Oh WOW ... Thank you ever so much ... Australia ... Rhoda married an Australian in America ... WOW ... LOLOL ... I'm gobsmacked ... I don't know what to say ... Thanks ... Sue >>>>> off to see what she can find out about Alfred W. Roberts ... > Sue; > Got a DC transcription for Jean for you. > > San Diego 153-2582 > Jean Alfred Roberts > 1918 Broadway Apt 4-A, San Diego, CA > Died: 11/13/1976, 7:30 pm, El Cajon Valley Hospital > male, caucasian, SS#557-18-4047, divorced, age 56, Engineer - Equipment > Operator > Birth: 8/9/1920, California > FA: Alfred W. Roberts, Australia > MO: Rhoda E. Dunn, England > Cause: Ventricular fibrillation, massive gastric aspiration, benign > prostate hypertrophy. > DR: Philip O. Braebel > Mortuary: Featheringill Mortuary > Cremation: 11/17/1976, Cypress View Crematory > Informant: Eugene F. Roberts 23151 Saguaro, Apt D, El Toro, California > > Hope this helps. > Donna > > > > > At 02:52 PM 1/1/01 -0000, Sue wrote: > >Hello All, I'm new to this list ... > > > >My interest in CA stems from my Great Aunt - Rhoda Ellen ROBERTS (nee DUNN) > >... She was born on the 15th January, 1890 (birth certificate), in my home > >town of Nottingham, England - (15th January 1891 on death certificate) ... > > > >Rhoda was a registered nurse who, I think, emigrated to America in the > >September of 1919 ... I have this postcard written by my Gran to a cousin, > >saying how she couldn't visit with them because she was, "going to see > >Nellie off" ... The *off* being wave her goodbye & Nellie being Rhoda's > >nickname ... > > > >I finally found my Rhoda on the online California Death Index - many thanks > >to the people who made that available .. She died on the 8th January, 1963, > >in Los Angeles ... She was a widow ... I have no idea who the informant was, > >& I would suggest that he didn't know her all that well, because her > >mother's name is missing & her father's name is the wrong one - it gives > >William DUNN & in fact her father's name was Elias DUNN ... Her grandfather > >& brother were called William ... There are too many things right about the > >information given for me not to doubt that I have the right death > >certificate ... > > > >I was told that Rhoda married an American & had two children - a boy called > >Gene & a girl 'they' thought was called Molly ... So, I then set about > >searching the Online Birth Index & found a possible two children for Rhoda > >.... > > > >ROBERTS JEAN A 08/09/1920 MALE DUNN SAN DIEGO > >ROBERTS MARY A 09/05/1923 FEMALE DUNN SAN DIEGO > > > >I then searched the Cemetery Index again & found a possible death for Jean > >... > > > >Jean A Roberts Burial: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery > >* > >Birth: Aug. 9, 1920 San Diego County > >Death: Nov. 13, 1976 California, USA - Plot: E,70 > > > >Of course, I have no ideas at all about Mary .. ??? ... Did she marry .. ??? > > > >I still don't know the name of Rhoda's hubby either ... Is there a Marriage > >Index that could be searched .. ??? .. > > > >Rhoda was a Registered nurse - I understand she did her training her in > >England - but - would she have had to have registered with a Nursing > >Association in America ? .. If so, with whom ? ... > > > >Are hospital records available ? ... Her Death certificate says she died at > >the Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, & that her last employment had > >been at the Ventura General Hospital ... > > > >Finally (almost) - do I hear a sigh of relief ? ... :-) ... The funeral > >director was Callanan Mortuary & she was buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery > >... Now I've searched for this cemetery, but I'm confused, there appears to > >be more than one in Los Angeles by than name ... > > > >Lastly, I have found on the LA Times Index, an Obituary for Rhoda, but I > >have no idea where to go from here about that ... The entry says ... > > > >ROBERTS, Rhoda; ; ; Los Angeles T (CA); 1997-3-16; kweigel > > > >Could this really be her, do you think ? ... Is the date the entry in the > >index ? ... > > > >Umm ... A lot of food for thought ... Thanks for letting me air it ... > > > >Sue > >were the snow has finally melted ... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >