Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Happy Birthday, Grandma Boe!
I am thinking of my maternal grandmother Margaret Ann (Schneider) Boe on her birthday. She would have been 105 today.
Margaret Ann (Schneider) Boe and her son, my uncle Dobby, Long Beach, California, 1949
Monday, September 7, 2015
52 Ancestors: Week 36 "Working for a Living": John Boe
When my great-grandfather John Boe was 19 years old, he worked as a farmer on his parents' farm.
1895 Minnesota state census, Swift County, population schedule, West Bank township, page 1. Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data: Minnesota Historical Society. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.
By 1900, John was working as a salesman. He may have changed occupations at the time of his first marriage (to Signe Olson, on 21 March 1897). He remained in Swift County, Minnesota until at least 1901, but by 1904, he was living in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, where he worked as a traveling agent.
R. L. Polk & Co.'s Mason City Directory 1904. Mason City, Iowa: R. L. Polk & Co. Page 51. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
By 1908, John's first marriage had ended and he had married my great-grandmother Kathleen Graham. They lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where he worked for Weber Implement Company.
Gould's St. Louis City Directory 1908. Page 220. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
In 1910, John and his brothers Hans Adolph and Theodore formed the Boe Brothers farm machinery company. John was president of the company.
Williston City Directory 1911-1912. Williston, ND: North Dakota Directory Co., 1911. Page 31. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
In 1913, Hans Adolph Boe relocated to Alexander, McKenzie County, North Dakota, where he worked in the implement business. That same year, Theodore Boe relocated to Arnegard, McKenzie County, North Dakota and opened a farm machinery business there. John remained in Williston, and changed the company name to the John Boe Machinery Co.
In March 1915, John and his family moved back to St. Louis, Missouri, and John rejoined Weber Implement Co. By October 1915, he was working for Mitchell-Lewis Motor Co. In February 1918, John became president of the Mitchell Automobile Corporation of Missouri, which changed its name to the St. Louis Motor Car Company in late 1918.
In the late 1920s, the company failed, and the Boe family moved to Sarasota, Florida for a year. They then returned to St. Louis. John worked as a factory representative for Marmon Car Co. and for Buick; he was the zone sales manager and covered several northwestern states.
John left his family in 1929, probably because Anna Mae Gamble was pregnant with their daughter Jane (who was born that year in Minneapolis, Minnesota). They were living in Minneapolis in 1930, supposedly married (they actually married on 22 August 1934 in St. Joseph County, Indiana). John worked as a salesman in the farm machinery industry.
1930 United States Census, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Ward 7, population schedule, enumeration district 27-129, sheet no. 54A. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
By 1938, John and his third family had moved to Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa. John managed the Buick dealership there.
By 1940, John's third wife and their daughter were living in Beverly Hills, California. John was in Minnesota. He had been unable to find a job in the automobile business. On 1 April 1940, he started a new job selling living protection. He worked on commission.
John had left Minnesota and gone to California by 27 June 1940, when he died in Norwalk State Hospital in Norwalk, Los Angeles County, California.
By 1900, John was working as a salesman. He may have changed occupations at the time of his first marriage (to Signe Olson, on 21 March 1897). He remained in Swift County, Minnesota until at least 1901, but by 1904, he was living in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, where he worked as a traveling agent.
By 1908, John's first marriage had ended and he had married my great-grandmother Kathleen Graham. They lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where he worked for Weber Implement Company.
In 1910, John and his brothers Hans Adolph and Theodore formed the Boe Brothers farm machinery company. John was president of the company.
Williston Graphic, 30 June 1910, page 10
Williston Graphic, 26 January 1911, page 3
In 1913, Hans Adolph Boe relocated to Alexander, McKenzie County, North Dakota, where he worked in the implement business. That same year, Theodore Boe relocated to Arnegard, McKenzie County, North Dakota and opened a farm machinery business there. John remained in Williston, and changed the company name to the John Boe Machinery Co.
