Editor's Note: Bob, a fan of our page and The Boys, sent us this interesting chronology.  We have not checked his research and do not vouch for it.  We merely present it as a piece of research by an obvious fan of the Boys. 

BOB'S LAUREL AND HARDY TOUR

IN THE BEGINING...........

STAN LAUREL IN ENGLAND
1890 - 1897
ULVERSTON, ENGLAND
3 ARGYLE STREET (then named Foundry Cottages) June 16, 1890 - Arthur Stanley Jefferson is born in the Jefferson family home.

1897
NORTH SHIELDS, ENGLAND
8 DOCKWRAY SQUARE
The Jefferson family make this their home.

1902
BISHOP AUCKLAND, ENGLAND
KING JAMES 1st GRAMMER SCHOOL
12 year old Stan Jefferson was enrolled here.

1905
GLOSGOW

RUTHERGLEN, ENGLAND
BUCHANAN DRIVE - 185 STONELAW ROAD
QUEENS PARK SECONDARY SCHOOL
Stan attended classes.

OLIVER NORVELL HARDY IN GEORGIA
1892 - 1900
125 SOUTH HICKS STREET - HARLEM, GEORGIA
Oliver Norvell Hardy is born here on January 18, 1892. This house has since been torn down and a laundry mat is now on the site.

HARLEM CEMETERY - HARLEM. GEORGIA
Oliver Norvell Hardy Sr.
December 5 1844 - November 22 1892
Cornelia E. Magruder Hardy
1846 - 1888
Hardy's father and his father's first wife are buried here.

MADISON, GEORGIA
THE TURNELL - BUTLER HOTEL
Hardy's mother ran this hotel from 1891 - 1892.  It also served as their home.

1898 - 1899
COVINGTON, GEORGIA

1899 - 1900
SOUTH MAIN STREET - COVINGTON, GEORGIA

THE HOLLYWOOD YEARS
1917 - 1965

1917
Stan and Mae Laurel arrived in Hollywood.

1329 GORDON STREET - HOLLYWOOD
Oliver Hardy arrives in Hollywood with the Kay - Bee Production Company from the east on October 24 and set up their tent in the same location as The Al Christie Studios.

1918
ROLIN PRODUCTION COMPANY
Stan signed with The Rolin Production Company (which was run by Hal Roach and his partner) to make five one - reeler comedies. They started filming the first one in mid - June and the last one in July. The fifth comedy started filming at The Santa Fe Station.When the last comedy was finished, Laurel and Rolin parted company.

THE VITAGRAPH COMPANY
Laurel signed on to play in a series of comedy shorts with up and coming comedy star, Larry Semon. Stan played second fiddle to Semon in three shorts, with the first being shot during the summer. After the three Semon - Laurel comedies were complete, the two men never worked together again.

1919
Early in the year, Oliver Hardy joined Vitagraph and appeared with in Larry Semon's comedies.

4633 VERMONT PLACE - HOLLYWOOD
The Hardy's, (Oliver and his first wife) were living here in August.

THE PANTAGES THEATER - LOS ANGELES
Stan and Mae were appearing on stage during a week in November.

The Hardy's marriage ends and Oliver moves out of their home.

1920
4401 CLAYTON AVENUE - HOLLYWOOD
(Los Feliz section of Hollywood - at the end of Hollywood
Blvd)
MARY (24) AND MYRTLE (22) REEVES
Hardy moves in with the Reeves sisters as their boarder. He is having an affair with Myrtle, who will become his second wife. (The sisters are actresses)

1920 - 1921
CAHUENGA PASS - HOLLYWOOD
Hardy rented a hillside house at the top of Cahuenga Pass with his friend, actor Ray McKee.

1921
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST - HOLLYWOOD
Oliver Hardy and Myrtle Reeves are married here on Thanksgiving Day.

2425 RUSSELL AVENUE - HOLLYWOOD
The Hardy's move into their first home.

4425 RUSSELL AVENUE - HOLLYWOOD
The Hardy's then move into this house.

1924
1719 TALMADGE - HOLLYWOOD (off Sunset Blvd)
The Hardy's are now living here.

6075 FRANKLIN AVENUE - HOLLYWOOD
THE SOMERSET APARTMENTS
Stan is living here.

1925
FLORENCE AVENUE - HOLLYWOOD
Actress Lois Neilson's apartment. She become Stan's girlfriend and he moves in with her.

