Wesley Carr Calef (abt. 1915 - 2013)

Born about 1915 in Wisconsin

Ancestors

Died Apr 2013 at about age 98 in Los Alamos, Santa Barbara, California, United States

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Biography

Wesley was born in Wisconsin in 1915, the son of Ellis Calef and Hazel (Carr) Calef.^[1][2] He married Eulah L. Waller 13 April 1941 in Los Angleles, California.^[3] He had three sons named George, Charles and Daniel, but it is unclear who their mother was; though they are named in the obituary of Wesley's second wife, Lavina, it is likely that they are the children of his first wife.^[4][5] He married Lavina Fowell 14 March 1983 in Santa Barbara, California, when he was 68 and his new spouse was 65.^[6] Wesley lived in Santa Rosa, California from 1991 to 2004,^[7] and moved to Ventura, California sometime in 2004,^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF2C-2X6 : accessed 12 May 2019), Wesley C Calef in household of Ellis N Calef, New London, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States; citing ED 219, sheet 6A, line 50, family 13, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 2009; FHL microfilm 1,822,009.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X93C-9VY : accessed 12 May 2019), Wesley C Calef in household of Ellis N Calef, New London, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 30, sheet 11B, line 92, family 274, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2617; FHL microfilm 2,342,351.
3. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8VV-ZN3 : 8 December 2017), Wesley Calef and Eulah L Waller, 13 Apr 1941; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,114,549.
4. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKW3-WVVH : accessed 12 May 2019), Wesley C Calef in entry for Lavina Elizabeth Fowell Harris Calef, Texas, United States, 24 Oct 2004; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Houston Chronicle, born-digital text.
5. ↑ Two family trees on FamilySearch show a marriage to a Patricia M. Martzell Crowley in 1972, but no records have surfaced for this marriage, which supposedly took place in Virginia.
6. ↑ "California Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6DV-RC3 : 27 November 2014), Wesley C Calef and Lavina E Fowell, 14 Mar 1983; from "California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Santa Barbara, California, Center of Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
7. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K1K7-7S8 : 23 May 2014), Wesley Carr Calef, Residence, Ventura, California, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
8. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ2W-9721 : 16 May 2014), Wesley And L Calef, Residence, Ventura, California, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.