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Anita Bertha Howes

Anita Bertha Howes

Female 1904 - 2000  (96 years)

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  • Name Anita Bertha Howes  [1, 2, 3
    Birth Abt 1904  Japan Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Birth Abt 1904  Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Birth 1904  [5
    Birth Abt Mar 1904  Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Birth Mar 1904  Japan Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Born 18 Mar 1904  Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Birth 18 Mar 1904  [8
    Birth 18 Mar 1905  Japan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Immigration 23 Jul 1908  Seattle, King, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • ship: "Kaga Maru" from Yokohama
    Residence 1 Jun 1911  1940 Beach Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence 1 Jan 1920  Mendocino Street, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Physical Description 26 Sep 1930  [9
    Ht: 5' 5½"; wt: 110lb; brown hair; brown eyes 
    Naturalization 26 Sep 1930  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Residence 26 Sep 1930  1842 West 41st Place, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Residence 1938  Lancaster, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 5 Oct 1961  4840 West 121st Street, Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Death 2000  [1, 5
    • age 96
    Name Anita B Hambly  [5
    Name Anita B Howes  [4
    Name Anita Bertha Cunningham  [9
    Name Anita Bertha Dewette  [6
    Name Anita Howes  [7
    Died 21 May 2000  Alhambra, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Buried 16 Mar 2001  Inglewood Park Cemetery, 720 East Florence Avenue, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 8
    Sophia Ann Barbara Dewette and Anita Bertha Howes HS
    Sophia Ann Barbara Dewette and Anita Bertha Howes HS
    Notes 
    • Although name is stated to be Howes, it appears that she is a step-child - confirmed by email from Christopher Howes, as follows:
      Anita's father was Samuel (I'm pretty sure), last name Kuhn. He was a Hungarian businessman who ran an export business in Shanghai.
      However, Anita was told that because he was Jewish her mother's family had the wedding annulled.(Though in research Anita couldn't find proof that the wedding ever took place.) Sometime I believe in the 70's she found out that she had a half brother, might have even been 2, that wanted to meet her. But she never did. And I have no additional information on them.

      The family ran a hotel business in Yokohama. (I had the name and address at one point on a business card, but I fear that got lost in moving.) They refused contact with her father. As I understand it, there were serious family problems with Anita being Jewish and apparently they wouldn't allow contact with Samuel. So Sophia took her and emigrated to Vancouver, where she apparently met Earl. At some point the Japaneese government seized the hotel business. After World War 2 the government attempted to make reparations for that. But Sophia declined it and requested it be used towards the rebuilding of the country.
    Person ID I31528  ONS
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2023 

    Father Samuel Henry Kuhn,   d. Not known Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Sophia Ann Barbara Dewette,   b. 10 Oct 1880, 49 Coleshill Buildings, Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1961, Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 16 Jan 1903  Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • We have seen later correspondence about this marriage and whether it legally existed. It was eventually determined that because it had not been registered with any of the relevant authorities, not Belgian, Hungarian, or Japanese, it had never legally taken place
    Family ID F10063  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 George William Cunningham,   b. 4 May 1901, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Not known Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 14 Nov 1927  Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Married 17 Nov 1927  1046 East 34th Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    • Witness Role: Witness Name: George Breslin
      Witness Role: Witness Name: Beryl L Quincy
    George William Cunningham and Anita Bertha Howes MC
    George William Cunningham and Anita Bertha Howes MC
    Divorced 18 Oct 1938  Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Documents
    George William Cunningham and Anita Bertha Howes
    George William Cunningham and Anita Bertha Howes
    Divorce decree
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2021 
    Family ID F10064  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Fred Bertram Hambly, Jr,   b. 23 Oct 1912, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1996, Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 1940  USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Last Modified 11 May 2023 
    Family ID F32209  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1904 - Japan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1904 - Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt Mar 1904 - Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Mar 1904 - Japan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Mar 1904 - Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Mar 1905 - Japan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 23 Jul 1908 - Seattle, King, Washington, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 14 Nov 1927 - Los Angeles, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 17 Nov 1927 - 1046 East 34th Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNaturalization - 26 Sep 1930 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDivorced - 18 Oct 1938 - Los Angeles, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1940 - USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 May 2000 - Alhambra, Los Angeles, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 16 Mar 2001 - Inglewood Park Cemetery, 720 East Florence Avenue, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Anita Bertha Howes
    Anita Bertha Howes
    Photograph from naturalisation certificate

  • Sources 
    1. [S705] Christopher Howes.

    2. [S1624] Passport application - mother.

    3. [S1171] Divorce papers.

    4. [S140] 1920 Census - US.

    5. [S275] Gravestone.

    6. [S242] Ancestry.com Migration records, www.ancestry.com.

    7. [S432] 1911 Census - Canada.

    8. [S707] Inglewood Park Cemetery, http://www.inglewoodparkcemetery.org.

    9. [S120] Naturalization certificate.

    10. [S601] Death report - mother.

    11. [S1653] WestEndVancouver website, WestEndVancouver.wordpress.com.

    12. [S50] Marriage cert.