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Subject: Re: [ADVANRES] help needed for 1930 mystery
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:06:30 -0500
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Do you have Applications for Social Security Account Number for Richard Sr.,
Marguerite and Richard Jr.? Perhaps you know that Marguerite was using her
real name professionally, but perhaps it was a stage name, not the name she
was born with. In that case, whatever is on Richard Jr's birth certificate
is not going to be maiden name Hix, but something else. There's a Richard
English born 1929 whose mother was Coates...clutching at straws...Lila
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From: "D and K" <>
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Sent: 21 July, 2008 1:43 PM
Subject: [ADVANRES] help needed for 1930 mystery
> Hello everyone,
> I have been struggling with this for about a quarter of a century but
> recently decided to tackle it again.
> I have checked state and county records, their church records and can't
> find anything. Als checked Nevada and Arizona state marriage records. In
> 1928-1930 where was the easiest/quickest place to marry if you were in Los
> Angeles.
>
> Looking for any record of marriage in California 1928-April 1930?
> My grandparents Marguerite Hix and Richard T. English married somewhere in
> Los Angeles area. I have been looking for this for many years. I know
> Marguerite was there beginning in June, 1928.
> U.S. census records says
> Year: 1930; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll:
> T626_142; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 254; Image: 0770 Block #169,
> April 15, 1930, E.D. 9-254, Sheet 17, #39322/3 people
> English Richard/Head/home rented for $35.00, no farm, male/W/ 45 years
> old/married/ age 19 when first married/Iowa/KY/Iowa/ construction
> Engineer/Contractors/not employed, not a veteran
> Marguerite/Wife-H/F/W/31 years old/M/28 when married for
> first time/Idaho/CA/Wales
> Richard T./Son/1/12 years old/single/Ca/Iowa/Idaho
> Marguerite born in 16 Jan. 1895 then she would be 35 years old, not 31.
> So her age is wrong when she married for the first time as well.
> Her marriage would be between Dec. 16 1928 and April 15, 1930. But since I
> found her listed in the L.A. times as Miss Marguerite Hix, a singer, Jan.
> 16, 1929, maybe she was married between Jan. of 1929 and April of
> 1930. ----unless she kept her maiden name as her professional title....
>
> What is your advice?
> Much appreciated,
> Karen
>
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