Person Page 3,390

Orilla Birdie Phelps^1,2,3,4,5,6

Photo - Phelps, Orilla B (From FamilySearch)

Facts and Notes

• Burial: Visalia, Tulare County, California, USABGO⁴
• Birth: 30 July 1879; Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USABGO^4,5,6
• Marriage: 21 December 1898; William Alfred Fowler; Tulare, California, USABGO^1,6
• Residence: 1900; Lucerne, Kings, California, USABGO; Age: 20; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0035; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 1; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 1; YearsMarried: 1; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife⁶
• Death: 27 October 1918; McKittrick, Kern County, California, USABGO; Orilla, referred to as Mrs. W.A. Fowler, is identified as the sister of Bert Phelps, confirming her relationship to this family.⁷
• Residence: 1920; Lakeside, Kings, California, USABG; Age: 40; None Occupation: None; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 130; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife⁵
• Death: 16 June 1928; Visalia, Tulare County, California, USABGO⁴

• Note: She says in the 1900 census that her father was born in Wisconsin, and her mother was born in California.

Citations

1. [S861] Ancestry.com, California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61460&h=900153940&indiv=try, California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images., Record for Orilla B Phelps
2. [S426] Ancestry.com, California Birth Index, 1905-1995, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5247&h=19143&indiv=try, Birthdate: 24 Sep 1906; Birth County: Kings, Record for Violet N Fowler
3. [S419] Ancestry.com, California, Death Index, 1940-1997, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5180&h=5819181&indiv=try, Place: Sacramento; Date: 3 Apr 1982; Social Security: 538508131, Record for Violet Nordeena Piper
4. [S519] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=55028699&indiv=try, Record for William Alfred Fowler
5. [S446] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6061&h=123150&indiv=try, Year: 1920; Census Place: Lakeside, Kings, California; Roll: T625_101; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 130, Record for William Fowler
6. [S365] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7602&h=32614674&indiv=try, Year: 1900; Census Place: Lucerne, Kings, California; Roll: 87; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0035, Record for Alfred Fowler
7. [S36] Newspaper article, https://www.newspapers.com/image/562026638, The Hanford Sentinel, "Husband is Dead, Wife Said to be Dying, Influenza," Wednesday, 30 Oct 1918, Page 1