Edward J Bettencourt Birth Year: abt 1916 Death Date: 8 Sep 1936 Age at Death: 20 Death Place: Butte, California, USA Source Information: Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1905-1939 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: California Department of Health and Welfare. California Vital Records-Vitalsearch (www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com). The Vitalsearch Company Worldwide, Inc., Pleasanton, California.
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Chico Record (Chico, California) 10 Sep 1936, Thursday Page 3: Youth Dies In Gridley Fall. GRIDLEY, Sept. 9. – Edward Jerome Bettencourt, 20, was injured fatally yesterday when a chain broke while he was lifting some doors to the top of his parent's barn, causing him to plunge 25 feet to a concrete floor.
His skull was fractured. He died last night in an Oroville hospital.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bettencourt and was a graduate of the Gridley Union High School. He also leaves three brothers and a sister.
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Gridley Biggs Cemetery Records indicate burial on September 11, 1936; with Edward aged 20 years, 9 months, 23 days, residence Gridley.
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Chico Record (Chico, California) 10 Sep 1936, Thursday Page 3: Youth Dies In Gridley Fall. GRIDLEY, Sept. 9. – Edward Jerome Bettencourt, 20, was injured fatally yesterday when a chain broke while he was lifting some doors to the top of his parent's barn, causing him to plunge 25 feet to a concrete floor.
His skull was fractured. He died last night in an Oroville hospital.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bettencourt and was a graduate of the Gridley Union High School. He also leaves three brothers and a sister.
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Gridley Biggs Cemetery Records indicate burial on September 11, 1936; with Edward aged 20 years, 9 months, 23 days, residence Gridley.
Edward J Bettencourt Birth Year: abt 1916 Death Date: 8 Sep 1936 Age at Death: 20 Death Place: Butte, California, USA Source Information: Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1905-1939 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: California Department of Health and Welfare. California Vital Records-Vitalsearch (www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com). The Vitalsearch Company Worldwide, Inc., Pleasanton, California.
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Chico Record (Chico, California) 10 Sep 1936, Thursday Page 3: Youth Dies In Gridley Fall. GRIDLEY, Sept. 9. – Edward Jerome Bettencourt, 20, was injured fatally yesterday when a chain broke while he was lifting some doors to the top of his parent's barn, causing him to plunge 25 feet to a concrete floor.
His skull was fractured. He died last night in an Oroville hospital.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bettencourt and was a graduate of the Gridley Union High School. He also leaves three brothers and a sister.
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Gridley Biggs Cemetery Records indicate burial on September 11, 1936; with Edward aged 20 years, 9 months, 23 days, residence Gridley.
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Chico Record (Chico, California) 10 Sep 1936, Thursday Page 3: Youth Dies In Gridley Fall. GRIDLEY, Sept. 9. – Edward Jerome Bettencourt, 20, was injured fatally yesterday when a chain broke while he was lifting some doors to the top of his parent's barn, causing him to plunge 25 feet to a concrete floor.
His skull was fractured. He died last night in an Oroville hospital.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bettencourt and was a graduate of the Gridley Union High School. He also leaves three brothers and a sister.
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Gridley Biggs Cemetery Records indicate burial on September 11, 1936; with Edward aged 20 years, 9 months, 23 days, residence Gridley.
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