Other Events:

• Alternate Place of Birth: Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
• Find A Grave Memorial Number: 25907326
• Race: White
• Name: Emma Cecilia Howe
• Name: Records at St Ann's Orphans' Asylum for Girls state her middle name wa
• Physical Description: Sep 1899, Porter, Porter County, Indiana, USA; 18 years, 5' 6" tall, medium high forehead, brown eyes, slightly Roman nose, medium mouth with thin lips,slightly curved, slightly prominent chin, dark brown hair, olive complexion, oval face, inclined to be long
• Adopted: 26 Sep 1904, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, USA; Superior Court Cause No. 924
• Residence: 1910, Los Angeles Assembly District 73, Los Angeles County, California, USA; 1502 W 11th St; Age: 29; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: Aug 1915, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; 610 N Berendo St
• Residence: 1920, Los Angeles Assembly District 63, Los Angeles County, California, USA; 601 N New Hampshire; Age: 37; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: Oct 1924, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; 2202 Beachwood Dr. (Just below the "Hollywood" sign on the hill)
• Residence: 1930, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; 334 N Kingsley Dr.
• Residence: 1935, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
• Residence: Mar 1937, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; 671 N Mariposa
• Occupation: 1940, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; cook for the Eugene H and Mary J Rosenthal family
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; 140 S Las Palmas; Age: 58; Marital Status: Divorced; Relation to Head of House: Cook
• Residence: Aug 1942, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; 140 S Las Palmas
• Residence: Dec 1949, Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA; 1114 Baldwin Ave
• Residence: 1950, Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA; 1114 S Baldwin Ave
• Residence: 1952, Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA; 34 Naomi Ave; with daughter and her children
• Residence: Between 1953 and 1954, Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA; 214 San Antonio Rd with daughter & kids; I wrote this number when I was researching old Arcadia 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.
• Residence: 1955, Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA; 220 San Luis Rey Rd; with daughter and her children
• Residence: Between 1956 and 1957, Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA; 754 Arcadia Ave; with daughter and her children
• Residence: 1958, Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA; 624 Huntington Blvd, Apt 5; with daughter and her children
• Residence: 1959, Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA; 810 Fairveiw Ave; with daughter and her children
• Residence: 1960, Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA; 518 1/2 W Longden Ave; with daughter and her children
• Last Residence: Sep 1963, Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA; 514 W Huntington Dr

Notes:

Emma's middle name is listed as Mary on her intake records at St. Ann's Home in Terre Haute, Indiana. However, she always used Cecilia.

According to a letter written by Emma to her children in the 1930's, Emma was the daughter of Magdalena Bachmann, who was the daughter of Gervais Bachmann and his wife, Magdalena Weiderle (or Wiederle).

Gervais and his wife came to the United States from Germany in 1846, landing in New Orleans. They had 5 children, born in Ohio and Indiana: Rosina, George, Mary, Anna Elizabeth and Magdalena.

The younger Magdalena had a son out-of-wedlock, Albert Louis. His father was a neighbor, Monroe Gloshen.

My grandmother, Emma, was her second illegitimate child. I don't know who Emma's father was. It could have been Monroe Gloshen again or someone else. For some reason, Albert stayed with his mother and grandparents in Franklin County, Indiana. However, when she was about 2 1/2 , Emma was sent to St. Ann's Orphans' Home in Terre Haute, to be raised and educated by the Sisters of Providence, from St. Mary-Of-The-Woods. Whether she lived with her mother up until that time is unknown.

The records from St. Ann's, from Catholic Charities, sent to me by the Diocese of Evanston, says that Emma was admitted on June 29, 1883. The records also state that on June 10, 1885, Emma was placed with a Mrs. Miller from Terre Haute, who had no children and would "adopt Emma as her child." Mrs. Miller brought her back on January 3, 1886. These records also state that Emma was placed with Miss Frances Howe* on May 16, 1894. This corresponds with what Emma told me when I was a child...that she lived with the Sisters until she was 13 years old.

