Notes
Note for: Merle Watson, - Index
Burial:
Place: Corona, Riverside County, California
Individual note:
[Family Genealogy by Ruth Elaine Dixon - Watson when in her late 80's]
Mongoloid - died in infancy
Notes
Note for: Harry Watson, - Index
[Family Genealogy by Ruth Elaine Dixon - Watson when in her late 80's]
Harry Watson had 2 girls and 2 boys, they lived at Roscoe CA, San
Fernando Valley. Harry's wife died. Harry raised the boys and were killed
in WW2. His girls Edith and Etta were raised by Harry's sister Annie at
Roscoe on a chicken ranch.
Notes
Note for: Bert Watson, - Index
[Family Genealogy by Ruth Elaine Dixon - Watson when in her late 80's]
Bert never married. He lived down town in L. A. sold newspapers to
motorists. Bert took care of Priscilla when she was bed ridden. Took care
of house, cooked, and fed Priscilla and the 10 acres of lemons. Later
years Bert committed suicide. Slit wrists in his hotel room downtown L. A.
Notes
Note for: Dollie Watson, - Index
[Family Genealogy by Ruth Elaine Dixon - Watson when in her late 80's]
Dollie had 2 girls, Monica and Kathleen.... married a druggist - betrayed
Dollie in Tennessee. Dollie and girls Monica and Kathleen - husband
Claude and children came to Calif. Dollie worked in drapery factory
making drapes to order and sell.
Notes
Note for: Edward Watson, - Index
[Family Genealogy by Ruth Elaine Dixon - Watson when in her late 80's]
Worked for years for White King Soap Co in Los Angeles. Marketing and
collecting.
Notes
Note for: Sparkle Elizabeth Cruzan, 15 JAN 1901 - 23 MAY 1990 Index
Burial:
Place: Elsinor CA (get info)
Individual note:
[Family Genealogy by Ruth Elaine Dixon - Watson when in her late 80's]
[Family Genealogy and stories told to me by Shirley Ruth Suhr - Watson,
including old photos]
GARNER SPARKLE ELIZABETH 01/15/1901 TURNER CRUZON F MISSOURI
STANISLAUS 05/23/1990 89 yrs
GARNER, SPARKLE ELIZABETH 05/23/1990 Female STANISLAUS
document number 00476662 Name: GARNER, SPARKLE ELIZABETH
Notes
Note for: Frank Estel Dixon, 5 FEB 1877 - 29 JAN 1947 Index
Burial:
Place: Bellevue Mausoleum, Ontario California - Corridor B #21A
Individual note:
[Family Genealogy by Ruth Elaine Dixon - Watson when in her late 80's]
Calif Death Index - no ss# listed on CADI
[nothing on SSDI]
Ancestry - German, English, Irish, Scotch
Died at his home of heart failure in Ontario California
Frank married Ethel Mae Tapps at her home in Conrad Iowa, Feb 6, 1907.
Frank said he was a Bachelor 1 day before his marriage. At age 30 years
you become a Bachelor. Frank was a farmer and a carpenter. He worked for
Campbell Construction Co in Ontario California for 25 years.
Came to California by train.
1st Farm: South of Conrad Iowa
2nd Farm: N.E. of Marshalltown Iowa, 120 acres known as BeBe Farm.
Daughters Ruth and Lois born on this farm.
3rd Farm: S.E. of Marshalltown Iowa, 120 acres. Daughters Hazel and
Wilma born on this farm.
4th Farm: Moved into Marshalltown Iowa. Son Wayne was born here.
5th Farm: South of Conrad Iowa, 640 acres known as Rockhill Farm, no
children born here.
6th Farm: Moved to Albion Iowa, City Limits, 57 acres. Daughter
Florence born here. First house with electricity
7th Home: Sold farm at Albion, moved to Ontario California, February
1922. Bought home at
606 W. Grove, Ontario. Sons Robert and Richard;
daughters Doris and Gladys born here.
Notes
Note for: Ethel Mae Tapps, 29 DEC 1886 - 11 JUL 1980 Index
Burial:
Place: Bellevue Mausoleum, Ontario California - Corridor B #21A
Individual note:
[Family Genealogy by Ruth Elaine Dixon - Watson when in her late 80's]
CADI
DIXON ETHEL MAE 12/29/1886 ELDER TAPPS IOWA SAN DIEGO(37)
07/11/1980 93 yrs
[nothing on SSDI]
Died at Paradise Valley Manor, National City, California