Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameRaymond O'Banion 
Birth30 Jun 1896, Oakland, Alameda Co, CA
Census9 Jun 1900, Oakland, Alameda Co, CA
Memoroll#82, pg 12
DeathMar 1983, Las Vegas, San Miguel Co, NM
Misc. Notes
Son of William B. O'Banion (1861-1946) and Lola F. Ford (1864-1953).
He is listed with his parents, 3 sisters and grandmother in Oakland in 1900.
His WWI Draft registration lists his wife as sick.
Worked as a clerk for a plumbing supply in 1920, and as clerk for the railroad in 1930. This was depression time, and their children Thelma, Nadine and Raymond were all listed with his parents for the 1930 census.
And in 1940 he was listed as a laboratory worker, employed by the government.
When he registered for the WWII Draft he was working for the Friden Calculating Machine Co.
He is listed with his parents, 3 sisters and grandmother in Oakland in 1900.
His WWI Draft registration lists his wife as sick.
Worked as a clerk for a plumbing supply in 1920, and as clerk for the railroad in 1930. This was depression time, and their children Thelma, Nadine and Raymond were all listed with his parents for the 1930 census.
And in 1940 he was listed as a laboratory worker, employed by the government.
When he registered for the WWII Draft he was working for the Friden Calculating Machine Co.
Spouses
Birth11 Oct 1897, Cairo, Alexander Co, IL
Death31 Mar 1977, San Leandro, Alameda Co, CA
BurialHoly Sepulchre Cem, Hayward, CA
FatherWilliam Alexander English (1861-1923)
MotherHannah Powers (1869-1916)
Misc. Notes
Twin sister of Marie Edna.
Edna Marie and her twin sister Marie Edna were in fact dancing girls in a troupe that, among other places, toured the southwest and - according to their sister Zella, who was in charge of wardrobe - once performed before Pancho Villa and his band. Presumably to favorable reviews.
She was already married and noted as sick by her husband in his Jun 1918 WWI Draft registration; and "Aunt Edna was more sickly if I remember and I always had the impression that she was very fragile."
In 1920, she (22, IL) and Raymond are listed in Alameda, with a 5 month old daughter, Thelma.
Listed in 1930 as age 32, b. IL, with son Douglas (9, CA) and 6 month old daughter, Carrol. It is strange that their son Raymond, born 15 Jul 1926 in San Francisco, is not listed with them.
Listed in 1940 at age 42, born in Cairo, IL, with her husband and children Douglas (19), Nadine (17), and Raymond (13); living next door to her sister Marie’s Fleddermann family. It says she was first married at age 20 and had born 6 children, and had finished a 2nd year of high school.
The Calif Death Index lists her birth as 11 Oct 1897, although the SSDI says 27 Oct 1897 for some reason; both with the same date of death.
[Obituary] Hayward Daily Review - 2 April 1977
San Leandro - Edna O’Banion, 79, a resident of South County for 55 years, died Thursday. Mrs. O’Banion, a native of Illinois, lived in San Leandro. She is survived by her husband, Raymond, and four children, Douglas, Raymond Jr., Mrs Thelma Leake and Mrs. Nadine Baggarley. Mrs. O’Banion is also survived by her sister, Zela Prager, nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
A Rosary will be held tomorrow at Santos Robinson Mortuary. Funeral services will be held at the mortuary on Monday, Mass will be celebrated at Leander’s Catholic Church, and burial will be at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward.
Edna Marie and her twin sister Marie Edna were in fact dancing girls in a troupe that, among other places, toured the southwest and - according to their sister Zella, who was in charge of wardrobe - once performed before Pancho Villa and his band. Presumably to favorable reviews.
She was already married and noted as sick by her husband in his Jun 1918 WWI Draft registration; and "Aunt Edna was more sickly if I remember and I always had the impression that she was very fragile."
In 1920, she (22, IL) and Raymond are listed in Alameda, with a 5 month old daughter, Thelma.
Listed in 1930 as age 32, b. IL, with son Douglas (9, CA) and 6 month old daughter, Carrol. It is strange that their son Raymond, born 15 Jul 1926 in San Francisco, is not listed with them.
Listed in 1940 at age 42, born in Cairo, IL, with her husband and children Douglas (19), Nadine (17), and Raymond (13); living next door to her sister Marie’s Fleddermann family. It says she was first married at age 20 and had born 6 children, and had finished a 2nd year of high school.
The Calif Death Index lists her birth as 11 Oct 1897, although the SSDI says 27 Oct 1897 for some reason; both with the same date of death.
[Obituary] Hayward Daily Review - 2 April 1977
San Leandro - Edna O’Banion, 79, a resident of South County for 55 years, died Thursday. Mrs. O’Banion, a native of Illinois, lived in San Leandro. She is survived by her husband, Raymond, and four children, Douglas, Raymond Jr., Mrs Thelma Leake and Mrs. Nadine Baggarley. Mrs. O’Banion is also survived by her sister, Zela Prager, nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
A Rosary will be held tomorrow at Santos Robinson Mortuary. Funeral services will be held at the mortuary on Monday, Mass will be celebrated at Leander’s Catholic Church, and burial will be at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward.
Marriageabt 1918, Alameda Co, CA
ChildrenThelma B. (1919-2015)
Douglas R. (1920-1996)
Raymond (1926-1992)
Carrol Grace (Died as Child) (1930-1931)