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    1. Re: San Diego / LA - Help wanted - sorry it's long
    2. Sue
    3. 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 ... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

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