Miss Frances Rose Howe was the niece of the Mother Superior at St. Mary's and on one of her visits, she took a liking to Emma. Emma eventually spent time at Miss Howe's home, the Bailly Homestead in Porter County, Indiana. (The Homestead is now part of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and on the U.S. Register of Historic Buildings.) Emma also accompanied Miss Howe to Europe. She bought Emma a violin and paid for lessons. When Emma was 23 years old, Frances Howe formally adopted Emma.

The only description I have of Emma as a young lady comes from an article by Mrs. Florence Busse Smith, published in the Duneland Historical Society newsletter in April, 1956. Titled, "I Remember Miss Frances Howe, Emma Bachman and George Blagg", it says of Emma, "Who was Emma Bachman? Some people said that she was Miss Howe's own daughter, who had been kept away at school and has now at about sixteen years of age come home. But mother told me that Emma was Miss Howe's adopted daughter. The story generally accepted was that Emma was a member of a large orphaned family in South Bend and Miss Howe had adopted her. She was a most attractive girl, about five feet seven inches tall, lithe and merry with beautiful wavy chestnut hair and lovely brown eyes. She had a warm and gracious personality. She was a little younger than I but we were understanding friends."

Mrs. Smith continues, "Miss Howe bought a beautiful race horse for her and she drove to our house often in her racing cart. She brought me a picture of herself and horse one time. I wonder where that picture is? One day, she came beautifully dressed in an exquisite chiffon blouse. 'Emma', I said, with my seventeen years of wisdom, 'you shouldn't be wearing that pretty blouse to drive in.' 'I know it," she replied, 'but I wanted to wear it and this was the nicest place I know to wear it.' Poor dear, she was lonely for the companionship of young people. Often she would drive over to the Chesterton Bakery and bring back a sack of Mr. Hoham's good macaroons for me which she knew I especially liked.

It must have been in the fall of 1906 when Emma, unable to gain Miss Howe's consent to her marriage with their Swedish-born groomsman, slipped out of the house early one morning, to elope..."

Emma did indeed run away with her groomsman/coachman, Gustave Christianson, which caused quite a scandal...all the way to Chicago. As reported in the Lake County Times, the couple eloped on a Saturday. They spent the day driving from town to town in their buggy. Emma hesitated to get married at that time, as she was waiting for permission from Miss Howe.

Emma and Gustave arrived in Hobart, about fifteen miles from the Bailly Homestead and stabled their horse at Duffy DeFrance's livery. They then took a room at the Hobart House. Around midnight, Emma decided to return home. She recovered her horse and buggy from the barn, but after a few miles, she became lost and returned to Hobart. She asked Bert Pierce, of Shearer Livery, to take her back to the homestead.

Meanwhile, Gustave had found the town Marshal, Fred Rose, and asked for his help in locating Emma. He told the Marshal that she had robbed him.

Marshal Rose and Gustave found Emma at the Shearer Livery and instead of accusing her of theft, Gustave pleaded with her to marry him. Emma refused, and left to return home.

As reported in the newspaper, Gustave also returned to the homestead, asking Miss Howe to see Emma. When refused, he left.

It is said that Emma and Gustave were not married during their elopement.

In 1908, Emma married James Huston in Kansas City, Kansas.
Their license application states that they were both from Los Angeles, California. That is something that I don't understand. I never knew Emma was in Los Angeles prior to her marriage to James. And, if they were both from Los Angeles, why were they married in Kansas City, Missouri? Did she elope for a second time? I need to go back through the letters I have both to and from Miss Howe to see if the answer lies there. I'm not sure if Miss Howe would have approved of the marriage. James was from a family that had once been wealthy and were important members of the town of Maysville, Kentucky. However, during the marriage, he is listed on the Census as a traveling salesman, at one time selling shoes. This doesn't sound like the kind of suitor for Emma that Miss Howe would welcome. At the time of their marriage, James was 39 and Emma 25.

Emma and James settled in Los Angeles, California. They had two children; a son, James Francis and a daughter, my mother, Geraldine Cecilia Huston. James Francis played the trumpet with entertainer Phil Harris in the 1930's in the Los Angeles area. (If you've ever seen the Disney cartoon, The Jungle Book, you've heard Phil Harris...he was the voice of the bear and sang "The Bare Necessities.")

