Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameCharles Paul HOUSEMAN
Birth14 Jun 1905, Moberly, Randolph, Missouri [2699, date & state only], [4239, place only]
Death5 Sep 1967, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California [2699, date only], [4239, place only] Age: 62
OccupationGeneral Agent, Guardian Life Insurance Co. [4598]
FatherGeorge Charles HOUSEMAN (1877-)
MotherEmma Charlsey ANDREWS (~1888->1967)
Individual Notes
• Mother’s maiden surname is Anderson. [2699]

• Mr. Houseman had been prominent in National Insurance Circles since 1936 and had lived in California since 1944. He was graduated from the University of Chicago and a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, a member of the Annandale Golf Club; survived by wife, Virgie, son Robert, daughter-in-law Linda, granddaughter Pamela, Mrs. Henry Lumb. [4598]
Census
• 1910 Census: Goldsberry Twp., Howell, Missouri. Age 4, b MO. [4793]
• 1930 Census: Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Age 29, b MO. Single. Lodger. Manager, Manufacturing. Parents b England. [5730]
Spouses
Birth18 Oct 1911, Chicago, Cook, Illinois [2010], [4241, state only; birth date is wrong]
Death19 Nov 1997, Palm Desert, Riverside, California [4241, date & county only] Age: 86
MemoPalm Desert from personal knowledge of DWM
Cremation22 Nov 1997, Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, Los Angeles, California Age: 86
MemoPersonal knowledge of DWM
FatherReuben Smith ISENHOWER (1879-1952)
MotherWilly Clyde MAJOR (1888-1956)
Individual Notes
• When my mother divorced my father, I was 11 years old. I chose to take my stepfather’s name and was known thereafter as Virgie Lee Cross. [2010]

• 4th Cousin, twice removed of Pres. Dwight David Eisenhower.
Census
• 1920 Census: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan. Age 8, b IL. Father b MO; mother b KS. [5723]
• 1930 Census: Highland Park, Lake, Illinois. Age 18, b IL. Father b Canada-English; mother b KS. [4787]
Marriage28 Apr 1933, Highland Park, Lake, Illinois
Children(Private, Male)
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