Cover of the Day for April 28, 2020

[Howard Weinert]

A cover sent to West Lynn, Massachusetts by Ernest Edgar Goodenough [1902 - ?], seaman on the destroyer USS Edsall. Inscribed "E. E. Goodenough, USS Edsall" and postmarked U. S. S. Scorpion on 9 July 1923. The Edsall served in the Black and Mediterranean Seas from 1922 to 1924. It was sunk by the Japanese in the Indian Ocean on 1 March 1942. Since there was no post office on the Edsall, its mail was turned over to the gunboat Scorpion, the station ship in Constantinople.

[Alan Baker]

On Ancestry, there is an Ernest Edgar Goodenough, born Quincy, Norfolk, Mass in 1902, but it is on a private family tree, so no details are visible. It is possible to contact the tree owner for information.

Also a draft card from 1942 (20th March), giving his address as Lynn, Essex, Mass. DoB 3rd January 1902. Can't find a record of his death though

[Alan Baker]

His name doesn't appear on the list of casualties when she was sunk in 1943

[Howard Weinert]

Thanks, Alan. I did look on Ancestry, but I will try asking that private family tree custodian for more information.

[Alan Baker]

Word of warning. Once you are given access to a tree, you get notified every time it gets updated

[Howard Weinert]

The private tree link turned out to be dead.