Laird Family of
(V.) Eleazer5 Givens
Laird, younger son of James4
Kerr Laird, James3, Capt. David2, James1; was born in Hopkins Co., KY, on 9 Mar. 1830.[1] His father moved to Union Co., KY, when he was
very young, and then his father died when he was about 4 years old. He grew up
in Union Co., KY, on a small ranch with his mother and older brother, Robert
Laird, and when the gold rush hit, he sold his inheritance in his father’s
estate to his brother Robert on 26 Mar. 1850,[2] and rode to St. Louis, MO, to join a wagon train
for California, following several of his elder cousins on the Givens side.[3] He was probably living and working in
Eleazer
Givens Laird married Mary Jane McDowell on
27 July 1853 in
In
1856 Eleazor G. Laird and his wife, Mary J. Laird, sold land in Union Co., KY,
that had belonged to the estate of his deceased brother, Robert R. Laird, to Harvey A. Thompson.[11] Then Eleazor G. Laird and his mother, Louisa L.
Laird, sold 2 more parcels of land in Union Co., KY, to
Harvey A. Thompson in 1856 and 1857.[12]
Eleazer
Givens Laird and Mary Jane (McDowell) Laird left the Lockeford area about 1864,
moving to Merced Co., CA, where they resided near Snelling, CA, and then after
1870, they moved to Mariposa Co., CA, where they settled on the Bull Run Ranch
in Catheys Valley, CA, on the road to Mariposa. In the 1870 federal census they
were living in rural
On 1 Feb. 1879 the Mariposa
Gazette reported on an Indian massacre that had occurred at a ranch in
On 4 Feb. 1884 Eleazer Givens Laird
was declared “insane,” and committed to the insane asylum in Stockton, CA.[17] Eleazer Givens Laird died on 22 June 1891 in
Jerseydale, Mariposa Co., CA, aged 61 years, 3 months, 13 days,[18] apparently a suicide, as reported in the Mariposa
Gazette of 27 June 1891:
“DEATH OF ELEAZER G.
LAIRD.
“Last Monday morning,
the shocking news was brought to town that E. G. Laird had committed suicide at
his ranch, at Snow Creek, about 3 o'clock that morning. Mr. Laird was suffering
from an attack of insanity, and his family had been watching his movements for
some days, but that morning he eluded their vigilance, and going about sixty
yards from the house, cut his jugular artery, and also stabbed himself near the
heart. He had been afflicted for some years with these attacks of mental
aberration, and had been treated for them, but never entirely cured. He leaves
a wife, and large family of grown children, who are among our most respected
citizens, and who have the sympathy of all know them, in this dreadful
calamity. The funeral took place on Tuesday, and the body was taken to the
Given's graveyard, near Hornitos, for burial.”[19]
Mary
J. Laird was living in
Mariposa Co., CA, in the 1900 federal census, with her youngest daughter,
Virginia, and her grandson, David Hamilton.[20] Mary Jane (McDowell) Laird died on 15 Nov. 1901
in Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA, aged 67 years, 7 months.[21] They were both buried in the Givens’ Cemetery on
the Texas Ranch, near Hornitos, Mariposa Co., CA.[22]
Eleazer
G. Laird and Mary Jane McDowell had 12 children:
A.
Louisa Mary Jane Laird, born on 17 Aug. 1854 in San Joaquin Co., CA,
died on 9 Dec. 1862, aged 8 years, 4 months, and was buried in the Givens’
Cemetery near Hornitos, Mariposa Co., CA.[23]
B.
Sarah6
Catherine Laird, born on 11 Feb. 1856 in San Joaquin Co.,[24] married Azel “Ace” Bentel Hamilton on 22 Sept.
1880.[25] He was born in Johnson Co., MO.[26] They settled in Merced Co., CA, where he served
as Supervisor of District No. 1.[27] Sarah Catherine (Laird)
1. Paris
Robinson Hamilton, born on 26 June 1881 in Merced, Merced Co., CA,[35] was still unmarried and living in Merced, CA, in
the 1910 federal census, where he was a ranch foreman,[36] married Sarah “Sadie” Elizabeth (Williams)
Buttermore, daughter of George and Martha
(Wilds) Williams, on 2 June 1910 in Merced, CA.[37] She was born on 30 Jan. 1877 in
a. Merle Catherine Hamilton, born on 15 Sept. 1911 in Merced Co., CA,[44] was still unmarried and lodging with Clarence
Polzin in Merced, CA, in the 1940 federal census, where she was a public school
teacher,[45] married George Henry Willett on 4 Sept.
1943 in
b. Emmett Robinson Hamilton, born on 12 May 1913 in Merced Co., CA,[50] married Rosemary “Rose” Belless, in ca. 1934.[51] She was born on 29 Apr. 1912.[52] They lived in Chowchilla, Madera Co., CA. They
were living in Merced, Merced Co., CA, in the 1940 federal census, where he was
a salesman for a petroleum company.[53] He died on 25 Nov. 1979 in Madera Co., CA, aged
66 years,[54] and she died on 8 Dec. 1985 in Modesto,
Stanislaus Co., CA, of heart disease,[55] and they were both buried in Chowchilla Cemetery
in Chowchilla, Madera Co., CA. They had four children:
1. Robert Emmett Hamilton, born on
31 Mar. 1935 in Merced, Merced Co., CA,[56] married 1.) Anita L. Santos in ca. 1955, but they were divorced on 18 Aug. 1981 in Merced
Co., CA,[57] and he remarried to 2.) Sandra Jean Keas in 1996.[58] She was born on 17 Apr. 1943 in Waco, McLennan
Co., TX.[59] He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War.[60] He died on 19 Sept. 2001, aged 66 years,[61] and she died on 16 Feb. 2009 in Merced Co., CA,
aged 65 years,[62] and they were both buried in San Joaquin Valley
National Cemetery in Santa Nella, Merced Co., CA.
