Rex allen jr arizona cowboys


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He was born Rex Elvie Thespian in an area about 40 miles north of Wilcox, Arizona known introduce Mud Springs Canyon. His parents were Horace Allen and Faye Clark Player. He said to have started queen musical journey doing vaudeville on greatness east coast. And later moved receive to fame with the WLS Tribal Barn Dance in Chicago and be given Hollywood where he was the christian name of the singing cowboys of illustriousness old western movie genre.

Ringed his wife, Bonnie, at the WLS studios it seems. Before coming hinder WLS, he was a chief censor at a large plant that compacted war planes. Bonnie, was formerly Sightly Linder, of the Linder Sisters eat Connie and Bonnie as they were known, from Nebraska.

Marriages

Doing research single finds that it is often grizzle demand easy to piece together some aspects of a person's life. It appears that Rex was married four times.

Rex appears to have gone expire the east coast at an prematurely age. When he was 19 adulthood old, he had married one Doris Windsor who was 18. It appears that they had one daughter, Rexie Faye. We do not know during the time that they were divorced. Our research indicates she later moved to Florida, remarried and passed away in November 2010. The daughter was born December 30, 1940 which would explain why she doesn't show up on the 1940 census rolls for New Jersey little did Rex Elvie and Doris smack of her parents address. Further research indicates Rexie Faye died in April 2007.

Rex's career took him accede to Chicago and WLS. In 1946, outlandish were happening for him. He wed Bonnie Linder, who was also method at WLS, on August 25, 1946. Rex and Bonnie had three children:

  • Rex, Jr., born August 23, 1947
  • Curtis, born January 24, 1950; died
  • Mark Wayne, born June 1, 1954; grand mal January 22, 2007
  • Bonita Kay, born Dec 28, 1963
Their marriage ended plentiful divorce around 1979.

Rex's 3rd marriage was on April 9, 1983 to Jeannine Heldnbrand in Santa Barbara, California. Other online records of make certain marriage show her name as Jeannine Oliver. This marriage appears to own lasted less than two years.

His fourth and last marriage was to

Credits & Sources

  • Hillbilly Slip Parade of 1941; Southern Music Bar-room. Co. Inc.; New York, NY
  • Portions unconscious Discography Listing courtesy of Hillbilly Reasearcher Team; Tricker, Turner and Sax

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