John Raymond Houghton1,2

M, #93661, b. circa 1947

Family: Martha Jane McDowell b. c 1940

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Birthcirca 19471
MarriageJun 25, 1983Los Angeles Co., CA, USA1
Residence2009Roseville, CA
Granada Hills, CA
Van Nuys, CA
San Fernando, CA
Los Angeles, CA

Citations

  1. [S1369] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online Ancestry. Com, State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.
  2. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://www.intelius.com

Beulah Burton1

F, #93662, b. 1911, d. 1999

Family: Sidney Leland Houghton b. 13 Sep 1912, d. 11 Sep 1977

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Birth1911MO, USA, age 28 in 1940 census2,3
OriginJamison, Daviess Co., MO, USA1
MarriageDec 31, 1933Raytown, Jackson Co., MO, USA1
1940 Census1940St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO, USA, age 27, automobile repair mechanic3
Death19992
BurialHillcrest Cemetery, Gallatin, Daviess Co., MO, USA

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.
  2. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
  3. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri; Roll: T627_2087; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 11-19.
  4. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://www.legacy.com/sj-r/Obituaries.asp

John Thomas Houghton1

M, #93663, b. 12 December 1943

Family 1: Genevieve McLean Hughes b. 14 Jul 1932, d. 2 Oct 2012

Family 2: Sarah Stewart b. c 1946

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BirthDec 12, 1943Arthur, MA, USA1
MarriageAug 27, 1966Alameda Co., CA, USA1
Residence1971Carbondale, IL, USA
DivorceJul, 1977Alameda Co., CA, USA
MarriageMay 21, 1978Alameda Co., CA, USA1
Residence2008Berkeley, Alameda Co., CA, USA

Citations

  1. [S1369] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online Ancestry. Com, State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.

Sarah Stewart1

F, #93664, b. circa 1946

Family: John Thomas Houghton b. 12 Dec 1943

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Birthcirca 19461
MarriageMay 21, 1978Alameda Co., CA, USA1
Residence2008Berkeley, Alameda Co., CA, USA

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  1. [S1369] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online Ancestry. Com, State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.

Genevieve McLean Hughes1

F, #93665, b. 14 July 1932, d. 2 October 2012

Family: John Thomas Houghton b. 12 Dec 1943

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BirthJul 14, 1932Washington, DC, USA1
Graduation1954Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, English BA
MarriageAug 27, 1966Alameda Co., CA, USA1
Residence1971Carbondale, IL, USA
DivorceJul, 1977Alameda Co., CA, USA
DeathOct 2, 2012Murphysboro, IL, USA2
ObituaryOct 7, 2012IL, USA, CARBONDALE -- Genevieve Hughes Houghton died Tuesday evening, Oct. 2, 2012, in Murphysboro, with friends and family at her side, after an 18-month battle with cancer.

She was born July 14, 1932, in Washington, D.C., to Dorothy Wimsatt Hughes and William J. Hughes, Jr.

Her primary and secondary schooling were at Sacred Heart Academy (now Stone Ridge). Genevieve loved childhood summers at the family's summer home at Rehoboth Beach, Del. She graduated from Cornell University in 1954 with a B.A. in English.

While working as a municipal bonds analyst for Dun and Bradstreet in New York City, Genevieve began volunteering with the Congress for Racial Equality's New York City integration efforts. In 1960, she quit her Wall Street job to become CORE's first female field staff, traveling in the South and Midwest to form new CORE chapters to further their goal of ending racial segregation through nonviolent civil disobedience. In May 1961, CORE organized a Freedom Ride to challenge continued segregation of interstate public transportation in the deep south, despite the 1946 Supreme Court decision ruling it unconstitutional. Genevieve was one of 13 white and black CORE members who boarded Greyhound and Trailways buses in Washington, D.C., for a conference in New Orleans. While their ride ended with brutal violence in Anniston and Montgomery, Ala., they were followed by waves of students, clergy and others committed to civil rights, who descended on the south to continue the Freedom Ride. A fellow freedom rider, current Georgia Congressman John Lewis, described Genevieve as "graceful and gentle as her name, (yet) not at all afraid to speak up when she had strong feelings about something." Houghton and the others were featured in a PBS documentary last year commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides. In 2011, she reunited with friends from those days at various Freedom Rider 50th anniversary events.

