Rosella In The Middle

From the Los Angeles Herald, Number 18, 21 November 1914:

MARITAL TRAGEDY CAUSES POLICE TO SEEK BABY GIRL

Loving "daddy” and "muvver” with all her childish heart, pretty, 4-year-old Rosella May Cameron, who, it is said, has played the part of shuttlecock between her estranged parents for some months, today was sought by police detectives who also searched for her mother, Bessie Cameron, and a man named Finley Johnson. Mrs. Cameron and Johnson, who are said by the detectives to have spirited the little girl away, are sought on a complaint issued by the city prosecutor's office. Back of this charge, it is said, a suit for divorce is about to be filed by Harry Cameron against his wife. The troubles of the Camerons, it is said, grew out of a girlhood romance of Mrs. Cameron and Johnson.

Cameron...were married about six years ago, it is said, and they were happy for at least two years. Then trouble came. Johnson, who was said to have been an oldtime sweetheart of Mrs. Cameron’s, according to Cameron, renewed his acquaintanceship with her. Some months ago, unable to agree, the Camerons separated, the wife taking the little girl. She refused, it is said, to allow her husband to see the child. She also brought suit for divorce, but this suit never was tried. Cameron retained Detective Samuel L. Browne and Mrs. Cameron and Johnson were “shadowed,” the detectives say. Detectives attempted to serve divorce papers upon Mrs. Cameron, but she flitted from place to place, eluding service. Then a charge was made on which a warrant was issued and the police are seeking Johnson and Mrs. Cameron, who thus far have managed elude all pursuit.

Name Harry David Cameron

Event Type Marriage

Event Date 15 Mar 1908

Event Place Los Angeles, California, United States

Gender Male

Age 25

Birth Year (Estimated) 1883

Father's Name J G Cameron

Mother's Name Rosa Lasanahe

Spouse's Name Bessie Belle Jones

Spouse's Age 17

Spouse's Gender Female

Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1891

Spouse's Father's Name Melvin Jones

Spouse's Mother's Name Ella Smith

Name Rosella Cameron
Event Type Birth
Event Date 05 Mar 1910
Event Place Los Angeles, California, United States
Gender Female
Mother's Name Jones

Census 1910
Los Angeles, California
HOUSEHOLD
Harry C Cameron Head M 27 Illinois
Bessie Cameron Wife  F 19 Nebraska
Rosella M Cameron Daughter F 0 California


Census 1920
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California
HOUSEHOLD
Rosa M Cameron Head F 54 New York
Harry D Cameron Son M 37 Illinois
Rosella M Cameron Granddaughter  F 9 California
Homer D Maloney Boarder M 47 Kansas

Name Marshall Howard Hitchings

Event Type Marriage

Event Date 21 Apr 1937

Event Place Los Angeles, California

Gender Male

Age 25

Birth Year (Estimated) 1912

Father's Name Stanley J Hitchings

Mother's Name Theresa Kenny

Spouse's Name Rosella Mary Cameron

Spouse's Age 26

Spouse's Gender Female

Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1911

Spouse's Father's Name Harry D Cameron

Spouse's Mother's Name Bessie Jones

Rosella M Hitchings

United States Social Security Death Index

Age 92

Given Name Rosella

Middle Name M

Surname Hitchings

Birth Date 05 Mar 1910

State  California

Last Place of Residence Ventura, California

Previous Residence Postal Code 91320

Event Date 05 Feb 2002

WERE THEY REALLY CAMERONS?  The information below fits some of the compiled data for the family.  Was Harry born Harry D. Fish, not Cameron?  Both were born in Illinois in July. Mother Rosa was born in New York.

Census 1900
Flagstaff city, Coconino, Arizona Territory, United States
HOUSEHOLD
Norman A Cameron Head M 45 Maine
Rosa M Cameron Wife  F 35 New York
Harry D Fish Stepson M 18 Illinois

Bessie and Finley got married and had a daughter, Lucille, who married Howard Marlowe.