2. Carolyn Mae Hamilton, born on 6
May 1937 in Chowchilla, Madera Co., CA,[63] married Robert “Bobby Joe” Joseph Hayes on l1
Jan. 1954 in Madera Co., CA.[64] He was born on 13 July 1935,[65] and they lived in Oroville, Butte Co., CA. He died
on 30 July 2000, aged 65 years,[66] and she died on 6 Apr. 2020 in Elk Grove,
Sacramento Co., CA, aged 82 years,[67] and they were both buried in Chowchilla Cemetery
in Chowchilla, Madera Co., CA.
3. Edwin “Eddie” Lee Hamilton, born on 7 Nov. 1942 in Oakland, Alameda Co., CA,[68] married 1.) Jenephia “Jenny” Marie Whaley,
daughter of Albert and Josephine Whaley,[69] on 19 Aug. 1961 in Madera Co., CA.[70] She was born on 24 Oct. 1946 in Lodi, San Joaquin
Co., CA.[71] They were divorced on 16 June 1980 in Merced Co.,
CA,[72] and she changed her name to Genevieve Victoria
Hammil. He remarried to 2.) Susan Webb, and they
lived in Merced, CA.[73] He died on 1 June 2011 in Los Banos, Merced Co.,
CA, aged 68 years,[74] and was buried in Merced Cemetery in Merced, CA.
Jenny (Whaley) Hammil died on 6 Feb. 2013 in Catheys Valley, Mariposa Co., CA,
aged 66 years,[75] and was also buried in Merced Cemetery in Merced,
CA.
4. Rosemary Ann Hamilton, born on 19
July 1947 in Stanislaus Co., CA,[76] married 1.) James Dixon, but they were divorced, and she remarried to 2.)
James Crites, and they lived in Merced, CA.[77]
c. Paris Williams Hamilton, born on 14 May 1915 in Merced Co., CA,[78] was still unmarried and living with his brother
Emmett R. Hamilton in Modesto, CA, in the 1940 federal census, where he was a
yard man at a gasoline station,[79] married 1.) Dorothy Black in ca.
1940. She died, and he moved to Wenatchee, Chelan Co., WA, and remarried to 2.)
Lois W. Bonnetta on 14 Nov. 1956 in Chelan Co., WA.[80] She was born on 8 July 1921 in Richmond, Contra
Costa Co., CA,[81] and they moved to El
Sobrante, Contra Costa Co., CA.[82] He died on 12 Dec. 2009 in Contra Costa Co., CA,[83] and she died on 11 Mar. 2011 in Contra Costa Co.,
CA, aged 90 years.[84] He had children by Dorothy Black.
2. Elsie Alice Hamilton, born on 13 Dec. 1884 in Merced, Merced Co., CA,[85] never married. She was living in San Francisco, CA, in the 1920 federal census, where she was working as a clerk.[86] She died on 30 Dec. 1976 in Merced, CA, aged 92 years,[87] and was buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, San Mateo Co., CA.
3. Everette Bentel
Hamilton, born on 1 Oct. 1887 in Merced Co., CA,[88] married Ida Ellen (Pittenger) Johnson, daughter
of James Wood and Amanda (Severns) Pittenger, and widow of Elmer Ellsworth
Johnson,[89] on 14 Feb.
1914.[90] She was born on 1 Apr. 1878 in Eugene, Lane Co.,
OR,[91] and they lived in Chico, Butte Co., CA. He died
on 17 Dec. 1918 in Chico, CA,[92] and was buried in Chico Cemetery in Chico, Butte
Co., CA. She was living in Chico, Butte Co., CA, in the 1920 federal census,
where she had a grain farm,[93] and she died on 17 Feb. 1950 in Tacoma, Pierce
Co., WA, aged 71 years,[94] and was buried in Sumner Cemetery in Sumner,
Pierce Co., WA. They had one son:
a. Edwin Bentel Hamilton, born on 17 June 1916 in Chico, Butte Co., CA,[95] married Penny (___), and they lived in Tacoma, WA, and had children.[96] He died on 12 Feb. 1979 in Puyallup, Pierce Co.,
WA, aged 62 years,[97] and was buried in Woodbine Cemetery in Puyallup,
Pierce Co., WA.
4. David
McElrath Hamilton, born on 4 Nov. 1890 in Merced Co., CA,[98] was raised by his grandmother, Mary Jane
(McDowell) Laird, after his mother died, and was living with his
uncle Louis P. Laird in White Rock District, Mariposa Co., CA, in the 1910
federal census.[99] He married Rose Murphy, but they had no children.[100] He was a telegraph operator for the Western
Pacific Railroad.[101] He died on 9 Dec. 1918 in Stockton, CA, of
influenza,[102] and was buried in Park View Cemetery in Manteca,
San Joaquin Co., CA. She remarried, and moved to San Luis Obispo, CA, where she
was a librarian.[103]
5. Myrtle
Jane Hamilton, born on 3 Jan. 1895 in Merced, CA,[104] was raised by the family of her grandfather’s
cousin, Samuel Lewis Givens, after her mother died, and she was still living
with the Samuel Givens family in Yosemite, Merced Co., CA, in the 1920 federal
census.[105] She married Charles William Peard in ca. 1925,[106] but they had no children.[107] He was born on 3 Aug. 1891 in Hornitos, Mariposa
Co., CA.[108] They were living in Merced, Merced Co., CA, in
the 1930 federal census, where he was a teamster,[109] and the 1940 federal census, where he was a
farmer.[110] He died on 10 Mar. 1964 in Atwater, Merced Co.,
CA, aged 72 years,[111] and was buried in Merced Cemetery in Merced,
Merced Co., CA. She died on 23 Oct. 1985 in Merced, CA, aged 90 years,[112] and was also buried in Merced Cemetery in Merced,
CA.
C.
Robert6 Robinson Laird, born on 26 Apr. 1858 in San Joaquin Co., CA,[113] never married. He was a teamster, rancher, and
farmer in Mariposa County, and he died on 30 July 1908, and was also buried in
the Givens’ Cemetery near Hornitos, Mariposa Co., CA.[114]
D.
