Lillian Grace (Scott) Christensen (1912 - 1979)

Born 13 Mar 1912 in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Died 28 Nov 1979 at age 67 in South Gate, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Birth and Early Childhood

Lillian Grace Scott born on 13 March 1912 in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States was born to William Peter Scott (1868-1948) and Grace Agatha Mallory (1883-1939)

Siblings

1. Josephine Genevieve Scott born 7 July 1906 in Alliance, Box Butte, Nebraska, USA. Jo married Andrew Jackson Wells, Jr. (1902-1982) on 29 April 1927 in Yuma, Yuma, Arizona. She died on 22 August 1985 in Torrance, Los Angeles, California, USA aged 79.
2. Mary Helen Scott born 31 October 1907 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Helen married 1) Mr. Kelly (1927-1989) before 1926 and they divorced before 1940; 2) Thomas Robert Lehue (1908-1982) before 1940. Helen died on 29 November 1995 in Morongo Valley, San Bernardino, California, USA aged 88.
3. William Peter Scott, Jr. born and died in 1908 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
4. William J. Scott born on 18 March 1909 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. He died on 22 February 1910 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
5. Wesley Preston Scott born on 2 August 1910 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Wes married 1) Marie Virginia Gatewood (1908-1991) on 23 March 1930 in Houston, Harris, Texas and they divorced about 1935; 2) Mary Ruth Helton (1908-1994) about 1937. Wes died on 2 April 1994 in Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona, USA aged 95.
6. Mildred Veronica Ruth Scott born 16 November 1914 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA. She had a child fathered by Robert Kirby when she was about 17, but the family believes that they were never married because the son carried her maiden name. Then she married 1) Charles Edison Donnell, Sr. in about 1933 and they divorced before 1939;^[1]2) Herman Frank DeSomber (1903-1967) on 7 June 1939 in Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington. Mildred died on 15 September 1993 in Gridley, Butte, California, USA aged 79.
7. Richard Earl Scott born on 3 October 1916 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA. Dick never married. He died on 16 January 1982 in Gridley, Butte, California, USA aged 65.
8. Frances Elizabeth Scott called Mattie Jane, born 5 November 1918 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA. She married 6 times to these surnames: Glowacz, Keith, Mendoza, Peyron, Requena, Wilson. The 7th marriage on 22 June 1963 in Imperial County, California was to Julian A. Fitzgerald, still living. Mattie died on 5 September 1990 in San Diego, San Diego, California, USA aged 71.
9. June Alice Scott June was born on 28 May 1920 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA. She married Watson Grady Hodges Jr. (1922-1982). June died on 28 July 2015 in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA.
10. Jack Elliott Scott was born on 5 August 1922 in Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA. Jack married 1) Virginia Margaret Wheeler and they divorced in 1964 in San Diego, San Diego, California; (2 Christine Gayle Jeffers aka Foster (1932-2004) on 6 March 1965 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada. Chris and Jack also divorced before 1990. He died on 22 January 1992 in Fullerton, Orange, California, USA aged 69.

The family had moved before November 1918 to Houston, Texas and the 8 January 1920 Census shows them still in Houston.

Marriage and Family

She married Edward Reese Christensen on 18 Aug 1933 in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California when she was 21.

During 1960 she was in the state of Virginia where she acquired her Social Security number.^[2]

Death and Burial

Grace died in South Gate, Los Angeles, California, United States at the age of 67 and she was buried on 3 December 1979 in Monrovia, Los Angeles, California according to Teri Wells, family member.

Sources

• California Death Index says 13 March 1913 and 28 Nov 1979.
• U.S. Social Security Death Index says 13 March 1912 and Nov 1979. Issued in 1960 in Virginia.
• 1920 United States Federal Census on 8 January in Houston, Harris, Texas. Page 9B, lines 66-74. ^[3]

Footnotes

1. ↑ There was probably at least one other marriage before DeSomber because her marriage record is in the name of Mildred Veronica Abbott.
2. ↑ These are the only records that can be located for Grace.
3. ↑ 1920: Scott, William P. 50, sign painter, head; Grace A. 36, wife; Josephine 13, daughter; Helen 12, daughter; Wesley 9, son; Grace 7, daughter; Mildred 5, daughter; Richard 3 and 3 months, son; Frances 1 and 2 months, daughter.