Reay William FENTON

[Elizabeth Revel]

1930 Census Santa Barbara, California.

Fenton, Reay W. Head Male White 37 Married Age at first Marriage 33 Has not attended   
          school or college since 1929 Can read and write Born England Both parents born 
          England 1919 year of immigration Alien Salesman Aluminum
Fenton, Violet M Wife Female White 32 Married Age at first Marriage 28 Has not   
          attended school or college since 1929 can read and write Born England Both
          parents born England 1921 Year of Immigration Alien No outside occupation.

Beth

[patrexjax]

Hello Elizabeth, GEE WHIZ!  Thank you so much! That certainly is information I never dreamed existed.  Verbal family history had never hinted at the first wife.    My sincerest thanks! Pat

[patrexjax]

Hello again, Elizabeth!  Another twist on this family!  In the 1920 census, there is a "Joe Fenton" a lodger living with the family....I strongly suspect that this is Reay William Fenton's younger Brother, Joseph A. Fenton b. 1893/1894 in Paddington, London!!! This "simple request" is really taking me for a ride!    Now I have to try to figure out what he was doing living in the USA with his Brother.  I had no clue that had happened!  What a tangled web our people wove....or, is it weaved???!!    Thank you so much!!   Sincerely, Pat

[Eyesee]

Christchurch, Lancaster gate, Westminster, London
1892 Apr 17, Reay William, s/o William & Susannah FENTON, 14 Lancaster St, Bootmaker, born 1891 Oct 2

Ian C

[patrexjax]

Hello Eyesee, Thank you for the christening date!      Pat

[jorose]

The marriage to Violet May took place in BC in 1926 (she was Violet May Chapman)
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html
 - he does his himself as divorced in this record.

There is also a death record indexed for Arthur Joseph Fenton, b. 1893 d. 1962, parents William Fenton and Sarah Reay.
I think his wife was Violet Amy Farrow, b. "Amy Violet Farrow" in 1898, may have married John Hayston Frank after Arthur's death (see his death certificate in 1980 and hers in 1986)

http://www.calarchives4u.com/cemeteries/alameda/mtvview-f.txt
 - here's where Reay and Violet May buried, although Reay is "Raly"

[patrexjax]

Hello jorose, Thank you so much for the additional information on the Fentons and Reay family.     Sincerely, Pat