Biography

Jo Van Fleet is Notable.

Jo Van Fleet was an American theatre and film actress. She was the winner of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (forEast of Eden) and a Tony Award (forThe Trip to Bountiful).^[1]

Catherine was born in 1915. She was the daughter of Roy Hugh Van Fleet and Bessie Gardner.^[2] In 1920 her father had died and she lived with her mother, sister, aunt Charlotte, and grandparents Ralph W. Gardner and Mary.^[3] In 1930 she lived with her mother.^[4]

In 1940 she was teaching high school and boarding in Lemoore, Kings County, California, United States.^[5]

She passed away in 1996.

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Jo Van Fleet,"Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Van_Fleet (accessed July 11, 2017).
2. ↑ "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VLD5-B4Z : 27 November 2014), Catherin J Vanfleet, 29 Dec 1915; citing Alameda, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH3Z-WLV : accessed 12 July 2017), Josephine Van Fleet in household of Ralph W Gardner, Oakland, Alameda, California, United States; citing ED 145, sheet 8A, line 16, family 181, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 91; FHL microfilm 1,820,091.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCXH-SY7 : accessed 12 July 2017), Josephine Van Fleet in household of Bessie Van Fleet, Oakland, Alameda, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 131, sheet 28B, line 65, family 395, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 105; FHL microfilm 2,339,840.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K97Q-79Q : accessed 12 July 2017), Josephine Vanfleet in household of Verna Kloninger, Lemoore, Lemoore Judicial Township, Kings, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-18A, sheet 6A, line 13, family 122, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 217.

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