Unfortunately, James Francis committed suicide in 1937. He died in Malibu from carbon monoxide poisoning from his car. The note he left just said he would take to the grave the reasons for his suicide.

Emma's marriage to James was strained. I have letters from their maid to Miss Howe, stating that James treated Emma badly. He was stingy and wouldn't let her have any money. I believe he also drank some. It's been awhile since I read those letters. I need to go back and do that again.

My grandparents divorced and in 1924, Emma married a man named John W. Price, the son of Thomas C. Price and his wife, Lucinda Norman. Emma and John had no children together and eventually divorced. While they were married, they belonged to the Edgewater Club. This was a fairly prestigious beach club in Santa Monica, California. My mother used to tell me how they would ride from their home on North Beachwood Drive, below the "Hollywood" sign, down to the club in their fancy convertible.

An interesting side note: when Emma met John Price, he was married to a lady named Jennie L. Price. I don't know if the L stands for her middle name or her maiden name. I don't know the particulars of his marriage to Jennie nor do I know if they were living together or estranged at the time John met Emma. On January 12, 1923, Jennie Price filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court (#116059). The defendant was Emma Huston. She was being sued for "wrongfully intending to injury (sic) this plaintiff and deprive her of her said husband's protection, society, aid, and support, willfully, wickedly, and maliciously gained the affections of said John W. Price, and induced him to have carnal intercourse with her, and sought to persuade him and entice him by offers of money, the payment of money, and other things of various kinds and otherwise to leave plaintiff without support and to reside and live with defendant in the city of Los Angeles, county and state aforesaid." The filing ends with Jennie asking for a judgment against Emma for $100,000.

Emma denied it all. The copies I received from the court in 1978 ends with a notice to Emma to appear for a deposition in August, 1923. The last page is a court paper filed on April 30, 1952 which states, "it appearing to the Court from an examination of the record herein that this action should be dismissed...therefore, upon the court's own motion, the above entitled action is hereby dismissed." I don't know what happened to the case...did Jennie drop her suit and somehow it never was dismissed? Did Emma settle out of court and give Jennie some money? Goodness knows, Emma had enough money...at least then...

When Miss Howe died, Emma inherited 3 million dollars from her estate. During the time of her marriage to John Price, they ran through all of that money. I had no idea how much it was until several years ago when I found a Los Angeles Times article about the "Heiress" who regained custody of her children. It said that Emma had inherited 3 million dollars! That article stated that while Emma was back in Chicago dealing with Miss Howe's estate, her husband was taking care of the children. When Emma came back, he didn't want to let her take them because she had been gone so long. Emma prevailed and she was given custody of James Francis and Geraldine.

After the money was gone and Emma and John Price divorced, Emma cleaned houses for a living. She was also a live-in cook for a family in Los Angeles. Can you imagine that? Going from having all that money to being a cleaning lady and a cook. (Not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just it's a big difference in lifestyle!) And, in her later years, we were poor, so Emma's lifestyle never improved; in fact, it went downhill!

When my parents divorced, Emma came to live with us. I was not quite two years old, so my memories as a child all include her. Emma took care of my brother, Michael, and I while our mother worked. I have memories of her reading to me and believe that's where my love of books came from. I also remember watching Mitch Miller and his "bouncing ball" on TV with my grandmother. That's where I first heard my second favorite song of all time, "The Yellow Rose of Texas"...sitting with Emma and watching Mitch Miller and the Gang! (For anyone who really cares, and I'm sure most of you don't, but I'm going to tell you anyway...my first all-time favorite song is "The Battle Hymn of the Republic.")

We always lived in Arcadia, a lovely city in Los Angeles County, California. And we moved a lot because my mother sometimes couldn't pay the rent. One of the biggest regrets of my life occurred during one of those moves. We were living in a motel on Hustington Dr, across from the County Park in Arcadia. We had all of our things stored in a garage on the property. When we moved out, we left in a taxi. Unfortunately, my mother never went back to get our things. She owed the landlady $50 and never had the extra money. I was only in 5th grade at the time, so I didn't understand exactly what was happening. If I had been older, I would have called my father and asked for help. He was very interested in family history and I'm sure if he had known my mother had left all of the family pictures, etc in that garage, he would have gotten them for us. That is why I have no pictures of myself as a baby and only a couple of my brother. (Those came from my father after I was an adult and talked to him about our family history.) Emma left a large steamer trunk in that garage and I'm sure there were all sorts of documents that would have been interesting to read, and maybe would have given me the answers to her father's identity. Sadly, that was not to be.

