I am interested in anyone who might have an index or could do a lookup for an obituary to know where these two might be buried in Calaveras County:
William
Balsley b. 13 Oct 1862 Plymouth, Marshal Co. IN married 13 Apr 1886 in
Jackson,
Calaveras Co. CA Laura Emily Avise b. 4 Apr 1866 in the Avise Home d. 7 June 1935
Jackson,
Calaveras Co CA. She was the daughter of James Avise b. 20 Dec 1828 in Skulltown, Glouster Co. NJ d. 14 Jan 1912
Jackson,
Calaveras Co CA who married 23 July 1863 Margaret Stevenson b. 26 Jan 1845 in
Indiana near the Wabash river. Laura Emily Avise was one of 11 children born to this marriage. All children were born in the Avise Home in
Jackson,
Calaveras Co. CA.
William
Balsley and Laura Avise had eight children (George 1887, James 1888, Charles 1891, Lorin 1896, Freda 1898, Laura 1900, Benjamin 1902, Francis 1906):
George Wilbur
Balsley b. 20 May 1887
Jackson,
Calaveras Co CA d. 30 June 1938
Jackson,
Calaveras Co CA.
James
Ervin Balsley b. 28 Nov 1888 Avise Ranch,
Jackson, CA d. 2 Sept 1951 San Joaquin Co CA. He is buried in
Stockton, CA. m. 28 Aug 1912 in
Oakland, CA. Bertha Lee
Dennison b. 10 Nov 1894 Delta, Colorado. They had four children:
Floyd Erwin
Balsley b. 17 Feb 1914
Jackson,
Calaveras Co CA
James Lee
Balsley b. 20 Oct 1922
Stockton, CA
Eugene Richard
Balsley b. 23 May 1927
Stockton, CA
Lorraine Carroll
Balsley b. 23 May 1929
Stockton, CA
Charles Arthur
Balsley b. 16 Apr 1891 Copperopolis, CA d. 14 Oct 1945
Calaveras Co CA. Buried Sandy Gultch, West Point, CA. married 1st Harriot
Proctor b. Nov 1896 and had Bruce
Proctor Balsley b. 24 May 1918
Jackson, CA. He married 2nd on 11 Jan 1938 in West Point, CA Madeline Kinkaid b. 11 Oct 1883 Elk City, KS
Lorin Albert
Balsley b. 3 July 1896 Bay State Mine, Plymouth CA m. 1 Oct 1915 in
Stockton CA Elberta Elizabeth Heath b. 30 May 1898 Bakersfield, CA. They had:
Gerard Earl
Balsley b. 25 Oct 1916
Stockton CA
Freda Mildred
Balsley b. 2 April 1898 South
Jackson, CA d. 28 Oct 1962 married 1st on 22 Sept 1922 in
Stockton, CA John Wiley McCreery b. 15 July 1894; married 2nd on 10 April 1928 in
Jackson, CA Theodore Magnes Danielson b. 27 Feb 1878 Glenco, CA; married 3rd on 4 June 1957 in
Reno, NV George Jones b. 27 Dec 1886 Provo, UT.
Laura Oldine
Balsley b. 18 July 1900
Stager Ranch, West Point,
Calaveras Co CA d. 26 Nov 1998 Meadow Vista, Placer Co. CA. m. 24 Nov 1927 in
Vallejo, CA Frank C. Bickford b. 17 July 1897 in Canton, IL. They had 6 children:
Lucille May
Bickford b. 6 oct 1922
Vallejo,
Solano Co CA d. 18 Feb 1990 Redding,
Shasta Co CA. married on 6 July 1941 Elmer Harold Keys b. 3 March 1921. They had 7 children.
Edward Frank
Bickford b. 31 May 1924
Vallejo,
Solano Co CA d. 3 July 1947 Los Angeles, CA. married 5 Sept 1945 in NV Alice Carman. Edward died in a plane crash. They had one child.
Robert Elmer
Bickford b. 30 Oct 1925
Oakland, CA married Unknown McMullin and had 3 children.
Phillip Elton
Bickford b. 21 July 1927
Oakland, CA married Betty Joan
Audiss and had 3 children.
John Clifford
Bickford b. 28 Feb 1929 Anderson, CA. married first on 28 Aug Jacqueline Ann Swaunn b. 29 June 1933 and had one child with her; married 2nd Alma Joan
Cobb and had 3 additional children; married 3rd unknown Scott and had one last child.
Unknown Living
Bickford married Unknown Burke and had 2 children.
Benjamin Samuel
Balsley b. 8 July 1902
Stager Ranch, West Point,
Calaveras Co CA d. 15 Aug 1972 San Francisco CA. married 23 June 1929 in
Reno NV Laura Louise Fortner b. 12 Sept 1910
Jackson,
Calaveras Co CA. They had 6 children.
Frances Marion
Balsley (female) b. 5 May 1906
Stager Ranch, West Point, CA d. March 1986
Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co CA. married on 3 May 1925 in
Vallejo, CA, Burnette B. Bickford b. 10 Aug 1902 Carrier, OK. d. July 1965 Napa, CA. She was the daughter of Elmer
Ellsworth. Frances is buried in Carquinez Cemetery,
Vallejo,
Solano Co CA. They had four children:
Dolores Marian
Bickford b. 24 Jan 1926
Vallejo, CA m. James B. Paine
LeRoy
Ellsworth Bickford b. 12 Oct 1927
Vallejo, CA m. Maxine Alfring b. 12 Oct 1926 d. 15 Jan 1998
Cottenwood,
Shasta Co CA
Duane Richard
Bickford b. 27 Jan 1929
Vallejo, CA d. 13 Aug 1999
Cottenwood,
Shasta Co CA. He is buried Carquinez Cemetery,
Vallejo, Napa Co CA. He married a Suzie unknown.
Jack Delbert
Bickford (still living) married Julie Ann Warren