Eusibia6
“U Sibbie” Nevelle Laird, born on 9 Jan. 1860 in Lockeford, San Joaquin
Co.,[115] married George Carlisle Wills, eldest son of Benjamin and Jemima
Amanda (Cathey) Wills Jr., original pioneers of Catheys Valley, Mariposa
Co., CA, on 1 Jan. 1880 in Mariposa Co., CA.[116] He was born on 28 June 1848 in Arkansas,[117] a grandson of Benjamin and Lurana
(Nixon) Wills. Benjamin Wills Jr. was born on 30 Jan. 1819 in
1. Claude
Pierson Wills, born on 25 Sept. 1880 in Catheys Valley,
Mariposa Co., CA,[129] was still unmarried and living with his parents
in Bradley Precinct, Merced Co., CA, in the 1910 federal census, where he was a
farmer,[130] married 1.) Ethel Cora Merritt, on 9 Jan. 1918 in
2. Mary
Amanda Wills, born on 2 Mar. 1882 in
a. Virginia Maxine Failing,
born on 2 Dec. 1909 in Dos Palos, Merced Co., CA,[155] was still unmarried and living with her mother
and stepfather in Turlock, Stanislaus Co., CA, in the 1930 federal census,
where she was a nurse in a hospital,[156] married 1.) Robert Arnold Miller on 13 Oct.
1930 in
1. Betty Jane Miller, born on 3 Aug.
1931 in Turlock, Stanislaus Co., CA,[164] married Donald Richard Wedin, son of Richard and Alice
(Bergan) Wedin, on 12 June 1954 in Hilmar, CA.[165] He was born on 18 Nov. 1929 in Turlock, CA,[166] and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean
War.[167] They lived in Turlock, CA, where he was Captain
of the Fire Department, and restored antique automobiles.[168] She died on 8 Dec. 2005 in Turlock, CA, aged 74
years,[169] and he died on 12 July 2008, aged 78 years,[170] and they were both buried in Turlock Memorial
Park in Turlock, Stanislaus Co., CA. They had four children.
2. Thomas Elliot Sloat, born on 4
Oct. 1943 in Kansas City, MO,[171] married Linda Rosemary Bray, daughter of Hammond and Mary
(Nelli) Bray, on 27 June 1962 in Torrance, Los Angeles Co.,
CA.[172] She was born on 10 Sept. 1944 in Berkeley,
Alameda Co., CA,[173] and they lived in Corona, Riverside Co., CA.[174] They were divorced in Sept. 1977 in Orange Co.,
CA.[175] He died on 13 Aug. 2003, aged 59 years,[176] and was buried in El Toro Memorial Park in Lake
Forest, Orange Co., CA. They had three children.
b. Bert Cathey Cornell Failing,
born on 16 Oct. 1911 in Dos Palos, Merced Co., CA,[177] married Helen Grace Edmonds, daughter of John Wesley and Matilda
(Price) Edmonds, of Salt Lake City, UT, on 7 July 1939 in Reno,
NV.[178] She was born on 17 Aug. 1916 in Salt Lake City,
UT.[179] They lived in Las Vegas, NV.[180] He died on 13 Dec. 1996 in Las Vegas, Clark Co.,
NV,[181] and she died on 6 Dec. 2013, aged 97 years,[182] and they were both interred in Bunkers Eden Vale
Memorial Park in Las Vegas, Clark Co., NV. They had two children:
1. Sharon Louise Failing, born on 19
July 1943 in Lodi, San Joaquin Co., CA,[183] married 1.) Raub Edward Lommason, son of Edward Stewart and Janette
(Campbell) Lommason, on 24 June 1961 in Las Vegas, Clark Co., NV. He
was born on 6 Oct. 1939 in Warren Glen, PA, and he was a mechanic.[184] They were divorced on 14 Nov. 1973 in Clark Co.,
NV,[185] and she remarried to 2.) Glen E. Berger, son of Enos Berger, on 5 Dec. 1975 in Las Vegas, Clark Co., NV.[186] They were divorced on 17 Jan. 1980 in Clark Co.,
NV.[187] She was a registered nurse, living in Las Vegas,
NV.
2. Robert Wesley Failing, born on 24
June 1946 in Barstow, San Bernardino Co., CA,[188] married Joan Cantera, daughter of Charleton and Joan
(McNally) Cantera, on 4 Sept. 1965 in Las Vegas, Clark Co., NV.[189] She was born on 28 Aug. 1946 in
c. Claude Eugene Owens, born on
12 Aug. 1923 in Turlock, CA,[192] married 1.) Phyllis Mae Jorgensen, daughter of Edward Christian and Juanita
Katherine (Edmonston) Jorgensen,[193] on 7 Jan. 1945 in Turlock, CA,[194] where they settled. She was born on 23 Jan. 1926
in Turlock,[195] and died suddenly on 13 May 1988 in Turlock, of
blood poisoning, aged 62 years,[196] and was buried in Turlock Memorial Park in
Turlock, Stanislaus Co., CA. He remarried to 2.) Patty Munson on 22 July
1990.[197] He died on 14 Feb. 2002 in Turlock, CA, aged 78
years,[198] and was also buried in Turlock Memorial Park in
Turlock, CA. He had two sons by Phyllis Mae Jorgensen:
1. Richard “Dick” Allen Owens, born on 4 Feb. 1946 in Turlock, Stanislaus Co.,
CA,[199] married Jeanette Elizabeth Carlson, daughter of Harry Ruben
Daniel and Lucy May (Phillips) Carlson,[200] on 28 Mar. 1970 in Turlock, but they had no
children.[201] She was born on 10 Apr. 1949 in Turlock,
Stanislaus Co., CA,[202] and they also lived in Turlock, where he owned a
bar called the “Brown Jug,” and she owned a beauty salon. He served in
the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He died on 3 Mar. 1999 in Turlock, CA,
aged 53 years,[203] and she died in Sept. 2017 in Turlock, aged 68
years,[204] and they were both buried in Turlock Memorial
Park in Turlock, Stanislaus Co., CA.
