This is one of those cases where I can debunk the myth yet can’t uncover the real story. Some historians claim that Angeleño Heights co-owner Everett E. Hall (1854-1936) named this street in honor of his daughter Marion; one or two of them even have the little girl dying in infancy. But not only was I unable to find any record of Marion Hall’s existence, Marion Avenue was actually named in August 1886 – a month before Hall married his first wife Helen, a.k.a. Nellie. It’s extremely unlikely that they had a daughter out of wedlock and only slightly less unlikely that Hall had a daughter with a previous partner. Marion was also more commonly a male name back then, although women used it too. For what it’s worth, the Halls did lose a baby, but his name was Herbert and the year was 1887.
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