Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameDonald William Casselman Wells 
Birth12 Jun 1904, Aultsville, Stormont Co, Ontario, Canada
Naturalization4 Oct 1938, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA
Memo#23-16323
Death2 Dec 1991, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA
BurialRose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles Co, CA
OccupationAccountant
FatherWilliam Marcus Wells (1872-1937)
MotherRemith Amelia Casselman (1872-1953)
Misc. Notes
Immigrated thru Blaine, Washington on 29 Oct 1927, and was living with his aunt Addie Casselman in 1930, in Los Angeles.
He married Elizabeth M. Baird (25 May 1906, Canton OH) on 24 Dec 1931 in Los Angeles, and had a daughter Donna Jean Wells on 10 Oct 1934 and son William Baird Wells on 15 Oct 1937 in Los Angeles.
His naturalization papers (Statement of Intention - 24 Feb 1936, Petition - 4 Oct 1938) state that he is of Scotch race and British nationality, and SSDI lists his middle initial as “C”.
The SSDI lists his last residence as Manhattan Beach in Los Angeles.
[Obituary] The Los Angeles Times - Wednesday, 4 December 1991, pg 328
WELLS, Donald William Cnssleman of Torrance, died on Monday, December 2, 1991, and was 87 years old. Mr. Wells was born on June 12, 1904 in Aultsville, Ontario, Canada and moved to Los Angeles in the late 1920s. He became a naturalized citizen in 1939. From 1934 until his retirment in 1966, he was employed by Mobile Oil, Los Anglecs office. He married Elizabeth May Baird, and they lived in San Cabricl with their three children from 1940. In 1987, he moved to the Huntington Retirement Hotel in Torrance, CA. Mr. Wells played semi-pro hockey during his early years in iuuiuiuiii iii luiuuhmi. He alwaya retained an interest in hockey. He was also interested in music and in his youth, studied violin and sang in his local church choir in Canada. Mr. Wells was preceded in death by his loving wife. Elizabeth May Balrd Wells in 1977. He is survived by three children-. Donna Jean Palmer of Gresham, Portland, William Baird Wells of Norlhfield, Minnesota, and Gerald Robert Wells of Manhattan Beach, CA. Burial will be in Rose Hills Cemetery in Whitticr, California.
He married Elizabeth M. Baird (25 May 1906, Canton OH) on 24 Dec 1931 in Los Angeles, and had a daughter Donna Jean Wells on 10 Oct 1934 and son William Baird Wells on 15 Oct 1937 in Los Angeles.
His naturalization papers (Statement of Intention - 24 Feb 1936, Petition - 4 Oct 1938) state that he is of Scotch race and British nationality, and SSDI lists his middle initial as “C”.
The SSDI lists his last residence as Manhattan Beach in Los Angeles.
[Obituary] The Los Angeles Times - Wednesday, 4 December 1991, pg 328
WELLS, Donald William Cnssleman of Torrance, died on Monday, December 2, 1991, and was 87 years old. Mr. Wells was born on June 12, 1904 in Aultsville, Ontario, Canada and moved to Los Angeles in the late 1920s. He became a naturalized citizen in 1939. From 1934 until his retirment in 1966, he was employed by Mobile Oil, Los Anglecs office. He married Elizabeth May Baird, and they lived in San Cabricl with their three children from 1940. In 1987, he moved to the Huntington Retirement Hotel in Torrance, CA. Mr. Wells played semi-pro hockey during his early years in iuuiuiuiii iii luiuuhmi. He alwaya retained an interest in hockey. He was also interested in music and in his youth, studied violin and sang in his local church choir in Canada. Mr. Wells was preceded in death by his loving wife. Elizabeth May Balrd Wells in 1977. He is survived by three children-. Donna Jean Palmer of Gresham, Portland, William Baird Wells of Norlhfield, Minnesota, and Gerald Robert Wells of Manhattan Beach, CA. Burial will be in Rose Hills Cemetery in Whitticr, California.
Spouses
Birth25 May 1906, Canton, Stark Co, OH
Death13 Sep 1977, San Gabriel, Los Angeles Co, CA
BurialRose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles Co, CA
Misc. Notes
Dau of Albert J. and Mathilda Baird.
Marriage24 Dec 1931, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA