Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Verna Felton a Salinas, California, a ranar 20 ga Yuli, 1890. Mahaifinta, Horace W. Felton, likita, ya mutu ba da daɗewa ba kafin ranar haihuwarta ta tara. Lokacin da yake duba asusunsa bayan mutuwarsa, mahaifiyar Felton Clara Felton (née Lawrence) ta gano cewa duk da cewa mijinta yana da babban aikin likita a San Jose, babu wani rikodin biyan kuɗin marasa lafiyarsa don magani kuma babu kuɗi a ofishin. Jim kaɗan kafin mutuwar mahaifinta, Felton ya yi aiki a cikin gida mai amfani ga wadanda ke fama da Ambaliyar Galveston
Ka yi haƙuri. Waƙarta da rawa sun jawo hankalin manajan wani kamfani na balaguro wanda ke wasa a San Jose a lokacin. Manajan ya yi magana da uwar Felton, ya ba Felton aiki a kamfanin. Tunda dangin suna fuskantar mawuyacin lokacin kudi tare da asarar mahaifin Felton, mahaifiyarta ta tuntubi manajan wasan kwaikwayon. Felton da sauri ya shiga wasan kwaikwayon wasan kwaikwayon, yana girma a gidan wasan kwaikwayo.