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1905 - 1930 (25 years)
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Name |
Charles V ELLINGBOE |
Birth |
13 Feb 1905 |
Iowa |
- His mother claimed he was born in Minnesota on Charles’s death certificate.
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Gender |
Male |
Death |
30 May 1930 |
Los Angeles County, California |
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Burial |
Lindsay-Strathmore Cemetery, Lindsay, Tulare County, California |
Notes |
- Living with his grandmother Emma in the 1910 census. Shown in the 1915 state census as Charles Ellingboe, age 9, carpenter, living in Deer Creek Twp, Worth County, Iowa.
In the 1910 census he is shown as born in Minnesota, his father in the U.S., and his mother in Iowa. In the 1915 state census, he is shown as born in Iowa, his father in Minnesota, and his mother in Iowa.
In the 1930 census he may be the Charles V. Ellingboe, age 25, living in Alhambra, California. Charles is single and is a solicitor for an insurance company.
In the 1930 Los Angeles Alhambra city directory, Charles V Ellingboe is a salesman for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. He lives at 3 N Primrose Ave. Living with him at that same address is Jack Ellingboe, a salesman.
He died as a result of the sinking of the fishing boat Ameco in Santa Monica Bay on Memorial Day, May 30, 1930. Heavy seas developed later in the afternoon and the boat attempted to return to Santa Monica but was swamped and sank quickly. Charles and his friend R. L Brown had gone fishing on the boat. Charles’s body was not recovered until June 20th.
Charles’s mother, Gurena May Preston, executor of Charles’s estate, filed a $50,000 damage suit alleging that Morris Pleasure Fishing, Inc. was negligent in not providing a large enough crew for the vessel.
His death certificate said that he had been in California for 13 years.
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Person ID |
I11899 |
Don Carlson's Tree |
Last Modified |
3 Dec 2021 |
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