Harold George (Massey) Farr (1929 - 2011)

Born 14 Sep 1929 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Ancestors

Biography

Harold was born in 1929, the son of Stanley Massey and Alice Yearley.^[1] Their family lived in Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California.

United States Census, 1930

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Stanley Massey Head Male 23 England

Allice Massey Wife Female 19 Canada English

Harold Massey Son Male 0 California^[2]

In 1940, he was living with his mother and sister in Gardena, Inglewood Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California.

United States Census, 1940

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Alice F Massey Head Female 29 Canada

Harold S Massey Son Male 10 California

Doreen M Massey Daughter Female 9 California^[3]

His parents divorced, and his mother's new husband Virgil Farr adopted both himself, and his sister Doreen. He passed away in 2011. ^[4]

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Sources

1. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLW-XL1N : 27 September 2019), Harold Stanley Massey, 14 Sep 1929; citing Birth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJL-PBH : accessed 23 November 2020), Harold Massey in household of Stanley Massey, Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 999, sheet 16A, line 45, family 473, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 128; FHL microfilm 2,339,863.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K975-NMV : 15 December 2019), Harold S Massey in household of Alice F Massey, Tract 340B, Gardena, Inglewood Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-264, sheet 10B, line 43, family 265, 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 233.
4. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Glenda Yearley, Friday, April 10, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.