Williston Graphic, 13 March 1913, page 6
Williston Graphic, 5 June 1913, page 4
In March 1915, John and his family moved back to St. Louis, Missouri, and John rejoined Weber Implement Co. By October 1915, he was working for Mitchell-Lewis Motor Co. In February 1918, John became president of the Mitchell Automobile Corporation of Missouri, which changed its name to the St. Louis Motor Car Company in late 1918.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 29 December 1918, page 11
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 22 June 1919, page 10
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 28 December 1919, page 8
In the late 1920s, the company failed, and the Boe family moved to Sarasota, Florida for a year. They then returned to St. Louis. John worked as a factory representative for Marmon Car Co. and for Buick; he was the zone sales manager and covered several northwestern states.
John left his family in 1929, probably because Anna Mae Gamble was pregnant with their daughter Jane (who was born that year in Minneapolis, Minnesota). They were living in Minneapolis in 1930, supposedly married (they actually married on 22 August 1934 in St. Joseph County, Indiana). John worked as a salesman in the farm machinery industry.
By 1938, John and his third family had moved to Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa. John managed the Buick dealership there.
Algona Upper Des Moines, 10 May 1938, page 5
By 1940, John's third wife and their daughter were living in Beverly Hills, California. John was in Minnesota. He had been unable to find a job in the automobile business. On 1 April 1940, he started a new job selling living protection. He worked on commission.
Letter from John Boe to his daughter-in-law Margaret Boe, 29 April 1940
John had left Minnesota and gone to California by 27 June 1940, when he died in Norwalk State Hospital in Norwalk, Los Angeles County, California.
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Ratification of Nineteenth Amendment
When the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified on 18 August 1920, women in the United States gained the right to vote. The Amendment states:
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
I have found the names of some of my female ancestors and collateral relatives on voter registration lists. My maternal grandmother Margaret Ann (Schneider) Boe's name appears on the 1948 Los Angeles, California voter registration list, underneath the name of her husband, my grandfather John Boe. My grandparents did not state their political affiliation.
Index to Register of Voters, Los Angeles City Precinct No. 208, Los Angeles County, California, 1948. Ancestry.com. California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: State of California, United States. Great Register of Voters. Sacramento, California: California State Library.
The name of my maternal grandfather John Boe's half-sister Lillian Ruth (Boe) Casperson appears on more than one of the 1936 San Francisco, California voter registration lists. She is listed at one address on the list dated 26 March 1936, and at another address on the list dated 24 September 1936. Her husband Elmar Casperson's name is listed next to hers on both lists (once below hers and once above hers). Apparently the Caspersons moved between 26 March 1936 and 24 September 1936. They were registered Democrats.
Index to Register, City and County of San Francisco, To and Including March 26, 1936. Ancestry.com. California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: State of California, United States. Great Register of Voters. Sacramento, California: California State Library.
Index to Register, City and County of San Francisco, To and Including September 24, 1936. Ancestry.com. California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: State of California, United States. Great Register of Voters. Sacramento, California: California State Library.
The name of my first cousin twice removed Laura Ingeborg (Olsen) Withrow appears on the 1950 voter registration list for Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles County, California. Her husband Frank M. Withrow's name appears on the list above hers. They were registered Republicans.
Index to Register of Voters, Palos Verdes Estates City Precinct No. 2, Los Angeles County, California, 1950. Ancestry.com. California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: State of California, United States. Great Register of Voters. Sacramento, California: California State Library.
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote. National Archives and Records Administration.
I have found the names of some of my female ancestors and collateral relatives on voter registration lists. My maternal grandmother Margaret Ann (Schneider) Boe's name appears on the 1948 Los Angeles, California voter registration list, underneath the name of her husband, my grandfather John Boe. My grandparents did not state their political affiliation.
The name of my maternal grandfather John Boe's half-sister Lillian Ruth (Boe) Casperson appears on more than one of the 1936 San Francisco, California voter registration lists. She is listed at one address on the list dated 26 March 1936, and at another address on the list dated 24 September 1936. Her husband Elmar Casperson's name is listed next to hers on both lists (once below hers and once above hers). Apparently the Caspersons moved between 26 March 1936 and 24 September 1936. They were registered Democrats.
