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Deborah (Bixby) Green (1904 - 1959)

Deborah Green formerly Bixby
Born in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United Statesmap
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Wife of — married 31 Aug 1929 (to 1959) in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 55 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United Statesmap
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Biography

Deborah Bixby was born in Long Beach, California on 11 January 1904, the daughter of Fred H. Bixby and Florence E. Green. Deborah married Robert Clark Green. They had at least two children, Robert Bixby Green (1931-2010) and Deborah (Green) Boyd (1932-2016). She died on 15 May 1959 in San Francisco. [1]

In 1910, the Bixby family lived on their ranch on Anaheim Road, Long Beach Township, Naples Precinct, Los Angeles county, California. The household included Fred H. Bixby, 34, a farmer; his wife of twelve years, Florence E., 33. They had had five children; their children, Katharine, 10; Elizabeth F.(Florence), 9; Deborah, 6; John H., 4; and Frederick H., an infant. Also living with them on the ranch were 23 “servants,” including a bookkeeper, chauffeur, laborers and teamsters. [2]

In 1920, the Bixby family was enumerated twice. Once at a rented home in Oakland Township, Berkeley, California, and once at their ranch in Long Beach, California. The Oakland address was 1725 Arch (?). The Long Beach address was their farm on Anaheim Road. Fred owned the ranch without a mortgage. Members of the household (s) were Fred H., 44, a farmer/rancher; his wife Florence, 43; their children, Katharine, 20; Florence E., 19; Deborah, 15; John T./J., 13; and Frederick H., 9. All the children were in school. All members of the household were born in California. Living with them in Oakland was a maid, Amanda Crowley, 50, born USA, a widow. Living with them in Long Beach was a hired man, Clark S. Chatham, 24, born in CA. [3] [4]

In 1926, Fred and Florence and three of their children returned from Europe aboard the S.S. Berengaria. The departed Cherbourg, France on 11 September, and arrived in the Port of New York on 17 September, 1926. The Bixby passengers were Fred, 50, born 20 April 1875 in Wilmington, CA; Florence, 49, b. 18 July 1876 in San Francisco; Fred, Jr., 16, b. 10 May 1910 (error) in Los Angeles; Elizabeth (Florence), 25, b. 17 Nov 1900 in Long Beach, CA; and Deborah, 22, b. 11 Jan 1904 in Long Beach. Their address was Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach, CA. [5] NOTE: Fred Bixby, Jr. was born 5 April 1910. The RMS Berengaria, a luxury ocean liner, was a ship with an interesting past. She, or “he” as Kaiser Wilhem ordered it, was built in Imperial Germany, named the S.S. Imperator, and launched in 1912. She was the largest passenger ship at the time, larger than the recently-sunk Titanic. During WWI, the Imperator layed in harbor, and was seized after the Armistice by the US Navy, and subsequently used as a troop transport ship, returning troops from France to New York. At the end of the war, she was transferred as war reparations for the loss of the Lusitania, to England, in 1919, and became the star ship of the Cunnard Line (until the launching of the Queen Mary), and was renamed the RMS Berengaria. The Berengaria became known as the “ship of millionaires” during the roaring 20s, making the round trip voyage from Southampton to New York. But she suffered several fires caused by electrical problems, as well as other troubles, and by 1938 was slated for demolition. At the height of the Depression in England, it was estimated that her dismantling for scrap metal would employ 200 men for two years. First, her furnishing and assessories were auctioned off. Then the demolition began, but was stalled by the outbreak of WWII. Her complete dismantaling was not completed until 1946. [6] Click on the following link for YouTube video of phots and clips of the RMS Berengaria. [7]

Deborah married Robert C. Green, 24, on 31 August 1929 at First Congregational Church, Long Beach, California. Deborah was a Long Beach resident. Robert lived in Berkeley, CA. He was born in Iowa, about 1905, the son of George C. Green and Elizabeth Richardson. Witnesses were Robert’s father, George C. Green, of Berkeley, and Deborah’s brother in law, Preston Hotchkis, of Los Angeles. [8]

In 1956, the Green family returned from Europe aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth. They departed Southampton, England on 23 August 1956, and arrived at the Port of New York on 28 August. Traveling in First Class were Robert C. Green, b. Iowa; John J. Green, b. CA; and Deborah B. Green, b. CA. Another Deborah Green (presumably their daughter)’s name was crossed off the manifest and it was noted that she “did not embark.” The Green family had eight pieces of baggage with them. Their home address was 2927 Garner Street, Berkeley, California. [9]

The Green’s house at 2927 Garner, Berkeley, CA was built in 1912. It is a 16 room, 5214 square foot home, with a 2019 estimated value of $3.6 million. [10]


Sources

  1. ancestry.com Pedigree Resource File (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:365J-F6K)
  2. 1910 US Census, Long Beach Twp, Naples Precinct, Los Angeles, California (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVL7-K65)
  3. US Census, Oakland Twp, Berkeley, Alameda, California (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH36-VHV)
  4. US Census, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQH-RQR)
  5. New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1925-1957 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXMN-6C3)
  6. Wikipedia, S.S. Imperator (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Imperator)
  7. YouTube (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AYd46N1483E)
  8. California, County Marriages, 1850-1952 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8NR-Y2L)
  9. New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HDG-QHP)
  10. Zillow (https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2927-Garber-St-Berkeley-CA-94705/24831729_zpid/)




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