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Richard Odell Fenn

Richard Odell Fenn[1]

Male 1923 - 1944  (20 years)

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  • Name Richard Odell Fenn 
    Born 3 Dec 1923  Burley, Cassia, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 18 Apr 1930  Price, Carbon, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1930

    Utah, Carbon, Price, SD 3, 18 Apr 1930, ED 21, sheet 5A, 128 South 2nd West, dwelling 67, family 72

    Albert Fenn, head 41. Myrtle, wife 36. Children: Lavar, son 17; Opal, daughter 12; Alberta, daughter 10; James, son 8; Richard, son 6; Betty, daughter 4; Robert, son 3; Laland, son 1yr 7 months. They are renting a home for $12 a month. Albert is an assistant manager for Singer Sewing Machines working for wages; not a veteran. Opal, Alberta, and James are attending school. Albert, Myrtle, Lavar, Opal and Alberta can read and write. All were born in Utah with the exception of Lavar, Opal, Alberta, James and Betty who were born in Idaho. Both Albert and Myrtles parents were born in Utah. Next door to Walter and Elizabeth Bass.  
    Age: 6 
    Census 2 Apr 1940  Helper, Carbon, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1940

    Utah, Carbon, Helper, 2 Apr 1940, SD 4, ED 4-7, sheet 1A, Ash Street, dwelling 2

    Albert Fenn, head 55. Myrtle, wife 45. Children: Alberta, daughter 20; James B., son 18; Richard, son 15; Betty E., daughter 14; Robert J., son 12; Ora L., daughter 8. They are renting a home for $16 a month. Albert is a laborer with the PWA pipe line working for government wages; income for 1939 was $440; no other source of income. Alberta is a laundress in a steam laundry working for private wages; income for 1939 was $234; no other source of income. James is a laborer working for government wages; income for 1939 was $12; no other source of income. Highest level of education: Albert 2nd; Myrtle 8th; Alberta H-3; James B. 8th; Richard 6th; Betty 7th; Robert 5th; Ora 8th. Albert, Myrtle, Betty, and Robert were born in Utah; the remaining family members in Idaho. Richard was residing in Burley, Idaho on 1 Apr 1935. Albert, Myrtle, Alberta, James B., and Robert J. were residing in Carbon County, Utah on 1 Apr 1935. Betty was living in Duchesne County on 1 Apr 1935 and Ora was living in Idaho on 1 Apr 1935.

    Note: Discrepancy in ages of parents. Myrtle is listed as being 25 but image clearly reads 45.  
    Age: 15 
    Died 4 Apr 1944  Helper, Carbon, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age: 20 
    Cause: Crushed chest 
    Buried 6 Apr 1944  Mountain View Cemetery, Helper, Carbon, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Richard Odell Fenn (1923 - 1944) - Find A Grave Memorial
    Richard Odell Fenn (1923 - 1944) - Find A Grave Memorial
    Person ID I7123  clanSoren
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2014 

    Father Ancestors James Albert Fenn Married: 2x2x ,   b. 8 Nov 1885, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jun 1948, Price, Carbon, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Myrtle Fairchild,   b. 18 Dec 1894, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1971, Solano County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 5 May 1910  Basin, Cassia, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2489  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S118] Utah Death Certificates (Series 81448), 1904 to 1965, Utah State Archives, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, (historyresearch.utah.gov), Utah, Carbon, Death Certificate 00004400494 (Reliability: 3).
      Parents are Albert Fenn and Myrtle Fairchild. Albert Fenn, Helper, Utah, informant. Single.

    2. [S99] 1930 United States Federal Census, Fifteenth Census of the United States, (Ancestry), Price, Carbon, Utah; Roll: 2415; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 21; Image: 242.0; FHL microfilm: 2342149. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S306] 1940 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls., Helper, Carbon, Utah; Roll: T627_4211; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 4-7 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S157] Findagrave.com, (Findagrave.com), Memorial 65120177 (Reliability: 3).