Individual Record 224

Name}   Noble, Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Family History} Olson                 
  Title}   Race} White Sex} Female
Birth:   Date} Fam 28 Jun 1913 Place} Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Marr.: Date} Exa 19 Jan 1936  M Place} Occidental College, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California     (Link)
Death: Date} Exa 27 Dec 1984 Place} Westlake Village, Ventura, California
Burial: Date} Fam 29 Dec 1984 Place} Pomona Cemetery, Pomona, Los Angeles, California
  Grave Marker}  
Source 1}  70 = Interview
Source 2} 105 = Funeral rec
Source 3} 195 = Photographs
Source 4} 197 = Photographs
Source 5} 213 = Photographs
Source 6} 472 = 1920 USA cen
Source 7} 797 = 1930 USA cen
Source 8} 1430=Marriage rec
Source 9} 1066=Mariage rec
Source 10} 1509=1940 USA cen
Source 11}872 = Voter record
Source 12}879 = Letter
Source 13}1144=Photographs
Source 14}1147=Newspaper
Source 15}1240=Newspaper
Source 16}536 = Death record
Source 17}542 = S.S. record
Parents: } Walter Mitchell Noble & Adeline May Peck
   Relationship No.} 54
1st Household No.} 273 = 1934 Tamarind Ave., Los Angeles, CA
      Occupation 1} Housewife
       Occupation 2}  
  Religion/Church}  
Spouses:   Prime} Ballard, Robert Hudson
 Total Number of} 1
Notes:  Mary Elizabeth Noble was born in the City of Los Angeles in 1913.  She was known as Betty.  Her parents were Walter Noble and Adeline Peck, and she had an older brother William born in 1910.  In 1920 and 1930, she was living with her parents, brother, and maternal grandparents at 1934 Tamarind Avenue , Los Angeles, California.  This part of the city was known as Hollywood.
She attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, where she met Robert Ballard.  They were married on 19 Jan 1936 in the music chapel at Occidental College.  Her new father-in-law, Dr. J. Hudson Ballard of Portland, Oregon, officiated, and both of their mothers were witnesses.  Betty and Bob's first home was with her parents on Tamarind Avenue.  They were registered to vote as Republicans; she was a housewife, and Bob was a musician.

In the 1940 U.S. census, Bob and Betty were living in their own home at 4229 Farmdale Avenue, Los Angeles.  Their son and daughter were born while they were here.  Betty had completed four years of college.

By 1950, the voter registration records list Betty and Bob as living at 18821 Erwin Street, Los Angeles.  At the time this was "horse country", and their property was called a ranch.  The Van Nuys News reports the participation of Bob and Betty in the Tarzana Horsemen's Association, which was formed in 1950.  Betty was Corresponding Secretary in 1951 when Bob was the Past President.  Betty also assisted with her daughter's Brownie Troop 874 of Tarzana.

Betty died 27 Dec 1984 and was buried in the Pomona Cemetery, Pomona, California.  Her last home was in Westlake Village, Ventura, California.  Funeral services were at Saddleback Chapel, Tustin, The Rev. Frank C. Hughes presiding, Robyn Ballard, soloist.  She was buried in the Pomona Cemetery, Pomona, California. Mary Elizabeth Noble Mary Elizabeth Noble Mary Elizabeth Noble William Curtis Noble, Mary Elizabeth Noble
Time of Birth}   Time of Death}   Fraternal/Social}  
Baptism Date}   Place}   Mary Elizabeth Noble
Confirm. Date}   Photos} Betty Noble, circa 1914
Immigr'n Date} N/A Port} N/A
Education: Grade} Bachelor of Arts     or Top 2 Degrees}  
Military: Service}                                    for the State of}  
Health Condition}  
 Cause of Death}  
Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock
Date Updated} 11 Nov 2015
Date Created}  26 Oct 1997
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