Ella Beatrice Otterstorm: Mother Sets Bad Example For Son

Ella was born Ella Beatrice Brown 1 Sep 1894 in North Dakota, to Matthew Thomas Brown (1863-) and Mary Hannah Connelly (8173-1965.

Ella married Charles Andrew Otterstorm(1887-1967. They had four children.

1.Wesley Otterstorm 1911-
2. Leslie Howard Otterstorm 1912-1978
3. Geraldine Otterstorm 1914-1933
4. Harold Earl Otterstorm  1917-2005




Inmate #52409 San Quentin Prison
Rec: 22 Jun 1932
Crime: 476a PC Forgery/Checks
Age:37
Alias Mary Waite
Trans to Tehachapi: 7 Nov 1933
Discharged: 12 May 1934






Her husband Charles divorced her not sure when but he remarried to a Mamie by the 1940 census.

Ella died 10 Feb 1969 in San Francisco.

Her youngest son Harold found himself in some trouble following in his mother's footsteps to San Quentin.




Inmate #69667 San Quentin Prison
Rec: 6 Apr 1943
Crime: Burglary
Term: 1-15 yrs
Trans: Chino 23 Sep 1943 and Paroled from there 15 Jan 1946




He was a problem child as a teen he got Grand Larceny for stealing an automobile in 1934 and sent to IONE Industrial School and in 1937 he was in a Los Angeles Jail for 4 months. He died 21 May 2005.

I didn't find any newspaper clippings for either of them.

Interesting case, I have always believed that it's not in your blood by with whom you learn from. Here's an small example of that.




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