The name of my first cousin twice removed Laura Ingeborg (Olsen) Withrow appears on the 1950 voter registration list for Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles County, California. Her husband Frank M. Withrow's name appears on the list above hers. They were registered Republicans.
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Thriller Thursday: Charles Buise Embezzles Stake Money and Flees
Shortly before the 1892 wrestling match between D. S. McLeod and Joe Acton, Charles Buise deposited $250 with the Chronicle to secure a bet on McLeod, $1000 against $1100. Washington Marion, a traveling salesman, gave Charles Buise $500 to bet on McLeod, and Buise secured a bet of $600 for him.
Charles Buise was the proprietor of the Hot Scotch saloon on Morton Street in San Francisco. After he collected his winnings, he did not give Washington Marion his share of the money. He sold his saloon to his bartender, and headed to Portland, Oregon, where his wife was working as a song and dance performer. He was captured there several months later and was brought back to San Francisco. He was charged with embezzlement and placed in the San Francisco City Prison, but was released on $3000 bond.
After getting out on bail, Charles Buise left the United States and returned to his home country, Canada. He went to Victoria, British Columbia. The winning wrestler, McLeod, was also from British Columbia; he came from Nanaimo. I wonder if this was coincidental, or if there was some connection. Charles Buise had been born and baptized in Quebec City, and had lived in Montreal before he came to San Francisco (and had allegedly passed a counterfeit bill there in 1887). Although an attempt was made to capture him in British Columbia, he escaped and went to Montreal. When he found out that his wife was cheating on him with actor Waldo Whipple, he tracked them down in Butte, Montana, where he shot them and then shot himself.
San Francisco Chronicle, 22 January 1892
Prior to the match, there was suspicion that the contest would not be a fair one. McLeod won the match.
The Morning Call (San Francisco, CA), 11 March 1892
Charles Buise was the proprietor of the Hot Scotch saloon on Morton Street in San Francisco. After he collected his winnings, he did not give Washington Marion his share of the money. He sold his saloon to his bartender, and headed to Portland, Oregon, where his wife was working as a song and dance performer. He was captured there several months later and was brought back to San Francisco. He was charged with embezzlement and placed in the San Francisco City Prison, but was released on $3000 bond.
The Morning Call (San Francisco, CA), 1 July 1892
After getting out on bail, Charles Buise left the United States and returned to his home country, Canada. He went to Victoria, British Columbia. The winning wrestler, McLeod, was also from British Columbia; he came from Nanaimo. I wonder if this was coincidental, or if there was some connection. Charles Buise had been born and baptized in Quebec City, and had lived in Montreal before he came to San Francisco (and had allegedly passed a counterfeit bill there in 1887). Although an attempt was made to capture him in British Columbia, he escaped and went to Montreal. When he found out that his wife was cheating on him with actor Waldo Whipple, he tracked them down in Butte, Montana, where he shot them and then shot himself.
San Francisco Chronicle, 27 January 1893
Although the above article states that Waldo Whipple also died, he actually survived his injuries.
Charles Buise was probably related to Elizabeth Buise, who married my 3rd-great-grandfather John Bennet Winters. But since his mother Margaret McGillivray's death notice was transcribed in the Winters family Bible and she was not Elizabeth Buise's mother, I wonder if he is also related to me. I have many black sheep in my family. Considering all of Charles Buise's misdeeds, I figure he must be my cousin!
Sunday, July 12, 2015
52 Ancestors: Week 28 "Road Trip": The Boe Family's Move from Chicago to Los Angeles
My mother moved often when she was growing up. Her father worked for P. F. Collier, and he started his career with them as an encyclopedia salesman. In 1947, the family moved from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California. I have heard stories about this road trip from family members, including my mother. My aunt Joan wrote a story (unpublished) which includes information about this trip. Her story was especially informative, and it helped me learn some of the important details about the trip.
U.S. Route 66 artwork on the side of a claw vending machine. By Xnatedawgx (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)]. Available from Wikimedia Commons.
