Individual Details

William Elliston DeWitt

(11 Dec 1864 - 3 Jan 1933)

Family papers dated June 8th, 1915 - William Ellison DeWitt, son of John and Mary Jane DeWitt, born December 11th, 1864, at Fox Creek, Anderson, Kentucky. Married Emma Kaiser at Louisville, Ky, March 1886; divorced. Married Margaret Turner at Los Angeles, CA, June 30, 1909. No children. Business; Real Estate. Reside - 1015 Grandview Street, Los Angeles, Cal.

Uncle Will Dewitt. Grandpa's (rather my father's brother - an aristocrat - lived in the East mostly - wrote a book for movies on Dewitt Holland history but Eshlls?misplaced it. Turned down - A great shock to Uncle Will. (written on the back of a photograph of William Dewitt)

Events

Birth11 Dec 1864Fox Creek, Anderson, Kentucky, United States
Marriage9 Mar 1886Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States - Emma Elizabeth Kaiser
DivorceBef 1900Emma Elizabeth Kaiser
CensusJun 1900Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Marriage30 Jun 1909Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States - Margaret Turner
Census (family)25 Apr 1910Assembly District 70, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States - Margaret Turner
Occupation1915Real Estate - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Census1930Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Death3 Jan 1933Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Families

SpouseEmma Elizabeth Kaiser ( - )
SpouseMargaret Turner (1883 - )
FatherJohn Henry DeWitt (1822 - 1892)
MotherMary Jane Hawkins (1828 - 1905)
SiblingJerome Waverly DeWitt (1845 - 1922)
SiblingJohn Hardin DeWitt (1851 - 1921)
SiblingMary Belle DeWitt (1853 - 1884)
SiblingLafayette DeWitt (1857 - 1948)
SiblingWilliam Chenoweth DeWitt (1859 - 1861)
SiblingSarah Parthena "Sallie" DeWitt (1862 - 1947)
SiblingAngelina Hawkins "Annie" DeWitt (1867 - 1949)
SiblingHenry DeWitt (1870 - 1870)
SiblingLouella DeWitt (1871 - 1961)
SiblingEdward Andrus DeWitt (1874 - 1965)

Notes

Birth

Fox Creek (Hawkins) is located approximately six miles west of Lawrenceburg. (History, 8)

Marriage

at 437 Eas. Madison, Louisville... in the presence of J. H. DeWitt, Jno A Ross and Robert Elmore

Census

Head Edward A Dewitt W M 26 Kentucky KY KY, Dec 1873, single, Floor walker
Boarder Will Dewitt W M 34 Kentucky KY KY, Nov 1865, married 1 yr, Real Estate
Servant Laura Angel B F 37 Indiana KY KY, Dec 1862, single, Servant

Note: Birthdates don't match family records, but appears to be brothers Edward and William E Dewitt

Census (family)

SD 7, ED 213, sheet 12A
1560 West 20th Street, Los Angeles
SELF William E Dewitt M 45y Kentucky KY KY, married Salesman, Fruit Co, rent house
WIFE Margarett Dewitt F 27y Michigan MI MI, married


Census

T Roy Pogue Head M 34 Iowa IA IA, married
R Estelle Pogue Wife F 39 Kentucky KY KY, married
L William Spaulding Stepson M 15 California, ND, KY
E William Diwett Uncle M 65 Kentucky KY KY, widowed

Death

Address on death certificate 1047 S. Westlake
informant Annie D Hall, same address.
He is listed as being in California for 25 years.
Burial at Inglewood

Endnotes

1. DeWitt family records written by Lafe DeWitt and Olive DeWitt, 1938 (Santa Rosa, CA: Family records held by Charles DeWitt Prouty.).

2. Turner Publishing Co, complier, Anderson County, Kentucky (Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Company, 1991), ; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com/books?id=nSTjzjDkpRUC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false : accessed .

3. DeWitt family records written by Lafe DeWitt and Olive DeWitt, 1938 (Santa Rosa, CA: Family records held by Charles DeWitt Prouty.).

4. "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," index and images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org: accessed 19 June 2022), W. E. De Witt and Emma Elizabeth Kaiser, 9 Mar 1886.

5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1910 > California > LOS ANGELES > LOS ANGELES Series: T624 Roll: 80 Page: 24.

6. "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 19 June 2022), William E de Witt, 1933.