Complex sentence: The family lived in Garland, Wichita Falls, Texas, Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Orange, Texas from 1942, where the elder Monroe was employed at Consolidated Steel Corporation shipyard.
Split into simpler sentences: The family lived in Garland, until several moves to Wichita Falls, Texas and Fort Smith, Arkansas 1941. In early 1942, the family moved to Orange, Texas where the elder Monroe was employed at Consolidated Steel Corporation shipyard.