What became of Edgar Roy Arbuckle?

[Erato]

Edgar Roy Arbuckle was born on 12 February 1928 in Everett, Snohomish County, Washington, son of Raymond Cecil Arbuckle and Mildred Getschman.  He was recorded on the 1930 census with his parents and two step-brothers in Winter Lake Precinct, Snohomish County, Washington.  His mother died on 6 March 1932 when Edgar was just four years old. 

I have found no trace of him since 1930.

[shellyesq]

I wonder if he was adopted by another couple after his mother died.  There is an Edgar Raymond Royer who was born 13 Feb 1928 in Everett according his WWII draft registration card.  In the 1940 census, he appears to be listed as the son of Charles & Estella Royer in Kirkland, WA, but this couple has no children with them in the 1930 census.

Social Security death index has a death date of 6 Jul. 1994 with last residence in Big Lake, Matanuska Susitna Co., Alaska.  Social Security application has the above Royer parents listed. 

[Erato]

Thanks, shellyesq.  That looks like a good possibility.  I'll save it as a 'maybe.'

[shellyesq]

You're welcome.  It looks like Raymond was not mentioned at all in Mildred's obituary, so maybe he was out of the picture by then.  https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-obituary-for-mildred-ar/181237718/

[Erato]

The obituary mentions three sons - Howard, Emil and Eddy.  I think Eddy must have been Edgar.  The other two were children of her first marriage and considerably older than Edgar.  As for Raymond, he probably was out of the picture, at least physically speaking.  He was a logger, so he may have been away at a logging camp.  He was not the informant on the death certificate - that unpleasant duty fell to Emil, who was 14 at the time.  Later, on the 1940 census, Raymond called himself divorced, not widowed, but I have found no record of a divorce.

[shellyesq]

Her brother also filed to be the administrator of Mildred's estate.  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YM-YS6B-F?view=fullText&keywords=MILDRED%20ARBUCKLE%2CMildred%20Arbuckle&lang=en&groupId=

Not sure if this is the same guy, as Spokane seems further away and a different profession is mentioned, but there is a Raymond Arbuckle who was arrested in 1930.  https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle/181236167/

[Erato]

Ah, the brother's name was also Emil, so he must have been the informant on the death certificate, not the 14-year-old son.

[Erato]

As for the crook in Spokane, I'll call it a 'maybe.'  I don't have a good impression of Raymond, so I can't count it out entirely, though I have no reason to think he was in Spokane except that he did have some relatives there [aunt, uncle and cousins].

[RJ137]

Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sunday, Dec 25, 1932
Seattle, WA
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