Otto was born in June 1908 in Switzerland. His parents are not currently known, nor do I have information on when he immigrated to the United States.
As of the 1940 Census, he was age 31, single, and living in Los Angeles, California where he was working as a waiter at a hotel.
He married Viola (Violet) Turcotte sometime after the 1940 census. She had been previously married to Frederick Papineau. Family says Otto and Violet were married in Illinois.
They lived in San Francisco until Otto passed away in 1967 at age 58.
Sources
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K982-HBD : 15 March 2018), Otto R Beguelin, Assembly District 22, San Francisco, San Francisco City, San Francisco, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 38-176, sheet 84A, line 15, family , Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 305.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBQL-1QQ : 19 May 2014), Otto Beguelin, Feb 1967; California; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPZ2-PYF : 26 November 2014), Otto R Beguelin, 06 Feb 1967; San Francisco, California; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
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