Life History

Notes

• The Doughty genealogy reprots that Edward married Thelma Baird West 2 Dec 1948 in Tacoma, Washington, at St. Leo's Church.  NO documentation is provided
  --  Doughty, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/13664016/person/-32162959?ssrc=&ml_rpos=5&ftm=1
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Pasadena, California, City Directory, 1951, p 198
  Doughty Edw J (Thelma B) clk h 3208 Grandeur av
  Doughty Thelma B Mrs nurse St Luke Hosp r 3208 Grandeur av
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Pasadena, California, City Directory, 1953, p 182
  Doughty Edward J (Thelma B) storekpr Cal Tech h 3208 Grandeur av
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Pasadena, California, City Directory, 1955, p 202
  Doughty Edward J (Thelma) dept suprvr Cal Tech h 3208 Grandeur av
  Doughty Thelma Mrs med sec H B Clarke r 3208 Grandeur av
  
  Two years later their directory listing does not include and employment for Thelma.
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Pasadena, California, City Directory, 1957, p 202
  Doughty Edward J (Thelma) asst suprvr Calif Inst of Technology h 3208 Grandeur av
  
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  Doughty --
  
  Edward J Doughty, of 1085 Elizabeth St, passed away Jan 21, 1960.  A native of Penn., he had been as resident of Los Angeles County for 10 years.
  
  He is survived by his wife Thelma B [for maiden name Baird] Doughty, one son, Michael, one stepson, Joe West, one stepdaughter, Trudi West, mother, Mrs Harry Newman, of Penn., one sister, Catherine McManus, of Penn., one brother, Joseph M Doughty, Mass.
  
  Services to be held Tuesday, Jan 26, 1960, 10 am at Lamb Funeral Home, 415 E Orange Grove Blvd.  Interment Mt View Cemetery.
  --  Pasadena Independent, Pasadena, California, 26 January 1960, p 12
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  This same obituary was also run in the Pasadena Star-News on 25 January 1960.
  
  The obituary does not give the place of death, but notes that Edward was a resident of Pasadena in Los Angeles County.  His death record reprots he died in Ventura County.  The Doughty genealogy reports the place of death as the city of Camarillo, which is in Ventura County.
  
  California, Death Index, 1940-1997
  Edward J Doughty
  Birth Date 15 Jul 1915
  Death 21 Jan 1960 Ventura County
  Mother's Maiden Name Hunt
  Social Security # 174010840

Sources

• 1. Obituary of Edward J Doughty, Pasadena California, 26 January 1960
• 2. California, Death Index, 1940-1997
• 3. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Pasadena, California, City Directory, 1955, p 202
• 4. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Pasadena, California, City Directory, 1957, p 202
• 5. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Pasadena, California, City Directory, 1953, p 182
• 6. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Pasadena, California, City Directory, 1951, p 198
• 7. Ancestry Trees