Geraldine Cecilia Huston
1915 - 1968 (53 years)
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Name Geraldine Cecilia Huston [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Residence Aug 1915 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA 
610 N Berendo St Born 21 Aug 1915 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA [1, 7, 8, 9] Gender Female Residence 1920 Los Angeles Assembly District 63, Los Angeles County, California, USA [10] 601 N New Hampshire; Age: 4; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter Residence 1930 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA [7] Address Mar 1933 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA [11] Address:
4225 1/4 Monroe StAddress 22 Apr 1938 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA [12] Address:
1184 Madison Ave.Find A Grave Memorial Number 8861307 Residence Between 1944 and 1948 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA 1123 Sunset Blvd Residence 1950 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA 1419 Lovell Ave Residence 1952 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA 34 Naomi Ave Residence Between 1953 and 1954 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA 214 San Antonio Rd; I wrote this number when I was researching old Arcadia City Directories at the Arcadia Library in 1978. Today, 28 Feb 2014, the number does not exist on Google Earth. I believe I wrote the number down wrong in 1978. Occupation 1954 [13] bookeeper for Anderson Typewriter Company Residence 1955 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA 220 San Luis Rey Rd Residence Between 1956 and 1957 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA 754 Arcadia Ave Occupation 1958 Los Angeles County, California, USA bookkeeper Residence 1958 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA 624 W Huntington Dr Apt 5 Residence 1959 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA 810 Fairview Ave Residence 1960 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA 518 1/2 W Longden Ave Residence 1963 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA 1008 W Huntington Dr, Apt 7; the "Ranch House" apartments Residence 1963 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA 514 W Huntington Dr Occupation 1964 Los Angeles County, California, USA bookkeeper Residence 1964 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA 1127 W Duarte Rd, Apt B; the "Monaco Aptartments". Residence 1965 Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA The Derby Motel on Huntington Dr Residence 1966 Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA apartments on Mytrle Ave, behind businesses Residence Between 1967 and 1968 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA 148 B La Porte Last Residence Oct 1968 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, California, USA [9] 148 B La Porte Race White [14] Social Security Number 563-03-0689 [1] Buried Oct 1968 Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA [15] - Pasadena Mausoleum. Even though her ex-husband paid for "permanent storage," in 2004 I found her ashes had been stored in the basement of the cemetery for the last 35 years. I brought the ashes home where they how reside in my living room.
Died 17 Oct 1968 Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA [9] Cause: metastastic cancer, intra-abdominal, primary unknown - Mon-Arc Convalescent Hospital; 615 W Duarte Rd
_FUN 23 Oct 1968 Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA [15] in the chapel at Temple & LaGorge Mouruary; Rev Bruce Stafford of the First Methodist Church officiating _ORDI Los Angeles County, California, USA [15] bacteriologist, bookkeeper, drapery sewer and even a donut maker at Winchell's Donut Shop in South Pasadena, CA Person ID I1118 obenlandGenealogy Last Modified 9 Aug 2018
Father James Lee Huston, b. 6 Feb 1866, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA , d. 19 Sep 1935, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 69 years) Relationship natural Mother Emma Cecilia Bachmann, b. 18 Mar 1881, Oldenburg, Franklin County, Indiana, USA , d. 27 Sep 1963, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 82 years) Relationship natural Marriage License 20 Jan 1908 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA License #39900, $2 fee Married 21 Jan 1908 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Divorced Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Family ID F1373 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 George David Adamson, b. 30 May 1910, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada , d. 16 Jul 2002, Utah, USA (Age 92 years) Married 2 Mar 1933 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA [11] _SEPR Bef 14 Aug 1939 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Divorced 28 Jun 1940 Los Angeles County, California, USA [16] Last Modified 9 Aug 2018 Family ID F682 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Harold Edwin Obenland, b. 3 Jul 1905, Birmingham, Shelby County, Alabama, USA , d. 6 Jan 1982, Lake Isabella, Kern County, California, USA (Age 76 years) Married 30 Jun 1940 Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, USA [17] Divorced Between 1952 and 1953 Clark County, Nevada, USA [18] Children 1. Cecilia Ann Obenland 2. Michael Edwin Obenland, b. 19 Nov 1947, Los Angeles County, California, USA , d. 13 May 2004, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 56 years) [natural]Last Modified 9 Aug 2018 Family ID F1327 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Geraldine was born in Los Angeles in 1915. Her parents were James Lee Huston and Emma Cecilia Bachmann Howe. (The Bachmann was Emma's name at birth; Howe was her last name by adoption.) Geraldine had one brother, James Francis Huston.
Geraldine's father was a traveling salesman and her mother Emma kept house.
Geraldine's brother James was a musician, playing trumpet with pal Phil Harris back in the 1930's in the Los Angeles area. (The Phil Harris who sang "The Bear Necessities" in the cartoon, The Jungle Book.) James, or Jimmie, as his family called him, committed suicide just off CA 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) near the Malibu pier in 1937. Back then it was called Roosevelt Highway.
Geraldine grew up in Southern California. At one time she lived on Beachwood Dr, in Hollywood, near the big "Hollywood" sign. She told her daughter, Cecilia, how they would go to the beach to a fancy place called the Edgewater Club. (Location unknown.)