On a summer day in the late 1940s (my aunt Joan said the family moved in 1947, but my mother said the family was in Chicago in 1948), John and Margaret (Schneider) Boe set off for Los Angeles with their five children: Margaret's daughter Joan and son Herb from her first marriage to William Herbert Foerstel, and their daughters Margaret and Karen (my mother) and son Dobby. Their spitz dog Skippy was also with them. My grandparents had purchased a used Chevrolet station wagon for the trip.
Drawing of a woodie wagon built on the popular Chevrolet truck chassis 1947-1953. 6 December 2010. By Truemanbruce (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]. Available from Wikimedia Commons.
To travel from Chicago to Los Angeles, they took Route 66. My grandparents took turns driving. Unfortunately, most of the children got very carsick. (My aunt Joan said that my uncle Herb did not, but the others did.) The driving speed made no difference. My grandparents were heavy smokers; the cigarette smoke may have contributed to the car sickness.
At one point, they stopped at a gas station to refill the gas tank and use the rest room. They then got back on the road. About an hour later, they noticed that Skippy was missing. He had been left behind at the gas station!
Of course they had to go back. My grandfather turned the car around and drove for another hour or so, until they reached the gas station. Skippy was there waiting, and he got back in the car with the family.
The Boe family definitely arrived in California by 1948. John and Margaret Boe appear in the 1948 Los Angeles, California voter registrations. They were living at 7815 S. Dalton Av. Their political affiliation was listed as DS. A blog post at Rootdig.com indicates that DS may mean "declined to state."
Index to Register of Voters. Los Angeles City Precinct No. 208. Los Angeles County, California, 1948. Ancestry.com. California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: State of California, United States. Great Register of Voters. Sacramento, California: California State Library.
On a summer day in the late 1940s (my aunt Joan said the family moved in 1947, but my mother said the family was in Chicago in 1948), John and Margaret (Schneider) Boe set off for Los Angeles with their five children: Margaret's daughter Joan and son Herb from her first marriage to William Herbert Foerstel, and their daughters Margaret and Karen (my mother) and son Dobby. Their spitz dog Skippy was also with them. My grandparents had purchased a used Chevrolet station wagon for the trip.
To travel from Chicago to Los Angeles, they took Route 66. My grandparents took turns driving. Unfortunately, most of the children got very carsick. (My aunt Joan said that my uncle Herb did not, but the others did.) The driving speed made no difference. My grandparents were heavy smokers; the cigarette smoke may have contributed to the car sickness.
Image by SPUI. Public domain. Available from Wikimedia Commons.
At one point, they stopped at a gas station to refill the gas tank and use the rest room. They then got back on the road. About an hour later, they noticed that Skippy was missing. He had been left behind at the gas station!
Of course they had to go back. My grandfather turned the car around and drove for another hour or so, until they reached the gas station. Skippy was there waiting, and he got back in the car with the family.
The Boe family definitely arrived in California by 1948. John and Margaret Boe appear in the 1948 Los Angeles, California voter registrations. They were living at 7815 S. Dalton Av. Their political affiliation was listed as DS. A blog post at Rootdig.com indicates that DS may mean "declined to state."
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
52 Ancestors: Week 27 "Independent": Augusta Marie "Gussie" Gersbacher
My great-grandmother's sister Augusta Marie "Gussie" Gersbacher strikes me as an independent woman. My aunt Joan said that Gussie was something of a career woman and always had a job, unlike many women of her generation. Her marriages were brief, she never had children, and she moved halfway across the country. There is also an interesting family story about her!
Gussie was born on 29 January 1881 in Niederwihl (now part of Görwihl), Waldshut, Baden, Germany. She was the daughter of Johann/John Gersbacher and Kunigunde Dreier. When she was only two years old, she and her mother and siblings left Germany to join her father in St. Louis, Missouri. They sailed from Bremen, Germany on the Braunschweig and arrived in Baltimore, Maryland on 26 July 1883.
