Our cousin. Halley's Comet was in full view the night Charles Fabian was born in 1910. He was known as Halley Fabian most of his life.
Halley was the 6th of 9 children born to Edwin Fabian & Helena Rawson Fabian.
Halley recieved a serious bone injury to his leg when he was young as a result of a stone thrown by a playmate. The injury developed into a chronic infection, which resulted in several partial amputations below the knee into his teen years. He used crutches most of his life. He was fitted with a wooden leg in 1928, which was followed by other appliances.
He enjoyed jazz music and tinkering with cars.
Halley worked for Sun Oil Company as a deck hand on their ocean tankers, which usually travelled between Philadelphia, PA & Galveston, TX. In his travels, he resided in Galveston for a while. He married either in Galveston or Long Beach, CA. His wife's name is not known to the family. They had no children.
Around 1932, he fell from a ship's ladder, causing him additional problems with his leg. He was treated off & on in Merchant Marine hospitals, frequently being given morphine for pain. He eventually developed a morphine dependency, which he would be battling mcuh of the remainder of his life, resulting in job-retention problems as well as some trouble with authorities.
In 1944, he moved back to the Pittsburgh area to be near family, where he briefly found work as a cab driver.
Halley was the 6th of 9 children born to Edwin Fabian & Helena Rawson Fabian.
Halley recieved a serious bone injury to his leg when he was young as a result of a stone thrown by a playmate. The injury developed into a chronic infection, which resulted in several partial amputations below the knee into his teen years. He used crutches most of his life. He was fitted with a wooden leg in 1928, which was followed by other appliances.
He enjoyed jazz music and tinkering with cars.
Halley worked for Sun Oil Company as a deck hand on their ocean tankers, which usually travelled between Philadelphia, PA & Galveston, TX. In his travels, he resided in Galveston for a while. He married either in Galveston or Long Beach, CA. His wife's name is not known to the family. They had no children.
Around 1932, he fell from a ship's ladder, causing him additional problems with his leg. He was treated off & on in Merchant Marine hospitals, frequently being given morphine for pain. He eventually developed a morphine dependency, which he would be battling mcuh of the remainder of his life, resulting in job-retention problems as well as some trouble with authorities.
In 1944, he moved back to the Pittsburgh area to be near family, where he briefly found work as a cab driver.
Our cousin. Halley's Comet was in full view the night Charles Fabian was born in 1910. He was known as Halley Fabian most of his life.
Halley was the 6th of 9 children born to Edwin Fabian & Helena Rawson Fabian.
Halley recieved a serious bone injury to his leg when he was young as a result of a stone thrown by a playmate. The injury developed into a chronic infection, which resulted in several partial amputations below the knee into his teen years. He used crutches most of his life. He was fitted with a wooden leg in 1928, which was followed by other appliances.
He enjoyed jazz music and tinkering with cars.
Halley worked for Sun Oil Company as a deck hand on their ocean tankers, which usually travelled between Philadelphia, PA & Galveston, TX. In his travels, he resided in Galveston for a while. He married either in Galveston or Long Beach, CA. His wife's name is not known to the family. They had no children.
Around 1932, he fell from a ship's ladder, causing him additional problems with his leg. He was treated off & on in Merchant Marine hospitals, frequently being given morphine for pain. He eventually developed a morphine dependency, which he would be battling mcuh of the remainder of his life, resulting in job-retention problems as well as some trouble with authorities.
In 1944, he moved back to the Pittsburgh area to be near family, where he briefly found work as a cab driver.
Halley was the 6th of 9 children born to Edwin Fabian & Helena Rawson Fabian.
Halley recieved a serious bone injury to his leg when he was young as a result of a stone thrown by a playmate. The injury developed into a chronic infection, which resulted in several partial amputations below the knee into his teen years. He used crutches most of his life. He was fitted with a wooden leg in 1928, which was followed by other appliances.
He enjoyed jazz music and tinkering with cars.
Halley worked for Sun Oil Company as a deck hand on their ocean tankers, which usually travelled between Philadelphia, PA & Galveston, TX. In his travels, he resided in Galveston for a while. He married either in Galveston or Long Beach, CA. His wife's name is not known to the family. They had no children.
Around 1932, he fell from a ship's ladder, causing him additional problems with his leg. He was treated off & on in Merchant Marine hospitals, frequently being given morphine for pain. He eventually developed a morphine dependency, which he would be battling mcuh of the remainder of his life, resulting in job-retention problems as well as some trouble with authorities.
In 1944, he moved back to the Pittsburgh area to be near family, where he briefly found work as a cab driver.
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