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Husband: John Franklin HazellBorn: at: <, , England>³ Married: at: Died: c. 1892 at: Father: Mother: Other Spouses:
Wife: Amelia Mary Christenot
Born: 3 APR 1854 at: , , Wisconsin Died: 5 NOV 1929 at: Cottage Grove, Lane, Oregon Father: Benjamin Franklin Christenot Mother: Lucretia Mary O'Cane Other Spouses: Eli V Cochran
CHILDREN
Name: John Franklin Hazell¹ Born: 21 SEP 1875 at: San Francisco, San Francisco, California Married: at: Died: 4 AUG 1945 at: Oroville, Butte, California Spouses: Gertrude Holmes
Name: Mary Azubah Hazell Born: 3 SEP 1876 at: San Francisco, San Francisco, California Married: at: Died: 9 AUG 1933 at: Oroville, Butte, California¹ Spouses: Jesse Cory John Boyd Dresser
Name: Daisy Hazell¹ Born: c. 1881 at: , , California Married: at: Died: 22 FEB 1940 at: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon Spouses: Robert Andrew Melick
Name: Edward Alexious Hazell¹ Born: 23 DEC 1888 at: San Francisco, San Francisco, California Married: at: Died: 27 MAR 1960 at: Oroville, Butte, California² ³ Buried: 31 MAR 1960 at: Memorial Park Cemetery, Oroville, Butte, California Spouses: Gladys
SOURCES
THOMAS SANFORD THE EMIGRANT TO NEW ENGLAND, by Carlton E. Sanford, The Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1911; page 1129, #9545 "13547. Aurelia Christenot, m. __________ Hazell. Res., Enterprise, Cal."
1900 Census, micro film enumeration page 305B Transcribed by Paradise Genealogy Society, Butte County, California, then a note via E-mail from a cousin. Hmmm. Which Township? Christenot Benjamin F. 69 PA Hazel Amelia 46 WI Hazel Eddie 11 CA 1 Obituary, "Oroville Mercury Register," 10 Aug 1933. Mrs. A. M. Dresser Of Quincy Road Dies of Illness Mrs. Azuvah Mary Dresser, 56, died at her home on Quincy Road at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday from heart trouble, from which she had suffered for a year. She was a native of San Francisco and had lived in Oroville and the bay district for the past forty years. She was a member of the Auxiliary of Oroville Post no 1747 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. She is survived by the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Mary Overaker, Alameda; William Cory, Mrs. Gladys Savage, and Frank Cory, all of Oroville; Clarence Dresser and Mrs. Alice Pitkins, both of San Francisco; Mrs. Elvira Bryant, Oakland; and Vernon, Raymond and Velma Dresser, all of Oroville. Other survivors are a sister, Mrs. Daisy Melick, Portland, and two brothers, Frank and Ed Hazel of Oroville. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Hamilton and Riley's with the Rev. George A. Chitchett officiating. Interment will be at Memorial Park. 2 Obituary, "Oroville Mercury Register," 29 March 1960 Edward A. Hazell Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Hamilton and Riley Funeral Chapel for Edward A. Hazell, 71, of 1943 Mitchell Ave., who died Sunday. Born in San Francisco, Dec. 23, 1888, he lived in California all his life and 61 years in Butte County. He is survived by seven nieces. Mrs. LaVerne Lee, Mrs. Dorothy Sproul, both of Oroville; Mrs. May Overacker, Oakland; Mrs. Gladys Bonnett, Chico; Mrs. Alice Westfield, Red Bluff; Mrs. Elvera Bryant, Rosville; Mrs. Velma Billingsy, Arizona; four nephews. Vernon Dresser, Oroville; Clarence Dresser, Boise, Idaho; Raymond Dresser, San Francisco; and Frank Cory, Chico. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. 3 State of California Certificate of Death State file number: 60-038116 Local registration district 452 & certificate number 266 Name: Edward Alexious Hazell Date/hour of death: March 27, 1960; 8:00 p.m. Birthplace: California Sex: M Race: white Age: 71 Date of birth: December 23, 1888 Father name-birthplace: John F. Hazell, England Mother name-birthplace: Mary M. Crisnot, England Citizenship: United States SSN: 570-26-6785 Last occupation: Woodsman If deceased was ever in the armed services, give War or dates of service: none Marital status: divorced Place of death - Name of hospital: Butte County Hospital Usual residence of deceased: 1945 Mitchell Ave., Oroville, Butte, California Name of informant: Medical Records, Butte County Hospital Burial, entombment or cremation: burial Date: March 31, 1960 Name of cemetery or crematory: Memorial Park Cemetery Funeral director: Hamilton & Riley NOTES:
Bureau of Land Management Claim Date: 12 Sep 1904 Place: Land Office at Marysville, Cal. Frank Christenot had a homestead, a 160 acre parcel, in Hurleton, Butte, Cal. from about 1896. He filed on it in Dec. 1900. After his death, Amelia gave notice of intent to establish her claim to the land. She identified herself as "Mary A. Hazell, daughter and sole surviving heir of Benj. F. Christenot, dec'd" Date: 22 Oct 1904 Place: Superior Court, Oroville, Butte, California Final Affidavit Required of Homestead Claimants. "I am by birth and my father was by birth a citizen of the United States; that Benjamin Christenot made actual settlement on and have cultivated and resided upon said land since the _____ day of _______________, 1896." Date: -?- Place: Land Office at Marysville, Cal. Homestead Proof (form 4-369, receipt) Original Application No. 5210 Final Certificate No. 2779 Approved: Fred H. Greely, Register Henry Malloch, Receiver form 4-369, Testimony of Claimant section, partial [identity] "Mary A. Hazell, age 50 yrs, P.O. address Enterprise Cal." [native born U.S.?] "Yes, Wisconsin -- My father was also native born --" [when was actual residence established at claim?] "My father settled & commenced living on place in 1896 & lived on it until his death Dec. 7, 1903. Has dwg, out buildings, about 40 acres cleared, fenced, and about 8 acres cultivated in fruit trees & berries & garden stuff, all worth over $500." [family members] "I am the only surviving member of my father's family -- my mother died many years ago --" [when were you absent from the homestead? why? if absent, did your family cultivate it during your absence?] "Not at all -- Father lived on the place all the time from 1896 to his death, and I also resided there with him -- I am a widow, -- have been for 12 years past -- I lived with him over 5 years --" [character of the land] "Mountainous, some small timber, red soil -- worth most for fruit & pasture."
