1946. Sometime later, he married Lavine Estelle (Gulick) (1919-1982), a woman from West Virginia, who worked as a waitress in a restaurant.
Robert served in the Airborne Division of the U.S. Army from May 1943 to Dec 1945. After, he married Emily Isabel (Hollar) (1924-2017) in 1946. She was a nurse and the daughter of Lester Granville and Mazie Irene (Lambert) Hollar. When they married, Robert was a 21-year old service station operator in Edinburg. The couple had five children: Robert Jr., Sue, Rebecca, William, and Richard “Dicky”.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
ca Dec 1945
Contributor
Identified by Louise V. Seekford, sister of the subjects who had the same photograph at home. Also identified by James E. Morrison, Sr. who knew them and had seen the photograph before.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Robert L. Linaweaver appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 004032, 006658, and 028706.
Carl Eugene Linaweaver appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 003839, 004032, and 006658.
Identifier
004032
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Carl Eugene Linaweaver and Robert L. Linaweaver,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/32065.
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