Gerspacher family, Braunschweig passenger list. Baltimore, Maryland. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Baltimore, Maryland, 1820-1891. Microfilm Publication M255. RG 36. 50 rolls. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Available from Ancestry.com. Baltimore, Passenger Lists, 1820-1964 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
After her mother died in 1893, her father abandoned the family. Gussie went to work as a laundress. Although the feminine form of her occupation was used in her 1900 United States census enumeration, she was incorrectly enumerated as a male!
1900 United States census, St. Louis City, Missouri, Ward 6, population schedule, enumeration district 88, sheet no. 5A. Available from Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Gussie married Emil Glaser, the son of immigrants from Baden, in 1903.
Marriage license, Emil H. Glaser and Gusta Gersbacker, 9 May 1903, St. Louis County, Missouri. Available from Ancestry.com. Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.Original data: Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.
Gussie and Emil separated by 1908, when Gussie was listed on the St. Louis city directory at a different address than Emil.
Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1908. St. Louis, MO: Gould Directory Co. Available from Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
In 1910, Gussie ran a rooming house and lived with her younger sister Annie.
1910 United States census, St. Louis City, Missouri, Ward 7, population schedule, enumeration district 111, sheet no. 5A. Available from Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Emil Glaser died on 12 August 1912. Although they were separated, his obituary stated that he was the "beloved husband of Gussie Glaser." (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 14 August 1912, page 12.) Gussie remained in St. Louis until at least 1913.
Gould's St. Louis Directory for 1913. St. Louis, MO: Gould Directory Co. Available from Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
On 1 June 1916, Gussie married Roy Lee Parker in Santa Ana, Orange County, California. Her marriage record stated that she was a resident of San Francisco, California and that Roy was a resident of Denver, Colorado.
Marriage license and return, Roy L. Parker and Augusta D. Glaser, 1 June 1916. California, County Marriages, 1850-1952, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8DJ-XRB); citing Orange, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,290,107.
By 1918, Roy was living in Salt Lake City, Utah, and on his World War I draft registration card, he listed his mother as his nearest relative. Gussie remained in California. In 1920, she was working as a seamstress in Los Angeles.
1920 United States census, Los Angeles precinct 175, population schedule, enumeration district 433, sheet no. 15A. Available from Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
In 1921, Gussie was a clerk in the Argonaut Hotel.
Los Angeles Directory Co.'s Los Angeles City Directory, Including San Pedro, Wilmington, Palms, Van Nuys and Owensmouth. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles Directory Company, 1921. Available from Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
By 1927, Gussie lived in Pasadena and was working as a hotel waiter. She worked at the Hotel Vista Del Arroyo at that time, but later worked for the Huntington Hotel and the Maryland Hotel. She worked as a waiter at least through 1949.
Thurston's Pasadena (California) City Directory 1927, Including Altadena and Lamanda Park. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles Directory Co. Available from Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Thurston's Pasadena (California) City Directory 1934, Including Altadena, Lamanda Park, and San Marino. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles Directory Co. Available
from Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Augusta Marie Gersbacher Parker, SS no. 552-10-1611, 27 November 1936, Application for Account Number (Form SS-5), Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland.
1940 United States census, Pasadena,
Los Angeles, California, population schedule, Assembly District 47,
enumeration district 19-472, sheet 2B. Available from Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Gussie died on 22 February 1969 at the Palm Grove Sanitarium in Duarte, Los Angeles County, California.
Gussie was entombed at the Pasadena Mausoleum. However, that was not her final resting place. Her body was brought back to St. Louis, Missouri, and she was buried in the Gersbacher family plot (section 010K, lot 0024E) in Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery on 22 December 1972. Her grave is unmarked.
Gussie was born on 29 January 1881 in Niederwihl (now part of Görwihl), Waldshut, Baden, Germany. She was the daughter of Johann/John Gersbacher and Kunigunde Dreier. When she was only two years old, she and her mother and siblings left Germany to join her father in St. Louis, Missouri. They sailed from Bremen, Germany on the Braunschweig and arrived in Baltimore, Maryland on 26 July 1883.
After her mother died in 1893, her father abandoned the family. Gussie went to work as a laundress. Although the feminine form of her occupation was used in her 1900 United States census enumeration, she was incorrectly enumerated as a male!
