I will get a death cert on the San Diego H. W. Turner and see if that helps any. BTW, 92050 is National City which is in San Diego County area. Donna At 10:19 PM 12/27/00 -0800, Lester M Powers wrote: >Gregory Rogers seeks Horace Walter Turner (b. ca. 1901, >KA), an engineer at a Standard Oil Refinery, one >daughter of whom, Ardath Mary Turner, b. 1923 at El >Segundo, CA (where the Standard Oil Refinery is), which >Horace is said to have resided some time or other in San >Diego County too. Gregory wondered about a Horace Turner >on the SSDI died at North Hollywood. Larry Turner posted >a claim on this list for the North Hollywood Horace >Turner, saying that's probably his uncle, Horace Fraser >Turner, if the death date is year 2000. > >OK. To kill some time today, I looked up Horace Turner >(d. North Hollywood) on the SSDI at www.rootsweb.com. >That one died year 2000 all right. Larry Turner's claim >probably stands. Gregory Rogers is probably out one >grandpa. ***BUT*** near or at the bottom of the display >with the North Hollywood Larry uncle appears a Horace >Turner b. July 1, 1901 d. March 1979, ZIP code 92050. >Now, ZIP 92050 *ought* to be in San Diego County, though >I tried to find it, and I cannot. > >Now the fun begins. (ATTENTION DONNA WHO LOOKS UP >SAN DIEGO STUFF.) The CADI has a Horace W. Turner, >died at county code 37 (San Diego Co.???), March 21, >1979, Registrar Number 3035, State File Number 33550, >SSN 572-12-2974. OK. PROBLEM!!! Greg's Horace's >wife's name was Ethel Catherine Fisher. Horace W. >Turner on the CADI has spouse's initials "LJ." I.e., >**wrong wife.** But, suppose Ethel died or was >divorced? Well, this is only guesswork, but the CADI >has an Ethel Fisher (no spouse) d. 1980 in the county >of L.A. and an Ethel C. Turner (no spouse) d. 1961, >city of L.A. > >How's them apples for indistinguishable sauce? But, >this is just some out-of-the-blue, out-on-a-limb >guesswork, mind. > >By the way, the Standard Oil refinery at El Segundo >was up and running late in 1911 (or so), and thus Mr. >Turner being there in the 1920s is no prob. And, I >might add, San Diego Co. has been regarded as a >retirement haven by Lost Angelinos for at least a >couple of decades, if not longer. > > Lester Powers > lesterps@juno.com > > >________________________________________________________________ >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > >