This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wharton, Detwiler Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pBC.2ACE/4031.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, Vickie, A couple of people have emailed me in the last 12 hours that they see a Charles Wharton in the California death index for 1963 in Los Angeles. I am not sure if that is a match because the birthdata is not what I have except for the month of January. My records indicate he was born January 19, 1872 in Iowa to Samuel Joseph Wharton and Elma or Elmira or Almira Detwiler Wharton. However, I think I should write to California for that death record....hopefully there will be enough information on it to confirm or deny the connection. If California proves a match, I am not sure an obituary would have gotten back to a Seattle newspaper....much depends on who supplied the information. Now I think I'd best pursue the California records first before looking further in King county, Washington. I am very grateful for your interest and attempts to help me! Thank you, Vickie.