Should have info on San Diego guy next week. Donna At 11:00 PM 12/27/00 PST, Gregory Rogers wrote: >Lester, > >I may be able to answer a few of your questions and then ad a few more bugs to >the pie. With the assistance of some great people I have been able to obtain >additional information on my Horace Walter Turner. You were correct in the >Ethel C. Fisher and Horace divorced sometime after the birth of my mom, Ardath >Mary Turner in August 1923. I have only today obtained my moms sisters name, >who died at birth and was the eldest twins. Based on the California Birth >Index the following information was obtained: > >TURNER, Adriane b. 8/20/1923, mothers maiden name FISHER >TURNER, Ardath M. b. 8/20/1923, mothers maiden name FISHER > >Adriane died at birth on 8/20/1923 and was the eldest of the two twins. My >mom, Ardath, died on Feb 3, 1998 and was laid to rest in Oroville California. >She can be found on the CA Death Index as Ardath Mary Robnett. > >On my moms birth certificate it has listed Horace Walter Turner, her father, >as an Engineer working at the Standard Oil Refinery. > >As you have eluded to Horace could have remarried a women with the initials >"LJ". I have no information on who this LJ may have been, but then my search >is still very young. > >In about 1978, while I was in the Navy visiting the San Diego area, I was able >to locate Horace who at the time was confined to a Rest Home. Due to the >limited amount of time in the area I was only able to talk with him on the >phone. > >I do appreciate the information you've provided and has given me more to >search. I've written to obtain Horace's SS5 and when it arrives will add that >information to my information, > >Again, Lester, I very much appreciate the interest you have taken in my >search. > >Sincerely, > >Greg Rogers >Tuolumne, CA >olsaltusa@netscape.net > >Lester M Powers <lesterps@juno.com> 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 your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail > > >