Wife of
LeGrand Pershing Barnes
— married
20 Sep 1941 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States
Wife of
Robert Harrell Downs
— married
18 Apr 1947 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Wife of
Jerry Herbert McDougall
— married
21 Jan 1950 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Wife of
Donald Chanslor Spring
— married
28 Jun 1964 (to Aug 1970) in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 62
in Gardena, Los Angeles, California, United States
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Biography
The daughter of Manning Fitch and Helen (Billing) Van Cleave, Helen Fitch was born in Tulare Township, California[1] in 1921, residing with her family In 1930 in Hermosa Beach, where her father worked as a meat cutter at a butcher shop.[2] Her parents divorced later that year, and Helen lived with her father and his second wife in 1940, residing in Inglewood, California.[3]
Helen married several times, marrying LeGrand Pershing Barnes, the son of Frank Edwin Barnes and Thina Suzanna Fortney in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 20, 1941.[4] She later married Robert Harrell Downs, the son of Ralph Daniel Downs and Louah Margarite Cooper, marrying in Los Angeles, California on April 18, 1947.[5] The marriage did not last and she remarried, marrying Jerry Herbert McDougall, the son of Herbert McDougall and Harriet Huff Jones, in Los Angeles on January 1, 1950.[6] They made their home in Los Angeles where, in 1950, Phyllis worked as an assembler at a venetian blind factory.[7]
The couple later divorced and Phyllis married a fourth time, marrying Donald C. Spring, the likely son of Arthur L. and Mary Spring, marrying in Imperial County, California on February 13, 1963,[8] divorcing and marrying again in Los Angeles County, California on June 28, 1964.[9] Phyllis and Donnie also divorced in Los Angeles in August of 1970.[10]
Afterward, Helen lived in Los Angeles, working in sales,[11] passing away in Los Angeles, California at the age of 63.[12][13]
Sources
↑ "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V25J-PQ2 : 27 November 2014), Phyllis H Fitch, 28 Dec 1921; citing Tulare, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC85-WNC : accessed 8 July 2021), Phyllis Fitch in household of Manning Fitch, Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1288, sheet 7A, line 16, family 199, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 170; FHL microfilm 2,339,905.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K97P-XVW : 5 January 2021), Phyllis Fitch in household of Manning S Fitch, Inglewood Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-278, sheet 13A, line 12, family 362, 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 234.
↑ "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4G-V9GB : 22 July 2021), Legrand Pershing Barns and Phyllis Helen Fitch, 20 Sep 1941; citing Marriage, Clark, Nevada, United States, Nevada State Museum and Historical Society, Las Vegas; FHL microfilm 005241857.
↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8KX-3KB : 9 March 2021), Robert Harrell Downs and Phyllis Helen Barnes, 18 Apr 1947; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,115,859.
↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K827-D9J : 9 March 2021), Jerry Herbert Mcdougall and Phyllis Helen Barner, 21 Jan 1950; citing , California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,117,619.
↑ "California Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6X3-J7M : 27 November 2014), Don C Spring and Phyllis H Mcdougall, 14 Feb 1963; from "California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Imperial, California, Center of Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
↑ "California Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6KB-FTC : 27 November 2014), Don C Spring and Phyllis H Fitch, 28 Jun 1964; from "California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Los Angeles, California, Center of Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
↑ "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPBL-ZLZ : 15 May 2014), Phyllis H Fitch and Donnie C Spring, Aug 1970; from "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Los Angeles City, California, Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP6X-G7L : 26 November 2014), Phyllis Helen Fitch, 17 Nov 1984; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JG79-SJW : 11 January 2021), Phyllis Fitch, Nov 1984; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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