Russell Robert (Sensing) Coles (1909 - 1960)

Born 14 May 1909 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Dorothy Cecilia Palmer — married 31 Dec 1932 in Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County

Husband of Amber Elizabeth Baer — married 13 Aug 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Descendants

Died 23 Sep 1960 at age 51 in Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Russell Robert Sensing was born on 14 May 1909 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. He was the older son of the two sons of Robert C. Sensing (1887-1919) and Sarah Elizabeth Coles (1893-1953). His sibling was Harry Lewis Sensing. Russell died on 23 Sep 1960 in Burbank, Los Angeles County, California.^[1]

Russell married Mary Dorothy Cecilia Palmer (1914-1952) at age 23 on Dec 31, 1932 in Los Angeles, California. Mary was the daughter of George Walter Palmer and Katherine Borgia Burns. After Mary's death, Russell married Amber Elizabeth Birlem/Baer Sensing on Aug 13, 1955 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California at age 45^[2]

Children:

1. Marilyn Dorothy (Coles) Picard (1933–1980)
2. Russell Robert Coles (1934–2008)
3. Loy Dolores (Coles) Eichman (1937–2005)
4. Catherine Frances (Coles) Tighe (1952–2006)

Occupation: Russel Robert Sensing was an Uncredited Actor, who appeared in numerous movies and television shows

Russell Coles

Russell Coles

Timeline

• 1909 Russell was born in Nashville, Tennessee on May 14th 1909.^[3]
• 1910, Living with his parents in Nashville, Tennessee^[4]
• 1911, Russell's brother Harry Lewis was born March 23, 1911^[5]
• 1917 Russell's father Robert C. Sensing drowned on May 6, 1917, in the Ohio River in Kentucky^[6]
• 1925 Private in the Marine's .....enlisted at Parris Island, South Carolina on Dec.12,1925 for 4 years^[7]
• 1926 was serving in the Marines at Parris Island, South Carolina^[8]
• 1927 Honorably Discharged from the Marines on March 26th, 1927 after being injured doing a parachute stunt.
• 1932, Married Mary Dorothy Palmer on December 31, in Hollywood, California.
• 1933, Firstborn child Marilyn Dorothy was born on July 2, 1933, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, County, California
• 1934, First Son Russell Robert was born on June 10, 1934, in Hollywood, California; Filmed a movie Babes in Toyland with Abbott and Costello.
• 1936, Son Charles Lewis was born September 26, 1936, in Los Angeles County, California
• 1937, Twin girls Loy Delores and Myrna E were born December 20th, 1937 in Los Angeles County, California.
• 1940, Son Michael Joseph was born on December 10, 1940, in Los Angeles County, California; Filmed the Bank Dick with Abbott and Costello.
• 1942, Son John Patrick was born October 11, 1942, in Los Angeles County, California.
• 1946, Son William Elliot was born September 4th, 1946 in Los Angeles County, California.
• 1948, Son Thomas Edward was born April 11, 1948, in Los Angeles County, California.
• 1949, Son James Richard was born September 6, 1949, in Los Angeles County, California.
• 1950, Filmed the Foreign Legion movie with Abbott and Costello.
• 1951, Son Christopher Dennis was born January 4, 1951, in Los Angeles County, California.
• 1952, Daughter Catherine Francis Dorothy was born March 9, 1952, in Los Angeles County, California; Russells beloved wife Mary Dorothy passed away March 24, 1952, two weeks after giving birth to their 12th child.
• 1953, Russell's mother Sarah Elizabeth (Sadie) Schoenbauer died on April 21, 1953 in Nashville, Tennessee
• 1954, actor in 20000 Leagues Under the Sea
• 1960, Russell died on September 23, 1960, in the hospital in North Hollywood, California.

Movies Career^[9]

• Babes in Toyland - 1934
• W.C Fields - The Bank Dick, 1940
• Background To Danger, 1943
• Cinderella Jones, 1946
• Abbott and Costello in Frankenstein, 1948
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, 1949
• Foreign Legion, 1950
• Invisible Man, 1951
• Comin' Round the Mountain, 1951
• 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1954
• Cheyenne, TV Series, 1955-1959
• FBI Series,1950's, Wardrobe and Makeup.

Lou Costello and Russell Coles

Studios Russell worked for^[10]

• RKO
• Universal
• Paramount
• Warner Brothers

Friends and Acquaintances and Co Workers

Raised by his grandparents Mary Elizabeth and Robert Lewis Coles.

Russell Coles

Russell Coles

• Fact: Residence (1935) Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
• Fact: Residence (1940) Tract 390, Burbank, Glendale Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States
• Fact: Burial (1960) Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sources

1. ↑ #Birth, #Death, #SSDeath, #C1910, #C1920, #C1930, #C1940, #FG
2. ↑ #Marriage1, #Marriage2
3. ↑ #Birth
4. ↑ #C1910
5. ↑ #BirthHarry
6. ↑ #DeathFather
7. ↑ #Enlistment
8. ↑ #ServiceRecord
9. ↑ #IMDB
10. ↑ #IMDB

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 17 March 2018, 04:29), entry for Russell Robert Sensing Coles(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L5ZZ-R3K); contributed by various users.
• Interactive Move Database, Link, accessed Mar 16, 2018
• "Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912", database with images, FamilySearch (Link: 4 November 2016), Robert R Sinsing, 1909.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (Link: accessed 17 March 2018), Robt Sensing in household of R C Sensing, Nashville Ward 13, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 49, sheet 3B, family 63, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1495; FHL microfilm 1,375,508.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (Link: accessed 17 March 2018), Russel Coles, Tract 390, Burbank, Glendale Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-841, sheet 4A, line 40, family 97, 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 229.
• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (Link: 8 December 2017), Russell Robert Sensing and Mary Dorothy Palmer, 30 Dec 1932; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,075,037.
• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (Link: 10 December 2017), Russell Robert Coles and Amber Elizabeth Birlem, 13 Aug 1955; citing , California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,343,448.
• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (Link: 26 November 2014), Russell R Coles, 23 Sep 1960; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (Link: 19 May 2014), Russell Coles, Sep 1960; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• Find A Grave: Memorial #85860846, Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles California
• place: Nashville Ward 13, Davidson, Tennessee, T624_1495; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 49; Image: 1198.
• Birth date: abt 1910 Birth place: Tennessee Residence date: 1 Apr 1940
• Residence place: Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States
• Russell Robert Coles

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