Willa Mabel (Steward) Douglass (1911 - 1999)

Born 16 May 1911 in Walla Walla, Washington, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Theodore Hardie Sr. — married 21 Jun 1928 in Pomona, California, United States

Wife of Philip Staveley Galbraith — married 21 May 1965 in Clark, Nevada, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Aug 1999 at age 88 in Riverside, California, United States

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Biography

Billy was born in 1911, the daughter of William Henry Steward and Mabel Lydia Bailey. She married James Hardie in 1928 and they had five children; Mary Ellen, Mabel, James, Lois, and Bill. Husband James died in 1954. Her second husband was Philip Staveley Galbraith (1904-1970) who she married in 1965. After he passed away in 1970 she married a third time to "Doug" Douglass about Dec 1974. She passed away in 1999.

Research Notes

SSA notes: Mar 1943: Name listed as WILLA MABEL HARDIE; Jun 1965: Name listed as WILLA M GALBRAITH; 06 Jan 1975: Name listed as WILLA MABEL DOUGLASS; 01 Sep 1999: Name listed as WILLA M DOUGLASS

Information on third husband Doug Douglass is elusive. We all knew him as Doug but that could be his actual first name or nickname. Based on the dates of SSA name changes they likely married Dec 1774. She was living in Blythe, CA, at the time.

Sources

• "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8ZKT-GKPZ : 22 July 2020), Steward, 16 May 1911, Walla Walla, Washington.

• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8N2-LNH : 8 December 2017), James Theodore Hardie and Willa Mabel Steward, 21 Jun 1928; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,717.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQ4-7SV : accessed 18 January 2020), Willa Steward in household of Wm H Steward, Covina, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing ED 42, sheet 8A, line 16, family 201, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 103; FHL microfilm 1,820,103.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCFV-RLF : accessed 18 January 2020), Willa Steward in household of William Steward, Covina, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 907, sheet 5A, line 19, family 117, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 124; FHL microfilm 2,339,859.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K97X-5L4 : 7 December 2019), Willia Hardie in household of James Hardie, El Monte Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-151, sheet 8B, line 53, family 194, 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 227.

• Willa M Hardie, in the 1950 United States Federal Census, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, age 38, in the household of James T Hardie, with children James, Lois, and William.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9RM-TM2 : 20 May 2014), Willa M Douglass, 15 Aug 1999; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Philip S Galbraith and Willa M. Hardie, 21 May 1965, Clark county, NV, in the Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-2005 (ancestry.com)

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184927469/willa-mabel-douglass : accessed 01 June 2022), memorial page for Willa Mabel Douglass (16 May 1911–2 Aug 1999), Find A Grave: Memorial #184927469, citing Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by Stuart Strout Woodside Skolfield (contributor 46954007).