Richard Blagdon Pettit

1940 Census Seattle WA
Living with William and Anna Lou Gerard as ward, both parents dead inthe 1930s. His brother Douglas was adopted by the Hartman Family. WhenWilliam died, Anna Lou took the children to Mexico for a year, thenmoved back and married Willard Rosenquist and lived in Berkeley, CA.Richard joined the army after Pearl Harbor and served in WWII. He wasa trombonist in a band and met his wife Carmen/Lee Bonvissuto who wasthe girl singer and married her. When the dance halls closed, heapprenticed for four years to become a music engraver, a process thatis now a lost art, but the only way sheet music was done then. Theyused tools and dye to stamp in notes and lyrics, then made plates ofalloy and timone and printed the sheets on a star press, according tohis daughter Elsie. While raising his children Elsie and Lisa, theylived all over the Los Angeles basin in the valley and Burbank. Hefollowed his partner in the business to Ojai, California and livedthere and passed away there in 1981. There was a piece done in theOjai Valley News about his profession at one time.

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 about Richard BPettit
Name: Richard B Pettit
Birth Year: 1923
Race:White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country:Washington
State of Residence: Washington, King Co.
Enlistment Date:2 Jan 1942, Seattle, WA
Branch:Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code:Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade:Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or otheremergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the Presidentor otherwise according to law
Component:Army of the United States - includes the following:Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; Oneyear enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expireswhile in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army.Source:Civil Life

Education:3 years of high school
Civil Occupation:Actors and actresses
Marital Status:Single, without dependents
Height:71
Weight:141

U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2 about Richard B Pettit
Name:Richard B Pettit
Address:13103 30th Ave SE, Everett, WA, 98208-6100

Border Crossings: From U.S. to Canada, 1908-1935 about Richard BlagdonPettit
Name:Richard Blagdon Pettit
Age:8
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1924
Arrival Port:Vancouver, British Columbia
Date of Arrival:19 Aug 1932
Birth Location:Washington
Gender:Male
Citizenship:American

"California, Death Index, 1940-1997," Richard Blagdon Pettit, 1981
name:Richard Blagdon Pettit
event:Death
event date:09 Apr 1981
event place:Ventura, California, United States
birth date: 20 Dec 1923
birthplace:Washington
gender:Male
mother:Morgan

Oakland. .
PETTIT-BONVISSUTO - Richard B. Pettit. Oakland, and Carmen Bonvissuto.Brooklyn. N.Y