Gussie married Emil Glaser, the son of immigrants from Baden, in 1903.
Gussie and Emil separated by 1908, when Gussie was listed on the St. Louis city directory at a different address than Emil.
In 1910, Gussie ran a rooming house and lived with her younger sister Annie.
Emil Glaser died on 12 August 1912. Although they were separated, his obituary stated that he was the "beloved husband of Gussie Glaser." (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 14 August 1912, page 12.) Gussie remained in St. Louis until at least 1913.
On 1 June 1916, Gussie married Roy Lee Parker in Santa Ana, Orange County, California. Her marriage record stated that she was a resident of San Francisco, California and that Roy was a resident of Denver, Colorado.
By 1918, Roy was living in Salt Lake City, Utah, and on his World War I draft registration card, he listed his mother as his nearest relative. Gussie remained in California. In 1920, she was working as a seamstress in Los Angeles.
In 1921, Gussie was a clerk in the Argonaut Hotel.
By 1927, Gussie lived in Pasadena and was working as a hotel waiter. She worked at the Hotel Vista Del Arroyo at that time, but later worked for the Huntington Hotel and the Maryland Hotel. She worked as a waiter at least through 1949.
Gussie died on 22 February 1969 at the Palm Grove Sanitarium in Duarte, Los Angeles County, California.
Augusta M. Parker death certificate. State of California, Department of Public Health. 22 February 1969.
Pasadena Star-News, 28 February 1969, page B-6.
Gussie was entombed at the Pasadena Mausoleum. However, that was not her final resting place. Her body was brought back to St. Louis, Missouri, and she was buried in the Gersbacher family plot (section 010K, lot 0024E) in Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery on 22 December 1972. Her grave is unmarked.
Gussie Gersbacher
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
52 Ancestors: Week 17 "Prosper": Laura Ingeborg Olsen
According to "A Brief Story of the Boe (Bø) Family" by Melvin Brodshaug, in Boe (Bø) and Halvorson-Otterholt: Shared Roots in Telemark, compiled by Melvin and Alpha M. (Boe) Brodshaug, Laura Ingeborg Olsen "moved to California in the 1940s and made successful investments in oil wells and goldmines, emulating her grandfather."
Laura Ingeborg Olsen was born on 5 May 1900 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. She was the daughter of Louis Henry Olsen and Carrie (Kari) Boe (my great-grandfather's sister). Her father's father, Louis Olsen, was a forty-niner. According to "A Brief Story of the Boe (Bø) Family," he mined $8,000.00 worth of gold and had it minted in Philadelphia.
Laura grew up in Minneapolis. In 1920, she worked as a cashier in a department store.
1920 United States census, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Ward 3, population schedule, enumeration district 238, sheet no. 4A. Available from Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
On 6 November 1925 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, Laura married Lewis Gilmore Klefsaas, a school teacher. From 1925-1927, the couple lived in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota. By 1929, they were living in Minneapolis.
Keiter Directory Co.'s Rochester and Olmsted County, Minnesota Directory 1927. Rochester, MN: Keiter Directory Co., 1927. Page 254. Available from Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Some time between 1938 and 1940, Laura and Lewis' marriage ended. Laura married John Mason O'Day, an oil driller, some time after 1942 (when his previous wife died). He was living in Maricopa, Kern County, California. Laura may have gone to California and met and married him there. It is also possible that they met elsewhere, though; John traveled frequently. He may have been the reason that she moved to California. John died in Kern County, California on 17 March 1947. Since John was an oil driller, I wonder if Laura inherited some of those investments in oil wells.
On 18 September 1948, Laura married Frank M. Withrow in Los Angeles, California. At the time of their marriage, Laura lived in Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles County, California. Frank worked in radio sales. He died in 1958.
California, County Marriages, 1850-1952, index and images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8KT-BLG), Frank M. Withrow and Laura I. O'Day, 18 Sep 1948; citing Los
Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL
microfilm 2,116,805. Image edited (negative to positive).
