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Charles D Rinker (1872 - abt. 1931)

Charles D Rinker
Born in Iowamap
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Husband of — married about 1899 [location unknown]
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Died about at about age 58 in Californiamap
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Biography

Identified initially as father of jazz singer Mildred (Rinker) Bailey on her Wikipedia entry.[1].

Charles D. Rinker was born June 1872 in Iowa[2][3]

His parents were identified on his marriage records as Oliver C. Rinker and Paulina Weir.[4]. This aligns with an 1880 census record for a similar family.[5]

He married Josephine Lee 17 May 1899 in Harrison, Kootenai, Idaho.[6]. She died of Tuberculosis at age 36 about 1915.

He married second the widow Josephine Hanson Pierce in 1917.[4]

In 1920, they lived with her Pierce daughter and his sons in Spokane, Washington. Mildred, who would have been 20, is not with them, supporting the Wikipedia story that she'd moved to Seattle after her father's remarriage.[7]. I cannot find her in the 1920 census.

The second Josephine died or they divorced by 1922.

Charles married a third time in 1922 the widowed Elsa E. (Arberg) Honet of Sweden.[8]

It appears that Charles was in Los Angeles by 1930, enumerated with a wife "Aldea"; living with them was his youngest son, Charles, Jr.[9]

Charles played fiddle, called square dances; supposedly Swiss-Irish heritage.

He may have been the Charles D. Rinker who died in Los Angeles, California in 1931.[10]

Children by his first wife:

  1. Miles L. Rinker, b 13 June 1905 Spokane Washington[11]
  2. Alton "Al" M Rinker, b abt 1907 Washington;[3] vocalist, composer; formed "The Rhythm Boys" with Bing Crosby.[12]
  3. Vinson, b 4 June 1909 Idaho; died 12 Apr 1910.[13]
  4. Charles Donald (lyricist), b abt 1912 Washington;[7] married Mary Dean 1 Feb 1949 Huntington Beach, California.[14] Living with father and his 3rd (or 4th?) wife in Los Angeles.[9]. By 1940, he had married Julia ____; they were living in Queens, New York.[15]

Sources

  1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Mildred Bailey," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mildred_Bailey&oldid=992620898 (accessed December 16, 2020).
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6Q19-J8W?cc=1325221&wc=9BWM-BZG%3A1030550101%2C1032470801%2C1032525501 : 5 August 2014), Washington > Whitman > ED 103 Lone Pine, Tekoa, and Tekoa City Precincts Tekoa town > image 2 of 28; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBD-93W1?cc=1727033&wc=QZZC-C87%3A133640901%2C140081601%2C134073101%2C1589092094 : 24 June 2017), Washington > Whitman > Precinct 37 > ED 262 > image 8 of 35; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZL-135N?cc=1534448 : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Olympia.
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBX-SNZ?cc=1417683&wc=XWFC-4WL%3A1589408420%2C1589408419%2C1589408425%2C1589395471 : 24 December 2015), Montana > Lewis and Clark > Prickly Pear Valley > ED 19 > image 1 of 18; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
  6. ↑ "United States Western States Marriage Index", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZJC-RLQ : 19 October 2018), Charles Rinker and Josephine Lee, 1899.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RXK-SDF?cc=1488411&wc=QZJR-4TV%3A1036474601%2C1036474602%2C1036474603%2C1589334194 : 14 September 2019), Washington > Spokane > Spokane > ED 216 > image 2 of 12; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  8. ↑ "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TM3-H7J?cc=1534448 : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Olympia.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRHM-XWX?cc=1810731&wc=QZF3-M15%3A648807101%2C648807102%2C649148401%2C1589286812 : 8 December 2015), California > Los Angeles > Glendale > ED 993 > image 11 of 31; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
  10. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9SN-D8WW?cc=2001287&wc=FLKL-GP8%3A285176601%2C285656201 : 22 August 2018), Los Angeles, Los Angeles > Death index 1931 vol 25, A-Z > image 234 of 320; California State Archives, Sacramento.
  11. ↑ "Washington, County Records, 1803-2010," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99CC-N38F?cc=1910364&wc=7GS9-FCQ%3A180933901%2C181361801 : 22 May 2014), Spokane > Birth returns 1905 vol 11401-11960 > image 10 of 654; State Archives, Puget Sound Regional Branch, Bellevue.
  12. ↑ John Miller (AP), "Idaho Tribe: 'Mrs Swing' was Indian," in The Wenatchee World, 16 Mar 2012; archived link
  13. ↑ "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HVQ4-XLZM : 29 January 2020), Josephine Lee Rinker in entry for Vincen D. Rinker, 1910.
  14. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893H-29NS-W?cc=1804002&wc=965S-W3D%3A151115301 : 12 May 2014), 005698884 > image 1468 of 2726; multiple county courthouses, California.
  15. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MB-M7LS?cc=2000219&wc=QZFM-1BX%3A790105101%2C805603701%2C805624301%2C805634401 : accessed 18 December 2020), New York > Queens > New York City, Queens, Assembly District 2 > 41-247 New York City, Queens Borough Assembly District 2 (Tract 715.1 - part), New Apartment House Completed in Fall 1939 > image 3 of 4; citing 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.




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