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George Eugene Hatten

Male 1914 - 1973  (59 years)


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  • Name George Eugene Hatten 
    Born 4 Feb 1914  Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 23 Nov 1973  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 27 Nov 1973  Elysian Burial Gardens, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I668  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Melba Hales,   b. 20 Jun 1921, Driggs, Teton, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 2002, O'Fallon, Saint Charles, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 6 Dec 1956  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Patricia Hatten,   b. 7 Apr 1958, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 2013, Andover, Butler, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F122  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Per daughter Patti in letter dated 27 Sep 2010: "As far as my Dad my memories are vague. He died when he was 58 the day after Thanksgiving, I believe I was 14. Mom told me he was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He was in the Service. What Branch I don't know and was dishonorably discharged. Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary in Salt Lake City handled the services. I know he was in prison at the Point of the Mountain, but I don't know the years. You know I don't even know my grandmother and grandfather. Dad's whole name was George Eugene Hatten. Mom just didn't talk much about them."

      2. Ancestry.com's: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946:
      Name: George E. Hatten
      Birth Year: 1915
      Race: White, Citizen (White)
      Nativity State or Country: Iowa
      Residence: Los Angeles, California
      Enlistment Date: 28 Sep 1940 in California
      Enlistment City: Fort Macarthur San Pedro
      Branch: Ordnance Department
      Grade: Private
      Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the Philippine Department
      Component: Regular Army
      Education: 2 years of college
      Civil Occupation: Salespersons
      Marital Status: Single, without dependents
      Height: 68
      Weight: 189

      3. From Ancestry.com:
      A. California Death Index: Thurston Bennett Hatten, ssn #557201402, b. 26 Aug 1885 in Missouri, d. 30 Sep 1941 in Los Angeles, father's surname was Hatten and mother's maiden name was Bennett.
      B. Missouri Birth Records: Thurston Bennett Hatten, b. 26 Aug 1885 in Vernon Co. MO; father D.B. Hatten age 26, farmer, born in Coral County, MO; mother E.E. Hatten, age 19, maiden name Bennett.
      C. 1900 US Census for Ozark, Barton, Missouri gives us the grandparents of George Eugene Hatten:
      Thurston B. Hatten, 41, b. Jan 1859, md. 17years, MO VA VA, farmer.
      Emma Hatten, 33, b. Oct 1866, IL VA IN, 2 children total with both living.
      Thurston B. Hatten, 14, b. Aug 1885, MO, MO, MO.
      Clyde A. Hatten, 9, b. Apr 1891, MO MO MO.
      C. George's father Thurston appears to have married Gwendolen Buchanan about 1910 and was living in Center Township, Vernon Co., MO in the 1910 census with no children. The same couple is then in San Antonio, Los Angeles County, California in the 1920 census with no children. George was then probably born out-of-wedlock and probably brought up by his mother.
      D. Several generations back to 1628 and addtional information can be found at Rootsweb.com Worldconnect on the Internet by searching the names of George's grandparents Thomas Bascomb Hatten and Emma Bennett. We find that George's father Thomas Bennett Hatten md. Gwendolen Buchanan were married 29 Jul 1909.

      BIRTH:
      1. Social Security Death Index: George Hatten, b. 4 Feb 1914, d. Nov 1973 Salt Lake City, Utah.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Familysearch's "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952": George Eugene Hattan, 41, son of Thruston B. Hatten and Blance DeArmond, m. 6 Dec 1956 at Los Angeles co., Calif., Melba Hales Trump, dau. of Charles Henry Hales, and Sarah C. Stoker, age 35.

      DEATH:
      1. Death Certificate on file with me issed by the State of Utah: George Eugene (Gene) Hatten, d. 23 Nov, 1973 in Salt Lake County, residing outside of city limits, dead on arrival at St. Marks Hospital, death caused by Arteriosclerotic heart disease and acute myocardial infection, born 4 Feb 1915 in Iowa, US citizen, married to Helen Clark, ssn #562-09-2329, retired salesman of office machines, parents are Thurston Bennett Hatten and Blanche D'Arman, reported by Mrs. Helen C. Hatten of 558 Emerson Ave, SLC, UT, bur. 27 Nov 1973 Elysian Burial Gardens of Salt Lake Co., funeral home was Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary at 4760 So. State, Murray, Utah, 84107.

      2. Obituary (copy in my possession with no newspaper name or date given): "George E. Hatten. George Eugene "Gene" Hatten, 58, 558 Emerson Ave., died Nov. 23 of a heart attack. Born Feb. 4, 1915, Des Moines, Iowa, to Thurston Bennett and Blanche D'Arman Hatten. Married Melba Hales December, 1950; divorced. Married Helen Clark Hunn May 3, 1969, Reno, Nev. Retired salesman, Aztec Business Machins; veteran WW II, U.S. Army; former member Masonic Lodge in Los Angeles, Calif. Survivors: widow; son, daughter, Woodrow, U.S. Army, Italy; Patricia Hatten, Brigham City; 11 grandchildren. Graveside services Tuesday, 11 a.m., Elysian Burial Gardens."