Ida Pearl JAMES^[1]

1913 - 1973  (59 years)

• Name	Ida Pearl JAMES
  Born	21 Oct 1913	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Immigration	1922	United States of America
  Naturalization	14 Aug 1942	Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California
  _UID	769F3D55F9343D4C95BBAB906C7525513F8F
  Died	13 Apr 1973	Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., California
  Buried	Inglewood Park Cem., Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., California
  Person ID	I22775	Branch 171 James Stafford b. 1730
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2012

  
  

  Father	David Harold JAMES,   b. 20 Aug 1887, Clayton, Lanark Co. Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Feb 1968, Headley, BC, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Ida Perl "Pearl" HALE,   b. 8 Sep 1893, Ryde Twp., Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 May 1967, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California  (Age 73 years)
  Married	Abt 1910	probably Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
  Family ID	F8505	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Llyod DIXON-WINGER,   b. 1914, Preston, Franklin Co., Idaho
  Divorced	1940	Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California
  Children	1. Diane Louise DIXON (STAFFORD),   b. 1936, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California ,   d. 2015, Grand Junction, Mesa Co., Colorado  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2019
  Family ID	F8508	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Harrison Murray STAFFORD,   b. 14 Feb 1916, Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio ,   d. 6 Mar 1992, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California  (Age 76 years)
  Married	14 Feb 1942	Yuma, Yuma Co., Arizona
  Children	1. Michael Harrison STAFFORD, Major USAFR   2. Patrick Murray STAFFORD,   b. 6 Jul 1948, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada ,   d. 8 Jan 2019, Lancaster, Los Angeles Co., California  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2019
  Family ID	F8503	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ida attended Fairfax High School and graduated from Hollywood High School in 1931 using the name Hopewell, although she was never adopted by her stepfather. She attended UCLA for a time but soon dropped out and went to Woodbury Business College where she completed the Secretarial Course. She had a tough time making it on her own as a single mother after her first marriage failed. For a time, she moved back with her parents and nursed her mother through a serious illness, but they did not get along well at times. She was working as a waitress at the time she met Harry Stafford. Upon her marriage to Harry, she stayed home but did his business books. After the family's return from Canada in 1950, she went back to work as a Stenographer. Her most notable jobs were working on the ICBM program and for the Federal Aviation Agency. She retired in 1971 following breast cancer surgery. Naturalization: Petition No. 98914. Certificate 5503006. Died: Remission of Breast Cancer failed following an incomplete recovery from a stroke complicated by diabetes and high blood pressure.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4663] Stafford Data Branch 14.