My mother never owned a car, so we walked or took the bus wherever we needed to go. For a time, my grandmother ordered groceries from a "mom and pop" store, Vickery's Country Market, because they delivered. Emma knew I liked peppermint candy, so she always ordered peppermint sticks for me.

Emma passed away at the Los Angeles County Hospital on September 27, 1963. Emma was buried on October 17, 1963 at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Rowland Heights, California, courtesy of the county. Unfortunately, we were poor and my mother couldn't afford a funeral or a headstone for her.


Buried:
Queen of Heaven Cemetery; Section E, Row 25, Grave 212. She has no stone.

Died:
Los Angeles County General Hospital

Emma married James Lee Huston 21 Jan 1908, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA; divorced Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA. James (son of James Alexander Lee Huston and Elizabeth Morgan Johnson) was born 6 Feb 1866, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA; died 19 Sep 1935, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; was buried I don't believe he was buried. See notes. [Group Sheet]

Emma married John W. Price 3 Oct 1924, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA. John (son of Thomas Charner Price and Lucinda Paralee Norman) was born Abt 1875, Copiah County, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Find A Grave Memorial Number: 21809236
• Race: White
• Name: Francis James Huston
• Name: Jimmy
• Residence: 1910, Los Angeles Assembly District 73, Los Angeles County, California, USA; 1502 W 11th St; Age: 1; Age: 1 5/12; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: Aug 1915, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; 610 N Berendo St
• Residence: 1920, Los Angeles Assembly District 63, Los Angeles County, California, USA; 601 N New Hampshire; Age: 11; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Occupation: Mar 1937, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; musician in an orchestra
• Residence: Mar 1937, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; 1327 N Kingsley
• _FUN: 20 Mar 1937, Los Angeles County, California, USA; chapel of the WA Brown Funeral Home, 1815 S Flower St.

Notes:

James Francis Huston was born on Nov. 16, 1909 in Los Angeles, CA. However, the State of California searched from 1905 thru 1914 and couldn't find a copy of his birth certificate.

His parents were James Lee Huston and Emma Cecilia Bachmann Howe. (The Bachmann was her birth name, Howe was her adopted name.) James had one sister, Geraldine Cecilia, born in 1915.

James was named for his father. I always thought his middle name, Francis, honored his mother's adopted mother, Frances Rose Howe.
However, after finding earlier members of the family I found a great uncle named Francis Lee Huston. Maybe James' middle name came from this great uncle.

James was a trumpet player in Los Agneles. He played in a band with his good friend, Phil Harris. Mr. Harris became a Hollywood legend. You might remember his voice from the Disney cartoon, "The Jungle Book." He was the voice of the bear who sang, "The Bear Necessities."

James committed suicide on March 16, 1937. His death certificate indicates his car was found in Malibu, 100 ft. off of Roosevelt Highway. It states, "Tubed exhaust to his closed Ford car." The cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning. He was 27 years old.

The article in the Los Angeles Times regarding his suicide says he left a note saying, "I will take to the grave the reasons for my actions." His occupation is listed as a musician in an orchestra. At the time of his death he lived at 1327 N. Kingsley, Los Angeles, CA.

His sister, Geraldine had two children. They were always told that their Uncle Jimmy died in a car accident. In 1978, James niece, Cecilia, went to the Los Angeles City Library and found the article about his death on microfilm. Imagine her shock when she learned that James had not died in a car accident, but comitted suicide.

The family story goes that James's mother gave his trumpets and music to his good friend, Phil Harris.

James death certificate shows his name as Francis James Huston, although he was always talked about as Jimmy. And, I believe Forest Lawn where his ashes are, has him listed also as James Francis Huston. Maybe he was given the name Francis James Huston and that is why CA shows no record of his birth under the first name James.

