Individual Details
William Elliston DeWitt
(11 Dec 1864 - 3 Jan 1933)
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
Families
Spouse | Emma Elizabeth Kaiser ( - ) |
Spouse | Margaret Turner (1883 - ) |
Father | John Henry DeWitt (1822 - 1892) |
Mother | Mary Jane Hawkins (1828 - 1905) |
Sibling | Jerome Waverly DeWitt (1845 - 1922) |
Sibling | John Hardin DeWitt (1851 - 1921) |
Sibling | Mary Belle DeWitt (1853 - 1884) |
Sibling | Lafayette DeWitt (1857 - 1948) |
Sibling | William Chenoweth DeWitt (1859 - 1861) |
Sibling | Sarah Parthena "Sallie" DeWitt (1862 - 1947) |
Sibling | Angelina Hawkins "Annie" DeWitt (1867 - 1949) |
Sibling | Henry DeWitt (1870 - 1870) |
Sibling | Louella DeWitt (1871 - 1961) |
Sibling | Edward 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 ElmoreCensus
Head Edward A Dewitt W M 26 Kentucky KY KY, Dec 1873, single, Floor walkerBoarder 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 12A1560 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, marriedR 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. Westlakeinformant 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.