Harold Dye SLOSSON

1896 - 1986  (90 years)

• Name	Harold Dye SLOSSON  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	06 Mar 1896	La Verne, Colorado   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1900	Living with parents in Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., Colorado   [2]
  Census	1910	Living with parents in Monrovia, Los Angeles Co., California   [4]
  Census	1920	Living with mother in Monrovia, Los Angeles Co., California   [5]
  Census	1930	Living in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California   [6]
  Military Service	Army - World War I  [7]
  Death	24 Jul 1986	Los Angeles County, California   [8]
  Notes	"George Slawson: An American Pioneer" by Harold Dye Slosson - While attending Monrovia High School, harold had worked on the ranches of that area during summer vacations to obtain needed money. he had even been a "teamster" - driving horses and mules over the Mojave Desert. His aim was to be a great rancher.....Obedient to both parents' wishes, and encouraged by his sister Jane, harold majored in chemistry, graduating from the University of Southern California in 1921. An interruption came when he was in the army in World War I. During World War II he served in the California State Guard. Later he became a radiological monitor, and now is a fallout shelter analyst under the Department of Defense. Over a forty-nine year period, harold was associated with the same chemical manufacturing company, now a national concern, the Filtrol Corporation. Early he had been their chief chemist, and served in other technical capacities. He is a professional engineer in chemical engineering, and a member emeritus of the American Chemical Society. In 1924 he married Margaret Thayer, whose parents were old-timers in Los Angeles. Margaret, a graduate of the University of Clifornia at Berkeley, and the U.S.C. School of Library Science, was then employed in the Los Angeles Library. Their two children were Walter and Margery. Walter, a deputy public defender for Los Angeles County, was full of promise in the legal and social service fields. In May, 1959, when going to a conference, however, he was struck down in a traffic accident. On a public mission, the young defender lost his life. The Harold Slossons were active in PTA, Red Cross, Boy Scouts, and other commnity affairs in their area. They are charter members of the Neighborhood Covenant Church, and also members of the San Gabriel Historical Society. On June 30, 1974, they celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary, with some 250 friends and relatives from five counties attending their reception. Now retired in South San Gabriel, harold and Margaret live in a small home on an acre of land acquired in 1935, when it was country.....
  Person ID	I52749	Main Tree
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	Frank Abner SLOSSON,   b. 20 Nov 1864, Northwood, Worth County, Iowa d. 30 Jan 1919, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Nellie Miranda DYE,   b. 16 Aug 1865, Wisconsin d. 20 Aug 1953, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	10 Oct 1889	Northwood, Worth County, Iowa   [7, 9]
  Family ID	F10698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Field THAYER,   b. 25 Aug 1899, California d. 19 Jan 1991, Salinas, Monterey County, California (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	30 Jun 1924	Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California   [3, 6, 7]
  Children	1. Walter Frank SLOSSON,   b. 14 Sep 1927, Los Angeles County, California d. Abt 06 May 1959, Los Angeles County, California (Age 31 years)  [Natural]   2. Margery Carolyn SLOSSON
  Family ID	F17143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 06 Mar 1896 - La Verne, Colorado Census - 1920 - Living with mother in Monrovia, Los Angeles Co., California Census - 1930 - Living in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S01837] Ancestry.com: U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. [S00826] 1900 Census Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. [S03691] "George Slawson, An American Pioneer" by Harold D. Slosson. [S01113] 1910 Census Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California. [S01317] 1920 Census Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California. [S01531] 1930 Census Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. [S03336] Slason-Slauson-Slawson-Slosson Family by George C. Slawson dated 1946. [S01739] Ancestry.com: California, U.S., Death Index 1940-1997 . [S03519] USGenWeb-Archives: Worth County Iowa Marriages.