Individual Details
Lafayette Gilbert DeWitt Jr.
(2 Sep 1893 - Mar 1974)
[Desert Sun, Volume XXX, Number 136, 1 March 1957]
Lafe and Nellie DeWitt of Tacoma, Wash., had as their guests Mrs. Charles Prouty of Los Angeles, and Lee and Marie Peck of Burbank for the weekend.
Lafe and Nellie DeWitt of Tacoma, Wash., had as their guests Mrs. Charles Prouty of Los Angeles, and Lee and Marie Peck of Burbank for the weekend.
Events
| Birth | 2 Sep 1893 | Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |  |  | |
| Marriage | 6 May 1917 | Nellie [Jane N] Dorney | |||
| Census (family) | 1920 | Ward 1, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States - Nellie [Jane N] Dorney | | ||
| Census (family) | 11 Apr 1930 | Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States - Nellie [Jane N] Dorney | | | |
| Census (family) | 1940 | Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States - Nellie [Jane N] Dorney | | ||
| Census (family) | 18 Apr 1950 | 1814 West Blvd, Pierce, Washington, United States - Nellie [Jane N] Dorney | | ||
| Death | Mar 1974 | Gig Harbor, Pierce, Washington, United States | | ||
| Soc Sec No | 084-03-4613 | | |||
| Burial | New Tacoma Cemetery, University Place, Pierce, Washington, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Nellie [Jane N] Dorney (1887 - 1968) |
| Child | Dixie Jean DeWitt (1918 - 2003) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Lafayette DeWitt (1857 - 1948) |
| Mother | Mary Augusta Hollenkamp (1859 - 1905) |
| Sibling | John Henry DeWitt (1880 - 1939) |
| Sibling | Clarence Douglas DeWitt (1882 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Olive May Augusta DeWitt (1884 - 1985) |
| Sibling | Minna Rosalie Charlotta "Minnie" DeWitt (1886 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Albert Arthur DeWitt (1886 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Grace Lillian DeWitt (1886 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Mary Jane "Jeanette" DeWitt (1888 - 1888) |
| Sibling | Adeline DeWitt (1892 - 1893) |
| Sibling | Nellie Adeline DeWitt (1895 - 1961) |
Notes
Birth
at 426 East Market Street, Louisville KyCensus (family)
511, 11 DeWitt, Lafe Head, rent 27 KY, KY, KY Buyer - dry goodsNelly Wife 26 England, England England
Dixie Daughter 1 9/12 KY
Census (family)
416, 284, 289, DeWitt, Lafe G, Head, Rent $102.50, radio, MW 37, First married at 25, KY IL KY, Buyer - Department storeNellie D, Wife, FW, 43, M-31, England 3x's, 1913 Na, none
Dixie J, Daughter, FW, 11, single, Kansas, KY England
Jane A, Daughter, FW, 9, single, Iowa KY England
Mary E, Daughter, FW, 7, single, Iowa, KY England
Danielson, Dalla, Servant, FW, 22 single, IA IA IA, servant private family
Census (family)
Lafe Dewitt Head M 45 Kentucky, Manager Retail MerchandiseNellie Dewitt Wife F 52 England
Dixie Jean Dewitt Daughter F 21 Kansas, Cashier, Retail Store
Jane Ann Dewitt Daughter F 19 Iowa
Mary Eleanor Dewitt Daughter F 17 Iowa
Census (family)
Lafe G Dewitt Head, WM, 57 years 1893 Kentucky Married, Merchandise Mgr., Retail Clothing StoreNellie Dewitt, Wife, WF, 63 years 1887 England married
Endnotes
1. DeWitt family records written by Lafe DeWitt and Olive DeWitt, 1938 (Santa Rosa, CA: Family records held by Charles DeWitt Prouty.).
2. Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ Copyright © 1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries.), Year: 1930; Census Place: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; Roll: 674; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 10; Image: 156.0..
3. Social Security Death Index. (ancestry.com).
4. Social Security Death Index. (ancestry.com).