Relationship Record 140
| Male/Husband} Ferrell, Clifford Edwin | Family History} Olson | |||||||||||||||||||
| Female/Wife} Fifer, Maude Elizabeth | Relationship Type} Marriage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Marriage: Date} Exa 2 Sep 1939 | Place} Methodist parsonage, Whittier, Los Angeles, California | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ended: On Date} Exa 16 Nov 1982 By} Death of husband |
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| 1st Household No.} | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Photographs} None | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Notes: On 2 Sep 1939, Clifford E. Ferrell and Maude E. Fifer were married by Rev. W. W. Kaler
in the parsonage of the Methodist Church in Whittier. They honeymooned in Santa Barbara, California,
and then made their home in Highland Park, Los Angeles. In the 1940 USA census, Clifford Ferrell, 25,
and Maude, 20, were renting a home at 5740 York Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. He was working as
a bank teller at Bank of America, earning $1,100. Maude was a secretary in a doctor's office, earning $900. When Clifford, 26, registered for the WWII draft on 16 Oct 1940, he and Maude were living at 1567 Fair Park, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles. In 1942, Clifford began work for the North American Aviation Co. in El Segundo. He began as a scheduler and retired in 1971 as head of contract pricing and negotiations. In the 1950 USA census, Clifford E. Ferrell, 35, and his wife Maude E., 30, were living at 1811 Manhattan Avenue, Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles, California. Clifford was a manufacturing analyst for an aircraft company. Their children were Joelyn L., 7, Richard E., 5, and Patricia A., 2. According to voter registration records, Clifford and Maude were both registered as Democrats. They lived in various homes including 2424 Palm Drive, Hermosa Beach City (1942), 128 N. Alessandro Avenue, Temple City (1946), 1811 Manhattan Avenue, Hermosa Beach City (1948 and 1950), and 961 Calle Miramar, Torrance (1954). According to their son, Clifford's passion was sailing He started with a 14 foot daysailer, and eventually he and Maude were living on a 40 foot Ketch, the Windsong. In April of 1971, in high winds and swells, their boat experienced engine and rigging failure offshore from Los Angeles International Airport, giving Clifford head lacerations, and they had to be towed in by a harbor patrol craft. In 1975 they sold the boat, and moved ashore, retiring in the Morro Bay area of Central California. Clifford's last residence was Los Oso, San Luis Obispo County 93402. Clifford died 16 Nov 1982 at UCLA Hospital, of a tumor on the brain stem. His burial place is unknown. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Children: | Total # of Children} 3 | Seq. # of Primary} | ||||||||||||||||||
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