Person:Frederick Theriot (1)

!EDUCATION: Elementary: Saint Cecilia [Catholic] School on Normandy, in Los Angeles, grades K-6. Junior High: James A. Foshay, off Vermont in Los Angeles, grades 7, 8 & 9. High School: Manual Arts High School, grades 10-12; graduated winter 1932. (He did not know fellow student Leanore LANE who graduated in summer 1933, after him). Then he went directly to UCLA in winter 1932, graduating in winter 1936/37, when he moved to Kansas City to work as chemist for his aunt Myrtle CAHILL HAVER's firm. He did some graduate work in Chemistry, but did not pass the German language course requirement.

!SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER: 552-07-8388 [562-07-8388? on California Death Records online].

!MARRIAGE: State of CA, Department of Public Health, Los Angeles County, local registry #8431. Standard Certificate of Marriage, photocopy in possession of Karen THERIOT READER. Groom: Fred Joseph THERIOT, residence 4150 Dalton Ave., Los Angeles, single, white, age 24, his 1st marriage, occupation Distribution of Sash & Doors, son of Fred J. THERIOT (born LA) and Bessie L. CAHILL (born MO). Bride: Leanore Gentry LANE, residence 333 10th St, Manhattan Beach, single, white, age 25, her 1st marriage, occupation None, daughter of Burl Everett LANE (born TN) & Grace GENTRY (born MO). They were married at 1004 Highland Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA [Church of the American Martyrs]. Witness was Calvin Taylor, living at 5954-6th Ave., Los Angeles The marriage was performed by Timothy J. Lynch, a Catholic priest. The certificate no. 8431 was filed on 3 Jul 1940, registered copy from Book No. 1667, Page 154 of the County of Los Angeles dated 12 Apr 1945.

!RESIDENCES: After marriage, he and his new wife lived in a duplex owned by his parents, on 59th Street in SW Los Angeles. Soon after, they began to plan and build a new house, which was finished about 8 months before they brought their second-born to live there, at 7602 East Second Street in Downey, CA.They lived there until the move to a 475-acre apple ranch at 1101 Bear Valley Road in Aptos, CA in spring 1958.

!MILITARY: According to his widow Leanore Lane Theriot Hooper, he had been in ROTC, both in High School, and as a Captain at U.C.L.A. During the early part of World War II he had worked in a military-support draft-exempt job at Vultee Corporation, where he helped cut out airplane parts. At the time he was a college graduate, married, with children. By 1943 he was going to be drafted into the Army, and in three months he would have been qualified, and possibly sent overseas. So he took the Eddy test, to get into radio, and passed with the top marks, so the Navy accepted him as an enlisted man. He was sent to San Diego for training, but never actually served aboard ship.

!DEATH: Had operations for thyroid cancer in Oct & Dec 1955, and Feb 1956. Died of cancer, at home at 1101 Bear Valley Road, Aptos, CA, attended by wife Lee and daughter Karen Theriot READER. Social Security No. 562-07-8588 [562-07-8388?] in SS Death Index.

!DEATH: Certificate of Death, Local registration district 4400-Certificat Number 1004, bearing seal of the Santa Cruz County, CA Recorder, dated 23 Aug 1976. Fred Joseph THERIOT, a male Caucasian, died on 20 Aug 1976 at 4:30 p.m. at age 61. He died at home, at 1101 Bear Valley Road (unincorporated), Aptos. He had lived in Santa Cruz County for 18 years, in CA for 61. His physician since 1959 was Paul Weiss, M.D., who signed the certificate. Immediate cause of death was Carcinomatosis, for last 2 years, as a consequence of Carcinoma of Thyroid for 21 years.

    He was born 1 Jul 1915 in CA, son of Fred J. THERIOT Sr. (born in LA) & Bessie CAHILL (born in MO). He was a citizen of the USA, Social Security #562-07-8388. He was married to Leanore LANE who survived him. His last occupation was Apple Grower, for 20 years, self-employed in growing apples.
    He was cremated on 23 Aug 1976 at I.O.O.F. Crematory, license #5877, funeral director was Arnold's Funeral Home.

BURIAL: Cremated, ashes spread above spring at home ranch, at 1101 Bear Valley Road, Aptos, CA 95003 by his son Michael.

!PROBATE: California State Controller's Office, Inheritance and Gift Tax Division, dated 4 May 1978. Trust Assets total $1,088,578, including Bear Valley Road ranch (AP#105-151-05) assessed at $342,750, and $223,715 in various bank cash accounts, and $1,088,578 in securities. Deduction of $10,453, Contribution of $539,438 deducted, leaving a "Clear Market Value" of $543,233. On that the total tax [up to then] was $28,198, after having deducted a gift tax credit of $2,245. [Another accounting, which discounted due to timing of the "gift" of the ranch shares to Michael, called for a further tax of $40,000.]

1. ↑ Birth Record.

   Certified copy of Birth Record, dated at Santa Monica, CA on 6 Apr 1945, in District No. 1906, Regitrar's No. 83; Frederick Joseph Theriot Jr. male born on 1 Jul 1915 at 5 a.m. at [home] 1619 Palm Place, Santa Monica, Los Angeles county, CA. Father's name: Frederick Joseph Theriot Sr., white, born in Louisiana; mother Bessie Leora Cahill, white, born in Missouri. The attending physician signing the certificate is A. Harlan CURRIE, address 514 Grosse Bldg., Los Angeles. It was received by the local registrar on 14 Jul 1915.

   Photocopy in possession of Karen THERIOT READER.

2. ↑ Baptismal record.

   Certificate of Baptism, transcibed 23 Jun 1940 from the Baptismal Register of St. Monica Church, Santa Monica, CA. Frederick Joseph THERIOT, born in Santa Monica on 1 Jul 1915, child of Frederick Joseph THERIOT & Bessie CAHILL, was baptized on 8 Aug 1915 according to the rite of the Roman Catholic church by the Rev. Patrick Pierse. Sponsors: Sydney Joseph MIGUEZ and Lilian Mary MIGUEZ.

   Photocopy in possession of Karen THERIOT READER.

3. ↑ U.S. federal census (online)
   Image 787, 8 Apr 1930.

   Block 117, Line 48, address 1472 41st Place, Dwelling 218/ Household #220: Fred J. THERIOT, age 47, head of household, [owns] home worth $6000, has a radio set living with wife Bessie L., age 38, and son Fred J. Jr., age 14, a single white male born in CA, father born in LA, mother in MO. He attended school during year, can read and write, and can speak English . Occupation "None."

   Roll T626-149, E.D. 454, Supv. Dist. 17, Sheet 10A (131).