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Marguerite Eleanor Caswell
Last updated 14 Dec 2021 in Spear–Johnson Family.
Individual
Born: 13 Aug 1916 in , , Illinois, United States
Father: Clyde Philander Caswell (1893 – ?)
Mother: Marguerite Lillian Spies (1892 – 1956)
census-us-1930-ps-ca-losangeles-552-12a: 1930 U.S. Census, population schedule, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles (Assembly District 72), enumeration district 10-552, sheet 12A (form/penned) or page 233A (stamped); 1930 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 May 2018) ⟩ "California ⟩ Los Angeles ⟩ Los Angeles (Districts 501-750) ⟩ District 0552" image 22; citing “Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 153 (of 2667), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.” [FHL microfilm 2339888]
Reference Detail: Line 14, dwelling 243
Comment Detail: Source includes name (Marguerite Caswell).
family-robert-caswell-bible-register: Family register page from Robert Caswell bible; privately held
Comment Detail: Source includes name (Marguerite Eleanor [Caswell]).
interview-helen-oram-2009: Notes from interview with Helen (Johnson) Caswell Oram, 19 Oct 2009; privately held
Reference Detail: Note #12: Robert Caswell.
Comment Detail: Source includes name (Marguerite [Spies]). Information recorded by interviewer, spelling is unreliable.
periodical-earle-meadows-secretly-wed-1937: “Earle Meadows Secretly Wed,” sports news; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 10 Jun 2018) ⟩ “United States of America ⟩ California ⟩ Los Angeles ⟩ The Los Angeles Times ⟩ 1937 ⟩ 12 ⟩ 14” page 31; citing “Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California), 14 Dec 1937 (Tuesday), Part 2, page 11, column 5”
Comment Detail: Source includes name (Marguerite Caswell).
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census-us-1930-ps-ca-losangeles-552-12a: 1930 U.S. Census, population schedule, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles (Assembly District 72), enumeration district 10-552, sheet 12A (form/penned) or page 233A (stamped); 1930 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 May 2018) ⟩ "California ⟩ Los Angeles ⟩ Los Angeles (Districts 501-750) ⟩ District 0552" image 22; citing “Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 153 (of 2667), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.” [FHL microfilm 2339888]
Reference Detail: Line 14, dwelling 243
Comment Detail: Source includes age (13) and location (Illinois). Using her age and the official census date of 1 Apr 1930 gives a birth date range from 2 Apr 1916 to 1 Apr 1917.
family-robert-caswell-bible-register: Family register page from Robert Caswell bible; privately held
Comment Detail: Source includes date (Aug 13, 1916).
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census-us-1930-ps-ca-losangeles-552-12a: 1930 U.S. Census, population schedule, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles (Assembly District 72), enumeration district 10-552, sheet 12A (form/penned) or page 233A (stamped); 1930 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 May 2018) ⟩ "California ⟩ Los Angeles ⟩ Los Angeles (Districts 501-750) ⟩ District 0552" image 22; citing “Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 153 (of 2667), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.” [FHL microfilm 2339888]
Reference Detail: Lines 12,14, dwelling 243
Comment Detail: Source identifies Marguerite Caswell as a daughter of Clyde P. Caswell. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.
family-robert-caswell-bible-register: Family register page from Robert Caswell bible; privately held
Comment Detail: Source identifies Marguerite Eleanor [Caswell] as a child of Clyde Philander Caswell. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.
periodical-earle-meadows-secretly-wed-1937: “Earle Meadows Secretly Wed,” sports news; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 10 Jun 2018) ⟩ “United States of America ⟩ California ⟩ Los Angeles ⟩ The Los Angeles Times ⟩ 1937 ⟩ 12 ⟩ 14” page 31; citing “Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California), 14 Dec 1937 (Tuesday), Part 2, page 11, column 5”
Comment Detail: Source identifies Clyde P. Caswell as the father of Marguerite Caswell. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.
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family-robert-caswell-bible-register: Family register page from Robert Caswell bible; privately held
Comment Detail: Source identifies Marguerite Eleanor [Caswell] as a child of Marguerite Lillian Spies. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.
