Effie L. Cawelti (1887 - 1975)

Born 8 May 1887 in Hueneme, Ventura, California, United States

Ancestors

Died 20 Jan 1975 at age 87 in Ventura County, California, United States

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Biography

Effie L. Cawelti was the daughter of David Cawelti and Mary Emeline (Fay) Cawelti of Hueneme, California, and the twin sister of Edith L. Cawelti, with whom she was living at Hueneme in 1900 with her birth date shown as July 1880.^[1] Her death records say she was born on 8 May 1887.^[2][3]

Effie Cawelti continued to live with her parents into the 1930s. In 1910, the family was living at Oxnard, California, and Effie was recorded as 21 years old, working as a cook for a private family.^[4] They were back at Hueneme in 1920, and Effie was recorded as 30 years old.^[5] They were still at Hueneme in 1930, and with Effie was shown as 42 years old and working as a packer in a citrus packing house.^[6]

In 1940, Effie was living at Hueneme with her sister, Lucy Emeline Cawelti , and two of their adult nephews, sons of their sister Edith L. (Cawelti) Schultz, at Hueneme and Effie and Lucy were both employed as graders at a lima bean packer.^[7] A photograph of Effie and Lucy Cawelti with other women employees of the lima bean plant, which was located on the wharf at Hueneme, appears in a 2005 history of Port Hueneme.^[8]

No record has been found that Effie Cawelti ever married or had any children.

Effie L. Cawelti of Camarillo, California, 88, died in Ventura County on 20 Jan 1975.^[2][3] Her gravestone at the Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura is inscribed with the dates 1887-1975.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Effie L. Cawelti in the David Cawelti family, in United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch > California > Ventura > ED 163 Hueneme Township > household 1033 > family 1033 > image 81 of 95; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} FamilySearch abstract of the California Death Index record of Effie L. Cawelti, in California Death Index, 1940-1997, database, FamilySearch > Effie L Cawelti, 20 Jan 1975; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} FamilySearch abstract of the Social Security Death Index record of Effie Cawelti, in United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch Effie Cawelti, Jan 1975; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
4. ↑ Effie Cawelti in the David Cawelti family, in United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch > California > Ventura > Oxnard > ED 208 > household 109 > family 109 > image 13 of 19; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ Effie E. (sic) Cawelti in the David Cawelti family, in United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch > California > Ventura > Hueneme > ED 263 > household 16 > family 16 > images 15-16 of 26; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ Effie L. Caweldi (sic) in the David Caweldi (sic) family, in United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch > California > Ventura > Hueneme > ED 6 > household 218 > family 223 > image 21 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
7. ↑ Effie Cawelti family, in United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch > California > Ventura > Hueneme Judicial Township > 56-19 > household 356 > image 33 of 50; citing 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.
8. ↑ Jeffrey Wayne Maulhardt, Port Hueneme (Arcadia Publishing, 2005), page 88
9. ↑ Photo of gravestone of Effie Cawelti (Find A Grave: Memorial #67075625)