This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: EDCRF Surnames: Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.king/6766.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Seattle Times Wednesday, March 4, 1942 Ex-Seattle Man Will Serve At Home in Africa Charles C. (Chuck) Fagan, Broadway High School graduate, will be going home when he leaves Seattle for Africa next week as head of a party of Seattle youths who will serve as ambulance drivers with the American Field Service in Libya. Fagan has lived in Johannesburg, South Africa, where his father, Charles Fagan, is an automobile distributor since 1934. He returned to Seattle last year to apply to join the United States Army Air Force. His older brother, Prescott (Peck) Fagan became a pilot officer with the South African Air Force at the beginning of the war, but Charles decided he wanted to wear an American uniform. Fagan discovered, however, when he arrived in the United States, that he was over age and after a few months decided to volunteer with the American Field Services. The group of ambulance drivers will serve with American, British or Free French units on the Middle Eastern Front. ========== The Seattle Times Sunday, November 14, 1943 Mrs. Alison Smith Ballard Is Bride of Charles C. Fagan In a ceremony attended only by relatives, Mrs. Alison Smith Ballard was married to Mr. Charles C. Fagan Jr., Friday evening at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Roland Smith. The service was read by Lieut. (j.g.) G.F. Walker, Navy Chaplain. The bride, who was unattended, wore a pastel blue suit with brown accessories and a corsage of orchids. After December 15 the couple will be at home at 411 34th Avenue. Mr. Fagan, a Chief Petty Officer in the United States Coast Guard, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Fagan of Chicago and Johannesburg, South Africa and formerly of Seattle. He is a grandson of Mrs. Charles C. Fagan and the late Mr. Fagan, a well-known Seattle professor in the early days and a grandnephew of Mrs. Frank P. Dow. His brother, Captain Prescott D. Fagan, a Marine Corps flyer, was unable to be present at the wedding. Before joining the Coast Guard, Mr. Fagan was with the American Field Services. The bride recently returned to Seattle after having lived several years in San Francisco. She has one brother, Stanton, a student at the Midshipmen's School in Chicago. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Edwin Fowler, formerly of Kansas City, Missouri. Mrs. Fagan, who came from Chicago for her son's wedding is staying with Mrs. Dow until after the first of December. Due to pressure of war work Mr. Fagan Sr., could not come west. ========== The Seattle Times Sunday, August 7, 1955 Notes.. Notables. And a party aboard Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Fagan's boat, Continental, today, to view the Gold Cup races, will be a family affair to honor the Fagan's son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter, Mr. and Mrs. Prescott D. Fagan and Sharon, who arrived Wednesday from three years in Calcutta, India. Another son and his family, Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Fagan Jr. and their sons, David and Charles 3rd, returned early in July from living 18 months in California and have rented a house on Meydenbauer Bay until they get into their Bellevue home next spring. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.