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Family
Spouse/Partner: Earle Meadows (abt 1913 – 1992)
Married: Jun 1937 in Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, United States
periodical-earle-meadows-secretly-wed-1937: “Earle Meadows Secretly Wed,” sports news; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 10 Jun 2018) ⟩ “United States of America ⟩ California ⟩ Los Angeles ⟩ The Los Angeles Times ⟩ 1937 ⟩ 12 ⟩ 14” page 31; citing “Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California), 14 Dec 1937 (Tuesday), Part 2, page 11, column 5”
Comment Detail: Source includes indirect date ("yesterday ... had been married for nearly six months") and location (Yuma, Ariz.). This suggests June 1937 since the story was published 14 Dec 1937.
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Miscellaneous Facts
Attributes
Residence: 1 Apr 1930 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
census-us-1930-ps-ca-losangeles-552-12a: 1930 U.S. Census, population schedule, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles (Assembly District 72), enumeration district 10-552, sheet 12A (form/penned) or page 233A (stamped); 1930 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 May 2018) ⟩ "California ⟩ Los Angeles ⟩ Los Angeles (Districts 501-750) ⟩ District 0552" image 22; citing “Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 153 (of 2667), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.” [FHL microfilm 2339888]
Reference Detail: Line 14, dwelling 243
Comment Detail: Source includes census date (1 Apr 1930) and location (Los Angeles City, County: Los Angeles, State: California).
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General Notes and Anecdotes
in 1936, Marguerite (the "fleetest feminine sprinter in the West") won the women's 100-meter race in Olympic tryouts at the Coliseum in Los Angeles. Observing the trials were screen actor Melvyn Douglas and his wife, Helen Gahagan, a Broadway and screen actress, and opera star (and from the late 1930s, a politician). When it was revealed there were no funds to send the competing athletes to the final trials in Providence, Rhode Island, the couple decided to fund Marguerite's trip. [periodical-caswell-leaves-for-eastern-trials-1936]
Marguerite married Earle Meadows some six months before telling anyone, even Marguerite's father, Clyde Caswell. According to the 14 Dec 1937 edition of the Los Angeles Times, "... when the [USC] Trojans and Stanford tangled for high-point honors in the conference meet at the Coliseum last May 29, Meadows and Miss Caswell agreed that if he suceeded in breaking the world's pole-vault record of 14ft. 8-1/2in. they'd celebrate by getting married./He did---and they did." [periodical-earl-meadows-secretly-wed]
periodical-caswell-leaves-for-eastern-trials-1936: “Miss Caswell Leaves for Eastern Trials,” photo caption/story; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 10 Jun 2018) ⟩ “United States of America ⟩ California ⟩ Los Angeles ⟩ The Los Angeles Times ⟩ 1936 ⟩ 06 ⟩ 29” page 30; citing “Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California), 29 Jun 1936 (Monday), part II (2), page 2, column 2”
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periodical-earle-meadows-secretly-wed-1937: “Earle Meadows Secretly Wed,” sports news; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 10 Jun 2018) ⟩ “United States of America ⟩ California ⟩ Los Angeles ⟩ The Los Angeles Times ⟩ 1937 ⟩ 12 ⟩ 14” page 31; citing “Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California), 14 Dec 1937 (Tuesday), Part 2, page 11, column 5”
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Research Notes (Conflicts/Spelling/Followup)
FOLLOWUP
Marguerite may have remarried after Earl died, to a man named Kenneth, who had passed away by the date of the interview in 2009. [interview-helen-oram-2009, SpearArchive SBJ_DA001-02@~28m12s]
Marguerite may have been living in or near Sacramento, California in 2009. [interview-helen-oram-2009, SpearArchive SBJ_DA001-02@~27m07s]
interview-helen-oram-2009: Notes from interview with Helen (Johnson) Caswell Oram, 19 Oct 2009; privately held
Reference Detail: Note #12: Robert Caswell.
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