Later in 1961, CORE assigned Genevieve to Berkeley, Calif., to organize in northern California. She attended graduate school at UC Berkeley, and met her husband, John, in a paddy wagon. They moved to Carbondale in 1971, where both continued graduate studies. They later divorced. Genevieve was one of the founders of The Women's Center and became its first director, serving in that capacity as the center grew.

Genevieve had many community involvements in retirement. She served as an emergency foster parent, a volunteer at Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge and Free Again Wildlife Rehabilitation, was a member of the SIU Human Subjects Committee, the Illinois Fair Housing Commission, Save Kinkaid Lake, the Green Party, the League of Women Voters, Audubon Society, Sierra Club, Green Earth and the Carbondale Sustainability Commission. In addition to her passion for social justice and her compassion for people, she had an intense love of the outdoors, hiking many Southern Illinois trails with friends and dogs, participating in Audubon bird counts and traveling near and far to see "good" birds. She was sometimes frustrated with those who admired her civil rights work, and urged them to get busy ending environmental destruction. For the last 10 years, she has stood vigil with others on Carbondale's town square at noon on Saturdays to protest the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. She was a lifelong, voracious reader.

Genevieve is survived by her brothers, Michael Hughes (Mary) of Naples, Fla., and John Hughes (December) of Rehoboth Beach, Del; sister-in-law, Anne Hughes of Springfield, Va; cousin, Fran Zweibel of Portal, Ariz; her whippet, Harry; and many friends, for whom her home was a relaxed hub of lively conversation and good food.

She always saw you to the door, explaining that's what her mother taught her. Her wry sense of humor, intelligence, eccentricities and quiet kindness will be missed by many.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, William; and good friend, Evelyn Griffin.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Good Samaritan Ministries, The Southern Illinois African American Museum or Hospice of Southern Illinois.

Her friends and family would like to thank her in-home care givers these last months, and Drs. Strack, Aks and Kao, and their staffs.

There will be a celebration of Genevieve's life at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, in Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship.


Published in The Southern Illinoisan from October 4 to October 7, 20122
ParentsDWilliam J. Hughes, Jr. & Dorothy Wimsatt2
NotableCongress for Racial Equality's first female field staff

Citations

  1. [S1369] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online Ancestry. Com, State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.
  2. [S93] Newspaper Obituary, http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thesouthern/obituary.aspx

Jolene Houghton1

F, #93666, b. March 1944

Family 1: John Wesley Layman b. c 1943

Family 2: Jerry K. Smith b. c 1944

Family 3: Stephen Douglas Hepler b. c 1942

Family 4: Robert Alan Merriam b. c 1942, d. Jun 2017

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BirthMar, 1944UT, USA
MarriageMar 23, 1963Los Angeles Co., CA, USA1
DivorceMar 13, 1981Los Angeles Co., CA, USA
MarriageSep 26, 1981Los Angeles Co., CA, USA1
DivorceJun 14, 1984Los Angeles Co., CA, USA
MarriageNov 16, 1985Los Angeles Co., CA, USA1
Marriage
Living2022Simi Valley, CA, USA

Citations

  1. [S1369] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online Ancestry. Com, State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.

John Wesley Layman1

M, #93667, b. circa 1943

Family: Jolene Houghton b. Mar 1944

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Birthcirca 19431
MarriageMar 23, 1963Los Angeles Co., CA, USA1

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  1. [S1369] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online Ancestry. Com, State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.

Jerry K. Smith1

M, #93668, b. circa 1944

Family: Jolene Houghton b. Mar 1944

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Birthcirca 19441
MarriageSep 26, 1981Los Angeles Co., CA, USA1
DivorceJun 14, 1984Los Angeles Co., CA, USA

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  1. [S1369] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online Ancestry. Com, State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.

