The file above was recorded sometime in the early 80’s or so, by Amy Walker, Joan Fackrell, and possibly Thora? While I am at the moment unsure, if anything comes to light, I will update this information. It is a history of their ancestors, and it is read by our ancestors, making this a unique file!
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My Birth
I was born on Wednesday March 10th, 1971, in Oxnard, California. My mother was separated from her husband at the time and living alone in an apartment in the Ventura Avenue area of Ventura, California.
Amy and Orson Fackrell Divorce
I was looking through the old historical papers still here in the family and found a gem among them, dated 26 February 1935. It is a copy of the divorce decree from Amy Eliza Walker and Orson Fackrell. As the judge was an H. R. Christmas, I imagine Orson referred to the divorce as his Christmas present! But more treasured is paragraph 3 of the findings, “That the defendant has offered to the plaintiff such indignities as to render his condition, as her husband, intolerable.” It is not the kind of thing that comes up in conversation when one is related to the “her” in this situation! I seem to remember he was pretty serious about this drinking, though, and can easily imagine that her trying to get him to slow down is what was intolerable.
