Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameAlvah M. EATON
Birth1907, California
Death10 Jan 1966
Spouses
Birth5 Feb 1909, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Death7 Nov 1987, Los Angeles, California
OccupationProfessional Wrestling And Boxing Promoter
MotherSarah JONAS (1873-1949)
Marriage1948
Notes for Alvah M. EATON
second husband
from boxrec.com
Better known as Cal Eaton.
Boxing and wrestling promoter at the Olympic Auditorium from 1943 until his death in 1966.
Notes for Aileen (Spouse 1)
In the 1911 Canadian Census
1724 Pendrell Street, Vancouver City, Vancouver, British Columbia
Head A. P. [or possibly D.] Goldstein, married, born May 1871?, age 38?, born ??????????, immigrated ????, naturalized ?????, Nationality Canadian, race Polish, religion Hebrew, broker at an office
Wife Sarah Goldstein, married, born August ????, immigrated ?????, born New Zealand, race English, nationality Canadian, religion Hebrew
Son Cyrilohn? Goldstein, single, born June 1902 British Columbia, race Polish, nationality Canadian, religion Hebrew
Daughter Sylvia Goldstein, born March 1900 British Columbia, race Polish, nationality Canadian, religion Hebrew
Daughter Aileen Goldstein, born February 1909 British Columbia, race Polish, nationality Canadian, religion Hebrew
Sister-in-law Clara Yonass??, single, born February 1880? New Zealand, race English, nationality Canadian, religion Hebrew
Brother J Goldstein, widowed, born April 1880, age 30,
Nephew, C. Goldstein, single, age 4
Domestic H? Perron?, Swedish

In the 1921 Census of Canada 1724 Pendrell Street, Vancouver Centre, British Columbia
Head Abraham David Goldstein, married, second marriage, age 48, born in Russia, parents born in Russia, immigrated to Canada in 1892, nationality Canada, racial origin Jewish, other language Hebrew, religion Jewish, occupation broker, nature of work insurer, income $4000
Wife Sarah Goldstein, first marriage, age 45, born New Zealand, parents born in England, immigrated to Canada in 1898, nationality Canada, racial origin Jewish, other language Hebrew, religion Jewish, housework.
Daughter Sylvia Goldstein, age 21, single, born British Columbia, father born Russia, mother born New Zealand, student.
son Cyril Goldstein, age 17, single, born British Columbia, father born Russia, mother born New Zealand, student.
Daughter Ailan Goldstein, age 12, single, born British Columbia, father born Russia, mother born New Zealand, student.
Domestic Horce Kaneda, female, age 22, born Japan, parents born Japan, immigrated to Canada in 1918, religion Methodist.

Petition for Naturalization United States of America
[Excerpts]
Aileen Goldstein Le Bell
residence 6356 Yucca, Los Angeles, California
born February 5, 1909, Vancouver, Canada
Husband Maurice LeBell born Astoria, New York September 21, 1903
married June 21, Glendale, California
Children Michael born January 7, 1930 born and resides in Los Angeles
Ivan born September 10, 1932 born and resides in Los Angeles
Last foreign residence Vancouver, Canada
emigrated to the U.S. on May 6, 1923 on the G. N. Railway under the name Aileen Goldstein Aileen Eaton [does this mean she was married before?]
Signed Aileen Goldstein Le Bell
dated November 13, 1934

1950 US Census
800 Tremaine, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Head Alvah Eaton, ,age 41, born California, owner-manager sports promotion
Wife Aileen Eaton, age 39, born Canada business manager sports promotion
a maid

Boxing and wrestling promoter. Ran the Olympic Auditorium at 18th and Grand in Los Angeles.
Known as Aileen Eaton and called the Dragon Lady and the Redhead

from https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/11/08/Aileen-Eat...of-the/1550563346000/
Aileen Eaton, deemed 'Mrs. Boxing' and one of the...
By TED APPEL

LOS ANGELES -- Aileen Eaton, deemed 'Mrs. Boxing' and one of the sport's most astute promoters, has died following a long illness. She was 78.
One of the few women to break into boxing promotions, Eaton helped keep boxing sport alive in Los Angeles until the 1980s by introducing sound business practices.

'She was Mrs. Boxing,' said Don Chargin, who helped her sign such boxing greats as Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Sonny Liston and Archie Moore to fight at the Olympic Auditorium between 1941 and 1981.
Eaton died 11:35 p.m. PST Saturday at Century City Hospital following a long illness, a nursing supervisor said. Chargin, her matchmaker at the arena for 18 years, said she died of pneumonia and heart failure.
Eaton was a secretary for the Los Angeles Athletic Club, which owned the Olympic Auditorium, when officials asked her to help revive the failing fight palace in 1941.
'She had never been to a professional fight,' Chargin said. 'They sent her down there because the place was losing money and told her to take it over. She went in there without being a fight fan and completely dominated boxing and wrestling (in Los Angeles).

Known as a tough negotiator, she quickly turned a profit for the auditorium's owners, who enthusiastically leased the arena to her in a partnership that would last 40 years.
'It took me two years to learn this business and I had to fight all of that time for acceptance,' she said in a 1976 interview. 'But I didn't fight as a woman ... I fought as a person with capabilities.'
She married Alvah 'Cal' Eaton, a state Boxing Commission inspector in the early 1940s, who helped her rejuvenate the auditorium with a full schedule of events. Alvah Eaton died in 1966.
Eaton brought a sharp mind and a strong will to her dealings with some of boxing's greatest fighters.
'She used to handle him (Muhammed Ali) like a baby,' Chargin said. 'Even Sonny Liston, who glared at people, she used to laugh at him. Liston once told me, 'Every time I sit down with her, I come out second best.''
Chargin said Eaton would like to be remembered as a 'good businesswoman who treated everybody fair.'
'She really cared about the fighters,' he said. 'She was the best businesswoman that there ever was and I think ever will be in boxing. I've never seen anyone run as tight a ship as Mrs. Eaton.'

Eaton promoted several world championships, including Ali vs. Moore and Robinson vs. Gene Fullmer. She was also dedicated to the less profitable amateur boxing. She left boxing when the Olympic Auditorium was sold to local businessmen in 1981.
She is survived by two sons, Mike and Gene LeBell, both of Los Angeles, and a number of grandchildren.
Memorial services are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. PST Wednesday at Pierce Brothers Mortuary in Hollywood.
end of article


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