Geraldine was married to George David Adamson on March 2, 1933 in Los Angeles County, CA. They divorced in 1939 in Los Angeles County, CA (#3180546)
On June, 30, 1940, Geraldine married Harold Edwin Obenland, of Los Angeles, in Yuma, AZ. There were two children from this marriage: Michael Edwin and Cecilia Ann. The couple made their home in Arcadia, CA. Geraldine and Harold's divorce was final on March 3, 1953.
During her lifetime, Geraldine worked as a bacteriologist, bookkeeper, drapery sewer and even a donut maker at Winchell's. Times were tough because both of her children suffered from severe asthma and it was hard for Geraldine to keep a job when she was always having to rush the kids to the emergency room.
At one time, in about 1962, Geraldine was out of money, so she wrote bad checks to feed her family. She was eventually arrested and actually taken to the jail in Arcadia, where she and her children lived. Her daughter can still remember the minute Geraldine decided to do that. They were walking home along Duarte Rd in Arcadia. Michael came to meet them and got upset when his mother said she had no money for food. Geraldine told her daughter, "I know what I have to do." To this day, Cecilia regards her mother as a heroine even though writing bad checks is illegal.
Geraldine always warned her two children about the "green eyed monster", and had lots of sayings that she used often. She would say, "Pride goeth before a fall" and "You can't get blood out of a turnip." She'd say this during hard times...unfortunately, the landlord couldn't get blood out of a turnip, but he sure could kick us to the curb! My favorite saying Geraldine used was, "That's a bunch of hooey!"
Geraldine died in a convalescent hospital in Monrovia, CA after a long bout with cancer. She was only 53. Her ex-husband, Harold paid for the funeral arrangements. During the funeral, he told their daughter, Cecilia that Geraldine was the only woman he had ever loved.
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Sources - [S390] Social Security Death Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;;), Database online.
Record for Geraldine Obenland - [S357] California Birth Index, 1905-1995, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;;), Database online.
Record for Cecilia Ann Obenland - [S357] California Birth Index, 1905-1995, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;;), Database online.
Record for Michael Edwin Obenland - [S240] Geraldine Cecilia Huston California Birth Certificate, California Bureau of Vital Statistics, (Name: California Department of Public Health; Location: Sacramento, CA;), Local Registered #5268, 2 pages; page 2 is an Affidavit of Correction signed by mother on 27, April 1942 and applied 23 Jun 1942; certified copy received by Cecilia Obenland Backhaus Joder on 1 Jun 1977.
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Record for Geraldine Huston - [S724] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Los Angeles Assembly District 63, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T625_107; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 173; Image: 40.
Record for James L Huston
1920 United States Federal Census - James Lee Huston - [S342] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;;), Database online. Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, ED 170, roll 139, page , image 931.0.
Record for Geraldine C Huston - [S724] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Los Angeles Assembly District 63, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T625_107; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 173; Image: 40.
Record for James L Huston1920 United States Federal Census - James Lee Huston - [S1497] Geraldine Cecilia Huston Obenland Death Certificate, California Bureau of Vital Statistics, (Name: California Department of Health; Location: Sacramento, CA; Date: 23 Oct 1968;), certificate number 7097-042198, certified copy received by Cecilia Joder on 18 April 1978; Huston #5.
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Record for James L Huston1920 United States Federal Census - James Lee Huston - [S2329] Geraldine Cecilia Huston and George David Adamson Marriage Record, California State Board of Health, (Name: Bureau of Vital Statistics; Location: Los Angeles, CA; Date: 24 April 1978;), Huston #9, received 25 April 1978 in resonse to my (Cecilia Obenland Backhaus Joder) request of 14 April 1978.
Certified copy of marriage record, Local Registered #2704 for Geraldine Cecilia Huston and George David Adamson - [S5364] George David Adamson Declaration of Intent, National Archives and Records Administration, (Location: Washington DC; Date: 6 Dec 1938;), 75379., US Naturalization Records, 1840-1957, CA District Courts, Roll 237, Petitions for Naturalizations 67237-67762, 30 Nov 1939 - 8 Dec 1939; accessed 21 Mar 2018.
Record for George David Adamson - [S5550] Geraldine Cecilia Huston Obenland In City Directory, (Date: 1954;).
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Record for James L Huston1920 United States Federal Census - James Lee Huston - [S1498] Geraldine Cecilia Huston Obenland Personal History, I just know because she was my mother!.
- [S2330] Geraldine Cecilia Huston and George David Adamson Divorce, Superior Court of the State of California, (Name: Clerk of the Court; Location: Los Angeles, CA; Date: 28 Jun 1940;), Huston #4; received copy from George Adamson during his personal visit to me on 15 Jun 1978 in response to my (Cecilia Obenland Backhaus Joder) letter of 10 April 1978.
Final Judgement of Divorce; Case D 180 546 from 1940 for Geraldine Adamson and George Adamson - [S5334] Harold Edwin Obenland and Geraldine cecilia Huston Marriage Certificate, Clerk of the Superior Court, (Name: Yuma County, AZ; Location: Yuma, AZ; Date: 27 Jul 2017;), Bk 57, page 263; Obenland #189, received 1 Aug 2017.
- [S99] Harold Edwin Obenland and Geraldine Cecilia Huston Divorce Decree.
- [S390] Social Security Death Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;;), Database online.