2. Kenneth Wayne Owens, born on 2
Apr. 1952 in Turlock, Stanislaus Co., CA,[205] married Manette Ramel Merchant, daughter of William Brant and Mary
(Soares) Merchant, on 18 Dec. 1982 in
3. Jesse Marvin Wills, born on 22 Sept. 1884 in Catheys Valley, Mariposa Co., CA,[209] never married. He was a farmer in Indian Peak, Mariposa Co., CA, in the 1910 federal census,[210] and he was drafted into World War I service from Mariposa County,[211] and afterwards he raised livestock in Catheys Valley, Mariposa Co., CA. He was living in Mariposa Co., CA, in the 1920 federal census, where he was a stock rancher.[212] He died on 19 Apr. 1958 in Mariposa Co., CA, aged 73 years,[213] and was buried in Merced Cemetery in Merced, CA.
4. Robert Jarrett Laird Wills, born on 15 Feb. 1887 in Catheys Valley, Mariposa
Co., CA,[214] never married, a farmer in Merced County, he died
of tuberculosis on 27 Feb. 1916 in Bear Creek, Merced Co., CA, age 29 years,[215] and was also buried in Merced Cemetery in Merced,
CA.
5. Violet
Louise Wills, born on 29 Aug. 1888 in Catheys Valley, Mariposa
Co., CA,[216] married Benjamin Dean Handy, son of Henry Clay
and Anna P. Handy,[217] on 2 Aug.
1913.[218] He was born on 14 Oct. 1878 in Syracuse, Otoe
Co., NE.[219] She was a schoolteacher in Merced, CA. They lived
for a while in Canada, then returned to California. They were living with her
widowed mother in Bradley Precinct, Merced Co., CA, in the 1920 federal census,
where he was a farmer,[220] then settled in Colfax, Placer Co., CA, in 1921.[221] She died on 8 Sept. 1927 in Colfax, Placer Co.,
CA, aged 39 years,[222] and was buried in Merced Cemetery in Merced,
Merced Co., CA. He was living in Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA, in the 1930
federal census, where he was the proprietor of a dairy lunch room, and her
widowed mother, Usibbie Willis, was still living with him.[223] He remarried to Donna L. “Lanna” (___), who was
born on 10 Feb. 1888 in NE.[224] They living in Modesto, CA, in the 1940 federal
census, where he was a truck driver.[225] He died on 18 Apr. 1963 in Turlock, Stanislaus
Co., CA, aged 84 years,[226] and was buried with his first wife in Merced
Cemetery in Merced, Merced Co., CA. Donna L. Handy died on 21 Feb. 1876 in
Santa Clara Co., CA, aged 88 years,[227] and was buried in Saratoga IOOF Cemetery in
Saratoga, Santa Clara Co., CA. Violet Louise (Wills) Handy had five children:
a. Roberta Nevelle Handy, born on 3
June 1914 in Merced Co., CA,[228] married Harrison “Harry” Fred Dayton, son of Joseph Henry and Ethel
Gertrude (Butler) Dayton,[229] in ca. 1936. He was born on 8 Oct. 1910 in King
City, Monterey Co., CA.[230] She died on 28 July 1963 in Turlock, CA, aged 49
years,[231] and was interred in Turlock Memorial Park in
Turlock, Stanislaus Co., CA. He died on 1 Feb. 1993 in Turlock, CA, aged 82
years,[232] and was also interred in Turlock Memorial Park in
Turlock, CA. They had four children.
b. Benjamin “Bus” Dean Handy Jr., born on 20 Feb. 1916 in CA,[233] never married. He served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II.[234] He lived in Turlock, CA, and he died on 14 Apr.
1979 in the Veterans Hospital, Livermore, CA, aged 63 years,
[235] and was buried in Merced Cemetery in Merced,
Merced Co., CA.
c. Virginia Kathryne Handy, born on
27 May 1917 in
d. George Wills Handy, born on 10
Dec. 1921 in Placer Co., CA,[255] served as a Private in the U.S. Army during World
War II,[256] married 1.) Ruby Myrtle Marlow, daughter of Reuben Marlow, of
e. Keith Marvin Handy, born on 11
Feb. 1926 in Colfax, Placer Co., CA,[266] married Mary Terry, daughter of John and Maria
(Freitas) Terry, on 15 June 1947 in Oakdale, Stanislaus Co., CA.[267] She was born on 25 Nov. 1923 in Newman,
Stanislaus Co., CA.[268] John Terry, her father, was born John Teixeira on 2 Feb. 1886
in Village Calhita, São Jorge, Azores, and shortened his name to “Terry” upon
settling in California. Maria Freitas was also born in Flores,
6. Pansy
Eusibia/Usibbie Wills, born on 2 Mar. 1891 in Catheys Valley, Mariposa
Co., CA,[271] married Shelvy Huffman, son of William Arthur and
Nannie/Sallie (Anthony) Huffman, of Normandy, TN,[272] on 21 Feb. 1912 in Merced, CA.[273] He was born on 30 Oct. 1882 in Normandy, Bedford
Co., TN,[274] a grandson of Moses and Eliza
(Troxler) Huffman, of Normandy, TN.[275] He was a farmer in Merced Co., CA, and afterwards
retired to Los Angeles, CA. They were living in Bradley Precinct, Merced Co.,
CA, in the 1920 federal census, where he was a fruit farmer,[276] the 1930 federal census, where he was a rancher,[277] and the 1940 federal census, where he was a
farmer.[278] He died on 12 Dec. 1949 in Merced, Merced Co.,
CA, aged 67 years,[279] and Pansy Eusibia (Wills) Huffman died on 23 Nov.
