Life History

Notes

• California Marriage License
  William Ypharraguerre
  Naval Air Station, San Diego, California
  Machinist, Aviation Mechanic
  Father Benardo [Bernardo] Ypharraguerre born France
  Mother Jeannette Eucart born France
  Bride Genevieve C Harkins
  San Diego, California
  Father J D Harkins born Georgia
  Mother Mollie Patchcett born Illinois
  Both Single, no previous marriages
  No date of issue
  Married 6 July 1926 Santa Ana, Orange County, California by F T Porter, Minister, Santa Ana
  Witness Pauline E Porter
  
  "Apparently he met Genevieve when she was attending college in San Diego.  William and Genevieve were married at Santa Ana, CA on July 6, 1926.  They returned to San Diego to live. ... It was on the National City property that William and Genevieve decided to plant an avacado orchard.  I think the land was about 40 acres. ... Unfortunately William died in a plane crash on September 30, 1930. ... Shortly after the funeral of William, Genevieve received word that her mother had been killed in an auto accident in Nowata, Okla on September 13, 1930.  After the funeral, Genevieve returned to San Diego and took care of her avacado grove, becoming a respected member of the Avacado Association."
  --  Thomas Underhill of Bakersfield CA, letter to an unidentified Mr Harkins, thought to be John D Shields IV, 13 January 2001
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989
  San Diego, California, City Directory, 1929, p 880
  Ypharraguerre  Genevieve cashr Parker Painless Dentists r 2554 B
  Ypharraguerre Wm (Genevieve) USN h 2554 B
  
  California, Death Index, 1905-1939
  William Ypharraguer
  Birth Year abt 1897
  Age at Death 33, Death 3 Sep 1930 San Diego, California, USA
  
  William Ypharraquerre
  Birth Oct. 15, 1896
  Death Sep. 3, 1930
  P1C US NAVY
  Burial Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, Plot: PS-6, 614
  Imported from US Veteran's Affairs Mar 04, 2000
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #3440749, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Ypharraquerre&GSiman=1&GScid=7978&GRid=3440749&

Sources

• 1. California, Death Index, 1905-1939
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. Thomas Underhill, letter to Mr Harkins, 13 January 2001
• 4. Newspaper article, newspaper unidentified, date unknown
• 5. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • San Diego, California, City Directory, 1931, p 675
• 6. California Marriage License
• 7. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • San Diego, California, City Directory, 1929, p 880