Julia Bruton to Paul Leonard Fite
Julia Bruton (Ella, La
Fayette, Thomas, David, Leonard, Johannes)
Daughter of Ella Fite and
Jack Bruton, was born Jan. 31, 1911 in Socorro, N. M. She was married in
Las Cruces, N. M., Sept. 22, 1930, to Merril L. Walker. Merril was born Feb. 9,
1907 in Oregon, Mo. To Julia and Merril two children were born; Shirley Jene,
born Sept. 18, 1936, in Oregon, Mo., and Paul Merril, born June 21, 1939 in
Oregon, Mo. Julia and Merril are both dead and the children make their home with
their grandparents Ella and Jack Bruton, at Rincon, N. M.
Anna Lee Bruton (Ella, La Fayette, Thomas, David,
Leonard, Johannes)
Daughter of
Ella Mae Fite and
Jack Bruton, was born Oct. 9, 1912 in Magdalena, N. M. She was married
Feb. 21,1942 in Mesilla Park, N. M., to Paul Gaume. Paul was born Feb. 19, 1909,
in La Marr, Colo. Paul and Anna Lee are part owners and managers of the Bruton
Ranch and live on the ranch. Their present address is Rincon, N. M.
They
have one child:
- Jackie Lee, born in Albuquerque, N. M., Nov. 14, 1944.
Florence Bruton (Ella, La
Fayette, Thomas, David, Leonard, Johannes)
Daughter of
Ella Mae Fite and Jack Bruton, was
born Aug. 29, 1916 in Duncan, Ariz. She was married May 18, 1935 in Socorro, N.
M., to Fred Rossiter. Fred was born Sept. 29, 1902 in Wareham, Mass.
Florence and Fred have one child:
- Freddie Lee Rossiter (son), born April 19, 1938, in Hot Springs, N.
Mex.
James Orville Fite (La
Fayette, Thomas, David, Leonard, Johannes)
Son of
La Fayette Fite and
Anna Brewer, was born April 18, 1895 in La Luz, N. M. He was reared on
his father's cattle ranch and later went to California where he worked for the
Los Angeles Police Dept. for 20 years, retiring in 1945 to his farm and ranch at
Hemet, Calif. Orville saw service in World War I as follows: enlisted June 1,
1918, 3rd Bat., 13th Co., Depot Brigade. Served on the staff of Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood, Camp Funston, Kans. Was discharged Jan. 1919. Orville was married
June 1, 1917 to Georgia Cashdollar in Caney, Kans.
Georgia was born in Frankton, Ind., Jan. 9, 1897 .
Orville and Georgia have
one child:
- Charles La Fayette, born Feb. 9, 1919, in Caney, Kans.
The present address of Orville and Georgia is
Star Rt. Box E, Hemet, Calif.
James Orville Fite died on March 11, 1965
Minnie Edith Fite (La
Fayette, Thomas, David, Leonard, Johannes)
Daughter of
La Fayette Fite and
Anna
Brewer was born in Cloudcroft, N. M., May 7, 1897. She was married in
Silverton, Tex., June 3, 1917 to James Dewey Burleson. Jim was born in
Silverton, Tex., Nov. 19, 1897. He was reared on his father's cattle ranch and
has been a rancher all his life. At present he is ranching East of Rincon,
raising Thoro-bred horses and pure bred cattle.
Jim and Minnie have one
child:
The present address of Jim and Minnie is Rincon, N.
M.
Anna V.Burleson (Minnie,
La Fayette, Thomas, David, Leonard, Johannes)
Daughter of
Minnie Fite and
James Dewey Burleson, was born Dec. 16, 1919 in Silverton, Tex.She was
married Dec. 16, 1944 to
George Thomas Wickware
in Los Angeles, Calif. George was born in Okla. City, Okla., Nov. 14, 1921. He
served in the U. S. Navy, Apprentice Seaman, at San Diego, Calif., and was given
honorable discharge because of disability, June 24, 1943. He is at present
Automotive Inspector, Maintenance Division, Mt. Rainier Ordinance Dept., Tacoma,
Wash.
Anna V. and George have two children:
- Dennis Dane, born Dec. 27, 1946, in El Paso, Texas
- Kyle Jene, born in Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 14,1949.
The present address of Anna V. and George is 10207
Holly Jane S. W., Tacoma 9, Wash.
