Individual Details

Bertha LaFay

(12 Feb 1909 - 19 Apr 1988)



1920 Census. Salt Lake City Ward 2, Salt Lake Co, Utah
Thomas LaFay, 40. Fanny E., 34
Lily, 17. George L., 12. Bertha, 10. Howard, 9. Emily, 7. Jesse, 6. Annie, 4. Violet, age 1.


1930 Census. Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co, Utah
Bertha living in the home of Clarence Anderson, 33; his wife Lillie, 25; and son Donald, 4.
She was listed as born in Oklahoma, her father b. MO, her mother b. WY. She was a laundress working in a laundry.

1940 Census. Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA, Hh 16
1513 Orchard Ave
Jack Colton, 38, b. Utah (new husband)
Bertha, 31, b. Utah
Betty, dau, 8, b. Utah (has same surname but she is Betty Coley)
Merrill Kooyman, nephew, 27, b. Utah
Violet Kooyman, niece-in-law, 28, b. MO

Events

Birth12 Feb 1909Oklahoma
Marriage3 Oct 1931Weber County, Utah - Roy Clifton Coley
Death19 Apr 1988Torrance, Los Angeles County, California

Families

SpouseRoy Clifton Coley (1899 - 1960)
ChildBetty Lou Coley (1932 - 2003)