1977 in La Crescenta, Los Angeles Co., CA, aged 86 years,[280] and they were both buried in Merced Cemetery in
Merced, Merced Co., CA. They had four children:
a. Vernon Wills Huffman, born on 21
Oct. 1913 in Merced Co., CA,[281] was still unmarried and living with his parents
in Merced Co., CA, in the 1940 federal census, a farm laborer,[282] married Nellie Puglizevich, daughter of Nicholas and Anna
(Vicelja) Puglizevich, of Austria (later part of Yugoslavia), on 5 July
1941 in Merced, CA.[283] She was born on 3 Apr. 1912 in Campbell, Santa
Clara Co., CA.[284] He died on 10 Dec. 1992 in Downieville, Sierra
Co., CA,[285] and she died in Apr. 1993 in Downieville, Sierra
Co., CA.[286] They had one daughter.
b. Merle Nevelle Huffman, born on 26
Aug. 1915 in Merced Co., CA,[287] married Antone “Tony” Albert Milosevich, son of Vincent and Lucy
(Puglizevich) Milosevich, on 3 Mar. 1936 in Lovelock, NV, and they settled
in Merced, CA.[288] He was born on 8 Jan. 1900 in Zaton, Austria, in
what was later part of Yugoslavia, near Dubrovnik, and came to the United
States with his uncle Nicholas Puglizevich. His cousin, Nellie Puglizevich, married her
brother, Vernon Wills Huffman.[289] They were living in Santa Clara, Santa Clara Co.,
CA, in the 1940 federal census, where he was a farm laborer.[290] He died on 2 June 1962 in Merced, CA, aged 62
years,[291] and was buried in Merced Cemetery in Merced, CA.
She died on 26 Sept. 2012, aged 97 years.[292] They had three children.
c. Natalie Huffman, born on 18 Mar.
1917 in Merced Co., CA,[293] was still unmarried and living with her parents
in Merced Co., CA, in the 1940 federal census, a clothing designer,[294] married 1.) Harlan Sidney Jordan on 2 Apr. 1943
in CA.[295] He was born on 21 July 1912,[296] and died on 13 Jan. 1952, aged 39 years,[297] and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in
Glendale, Los Angeles Co., CA. She remarried to 2.) Anthony Pavani on 9 Oct.
1959 in Los Angeles Co., CA.[298] He was born on 18 Aug. 1898 in Italy,[299] and died on 15 Aug. 1963 in Los Angeles Co., CA,
aged 65 years,[300] and was buried in Burbank, CA.[301] She had no children, and she died on 25 Aug. 1981
in Montrose, Los Angeles Co., CA, aged 64 years,[302] and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in
Glendale, Los Angeles Co., CA.
d. William “Bill” Carlisle Huffman,
born on 3 July 1918 in Merced Co., CA,[303] was still unmarried and living with his parents
in Merced Co., CA, in the 1940 federal census, a farm laborer,[304] served as a Private in the U.S. Army during World
War II,[305] married Charlotte Corinne (Williams) Bunnell, daughter of Gano and
Theodora Henrietta (Kemps) Williams, on 18 Feb. 1954 in
E.
Samuel6
James Laird, born on 22 June 1862 in Clements, San Joaquin
Co.,[311] married Perminda Eva Coughran, daughter of John Livingston and Matilda Jane
(Lewis) Coughran, of Mariposa Co., CA,[312] on 22 Jan. 1885 in “Pea Ridge,” Mariposa Co., CA.[313] She was born on 14 Oct. 1864 in CA,[314] her father was born in Arkansas, her mother was
born in Illinois.[315] Samuel James Laird was a farmer, and lived near
Lodi, CA, for a while, then lived in Woodland, Yolo Co., CA, where he was in
the construction business, and also in Medford, OR, for a while. They were
living in Elkhorn Township, West Lodi Precinct, San Joaquin Co., CA, in the
1900 federal census,[316] in San Francisco, CA, in the 1910 federal census,
where he was the foreman of some street work,[317] and in Woodland, Yolo Co., CA, in the 1920
federal census, where he was a farmer.[318] He died on 4 Nov. 1926 in Woodland, Yolo Co., CA,
aged 64 years,[319] and was buried in Woodland Cemetery in Woodland,
Yolo Co., CA. His obituary mentioned his survivors, his wife Eva Laird,
daughters Mrs. Grace Grothe, of Esparto, and Mrs. Blanche Rominger, of Yolo,
brothers John R. Laird, of Planada, David T. Laird, of Ceres, L. Porter Laird,
of Modesto, and Geo. T. Laird, of Washington, and grandchildren Helen Grothe,
June and Gene Rominger, and two sisters, Mrs. S. N. Wills and Mrs. Jennie
Wallace, of Merced. She was still living in Woodland, Yolo Co., CA, in the 1930
federal census,[320] and with her widowed daughter, Grace L. Grothe,
in Esparto, Yolo Co., CA, in the 1940 federal census.[321] She died on 15 June 1943 in Woodland, CA, aged 77
years,[322] and was also buried in Woodland Cemetery in
Woodland, Yolo Co., CA. They had two daughters:
1. Grace7 Winifred
Laird, born on 22 Jan. 1886 in Fresno Co., CA,[323] was still unmarried and living with her parents
in San Francisco, CA, in the 1910
federal census, working as a stenographer,[324] married Henry Ferdinand Grothe, son of Frederick August and Anna
(Weinkauf) Grothe, of Mendocino Co., CA,[325] on 25 Dec. 1910 in Woodland, CA.[326] He was born on 18 Sept. 1882 in CA,[327] and his parents were both from Prussia. He was a
farmer in Esparto, CA. They were living in Esparto, Yolo Co., CA, in the 1920,[328] and 1930 federal censuses,[329] where he was a farmer, and she was editor of the
town paper. He died on 28 Nov. 1935 in Esparto, Yolo Co., CA, aged 53 years,[330] and she was still living in Esparto, CA, in the
1940 federal census, with her widowed mother, Eva Laird.[331] Grace Winifred (Laird) Grothe died in June 1975
in Fort Bragg, Mendocino Co., CA,[332] and they were both buried in Capay Cemetery in
Esparto, Yolo Co., CA. They had one daughter:
a. Helen Elizabeth Grothe, born on
25 Oct. 1913 in CA,[333] married Capt. Haugh Henry Stauer, son of Henry J. and
Margaret Stauer, of Mendocino
2. Blanche7 Irene
Laird, born on 2 Apr. 1890 in Sanger, CA,[340] married Charles Henry Rominger, son of Charles Frederick and
Elizabeth Dorothy (Blickle) Rominger,[341] on 28 Oct. 1915 in Sacramento, CA.[342] He was born on 24 June 1888 in CA,[343] and his parents were both from Germany.[344] He was still single and living with his parents in
Capay Township, Yolo Co., CA, in the 1910 federal census, where he was a
laborer on his father’s grain farm.[345] They were living in Arbuckle, Colusa Co., CA, in
the 1920 federal census, where he was a farmer,[346] in Cottonwood, Yolo Co., CA, in the 1930 federal
census, where he was a grain farmer,[347] and in Woodland, Yolo Co., CA, in the 1940
federal census, where he was a farmer.[348] She died on 31 Dec. 1974, aged 84 years,[349] and he died on 31 May 1982 in Winters, CA, aged
93 years,[350] and they were both buried in Woodland Cemetery in
Woodland, Yolo Co., CA. They had three children:
a. June Jeanette Rominger, born on
13 Feb. 1919 in Colusa Co., CA,[351] was still unmarried and living with her parents
in Woodland, CA, in the 1940 federal census, working as a nurse and typist at
Yolo County Hospital,[352] married Herley J. Shinn, of Sacramento, CA, on 22
Oct. 1947 in Reno, NV.[353] He was born on 21 Sept. 1914.[354] They were divorced in May 1970 in Yolo Co., CA.[355] He died on 20 May 1975, aged 60 years,[356] and she died on 10 Jan. 2000, aged 80 years,[357] they were both buried in Woodland Cemetery in
Woodland, Yolo Co., CA. They had two children.
