Note: Family accounts provide differing views on the naming of R.Q. Some say his parents wanted to call him Robert Quince, some say Robert Quinton. Q began calling himself "Bob" when working on the Hoover Dam project because he said, "People would call out "Hey You" and he thought they were calling "Hey Q". So he told people to call him Bob. He was called Bob by his friends until he moved from El Centro, CA. It wasn't until some years later when parents filed for a birth certificate that his name was listed as Robert Q. Bennett.
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Photo of Q on Railroad Tracks was taken while he was at CMTC (Civilian Military Training Camp or Corps) Date Unknown.
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Family accounts say that Q had difficulty with saying "s" in his youth. They laughed for years about the time Q "tattled" on Fife when he said, "Ecton is ticking a tick in da teet taters".
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According to Guy and Fred, Q. Bennett spent a year with Sam Whitlock and Ruth Lewis in Oklahoma where he learned to cut meat. Q. Later worked for Ralph's Market, it was the first market of its type in El Centro, CA.
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Guy Lewis Bennett and Exton Fife Bennett spoke of their youth with humor and clarity. Guy spoke of moving to Inglewood, CA in 1917, while Fife thought it was 1919. The trip took five days by train. They were accompanied by "the Morgan family". When their mother Gertrude became pregnant with Jim Bennett, Gertrude insisted on returning to Arkansas to have access to her friend and midwife Betsy Ann Remy, wife of Thomas Benton Remy, C.V. Bennett's wife Mary Remy . There was a law in California at the time that required women to give birth in a hospital. Gertrude wanted none of that. They returned to their farm Arkansas in 1920.
Guy and Fife spoke of farming hardships. They "grew, mostly corn and cotton." Fife said that things were going "fair for 4 or 5 years, then things started going down." Fife wrote, "By 1926 things were really bad. Dad, Guy & Q went to the Texas pan handle to work in the oil fields. Guy 18 & Q 16. They just worked enough to eat on. Then in Jan 1927 grandad (C.V. Bennett) & I had to cut wood to cook with and try to keep warm. Grandad took pneumonia & died just before Dad & the boys got home. He liked 12 day being 93 years old.".
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Fife writes, "In Sept. 1927 Guy & Q got a ride to Calif. Guy 19 & Q 17. That was a sad day for Mom & me. Mom talked about that as long as she lived.".
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7-30-99: According to Guy Sr, & Fife Bennett, Q had a 1931 Chevy that held the speed record for driving from El Centro to San Diego. They also said he broke his arm while living in El Centro.
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Q. Died at home at 220 Green Dr, Santa Ana, CA. He was pronounced DOA at Westminster Community Hospital.
Residence Family temporarily moved to Southern California. R. Q.'s father was working for an oil company.
1919
Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA. [23]
1920
Inglewood, Los Angeles, California. [24][25]
1920
Mulberry, Crawford, Arkansas, USA. [26]
1930
El Centro, Imperial, California. [27][28]
1935
Crawford, Crawford, Arkansas. [29][30]
1937
329 No. Imperial Ave, El Centro, CA. [31]
1937
Holt & Heil #1, El Centro, CA. [32]
1939
Corner of Holt & Heil, El Centro, CA. [33]
1 APR 1940.
El Centro, Imperial, California, United States. [34][35]
1942
El Centro; Brawley; Calexico; Calipatria; Heber; Holtville; Imperial; Niland; Westmoreland, California, USA. [36][37]
31 AUG 1944.
667 Hamilton St., El Centro, CA. [38]
Occupation: Working in oil fields.
1926
Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA. [39]
Event: Butcher & Meat Cutter-Owned own shop.
Occupation 1.
1934
El Centro, Imperial, California, USA. [40]
Fireman & later Asst. Fire Chief.
Occupation 2.
1937
El Centro, Imperial, California, USA. [41]
Marriage to Lethe Mae Cox.
31 JAN 1937.
Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, USA. [42]
Mgr., Coca Cola Distributing.
Occupation 3.
1945
Indio, Riverside, California, USA. [43]
Universal Portrait Co., Traveling in western states delivering painted portraits & selling frames.
Occupation 4.
1952
Hdqtrs, Inglewood, California, USA. [44]
Sales, El Paseo Pharmacy.
Occupation 5.
1953
Palm Springs, Riverside, California, USA. [45]
Butcher & Co-Owner, Cecil's Market.
Occupation 6.
1955
Stateline, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado, California, USA. [46]
El Paseo Pharmacy, Mgr, Liquor & Sundries Dept.
Occupation 7.
1960
Palm Springs, Riverside, California, USA. [47]
Owner, Bennett's Fish Market Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, CA.
Occupation 8.
1964–1966
Santa Ana, Orange, California, USA. [48]
National Drive-In Grocery.
Occupation 9.
1966–1967
Orange Co., California, USA. [49]
Buried
29 SEP 1967.
Santa Ana, Orange, California, USA. [50][51]
File
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R. Q. & Lethe Mae Cox Bennett.
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R. Q. Bennett.
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R.Q. & Lethe Mae Bennett- Wedding Day 1937.
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Source: S1 GEDCOM file submitted by Richard Allen Bennett, hknhkl@hotmail.com. Imported on 6 May 2016. orted on 6 May 2016. TID 0 Footnote GEDCOM file submitted by Richard Allen Bennett, hknhkl@hotmail.com. Imported on 6 May 2016. ShortFootnote GEDCOM file submitted by Richard Allen Bennett, hknhkl@hotmail.com. Imported on 6 May 2016. Bibliography GEDCOM file, Richard Allen Bennett.
Source: S33 TID 0 Footnote ShortFootnote Bibliography Page
Source: S34 TID 0 Footnote ShortFootnote Bibliography
Source: S35 TID 0 Footnote ShortFootnote Bibliography
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Source: S598 Ancestry.com, Web: California, Find A Grave Index, 1775-2011 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 02 June 2020), memorial page for R. Q. Bennett (1910–24 Sep 1967), Find A Grave: Memorial #29087016, citing Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Orange County, California, USA ; Maintained by Ronald Walton (contributor 9245992) .
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