Samuel Houston Fite (LaFayette, Thomas, David, Leonard, Johannes)
Son of
La Fayette Dorris Fite and
Anna Brewer, was born Mar. 22,1899 in La Luz, N. M. He was reared on
his father's cattle ranch and went to the northwest. Little data is
available on his activities since except that at present he owns and
operates a nice 100 room hotel in Tacoma, Wash. Sam was married in Los
Angeles, Calif., June 2, 1925 to Grace Triplett. Grace was born in Red
Stone, Colo., Jan, 17, 1906.
Sam and Grace have one child:
The present address, as of publication of the
book, of Sam and Grace was Bonneville Hotel, 42nd. St., Helens Ave., Tacoma,
Wash.
Robert Leonard Fite (Samuel, La Fayette, Thomas, David, Leonard, Johannes)
Son of
Samuel Houston Fite and
Grace Triplett, was
born Nov. 11, 1927 in Los Angeles, Calif. He joined the U. S. Merchant Marines
in July 1945, trained in the Catalina Island Merchant Marine Training School and
served on the following ships : Liberty Ship S. S. Wilcox, Liberty Ship, S. S.
E. A. Christenson, Victory Ship Clarks Burg Victory, was discharged in Mar.
1947, and in 1949 studied Aero-mechanics at the Clover Park Vocational School,
at Tacoma, Wash.
He married Betty Lou LaForge in 1952
Robert served a tour of duty in Korea, while in the Army, and was discharged in
1952. He went into Law Enforcement and was an Oregon State Trooper working out
of the Roseburg, Oregon office for 6 years. Robert then moved his family to the
Oregon coast and continued in Law Enforcement as a City Policeman in Toledo
Oregon and finally moving to Newport Oregon in 1961 and working as a City
Policeman until 1966 when he retired from Law Enforcement and went into
commercial salmon fishing fulltime until 1996.
Robert and Betty Lou had two
children:
- David Leonard
-
Troy Joseph
Robert Leonard Fite passed away on March 11, 1998 of lung cancer
and associated complications from smoking
David Leonard Fite
(Robert, Samuel, La Fayette, Thomas, David, Leonard,
Johannes)
Son of Robert Leonard Fite
and
Betty Lou La Forge was born on August 4, 1953 in
Portland, Oregon. David graduated from High School in Wickenburg, Arizona in
1971. He followed in his fathers footsteps and went into commercial fishing
until 1982. David married Kristi Kay Jensen in 1980. Dave and Kristi moved
to Reno, NV in 1982 and are still living there as of this writing. David and
Kristi are both avid trout fishermen and hot air balloonists. David & Kristi
presently live in Reno, Nevada.
Troy Joseph Fite
(Robert, Samuel, La Fayette, Thomas, David, Leonard,
Johannes) Son of
Robert Leonard Fite
and
Betty Lou La Forge was born June 2, 1955 in
Roseberg, Oregon. Troy joined the Navy in 1972 and was honorably discharged
in 1978 after 3 years active duty and 3 years in the reserves. Troy went
into construction and completed a 4 year apprenticeship with the union
before becoming a journeyman carpenter in 1980. Troy moved to Reno, NV in
1986 and lived wth Dave & Kristi for 18 months before moving to Los Angeles,
CA in 1988. He became a General Contractor shortly thereafter and went into
business in Beverly Hills building custom homes. In 1992 he met and married
Luisa Rita Janet Chang Chavez, from Mollendo, Peru. Janet has a son, Erick
Chang, who persued a degree in Business and graduated from San Francisco State University in 2003. Troy went to X-Ray school and went into the medical field
in 1993. In 1998 he next attended school to become an Orthopaedic
Technologist and is currently working for an Orthopaedic Medical Group,as an X-Ray Technician and Orthopedic Technician, in the East Tower at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills California. Troy is an Internet Programmer and owns and operates a Web Hosting Company (
Santa Clarita Valley Web Hosting) in his "spare time".
Paul Leonard Fite,
(La Fayette, Thomas, David, Leonard, Johannes )
,
Son of
La Fayette Dorris Fite and
Anna Brewer , was born May 23, 1904, in La Luz, N. Mex. He went North
with some of his older brothers and was married in Bassano, Alberta, Canada,
June 5, 1928 to Alice Briggs. Alice was born in Emigrant, Mont., Apr. 13,
1907. Paul and Alice own and operate a dairy farm at Quesnel, B. C. They
have no children.
The present address of Paul and Alice is Quesnel, B.
C., Canada.