1.  Interview of my mother, Nina Gale (STRAUB) MATTHIESEN, sister of my aunt, Shirley (STRAUB) WAUGH, and my own first-hand knowledge.  I knew well, and dearly loved, my aunt and uncle, Shirley & Earl (STRAUB) WAUGH.  I have a vague childhood memory of someone mentioning a connection between my Uncle Earl and the painter, Frederick Judd WAUGH (b. 1861 in NJ), and with the writer, Evelyn WAUGH (1903-1966, born in London), but I can't get beyond Earl's father.  Earl was an attorney for Standard Oil in Arabia, and I was beguiled as a child by their stories of living there.  Shirley was my mother's closest sister, and they were my favorite aunt and uncle.  I liked to think I was their favorite niece, and I lived with them one summer in Pacific Heights while attending a summer class at San Francisco State University.  They loved to play bridge, but my mother didn't, so as soon as I was able to hold a hand of cards, I became the fourth with them and my father.

2.  Office of the Clerk Recorder, Santa Clara County, California. Marriage Certificates (database formerly online at the Santa Clara County, California, official web site):

Waugh, Earl E

Straub, Shirley D

11/23/1932

Book 29, p. 485

Cert. #3201271

3.  1930 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #15 of 30):  Y.M.C.A. Central Branch, 16th Avenue, Denver City, Denver [Arapahoe] Co., CO, Roll 238, p. 192A, SN 8A, ED 16 -162, SD 3, enumerated 7 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1930:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1	3	4	5	6	11	12	13	14	16	17	18	19	20	24	25	30
*	33	86	Waugh, Earl E	lodger	M	W	25	S	Y	Y	CO	ME	KY	Y	none	N
*16th Avenue

5.  California Birth Index, 1905-1995 (formerly online at RootsWeb.com):  Shirley STRAUB not found.  All of her younger siblings were found, but not Shirley or her older sister, Nina Gale, who was born in Turlock in 1907.

6.  California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online at RootsWeb.com):

Last Name

First Name

Middle

Birth Date

Mother Maiden

Father Last

Sex

Birth Place

Death Place

Death Date

SSN

Age

Postem

WAUGH

SHIRLEY

S

01/09/1909

HOPKINS

STRAUB

F

CA

SANTA CLARA

09/18/1988

567-05-0678

79

Yes

WAUGH

EARL

EDWARD

06/19/1904

AZZLIN

M

CO

KERN

01/17/1993

563-07-5873

88

Yes

Shirley's middle initial was "D," not "S" (the "S" stood for "Straub"); and her mother's maiden name was Nina WILLIS.  It was Nina WILLIS's maternal grandmother who was a HOPKINS.  She was born January 18th, not the 9th.  The informant on Earl's death certificate was very likely the widow of his late wife's late brother (as the only kin living anywhere near him at the time of his death).  As she was not blood kin to either Earl or Shirley, she could easily have been mistaken about the maiden name of Earl's mother, which could explain why I've been totally unable to find Earl's mother in the census before she married Earl's father.

7.  SSDI:  Social Security Death Index (online at RootsWeb.com):

Name	Birth	Death	Last Residence	SSN	Issued	Post-em
WAUGH, Earl E	19 Jun 1904	17 Jan 1993	93309 (Bakersfield, Kern, CA)	563-07-5873	CA	Yes
WAUGH, Shirley	18 Jan 1909	18 Sep 1988	94025 (Menlo Park, San Mateo, CA)	567-05-0678	CA	Yes

8.  California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1957 (online at Ancestry.com):

LIST OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS (FOR THE IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES) S.S. BIO-BIO sailing from Cristobal, Dec. 19, 1946, Arriving at Port of San Pedro, Calif. Jan 12, 1947
No. on List	NAME IN FULL		AGE		SEX	M or S	NATIVITY	NATURALIZATION	ADDRESS IN U.S.
	FAMILY NAME	GIVEN NAME	Yrs	Mos
3	WAUGH	SHIRLEY	37		F	M	Jan. 18th 1909 Imlock California		960 Anga St, S Francisco Calif

Shirley was born in Turlock, and they lived on Anza Street.  Cristobol is presumably the port on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal.

9.  New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 (online at Ancestry.com):

Name:	WAUGH, Earl E	WAUGH, Shirley S
Age:	44	39
Gender:	M	F
Marital Status:	M	M
Line:	9	10
Passport No:	188	2089
Place of Birth:	Colorado	California
Address:	5753 Lexington Avenue, Los Angeles, Califorina
List Number:	2
Microfilm Roll:	NARA T715_7630
Date of Departure:	13 Jul 1948
Port of Departure:	Southampton
Class:	First
Shipping Line: Ship Name:	Mauretania
Port of Arrival:	New York
Date of Arrival:	19 Jul 1948