1926
Stan Laurel and Lois Neilson are married. She is his first wife.

1926 - 1927
3716 SOUTH VAN NESS - HOLLYWOOD
STAN AND LOIS LAUREL
Their first home as a married couple.

1928 (or 1929) - 1930
718 NORTH BEDFORD DRIVE - BEVERLY HILLS
STAN AND LOIS LAUREL
The Laurel's move into this large brick, Colonial - style house.

1928 - 1937
621 NORTH ALTA DRIVE - BEVERLY HILLS
OLIVER AND MYRTLE HARDY

SYCAMORE AVENUE AND CAHUENGA BLVD -
HOLLYWOOD
Oliver Hardy has a confrontation with actor Tyler Brooke in a pool hall on this corner. The two men have an arguement when, according to Hardy, Brooke calls him  a son of a bitch. Hardy takes this as an insult to his mother and hits Brooke with a billard stick, breaking his arm. He sues Hardy for $109,510.

1930 - 1934
303 SOUTH PALM DRIVE - BEVERLY HILLS
In 1930 Stan and Lois split up and he moves out of their Bedford Drive home and into this four bedroom house. His younger brother Everett (aka Teddy) and his wife and two sons move in with Stan. Everett "Teddy" Jefferson had followed Stan to America in 1920. In 1933 he was working as the chauffeur for the manager of The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. On December 17 1933 Teddy went to a dentist to have some teeth extracted. While sitting in the dentist chair recieving laughing gas, he had a heart attack and died. He was 33 years old. After the funeral, Stan gave his sister in law enough money to move elsewhere. Ruth Rogers, who would become his second wife, moved in with him.

1931
2243 BEN LOMOND DRIVE - HOLLYWOOD
MRS MARY PENSE
Myrtle's sister was living here.

3687 FREEDONIA AVENUE - BEVERLY HILLS
OLIVER HARDY moved here after moving out of the
Alta Drive house.

1934 - 1938
10353 GLENBAR AVENUE - CHEVIOT HILLS
Stan and Ruth moved into this small, four bedroom, Mediterranean - style villa. When the couple divorced, he moved out and she kept the house and all the furnishings.

1935
4276 SOUTH HOOVER STREET - LOS ANGELES
MAE LAUREL had returned from Australia and was living here.

1936 - 1938
FRANKLIN AVENUE - HOLLYWOOD
THE LA BELLE APARTMENTS
Stan took an apartment here after moving out of his Glenbar Avenue home.

HANCOCK PLACE - HOLLYWOOD (Wilshire District)
Ruth later moved into a smaller home on this street and furnished it with the Glenbar Avenue furniture. What was left went into storage.

1938 - 1946
20213 STRATHERN STREET - CANOGA PARK
"FORT LAUREL"

1946 - 1947
Stan and Ida move into a two - story house in Sherman Oaks.

1940
On March 7 Oliver Hardy married Lucille Jones.

RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA
THE MISSION INN
The day after their wedding The Hardy's stayed here in the Bridal Suite.

1940 - 1955
14227 MAGNOLIA BLVD - VAN NUYS
In March 1940 the Hardy's bought this three acre estate for $20,000. There was a swimming pool, guest houses and stables. He built a theater, which he dubbed "The Laurel And Hardy Fun Factory".

1955 - 1956
5429 WOODMAN AVENUE - VAN NUYS
Hardy had been ill for several years and the Magnolia Blvd house became to much for them to take care of, so Oliver and Lucille moved into this smaller home.

1956 - 1957
5421 AUCKLAND AVENUE - NORTH HOLLYWOOD
Around October 1956 Hardy was very ill, after having suffered a series of strokes. He was unable to move or speak and Lucille was unable to care for him by herself. They moved into her mothers house where she would have help caring for him. Oliver Hardy died here on August 7, 1957. He was cremated and his ashes are buried close by at Valhalla Memorial Park.

After Hardy's death, Lucille sold their property and moved to Palm Springs. She later remarried and died in 1987.

1946 - 1957
1111 FRANKLIN AVENUE - HOLLYWOOD
Stan is living here.

STAN LAUREL - THE FINAL YEARS
LATE 1950s - 1965
25408 MALIBU CANYON ROAD - MALIBU

849 OCEAN BLVD - SANTA MONICA
THE OCEANA APARTMENTS
He lived here until his death, dying in his apartment on February 23 1965.

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