On 12 May 1962, Laura married Frank Holman Cannon in San Diego, California. Frank was an engineer with RKO and Warner Brothers studios. He was chief engineer at Camp Pendleton for 22 1/2 years, and was a specialist in earthquake reconstruction. Frank died on 13 October 1983. At the time of his death, they were living in Fallbrook, San Diego County, California. Laura continued to live in Fallbrook until her death on 4 March 1992.
References
Boe (Bø) and Halvorson-Otterholt: Shared Roots in Telemark. Compiled by Melvin and Alpha M. (Boe) Brodshaug, 1984. Published by Arlene (Boe) Christensen and Marjorie (Boe) Bergee. Printed by Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa.
Laura Ingeborg Olsen was born on 5 May 1900 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. She was the daughter of Louis Henry Olsen and Carrie (Kari) Boe (my great-grandfather's sister). Her father's father, Louis Olsen, was a forty-niner. According to "A Brief Story of the Boe (Bø) Family," he mined $8,000.00 worth of gold and had it minted in Philadelphia.
Laura grew up in Minneapolis. In 1920, she worked as a cashier in a department store.
On 6 November 1925 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, Laura married Lewis Gilmore Klefsaas, a school teacher. From 1925-1927, the couple lived in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota. By 1929, they were living in Minneapolis.
Some time between 1938 and 1940, Laura and Lewis' marriage ended. Laura married John Mason O'Day, an oil driller, some time after 1942 (when his previous wife died). He was living in Maricopa, Kern County, California. Laura may have gone to California and met and married him there. It is also possible that they met elsewhere, though; John traveled frequently. He may have been the reason that she moved to California. John died in Kern County, California on 17 March 1947. Since John was an oil driller, I wonder if Laura inherited some of those investments in oil wells.
On 18 September 1948, Laura married Frank M. Withrow in Los Angeles, California. At the time of their marriage, Laura lived in Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles County, California. Frank worked in radio sales. He died in 1958.
On 12 May 1962, Laura married Frank Holman Cannon in San Diego, California. Frank was an engineer with RKO and Warner Brothers studios. He was chief engineer at Camp Pendleton for 22 1/2 years, and was a specialist in earthquake reconstruction. Frank died on 13 October 1983. At the time of his death, they were living in Fallbrook, San Diego County, California. Laura continued to live in Fallbrook until her death on 4 March 1992.
References
Boe (Bø) and Halvorson-Otterholt: Shared Roots in Telemark. Compiled by Melvin and Alpha M. (Boe) Brodshaug, 1984. Published by Arlene (Boe) Christensen and Marjorie (Boe) Bergee. Printed by Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa.
Saturday, April 18, 2015
52 Ancestors: Week 16 "Live Long": Walter Floyd Boe
The Week 16 theme for Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors Challenge is "Live Long". One ancestor that came to mind was my great-grandmother Ellen Victoria (Dahlquist) Anderson (8 September 1886 - 26 April 1986), who lived to the age of 99. But since I have already written about her, I decided to write about another relative who also lived to the age of 99: Walter Floyd Boe, my maternal grandfather's half-brother.
Walter Floyd Boe was born on 5 June 1901 in Minnesota. He was the son of my great-grandfather John Boe and his first wife Signe Olson. On 31 August 1901, Walter was baptized in the Lutheran Church in Benson, Swift County, Minnesota.
Baptism, Walther Floyd Boe. 31 August 1901. Trinity and Our Savior's Lutheran, Benson, Minnesota. Ministerial records, combined, 1900-1917. Available from Ancestry.com. Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data:
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. ELCA,
Birth, Marriage, Deaths. Evangelical Lutheran Church of America,
Chicago, Illinois.
By 1905, the Boe family was living in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa.
Iowa state census, 1905. Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa. Available from Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Shortly afterward, Walter's parents separated. He, his mother, and his sisters Lillian and Gladys were in California by 1914, when his half-sister Vivian Brazier was born in Tehama County. His half-sister Cecil Brazier was born in Butte County, California in 1916.