b. Eugene “Gene” Carol Rominger,
born on 5 Nov. 1921 in Yolo Co., CA,[358] served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II,
building airplane landing fields in Yakatat, AK, and the Aleutian Islands, and
at the Battle of Guadalcanal, and settled on a farm in Madison, Yolo Co., CA,
after the war.[359] He married Jeanne A. Kirpatrick on 16 Jan. 1958
in Carson City, NV,[360] but they were divorced on 22 Feb. 1982 in Yolo
Co., CA.[361]
c. Charlyn Irene Rominger, born on 9
June 1930 in Yolo Co., CA,[362] was unmarried and living in Madison, Yolo Co.,
CA, in the 1940s, married Dannie L. Holt, but they were divorced in Sept. 1967
in Yolo Co., CA.[363] She had a son.
F.
David6
Terry Laird, born on 30 Apr. 1864 near Lodi, San Joaquin Co.,[364] went to the Yukon in 1898 during the Alaskan Gold
Rush, returned in 1902,[365] and married Eva Rose Turner, daughter of William T. and Mary
E. (Camp) Turner, of Hornitos, Mariposa Co., CA,[366] on 28 June 1902 in Mariposa, CA.[367] She was born on 29 Aug. 1867 in Hornitos,
Mariposa Co., CA,[368] her father was born in Indiana on 14 Nov. 1837,
died on 23 June 1892, and was buried in St. Catherine’s Catholic Churchyard in
Hornitos.[369] and her mother was born in Iowa in ca. 1846.[370] David Terry Laird kept a livery stable in
Hornitos, and was also town constable.[371] Her mother was born in
1. Rita7 Mary Turner Laird, born on 17 Aug. 1903 in Mariposa Co., CA,[381] married George R. Gilman in ca. 1928,[382] and they moved to Los Angeles Co., CA.[383] He was born ca. 1905 in CA.[384] They were living in Pico, Whittier Township, Los
Angeles Co., CA, in the 1930 federal census, where he was a welder,[385] and in Montebello, Los Angeles Co., CA, in the
1940 federal census, where he was a welding salesman.[386] She supposedly died in Arizona, but her death
record was not found in the Social Security Death Index. They had one son:
a. David Terry Gilman, born on 22
May 1938 in Los Angeles Co., CA,[387] died on 13 July 1964 in Los Angeles.[388]
2. Dr. Terry7
Turner Laird, born on 23 July 1905,[389] graduated from the University of California
School of Pharmacy, and Stanford University Medical School, served in the U.S.
Navy Medical Corps during World War II, was a physician in Modesto, San Rafael,
and at the Veterans Home in Yountville, CA, before retiring to Tiburon, Marin
Co., CA.[390] He married 1.) May Ellen Hargraves, daughter of
Josiah and Jane “Jennie” Belle (Caldwell) Hargraves,[391] in 1928.[392] She was born on 23 June 1903 in CA.[393] They were living in Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co.,
CA, in the 1930 federal census, where he was a pharmacist,[394] and in Oakdale, Stanislaus Co., CA, in the 1940
federal census, where he was a medical doctor.[395] She died on 24 Feb. 1972 in Albuquerque,
Bernalillo Co., NM,[396] and was buried in Tulocay Cemetery in Napa, Napa
Co., CA. He remarried to 2.) Margaret A. (Gormley) Hoard on 14 Sept. 1973 in
Marin Co., CA,[397] He died on 19 Sept. 1975 in Tiburon, Marin Co.,
CA, aged 70 years,[398] and was also buried in Tulocay Cemetery in Napa,
CA. His obituary mentioned his survivors including his wife Margaret, daughter
Jane Moore, of Vallejo, sons Dr. Terry Scott Laird, of Gilroy, and David E.
Laird, of Houston, sister Mrs. Nevelle Barry, of Sacramento, and 9
grandchildren.[399]
3. Genevieve7 Nevelle Laird, born on 21 July 1908 in Watsonville, Santa Cruz
Co., CA,[400] married Joseph E. Barry, a reporter, on 8 Jan. 1935 in Denver, CO,[401] and they lived in Ceres, and then in Sacramento,
CA.[402] He was born on 6 Sept. 1910 in Tolleson, Maricopa
Co., AZ.[403] She was a schoolteacher in Ceres, CA. They were
living in Ceres, Stanislaus Co., CA, in the 1940 federal census, where he was a
wholesale bakery salesman, she was a grammar school teacher, and her widowed
mother was living with them.[404] He died on 3 Apr. 1987 in Sacramento, CA, aged 76
years,[405] and she died on 25 Aug. 1995 in Sacramento, CA,
aged 87 years,[406] and they were both buried in East Lawn Memorial
Park in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., CA. They had two daughters.
