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Best Oakley Dawson

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Best Oakley Dawson

Birth
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death
7 May 1966 (aged 60)
Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Westwood, Los Angeles County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.0583801, Longitude: -118.4410706
Plot
Section D, Lot 42, Grave #6
Memorial ID
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Best Oakley Dawson's birth name was Oscar Best Rydvall. After his mother's divorce from his father and remarriage to William Ashton Dawson, Best was adopted by his step-father and his name changed to Best Oakley Dawson.

He married Mary Carolyn Kettle on August 14, 1929 in Los Angeles, California. To this union was born at least one daughter. Best and Mary Carolyn are shown together on the 1930 census in Berkeley, Alameda County, California. However, on the 1940 census he is shown as divorced, living with his mother.

It is interesting that he is found in both the California Death Index and the Utah Death Certificate Index.
Best Oakley Dawson's birth name was Oscar Best Rydvall. After his mother's divorce from his father and remarriage to William Ashton Dawson, Best was adopted by his step-father and his name changed to Best Oakley Dawson.

He married Mary Carolyn Kettle on August 14, 1929 in Los Angeles, California. To this union was born at least one daughter. Best and Mary Carolyn are shown together on the 1930 census in Berkeley, Alameda County, California. However, on the 1940 census he is shown as divorced, living with his mother.

It is interesting that he is found in both the California Death Index and the Utah Death Certificate Index.


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