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Ward Wilson Hayes

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Ward Wilson Hayes

Birth
Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA
Death
26 Jan 1925 (aged 30)
Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section M, Map #: 01; Lot: 75; Space: 3
Memorial ID
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Name given at birth: Wilson Ward Kemp

Parents:
- Mother - Charlotte (Lottie) Henrietta Ward Christensen Kemp [maiden name: Ward, first husband's surname: Christensen]
- Father - Benjamin Wilson Kemp

Step-father (mother's third husband after the death of his father): Frank R. Hayes, a stage and silent film actor

At some point after his mother's marriage to actor Frank R. Hayes, he and his sister, Venice, took on the surname Hayes and used it professionally in their silent motion picture careers. He also switched his given middle name, Ward, his mother's maiden name, with his given first name, Wilson.

Wife: Elizabeth M Fox
Children: Ward Wilson Hayes, Jr., Frank Marvin Hayes [Frank R. Hayes, per Wednesday 28 Jan 1925 Los Angeles Times death and funeral notice for his father]

Occupation at time of death: Silent motion picture director and silent film story/scenario/screenplay writer [For his professional film work, see IMDB.com, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371278/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 ]

Cause of death: Septicemia (bacterial blood poinsoning) after surgery for acute gangrenous appendicitis

Funeral: Wednesday 28 Jan 1925, 10:30 am Chapel of Gates, Crane & Earl Mortuary, 1724 Highland Avenue, Hollywood, California

Burial: Wednesday 28 Jan 1925, following funeral service
Name given at birth: Wilson Ward Kemp

Parents:
- Mother - Charlotte (Lottie) Henrietta Ward Christensen Kemp [maiden name: Ward, first husband's surname: Christensen]
- Father - Benjamin Wilson Kemp

Step-father (mother's third husband after the death of his father): Frank R. Hayes, a stage and silent film actor

At some point after his mother's marriage to actor Frank R. Hayes, he and his sister, Venice, took on the surname Hayes and used it professionally in their silent motion picture careers. He also switched his given middle name, Ward, his mother's maiden name, with his given first name, Wilson.

Wife: Elizabeth M Fox
Children: Ward Wilson Hayes, Jr., Frank Marvin Hayes [Frank R. Hayes, per Wednesday 28 Jan 1925 Los Angeles Times death and funeral notice for his father]

Occupation at time of death: Silent motion picture director and silent film story/scenario/screenplay writer [For his professional film work, see IMDB.com, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371278/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 ]

Cause of death: Septicemia (bacterial blood poinsoning) after surgery for acute gangrenous appendicitis

Funeral: Wednesday 28 Jan 1925, 10:30 am Chapel of Gates, Crane & Earl Mortuary, 1724 Highland Avenue, Hollywood, California

Burial: Wednesday 28 Jan 1925, following funeral service


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