Elling Oliver Weeks
Elling Oliver Weeks (August 23, 1890 – September 10, 1956) was a pioneer aviator.
Elling Oliver Weeks | |
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_circa_1915.jpg.webp) Weeks circa 1915 | |
| Born | August 23, 1890 |
| Died | September 10, 1956 (aged 66) |
| Other names | Elling O. Weeks E. O. Weeks |
| Spouse(s) | Ada May Haukole |
| Parent(s) | Oliver A. Weeks Rachel Halverson |
Biography
Weeks was born in Slater, Iowa to Oliver A. Weeks and Rachel Halverson.
He joined the Aero Club of Illinois in 1911. He then became an exhibition pilot for the Williams Aeroplane Company, operated by Osbert Edwin Williams Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. In 1913 he crashed and broke four ribs and his ankle in Bath, New York.[1]
On January 25, 1917 he married Ada May Haukole (1893-?) in Des Moines, Iowa. She was the daughter of Charles Haukle and Mary Krumm.
Weeks died on September 10, 1956 in Los Angeles, California.
References
- "Aviator Weeks Has Four Broken Ribs". Scranton Truth. Scranton, Pennsylvania. February 22, 1913. Retrieved 2014-08-14 – via Newspapers.com.
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