Hester Virginia (Busick) Billing (1913 - 2007)

Born 1 Sep 1913 in Placerville, El Dorado, California, United States

Wife of Raymond Navarre Billing — married 26 Jun 1938 in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States

Died 12 Feb 2007 at age 93 in Alameda, California, United States

Biography

The daughter of William Grant Busick (1869-1946) and Caroline Matilda John (1882-1935), Hester was born in Alameda County in 1913.^[1] She married Raymond Billing in Berkeley, California on June 26, 1938.^[2] They made their home in Berkeley, where her husband worked as an underwriter for a fire insurance company.^[3] They had two children together.

She passed away in Berkeley at the age of 94.^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGG8-KXH : 27 November 2014), Busick, 01 Sep 1913; citing El Dorado, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
2. ↑ Book Title: Index to Marriage Licenses and Certificates, Vol· 43, 1936 - 1938. Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Ancestry Record 8797 #2189296 with attached Image
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9Q7-9N8 : 5 January 2021), Hester V Billing in household of Raymond N Billing, Oakland Judicial Township, Alameda, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-146, sheet 1B, line 76, family 28, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 190.
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGJV-YPL : 12 January 2021), Hester Virginia Billing, 12 Feb 2007; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK24-RFMX : accessed 18 February 2021), Hester Virginia Billing, Walnut Creek, California, United States, 18 Feb 2007; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Contra Costa Times, born-digital text.