Iva Lillian (Ellis) Cross (1900 - 1954)

Born 5 Mar 1900 in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Mett Everett Blalock — married 5 Sep 1919 (to 13 Jun 1940) in Oregon City, Oregon, USA

Descendants

Died 13 Apr 1954 at age 54 in Ventura, Ventura, California, USA

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Biography

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Iva Lillian was born in 1900 in Flint Michigan. She was murdered by her second husband, on April 13, 1954. ^[1]

When Iva was younger, she and her sister Leila built a house, themselves, in Los Angeles, California. ^[2] They also had a geiger counter and would go to the Nevada and southern California desert to seek Uranium, to sell it for it's mineral value.^[3]

Iva was a skilled seamstress and tailor. After her divorce, and during the depression, she supported herself and children by tailoring fine, handmade men's suits. Her son Jack remembered hunting for frogs to supplement their dinner.^[4]

Iva liked to fish. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by J. Pearson
2. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by J. Pearson
3. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by J. Pearson
4. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by J. Pearson
5. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by J. Pearson

• 1900 United States Federal Census, Elbridge, Oceana, Michigan
• 1910 United States Federal Census, Deschutes, Crook, Oregon
• 1920 United States Federal Census, Newberg, Yamhill, Oregon
• 1930 United States Federal Census, Ventura, Ventura, California
• 1940 United States Federal Census, Ventura, Ventura, California
• California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968
• Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975
• Ventura, California, City Directory, 1934
• U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• California, Death Index, 1940-1997
• Find A Grave