James died on March 16, 1937. He was cremated on Saturday, March 20, 1937 in Los Angeles. His funeral was held the same day. However, his cremated remains were not interred at Forest Lawn until Aug. 10, 1937. I suspect that his mother was trying to get the money together to pay the bill.

Unfortunately, I have not found any pictures of James. I'm looking into getting pictures from a number of sources: LA Unified School District, Coroner's office and Phil Harris's daughters.


Buried:
Forest Lawn Memorial Park; Niche11040, Columbarium of the Graces, in the Dahlia Terrace in the Great Mausoleum.

Died:
His car was parked "100 feet off Roosevelt Highway, Malibu Pr, " and "1/2 mile west of Topanga Canyon Blvd; Malibu Pr."(Pr must mean pier.) Roosevelt Highway is now Highway 1 (Pacific Coast Highway)

Other Events:

• Find A Grave Memorial Number: 8861307
• Race: White
• Social Security Number: 563-03-0689
• _ORDI: Los Angeles County, California, USA; bacteriologist, bookkeeper, drapery sewer and even a donut maker at Winchell's Donut Shop in South Pasadena, CA
• Residence: Aug 1915, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; 610 N Berendo St
• Residence: 1920, Los Angeles Assembly District 63, Los Angeles County, California, USA; 601 N New Hampshire; Age: 4; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Residence: 1930, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
• Address: Mar 1933, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Address:
  4225 1/4 Monroe St
• Address: 22 Apr 1938, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Address:
  1184 Madison Ave.
• 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; 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; 148 B La Porte
• _FUN: 23 Oct 1968, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA; in the chapel at Temple & LaGorge Mouruary; Rev Bruce Stafford of the First Methodist Church officiating

Notes:

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.


Buried:
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:
Mon-Arc Convalescent Hospital; 615 W Duarte Rd

Geraldine married George David Adamson 2 Mar 1933, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; divorced 28 Jun 1940, Los Angeles County, California, USA. George (son of John Adamson and Mary Hunter) was born 30 May 1910, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; died 16 Jul 2002, Utah, USA; was buried 20 Jul 2002, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA. [Group Sheet]

Geraldine married Harold Edwin Obenland 30 Jun 1940, Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, USA; divorced Between 1952 and 1953, Clark County, Nevada, USA. Harold (son of Gustave Franklin Obenland and Anna Veronica Malarkey) was born 3 Jul 1905, Birmingham, Shelby County, Alabama, USA; died 6 Jan 1982, Lake Isabella, Kern County, California, USA; was buried 11 Jan 1982, Wofford Heights, Kern County, California, USA. [Group Sheet]

Cecilia married Robert Duane Backhaus (son of William George Henry Backhaus and Orpha Marion Henjum) [Group Sheet]

Cecilia married Willard Harding Yoder, Jr (son of Willard Harding Yoder, Sr and Charlcie Everhea Smith) [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Birth: Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, now Cedars-Sinai
• Find A Grave Memorial Number: 21792379
• Social Security Number: 556-74-5929
• Residence: Between 1947 and 1948, Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA; 1123 Sunset Blvd
• Baptism: 7 Mar 1948, Arcadia, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Holy Angels Catholic Church Rev William Lundy officiating. His Godparents were his great Aunt and Uncle, Marion Malarkey Gillis and Hector Gillis.
• 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 with daughter & kids; I wrote this number when I was researching old Arcadia 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.
• 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
• 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: 1964, Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA; 1127 W Duarte Rd, Apt B; the "Monaco Aptartments".
• Residence: Between 1967 and 1968, Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA; 148 B La Porte
• Occupation: Dec 1970, Los Angeles County, California, USA; assembler in a stereo cabinet factory
• Residence: Dec 1970, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA; 301 E Colorado Blvd
• Last Residence: May 2004, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; 1745 N Western Ave #4 (a Board and Care Home)
• Residence: May 2004, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; 1745 Western Ave, #4

Notes:

Michael's parents were Geraldine Cecilia Obenland (nee Huston) and Harold Edwin Obenland. Michael was born at Cedar's of Lebanon Hospital (now Cedar's Sinai). He was baptized at Holy Angels Catholic Church, in Arcadia, CA on March 7, 1948. His Sponsors were his great aunt, Marion Gillis and her husband, Hector.