In 1920, Walter and his mother and sisters were living in Stockton, San Joaquin County, California. Walter was using the surname Brazier. He was working as a machinist.
1920 United States census, Stockton Ward 3, San Joaquin County, California, population schedule, enumeration district 173, sheet no. 18B. Available from Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
On 24 December 1929, Walter married Vilo Ulala Christiansen in Los Angeles, California. They were married by Bishop Albin Hoglund of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. At the time of their marriage, Walter worked as a locomotive fireman for the Southern Pacific Railway.
California, County Marriages, 1850-1952, index and images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8NY-WRV), Walter Floyd Boe Brazier and Vilo Ulala Christensen, 24 Dec 1929;
citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses,
California; FHL microfilm 2,074,770.
California, County Marriages, 1850-1952, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-29942-4027-43?cc=1804002), Walter Floyd Boe Brazier and Vilo Ulala Christensen, 24 Dec 1929; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,770.
In 1930, Walter and Viola lived in Los Angeles with Vilo's mother, Emma (Jones) Christiansen. Walter was working as a locomotive engineer.
1930 United States census, Los Angeles City, Ward 13, Los Angeles County, California, population schedule, enumeration district 19-764, sheet 12A. Available from Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
In 1931, Walter's listing in the Los Angeles city directory indicated that he was an engineer in the Garfield Building.
Los Angeles, California City Directory, 1931. Available from Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011
By 1939, Walter and Vilo were living in Fresno, California with Walter's mother and half-sister Cecil.
Polk's Fresno (California) City Directory, 1939.Los Angeles, CA: R. L. Polk & Co. Available from Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
By 1940, Walter and Vilo were living in Chowchilla, Madera County, California, and had had two of their daughters. Two more daughters were born later. Walter was working as an electrical engineer at a creamery.
1940 United States census, Chowchilla, Madera County, California,population schedule, enumeration district 20-1, sheet no. 1B. Available from Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Walter eventually returned to his birth surname, Boe. He and his family moved to Butte, Chico County, California. In 1983, he was listed in the city directory as a junk collector.
1983 Chico (Butte County, Calif.) City Directory. R. L. Polk & Co. Available from Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Walter's wife Vilo died on 19 August 1990. Walter died on 15 February 2001. They are buried in Glen Oaks Memorial Park in Chico, Butte County, California.
Walter Floyd Boe was born on 5 June 1901 in Minnesota. He was the son of my great-grandfather John Boe and his first wife Signe Olson. On 31 August 1901, Walter was baptized in the Lutheran Church in Benson, Swift County, Minnesota.
By 1905, the Boe family was living in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa.
Shortly afterward, Walter's parents separated. He, his mother, and his sisters Lillian and Gladys were in California by 1914, when his half-sister Vivian Brazier was born in Tehama County. His half-sister Cecil Brazier was born in Butte County, California in 1916.
In 1920, Walter and his mother and sisters were living in Stockton, San Joaquin County, California. Walter was using the surname Brazier. He was working as a machinist.
On 24 December 1929, Walter married Vilo Ulala Christiansen in Los Angeles, California. They were married by Bishop Albin Hoglund of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. At the time of their marriage, Walter worked as a locomotive fireman for the Southern Pacific Railway.
In 1930, Walter and Viola lived in Los Angeles with Vilo's mother, Emma (Jones) Christiansen. Walter was working as a locomotive engineer.
In 1931, Walter's listing in the Los Angeles city directory indicated that he was an engineer in the Garfield Building.
By 1939, Walter and Vilo were living in Fresno, California with Walter's mother and half-sister Cecil.
By 1940, Walter and Vilo were living in Chowchilla, Madera County, California, and had had two of their daughters. Two more daughters were born later. Walter was working as an electrical engineer at a creamery.
Walter eventually returned to his birth surname, Boe. He and his family moved to Butte, Chico County, California. In 1983, he was listed in the city directory as a junk collector.
Walter's wife Vilo died on 19 August 1990. Walter died on 15 February 2001. They are buried in Glen Oaks Memorial Park in Chico, Butte County, California.
Photo by Adriana at Find A Grave
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