Leigh Carolyn Douglass (Brackett) Hamilton (1915 - 1978)

Born 7 Dec 1915 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Died 18 Mar 1978 at age 62 in Lancaster, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Leigh (Brackett) Hamilton is Notable.

Leigh Brackett was well-known as a famous science fiction writer primarily of the 1940's and 1950's and commonly referred to as "the Queen of the Space Opera". She was also well-known as a screenwriter for movies like The Big Sleep, Los Bravo, and The Long Goodbye. She also wrote a treatment of The Empire Strikes Back, and while she passed away before it was released, elements of her input were included in the final film.

Daughter of William Franklin Brackett and Margaret Leigh Douglass

Wife of science fiction writer Edmond Hamilton

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Brackett

• "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL4-MY2C : 1 March 2021), Leigh Carolyn Brackett, 07 Dec 1915; citing Birth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento.

• "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VG8B-1R2 : 27 November 2014), Leigh C Brackett, 07 Dec 1915; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.

• "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VG8B-1R2 : 27 November 2014), Leigh C Brackett, 07 Dec 1915; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQ2-DD7 : 31 January 2021), Leigh Brackett in entry for Archibald Douglas, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ5Y-X57 : accessed 28 February 2022), Leigh C Brackett in household of Margaret D Brackett, Boston (Districts 580-690), Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 597, sheet 3A, line 21, family 109, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 945; FHL microfilm 2,340,680.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ5Y-RR9 : accessed 28 February 2022), Leigh C Brackett in household of Margaret Brackett, Boston (Districts 1-250), Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 140, sheet 2A, line 39, family 70, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 945; FHL microfilm 2,340,680.

• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8K8-5MM : 9 March 2021), Edmond Moore Hamilton and Leigh Douglas Brackett, 31 Dec 1946; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,115,672.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9TP-63Y : 11 January 2021), Leigh Hamilton, Mar 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV29-3QP7 : 6 March 2021), Leigh Brackett Hamilton, ; Burial, Kinsman, Trumbull, Ohio, United States of America, Kinsman Cemetery New; citing record ID 52064067, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPC9-KNC : 26 November 2014), Leigh Hamilton, 18 Mar 1978; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.