Michael's parents divorced in 1953, however, they had been living apart for at least one year prior to that. Michael grew up in Arcadia, Los Angeles County, CA with his mother and sister. The two children were taken care of by their maternal grandmother, Emma Cecilia Price, who lived with them until her death in 1962.

Michael was married twice. First to Sherry Chrisinger on Dec. 12, 1970 in Monrovia, CA. They had two children before divorcing: Tracey Dionne Obenland (1971-2011) and Julie Marie Obenland.

He later married Rosanna Jean Krajcik. Two children were born in this marriage: Marcia Marie Obenland, born in Los Angeles on March 12, 1978. Another child was found on the California Birth Index at Ancestry.com as being born to them on December 21, 1976, in Los Angeles. She is listed there as both Lisa A. Obenland and Lisa A. Krajcik. However, the state of California has said they have no record of this birth. Maybe she was adopted, as Michael and Rosanna had many problems in life. Michael and Rosanna were divorced in Los Angeles County, CA. Date unknown.

On Oct. 19, 1992, Michael was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times regarding panhandlers. He said, "I'm manic-depressive. Both my wife (Rosanna) and I have been in many mental institutions. We have both had electric shock treatments over and over. We weren't born this way on purpose. My wife and I are both on disability. We each get $595 per month. Our rent, $597, takes half of that. Soon the state will cut us back $35 each per month. We could end up homeless again, like we were for a year and a half. Governor Wilson needs to be recalled. He doesn't care about the poor. See this brace I'm wearing for my spine? I need steroid shots, but they're not covered on Medicare. I need tranquilizers for my nerves, but they're not covered by Medicare. I've thought sometimes of suicide. Things are getting worse. About five months ago, I started getting up at 3 AM to go out with a flashlight to get bottles and stuff out of trash cans. It's so shabby everywhere. I'd say one-eighth of the people I ask give me money. The most I ever got? About $5. But mostly it's chump change, just enough so I can take my wife to Denny's for an iced tea or something."

Michael died at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital of pneumonia, a complication of COPD. His sister, Cecilia, did not find out about his death until a year or so later. She picked up his ashes from LA County on May 17, 2006, where they now reside on a shelf in her home next to their mother's ashes.


Birth:
Social Security Death Index is incorrect if it says the 17th

Buried:
on this day I brought Michael's ashes to my home. They reside on the shelf next to our mother's ashes.

Died:
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center; pneumonia due to COPD. He also was suppering from hypertension. (high blood pressure)

Michael married Sherry Lyn Chrisinger (daughter of Lloyd Donald Chrisinger and Geraldine Reeves) [Group Sheet]

Michael — Rosanna Jean Krajcik. Rosanna (daughter of George Washington Krajcik and Lietta Maria Bruni) was born 29 Jun 1950, Texas, USA; died 17 Jul 2001, Van Nuys, Los Angeles County, California, USA. [Group Sheet]

Annalisa — Robert Eugene Grand. [Group Sheet]

Annalisa married Mark David Brown, Sr (son of Edward Forest Brown, Sr and Carolyn Doris Eakle) [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Find A Grave Memorial Number: 68185335
• Residence: 1992, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA; 315 Jasmine Ave

Notes:

Tracey was the daughter of Michael Edwin Obenland and Sheri Krissinger.

From the Bellingham Herald, March 4, 2011:

"Tracey D. Cook, 39, of Maple Falls, passed away Friday, February 25th, 2011. She was born on July 12th, 1971 in California. Tracy (sic) is survived by her husband Corey, and her sons Travis, Dylan, Justin and Danny, her mother Sherry and stepfather Mike, and her dog Daisy. A service will be held on Saturday, March 5th, 1:00 pm at 3802 James Street. Tracey will always be remembered for her love of animals and her kind heart."

Tracey — Daniel McClure, Sr. [Group Sheet]

Tracey — Unknown Cavender. [Group Sheet]

Tracey married Corey D Cook 26 Mar 2005, Whatcom County, Washington, USA. Corey was born , Washington, USA. [Group Sheet]

Julie — Peter Merjil. [Group Sheet]

Marcia — Living Perea. [Group Sheet]