Stephen Douglas Hepler1

M, #93669, b. circa 1942

Family: Jolene Houghton b. Mar 1944

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Birthcirca 19421
MarriageNov 16, 1985Los Angeles Co., CA, USA1
Residence2009Sylmar, CA
Canoga Park, CA
Tujunga, CA
Lake Forest, CA

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  1. [S1369] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online Ancestry. Com, State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.

Joseph C. Houghton1

M, #93670, b. circa 1948

Family: Elizabeth L. Brown b. c 1948

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Birthcirca 19481
Education1965Cupertino High School, Cupertino, CA, USA
MarriageMar 3, 1967Santa Clara Co., CA, USA1
DivorceMar, 1971Santa Clara Co., CA, USA

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  1. [S1369] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online Ancestry. Com, State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.

Elizabeth L. Brown1

F, #93671, b. circa 1948

Family: Joseph C. Houghton b. c 1948

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Birthcirca 19481
MarriageMar 3, 1967Santa Clara Co., CA, USA1
DivorceMar, 1971Santa Clara Co., CA, USA

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  1. [S1369] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online Ancestry. Com, State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.

Thomas R. Brewer1

M, #93672, b. circa 1953

Family: Joy Kay Houghton b. 10 Jan 1955

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Birthcirca 19531
MarriageDec 4, 1971Los Angeles Co., CA, USA1
DivorceDec, 1973Los Angeles, CA, USA

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  1. [S1369] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online Ancestry. Com, State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.

Joyce Houghton1

F, #93673, b. 25 April 1941

Family: James R. Wilhelm b. c 1932

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BirthApr 25, 1941England1
MarriageJun 14, 1968Los Angeles Co., CA, USA1
DivorceOct, 1975Los Angeles Co., CA, USA

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  1. [S1369] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online Ancestry. Com, State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.

James R. Wilhelm1

M, #93674, b. circa 1932

Family: Joyce Houghton b. 25 Apr 1941

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Birthcirca 19321
MarriageJun 14, 1968Los Angeles Co., CA, USA1
DivorceOct, 1975Los Angeles Co., CA, USA

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  1. [S1369] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online Ancestry. Com, State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.

Juanita Lorraine Booher

F, #93675, b. 1 January 1937

Family: Stanley E. Seavey b. c 1934

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BirthJan 1, 1937Sacramento Co., CA, USA1
MarriageJun 26, 1966Los Angeles Co., CA, USA1
Residence2009La Crescenta, CA
Oxnard, CA
ResearchStanley E Seavey
Stan E Seavey
Nley E Seavey
Nita Lorraine Seavey
Lorraine Seavey

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  1. [S1369] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online Ancestry. Com, State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.

Stanley E. Seavey1

M, #93676, b. circa 1934

Family: Juanita Lorraine Booher b. 1 Jan 1937

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Birthcirca 19341
MarriageJun 26, 1966Los Angeles Co., CA, USA1
Residence2009La Crescenta, CA
Oxnard, CA

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  1. [S1369] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online Ancestry. Com, State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.

Terry Jay Smith1

M, #93677, b. circa 1947

Family: Judith Ann Houghton b. 28 Dec 1948

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Birthcirca 19471
MarriageSep 12, 1969Sacramento Co., CA, USA1
DivorceMay, 1970Kern Co., CA, USA

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  1. [S1369] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online Ancestry. Com, State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.

Judith A. Houghton1

F, #93678, b. circa 1938

Family: Donald G. Penkoff b. c 1937

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Birthcirca 19381
MarriageApr 9, 1960Los Angeles Co., CA, USA1

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  1. [S1369] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online Ancestry. Com, State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.

Donald G. Penkoff1

M, #93679, b. circa 1937

Family: Judith A. Houghton b. c 1938

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Birthcirca 19371
MarriageApr 9, 1960Los Angeles Co., CA, USA1

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  1. [S1369] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online Ancestry. Com, State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.

