THE POLSON-CHENEY FAMILY

        Husband: Charles Orville "Sharkey" Reyburn
           Born: 06 JAN 1897 in Clovis, Fresno County, California
        Married: 09 JAN 1918 in Fresno, Fresno County, California
           Died: 01 JAN 1960 in Sanger, Fresno County, California (1)
         Buried: in Clovis Cemetery, Clovis, Fresno County, California
         Father: Charles Taylor Reyburn
         Mother: Minnie May Clifford
        Spouses: 
     Occupation: Painting Contractor
           Wife: Ethel Maud Polson
           Born: 14 AUG 1895 in Pawnee, Pawnee Co., OK (2)
           Died: 07 JAN 1992 in Fresno, CA (3)
         Buried: 10 JAN 1995 in Clovis Cemetery, Clovis, Fresno CO, California (4)
         Father: Irvin Polson
         Mother: Martha Jane Kessler
        Spouses: 
     Occupation: Homemaker (5)
Children
01          (F): Jean Lucile Reyburn
           Born: 26 OCT 1922 in Fresno, Fresno Co, California (6)
           Died: 31 DEC 2003 in Fresno, Fresno Co, California
        Spouses: Edward Everett Flynn, Jr.
02          (M): Charles Orville "Charley" Reyburn, Jr.
           Born: 23 DEC 1923 in Fresno, CA (7)
           Died: 05 OCT 1983 in Sanger, Fresno County, California (8)
        Spouses: Barbara Musetta Diel; Donna Marie Phillips

Additional Information

Charles Orville "Sharkey" Reyburn:

Notes:
The Federal Census for Judicial District #2 of Fresno County, California listed Orville Reyburn on sheet 5a, line 47. He was renting his home and was living with his wife, Ethel, and his brother-in-law, John Polson. Both Orville and John were listed as farmers.

Ethel Maud Polson:

Notes:
Ethel lived to the oldest age (96) of any in her family. She was a member of the Eastern Star in Clovis, California.

Written by Ralph and Betty Bissett

Marriage Notes
Ethel and Charles were married at the First Presbyterian Church at 8 p.m. with Dr E.H. Liles officiating.

Before the ceremony, Mrs Glenn Reyburn sang "I love You". The bridal party entered the Church to the strains of Lohengrin Wedding March played by Mrs Floyd Gibson. Ethel wore white silk chiffon and carried a bouquet of white roses, hyacinths, cyclamen and ferns. Miss Pearl Prussing was Ethel's Maid of Honor and she was dressed in pink and carried pink carnations. Vernon Cobb was the Best Man.

The couple honeymooned in San Francisco, California.

Footnotes

  1. California Department of Health Services Office of Health Information and Research Vital Statistics Section, RootsWeb.com (http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi).
    Reyburn, Charles O.
  2. Brøderbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #4947, Date of Import: Apr 12, 1997.
  3. Ibid.
  4. The McClatchy Company, Fresno Bee (Fresno, Fresno County, California).
    Thursday, January 9, 1992, Section: METRO, page: D9. Obituary for Ethel Maude Reyburn.
  5. Ibid.
    Thursday, January 9, 1992, Section: METRO, page: D9. Obituary for Ethel Maude Reyburn.
  6. Brøderbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #4947, Date of Import: Apr 12, 1997.
  7. Ibid.
  8. Ibid.

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