G.
Eleazer Givens Laird Jr., born on 7 Dec. 1866, died on 25 Nov. 1868 in
Merced Co., CA.[407]
H.
John6
Richard Laird, born on 8 Nov. 1868 in Merced Co., CA,[408] married Lillian “Lily” May Hurd, daughter of
James and Nettie
Hurd,[409] on 19 Dec. 1894 in Snow Creek, Merced Co., CA.[410] She was born on 16 Feb. 1876 in Athena, Umatilla
Co., OR.[411] Her father was born in ca. 1844 in
1. Ralph7 Jarvis
Laird, born on 13 Dec. 1897 in Mariposa Co., CA,[420] was still unmarried and living with his parents
in LeGrand, Merced Co., CA, in the 1920 federal census,[421] married Elsie Lena Krottos, daughter of Charles William and Lena
(Gulnick) Krottos, of LeGrand, CA,[422] on 10 Feb. 1920.[423] She was born on 15 Sept. 1898 in MN,[424] and she was also listed as single and living with
her parents in LeGrand, CA, in the 1920 federal census.[425] He had a nursery in Bell, CA. They were living in
Huntington Park, San Antonio Township, Los Angeles Co., CA, in the 1930 federal
census, where he was a service equipment machinist, and she was a sales lady at
a nursery,[426] but they were not found in the 1940 federal
census. He died on 3 June 1967 in Riverside Co., CA, aged 69 years,[427] and she died on 3 Nov. 1972 in Downey, Los
Angeles Co., CA, aged 74 years,[428] and they were both buried in Rose Hills Memorial
Park in Whittier, Los Angeles Co., CA. They had a son:
a. Ralph Vernon Laird, born on 11
Aug. 1922 in Merced Co., CA,[429] a mechanic at Mather Air Field in California in
the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II,[430] settled in Los Angeles, CA, married Virginia
Roberta Viancour, daughter of Robert Edward and Jennie Elizabeth (Potter)
Viancour,[431] on 25 Dec. 1945 in Lansing, Ingham Co., MI.[432] He died on 13 Sept. 1985 in Downey, Los Angeles
Co., CA, aged 63 years,[433] and she died on 24 Jan. 2015 in Downey, CA, aged
91 years,[434] and they were both buried in Deepdale Memorial
Park in Delta Township, Eaton Co., MI. They had children.
2. Royal7 “Roy”
Byron Laird, born on 26 Oct. 1904 in Mariposa Co., CA,[435] married 1.) Gwenllian Priscilla Linn, daughter of Frank and
Priscilla (Morgan) Linn, on 6 Aug. 1923.[436] She was born on 7 Oct. 1906 in
a. Priscilla8 May Laird,
born on 4 June 1924 in Merced, CA,[446] married Francis Bernard Britton, son of Dan Clark and
Virginia Leona (Hollansworth) Britton,[447] on 29 Aug. 1943 in Atwater, Merced Co., CA.[448] He was born on 8 May 1921 in Fayetteville or
Pleasant Grove, Stone Co., AR,[449] and he was a carpenter in Atwater, CA.[450] He died on 28 Nov. 1999 in Atwater, Merced Co.,
CA, aged 78 years,[451] and she died on 20 Feb. 2008, aged 83 years,[452] and they were both buried in Winton Cemetery in
Winton, Merced Co., CA. They had four children.
b. John8 Royal Laird,
born on 26 Mar. 1929 in Orange Co., CA,[453] married Betty Jean Beyer, daughter of Jacob and Juanita
(Heguragaray) Beyer, of Le Grand, Merced Co., on 2 July 1950 in
Oakdale, Stanislaus Co., CA,[454] and they lived in Merced, CA.[455] She was born on 19 Apr. 1930 in Merced Co., CA.[456] They were divorced in 1990. He took over his father’s
welding and manufacturing shop in Merced, which he sold and retired in about
1990, and he moved to Catheys Valley, Mariposa Co., CA, before 2001.[457] She died on 7 Dec. 2010 in Atwater, Merced Co.,
CA, aged 80 years.[458] They had a daughter.
3. (Unnamed child), born and died on
21 Sept. 1909 in Mariposa, CA,[459] and was buried in Merced Cemetery in Merced, CA.
4. May7 Irene
Laird, a twin, born on 30 Nov. 1915 in Merced, CA,[460] was still unmarried and living with her widowed
mother in Los Angeles, CA, in the 1940 federal census, working as a
stenographer at a private school,[461] married 1.) Frank Scrivner, son of Arthur and Fanny
(Thomas) Scrivner, on 31 Jan. 1942 in
5. Fay Isabelle Laird, a twin, born on 30 Nov. 1915 in Merced, CA,[470] died on 30 Jan. 1916 in Merced Co., CA.[471]
I.
George6 Thomas Laird, born on 27 July 1870 in CA,[472] never married. He was a miner in Pendleton, OR,
Emmett, ID, and other places.[473] He was living in Turlock, Stanislaus Co., CA,
with his brother David T. Laird in the 1910 federal census, where he was a farm
laborer,[474] in Burton Precinct, Spokane Co., WA, in the 1920
federal census, where he was a driller at a quartz mine,[475] and in Nampa City, Canyon Co., ID, in the 1930
federal census, where he was a laborer at odd jobs.[476] He died on 12 Apr. 1939 in Emmett, Gem Co., ID.[477]
J.
