Earl Austin Rea
(1894-1976)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ethel May Bahwell

Earl Austin Rea 1 2 3

  • Born: 11 Apr 1894, Washington, Washington, KS 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Ethel May Bahwell on 31 Aug 1925 in , Los Angeles, CA 1
  • Died: 29 May 1976, Bellflower, Los Angeles, CA at age 82 3

   FamilySearch ID: LC2Q-PW9.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: truck driver on 5 Jun 1917 in Protection, Comanche, KS. 3

2. Census in 1930 in Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, CA. 2 3 The 1930 census recorded renting at 212 S. Elena: Earl Rea, oil field driller, 32, living with wife Ethel, 32, step-daughter Vaudine Mervine, 14; father Enoch E. Rea, widowed, 60; and mother-in-law Minnie Marrow, widowed, private home nurse, 56. Earl was born in Kansas and his parents in Iowa. Ethel, Vaudine, Minnie, and their parents were born in California. Enoch was born in Iowa and his parents in Ohio.

3. Newspaper: Los Angeles Times: Divorce Suits Filed: Rea, Earl A. Against Ethel M., 11 Nov 1938, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. 5

4. Census in 1940 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA. 6 The 1940 census recorded owning a $2500 home at 2315 Poppy Street: Earl Rea, oil field pumper, 45, living with wife Ethel, saleslady, 46. He was born in Oklahoma and she in California.


Earl married Ethel May Bahwell, daughter of Benjamin Adam Bahwell and Minnie Kirkland, on 31 Aug 1925 in , Los Angeles, CA.1 The marriage ended in divorce in 1941. (Ethel May Bahwell was born in May 1893 in Visalia, Tulare, CA 7 and died on 25 Apr 1973 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA.)

Sources

1 FamilySearch.org, California, County Marriages, 1850-1952, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8ND-S39 Earl Austin Rea and Ethel May Mervine, 31 Aug 1925.

2 1930 United States Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 170; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 1298; Image: 890.0; FHL microfilm: 2339905.

3 The Redondo Reflex (Redondo Beach, CA), 21 Mar 1924, divorce of Harry C. Mervine and Ethel Mervine.

4 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K662-BD4 Earl Austin Rea.

5 Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA), 11 Nov 1938, page 44. Divorce Suit Earl A. Rea against Ethel M.

6 1940 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K96Y-NRK Ethel Rea in household of Earl Rea, Long Beach Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California.

7 1900 United States Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Visalia, Tulare, California; Roll: 115; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0071; FHL microfilm: 1240115.


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