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"Roy" Charles ASHCOM

Male 1912 - 1988


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  • Born  26 Mar 1912  Quemahoning Twp., Somerset Co, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender  Male 
    Died  23 Jan 1988  Rialto, San Bernardino Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I14006  Johnson Hindin Tree
    Last Modified  16 Dec 2018 

    Father  Frederick Snyder ASHCOM,   b. 30 Apr 1881, Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1943, Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Anna Matilda Blough,   b. 6 Aug 1885, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1981, San Bernardino Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F5835  Group Sheet

    Family  Alice Margaret Sheley,   b. 22 Dec 1906, Pittsburg, Contra Costa Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1999, Rialto, San Bernardino Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  5 Oct 1922  Grants Pass, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Barbara Jean ASHCOM,   b. 22 May 1935, Eureka, Humboldt Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 2015, Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Lloyd ASHCOM,   b. 20 Jul 1923, California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1986, Medford, Jackson Co., Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Roy ASHCOM
     4. George William ASHCOM,   b. 7 Jul 1927, Madera, California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1985, Colton, California Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Marilyn Joyce ASHCOM,   b. 26 May 1931, Eureka, Humboldt Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1996, Cobb, Lake Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F5837  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • According to his Birth Certificate, Charles (his given name on his Birth Certificate) was the illegitimate son of Fred Aschom (note spelling), age 22, and Annie Blough, age 20. Annie later married Arthur Arthurs and together they raised Charles with the name "Roy Charles Ashcom".

      According to a story in the October 3, 1972 edition of The San Bernardino County Sun, Roy and his wife were married on October 5, 1972 at Grants Pass, Oregon. Roy retired in 1971 from Pacific Fruit Express in Colton and Alice retired from Harris' in Riverside, California.

      The following obituary was published in The San Bernardino County Sun on January 26, 1988:

      Roy Ashcom

      RIALTO--Roy Charles Ashcom, 81, a Rialto resident since 1951, died Jan. 23, 1988, in San Bernardino.

      He was born in Johnstown, Pa.

      He worked for 26 years for Pacific Fruit Express in Colton, where he retired as plant manager in 1971.

      He is survived by his wife, Alice M. Ashcom of Rialto; son, Roy E. Ashcom and his wife, Arlyne of Rancho Mirage; daughters, Barbara Corley and her husband, Loyd of Bloomington, Marilyn Van Houten and her husband, Arthur of Palmdale; daughters-in law, Gladys Ashcom of Fieldbrook, Calif, and Dorothy Ashcom of Colton; 15 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and five great-great grandchildren. Graveside service and interment at 11 a.m. today at Montecito Memorial Park in Colton.

      McNearney Family Mortuary and Rialto Chapel directing. 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1120] Pennsylvania Birth Certificates, 1906-1910 (available on Ancestry.com).