Herbert Klee Somborn (1877 - 1934)

Born Nov 1877 in New York

Ancestors

Husband of Gloria May Josephine Swanson — married 20 Dec 1919 (to 1922) in Los Angeles, California, United States

Died 2 Jan 1934 at age 56 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA

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Biography

Maurice Somborn in entry for Herbert K Somborn and Gloria Swanson, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

Name: Herbert K Somborn

Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 20 Dec 1919

Event Place: Los Angeles, California, United States

Gender: Male

Age: 38

Birth Year (Estimated): 1881

Father's Name: Maurice Somborn

Mother's Name: Rose Klee

Spouse's Name: Gloria Swanson

Spouse's Age: 20

Spouse's Gender: Female

Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1899

Spouse's Father's Name: Jos T Swanson

Spouse's Mother's Name: Addie Burns

Page: 253

GS Film number: 1033291

Digital Folder Number: 004540630

Image Number: 00680^[1]

"Obit from "Variety" dated January 9, 1934. "Herbert K. Somborn, 53, head of the Brown Derby restaurants in Los Angeles, Hollywood and Beverly Hills, died at his home in Beverly Hills, Jan. 2, follwing a year's illness during which he suffered two operations. Somborn, a former motion picture distributor, married Gloria Swanson in 1919. They were divorced in 1922. A daughter resulted from the marriage. With the late Wilson Mizner, he organized the Brown Derby restaurants. Later Mizner withdrew from the organization. Somborn was a nephew of S.W. Straus of the investment house of the same name. Besides his daughter, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. R. Somborn, and a sister Mrs. Bernard Sauer, both living in New York. Remains were shipped to New York for burial."^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XLHB-NDH : accessed 09 Mar 2014), Maurice Somborn in entry for Herbert K Somborn and Gloria Swanson, 1919.
2. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=115224174

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Manhattan, New York, New York; Roll: 1103; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0473; FHL microfilm: 1241103.