Life History

Notes

• I remember the family referring to Joe David as Jodie.  This was alsoa childhood name of his grandfather Joseph Asa Jenkins.  I remember visiting the Hendrons on a family vacation in 1956, when I was 8 years old.
  
  Joe David's former sister-in-law, Sue Briggs, former wife of Charles Robert Junior, told me in February 2008 that Joe David had been married twice.  I had found information on his second marriage, but not on his first.  I was also told that he has twins from each of these marriages.  But the only child I could find any information on at that timewas his son with Margaret Thorpe, born in 1974, also named Joe David.
  
  Further information was obtained form Joe D's daughter Lenae, who wrote me in April 2008 to inform me of her presence, as well as a twin brother of Joe David Jr, Jason Charles.  I had a hard time finding the birth record for Jason Charles.  I did find it with his name entered asJason C.  I had earlier found a Social Security Death Index entry recording his birth and death.  Lenae tells me Jason died in a car crash on 14 September 1996, the same date reported by SSDI.
  
  I found Joe and Margaret's marriage information in the Nevada Marriage Index.
  Joe David Hendron, Residence: California, Spouse: Margaret Marie Thorpe, Residence: California, Marriage: 3 Apr 1970, Las Vegas; Officiant type: Civil celebrant, Recorded date: 13 Apr 1970.
  
  In 2006, I found a burial entry for Joe David Hendron in Goleta Cemetery, in Santa Barbara County, where the family lived, and where I lastsaw his mother, my Aunt Lahoma.  This was the first public record I found for Joe David.
  http://www.cagenweb.com/santabarbara/sbcgs/goleta_h.htm
  
  I found the California Death Index listing in July 2007, along with the California Birth Index listing.  The California Birth Index tells us that Joe David was born in Los Angeles County.  I had already foundthe date from other sources before finding the Birth Index record in February 2008.  His birth date was 18 April 1945.
  
  I found matching information in the Social Security Death Index.  According to the SSDI, Joe David died in November 1975.  This index lacksan address at the time of death, which is normally included.  The month of death matches the exact date of 14 November 1975 reported by theCalifornia Death Index.  Joe David died in Solano County, in northernCalifornia.
  
  Family members tell me, in email exchanges February-April 2008,  Joe David died in prison, under suspicious circumstances.  Some thought hewas murdered.  He died just 2 weeks before he was to be released.  His daughter Lenae reports (person email communication) that her mothertold her that Joe David had indicated he was happy to be getting out and excited about seeing his family again in just a few days.
  
  Ancestry.com, California Death Index, 1940-1997
  Joe D Hendron, Birth 18 Apr 1945 California, Death 14 Nov 1975 SolanoCounty, California; Social Security #565-60-8920
  
  I had also found in February 2008 a report that he and his wife had divorced in September that same year.  I found it odd that he would be divorced and then die two months later.  The California Divorce Index had told me that he was divorced from Margaret Thorpe in September 1975.  California Divorce Index, 1966-1984, Santa Barbara County
  Hendron Joe D  b 1945
  Thorpe Margaret M  b 1949
  Married 1970  Divorce 09 75
  
  His divorce was registered in Santa Barbara County, in southern California.  Two months later he died in prison in Solano County, northern California.  Joe David was buried in Santa Barbara County, where he had previously been living.
  
  Concerning this divorce, in email exchanges in April 2008, Joe D's daughter Lenae said she asked her mother about the divorce.  Margaret (called Peggy by the family) said they were never divorced.  This is very strange.  How did such an entry get entered into the California records, with all the right information for these two persons?
  
  [Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: 3 Feb 2007, Internal Ref. #1.111.6.110058.146]
  Hendron, Joe, Social Security #565-60-8920 Issued in California, Birth 04/18/1945, Death 11/00/1975  [No address at time of death reported]

Sources

• 1. SSDI Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 6
  • Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: 3 Feb 2007, Intern
• 2. California Birth Index, 1905-1995
• 3. Goleta (California) Cemetery Registry, H
  • http://www.cagenweb.com/santabarbara/sbcgs/goleta_h.htm
• 4. California Death Index, 1940-1997
• 5. Orville Boyd Jenkins, Personal Knowledge
• 6. California Death Index, 1940-1997
• 7. California Divorce Index, 1966-1984
• 8. Lenae Hendron, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, April 2008
• 9. California Birth Index, 1905-1995
  • Lenae T Hendron
• 10. Social Security Death Index
  • Jason C Hendron
• 11. Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998
  • Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000;
  • Hendron, Jason Charles, Certificate #96-20349, http://www.ancestry.com
• 12. California Birth Index, 1905-1995
• 13. Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005
• 14. Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005
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