Arthur D. Medinas1

M, #93680, b. circa 1940

Family: Judy Ann Houghton b. 19 Mar 1953

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Birthcirca 19401
MarriageDec 28, 1982Alameda Co., CA, USA1
Research2009Union City, CA
Newark, CA
Fremont, CA

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  1. [S1369] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online Ancestry. Com, State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.

Mary Zylstra1

F, #93686, b. 28 May 1930, d. 29 April 2011

Family 1: Leland Devere Houghton b. 2 Jun 1933, d. 5 Jan 2012

Family 2: George Morton

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BirthMay 28, 1930Leewarden, Netherlands1,2
MarriageJul, 1956Waukegan, IL, USA3
Divorce1969
Marriage19692
DeathApr 29, 2011Oakley, CA, USA2
ObituaryMay 20, 2011Mary R. Morton May 28, 1930 ~ April 29, 2011 Resident of Oakley, CA Mary R. Morton passed away on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 4:15am after a long battle with breast cancer. She is no longer in pain and is now at peace. Mary was born in Leewarden, Nederland. She met and married Leland Houghton and had 2 sons. In 1969 she met and married George Morton, and they moved to the Bay Area. Mary enjoyed her stamp collection, going to Taco Tuesday at her club, visiting and shopping with friends, watching movies, piecing together puzzles and traveling the world. She was a founding member of the Driftwood Yacht Club in Oakley, CA. Mary often did charity work for the Oakland Children's Hospital and Make A Wish Foundation. Mary is survived by her children David Houghton (wife Trish) and Richard Houghton (wife Monica); and her grandchildren Jessica Houghton Hagan (husband Kyle) and Keith Houghton. Also survived by her family in Holland sisters Tine (husband Jerek) and Annie (husband Hank); twelve nieces and nephews and numerous great-nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her mother and father, and brother Dick. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to one of these charities in Mary's honor American Cancer Society , Make a Wish Foundation or Children's Hospital. A celebration of her life is being planned.
Published in Contra Costa Times on May 20, 20112
NoteShe was from Amsterdam, Holland. Leland met her in New York, when he was in the Army. Gival sponsored her for US citizenship.

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  1. [S415] E-mail from David Leon Houghton, Feb. 5, 2009.
  2. [S93] Newspaper Obituary, http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/contracostatimes/…
  3. [S401] Interview with Leland Devere Houghton, April 23, 2009.
  4. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://www.intelius.com

George LeRoy Berry1

M, #93687, b. 21 June 1861, d. 29 December 1933

Family: Fannie S. Houghton b. 25 Feb 1863

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BirthJun 21, 18611
MarriageJan 1, 18811
DeathDec 29, 19331

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  1. [S415] E-mail from Rebecca Coon, Feb. 4, 2009.

Rebecca A. Coon1

F, #93688

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Addressracoon922@gmail.com
Contributnggggrandmother
Grandchild

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  1. [S415] E-mail from Rebecca Coon, Feb. 4, 2009.

Nina Phidelia Berry1

F, #93689, b. 9 September 1894, d. 22 March 1966

Family: Ray Friese Hammond b. 4 Jul 1890, d. 25 Mar 1958

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BirthSep 9, 18941
MarriageJul 22, 19121
1920 Census1920Erick, Beckham Co., OK, USA
DeathMar 22, 1966
Children+children: Hugh Claire, Ruth Harriet, Lucile DeEtta (my grandmother), Reed LeRoy, Beverly, June and Joyce.1

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  1. [S415] E-mail from Rebecca Coon, Feb. 4, 2009.

Ray Friese Hammond1

M, #93690, b. 4 July 1890, d. 25 March 1958

Family: Nina Phidelia Berry b. 9 Sep 1894, d. 22 Mar 1966

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BirthJul 4, 18901
MarriageJul 22, 19121
1920 Census1920Erick, Beckham Co., OK, USA
DeathMar 25, 19581

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  1. [S415] E-mail from Rebecca Coon, Feb. 4, 2009.