Paul Frank Pettijohn
My grandmother, Iona Patareau, meet Paul in Calif. around 1941-1942. Soon there after she found out she was this child, my mother, Sharon Alice Patareau. Iona's parents did not allow Iona & Paul to marry, so the story goes, because Paul was a native american (don't know for sure if this is true), he was not Catholic and he had spent time in a Texas jail for car theft. After my mother was born, 8 Sept. 1942, Iona committed suicide. My mother never knew any of this until she was about 27 years old. She was raised by Iona's parents, and they never told my mother the story, so until she was 27 she had always thought her parents, were her parents, when indeed they where her grandparents and all of her sisters & brothers were really her aunts & uncles. The story would have never been know, except an sister/aunt let the cat out of the bag during a family reuion.
My mother was told Paul Frank Pettijohn was born in Arkansas, no date of birth, but taking my mothers bithdate, if figure somtime around 1917-1925 was Paul's birthdate. He was also know to raise cain in his day and had been sent to Calif. to live with an aunt.
My mother tried for years to find any info on Paul but has found nothing. Since I started researching my family tree, Barton's, I would see what i could find out. My mother is still alive, and dosn't know I am trying to find anything out on Paul. We are not looking for riches, only to seek my mothers past. Any leads would be grateful.
The above information has not been documented, only pasted down to us. The woman who raised my mother, refused to tell my mother anything when she was still alive. Thank you
Carl
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