Patsy May Dittemore was born March 20, 1934 in Owen County Indiana. Her father James Dittemore and mother Gladys Elizabeth May were from Owen County Indiana but relocated as children with their families to Orange County California. They married there on Oct 17, 1931. While visiting family in Indiana on March of 1934 Patsy was born. On April 8, ...
Father James Dittemore waged a legal battle against Miles Ross May and his wife Clara for the custody of Patsy after she was on the payroll from Hal Roach and in The Little Rascal films. May family claimed there was not contact from Dittemore all this time till she began to act. Her father said he was worried about her childhood. Legal battle covered in newspapers Apr.2, 1936 Los Angeles.
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Patsy was age 17 when she married Jack who was age 20 in Los Angeles.
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After the death of her mother when Patsy was only 19 days old her maternal grandparents Miles and Clara May took her and raised her. She took their last name of May.
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Her mother died when she was 19-days-old and she was taken in by her maternal grandparents who gave her their name, Dittemore.