California Connections in the 1950 US Census

 

1950 US Census, Los Angeles.

On my wife's side of the tree, her 2nd-great-grandmother Karolina "Carrie" Rech Freyling and daughters Marie and Emma Carolyn Freyling appear in the 1950 US Census, living at 1243 4th Avenue in Los Angeles. This is an area of Central LA, between Olympic and W. Pico Boulevards. Marie is listed as a stenographer, working for the Navy, while Emma Carolyn was working at a hospital.

Closer to Culver City, Ataulfo Campuzano, his wife Dolores, and their grandson are found in the 1950 US Census. Ataulfo was working as a linotype operator for the Evening Star-News newspaper. Ataulfo was a son of Jose Jesus Campuzano, brother of my 2nd-great-grandfather Vicente Plutarco Campuzano.

1950 US Census, Los Angeles.

Outside Los Angeles, in the Central California town of Sonora in Tuolumne County, I found Lupe Armenta, sister of my great-grandmother Manuela Portillo. She appears in the census with her husband Frank Armenta, and children Frank Jr, Marjorie Trujillo and Maria Teresa Trujillo. The family had moved to Sonora from Ventura, California about 1949, so this census entry is a big find for clearing up Lupe's story.

1950 US Census, Sonora, Tuolumne, California.

Lupe's sister Isabel is also in the 1950 US Census, with her family in Los Angeles. They were living at 1205 Prado Street, between Boyle Heights and East LA.

1950 US Census, Los Angeles.

There are a few others I am looking for:

 - Arthur Jones, who was working at Atlas Peak in Napa County in 1942 and died in San Joaquin County in 1952

 - Harl Cain, who was living in Chico, California in 1942. I'm hoping for any clues that might shed more light on his mysterious father, but this is unlikely.

 - Clarence Rech, who was living in Los Angeles and was a son of William Jacob Rech on my wife's side of the tree.

There's a whole set of Campuzano branches in California, and I'll need to look back through various branches to see which lines to follow forward to 1950.