William6
Franklin “Frank” Laird, born on 24 Feb. 1872 in Mariposa Co., CA,[478] married Martha Marian Palmer, daughter of
John G. and Louisa
M. (Duncan) Palmer, of Mariposa Co., CA,[479] on 6 Oct. 1895 in Jerseydale, Mariposa Co., CA.[480] She was born on 1 Feb. 1880 in Chowchilla, CA,[481] a granddaughter of William B. and Martha Duncan,
of Chowchilla;[482] her father was born in England, and her mother
was born in Marshall Co., Kansas.[483] Her parents were divorced by 1885, and her mother
remarried to William Pearson Cathey, son of Andrew and Mary Mariah (Deaver)
Cathey, on 16 June 1885 in Pine Glen, CA.[484] William F. and Martha M. Laird were living in
Liberty, San Joaquin Co., CA, in the 1900 federal census, where he was a
farmer,[485] but he was also a coal miner in Lodi, San Joaquin
Co., CA.[486] He died of black pneumonia, or black lung
disease, from the mining dust, on 13 Mar. 1903 at the Givens’ Ranch in Mariposa
Co., CA, aged 31 years, 18 days,[487] and was buried in the Givens’ Cemetery near
Hornitos, Mariposa Co., CA. Martha Marian Palmer Laird remarried to Albert
Henry Bruce, son of Albert Olcott and Azelia Valette (Van Campen) Bruce,[488] on 7 Feb.
1904 at the Arlington Hotel in Mariposa, CA.[489] He was born on 10 July 1879 in CA.[490] He was a gold miner in Mt. Bullion Precinct,
Mariposa Co., CA, in the 1910 federal census,[491] while she was living with her divorced mother in
Liberty, San Joaquin Co., CA, in the 1910 federal census.[492] Albert and Martha Bruce were divorced before
1920, and he was living alone in Wawona, Mariposa Co., CA, in the 1920 federal
census, where he was a farmer,[493] and he was lodging in Mill Valley, Marin Co., CA,
in the 1930 federal census, where he was a photographer.[494] He probably remarried to Mary E. Carlson on 22
Oct. 1934 in Oakland, Alameda Co., CA,[495] but he was listed as single in Mariposa Co., CA,
in the 1940 federal census, living next door to Louis M. and Ruth L. Stockton,
working as a photographer.[496] He died on 15 Nov. 1951 in Oakland, Alameda Co.,
CA, aged 72 years,[497] and was buried in Merced Cemetery in Merced, CA.
Martha was not found in the 1920 federal census, but she was living with her
children in Vancouver, Clark Co., WA, in the 1930 federal census,[498] and she remarried to Harry W. Weis on 31 Jan.
1934 in Vancouver, Clark Co., WA.[499] They were not found in the 1940 federal census,
but he apparently died by 1945, and she remarried again to John Calvin Davis in
1945.[500] He was born on 7 Jan. 1872 in Houston, TX.[501] John Calvin Davis died on 18 Aug. 1947 in San
Jose, Santa Clara Co., CA, aged 75 years,[502] and Martha (Palmer) (Laird) (Bruce) (Weis) Davis
died on 13 June 1948 in Santa Clara Co., CA, aged 68 years,[503] and they were both buried in the Merced Cemetery in
in Merced, CA. Frank Laird and Martha Palmer had three children:
1. Ruth7 Louisa
Laird, born on 3 Aug. 1896 in Lodi, San Joaquin Co.,
CA,[504] married 1.) Lawrence Joel Seaman, of Reno, NV, on 14 Sept.
1913 in Reno, Washoe Co., NV.[505] He was born on 28 May 1893 in Reno, NV,[506] and they were living in Reno, Washoe Co., NV, in
the 1920 federal census, where he was an employee of R.F.M.[507] They were divorced in 1922,[508] and Lawrence Joel Seaman died on 14 Sept. 1960 in
Oakland, Alameda Co., CA,[509] and was buried in Merced Cemetery in Merced, CA.
She remarried to 2.) Hugh McDonald, on 15 Feb. 1928 in San Francisco, CA,[510] but they were divorced in May 1928, after only 3
months,[511] and she remarried again to 3.) Louis Stockton, a
first cousin once removed, in spring of 1929 in Wawona, Mariposa Co., CA.[512] She was listed as Ruth Bruce living with
her mother in Vancouver, Clark Co., WA, in the 1930 federal census, and also
listed as Ruth L. Stockton living in Glenn Co., CA, in the 1930 federal census,
but her husband’s name was listed as Mirian M. Stockton.[513] They were living in Wawona, Mariposa Co., CA, in
the 1940 federal census, next door to her step-father, Albert H. Bruce, where
he was a Star Route Carrier.[514] They were divorced in 1941,[515] and she remarried again to 4.) Fred Burke in 1947
in Redwood City, San Mateo Co., CA.[516] He was born on 8 May 1909 in the Hawaiian Islands.[517] They were divorced in 1965,[518] and he died on 23 Dec. 1971 in Redwood City, San
Mateo Co., CA, aged 62 years.[519] Ruth Louisa (Laird) (Seaman) (McDonald) Stockton
was hit by an automobile and died on 24 Sept. 1970 in Fresno, Fresno Co., CA,
aged 74 years,[520] and was buried with her first husband in Merced
Cemetery in Merced, CA.[521] She had one daughter by Lawrence Joel Seaman:
a. Dorothy Muriel Seaman, born on 19
June 1919 in Reno, Washoe Co., NV,[522] married Renaldo “Ray” Arturo Longintti, son of Fortunato and Josie
(Capetelli) Longintti, on 1 July 1940 in Reno, NV.[523] He was born on 16 May 1916 in South San Francisco,
San Mateo Co., CA.[524] His father was a cousin of Pope Paul VI.[525] They settled in
2. Frances7 Marion Laird, born on 9 May 1898 in Lodi, San Joaquin Co., CA,[528] married Nelson Lewis Fontaine on 3 Nov. 1919 in
Alameda Co., CA.[529] He was born on 23 Dec. 1891 in KS,[530] he was living in the Kansas City Orphaned Boys
Home in Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO, in the 1900 federal census, with his
brother Edward Fontaine,[531] and he served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army
during World War I.[532] They had no children. They were living in
Emeryville, Alameda Co., CA, in the 1920 federal census, where he was a butcher
in the slaughterhouse, and her half-brother, Albert Bruce, was living with them,[533] and in San Francisco, CA, in the 1930 federal census,
where he was a butcher,[534] and the 1940 federal census, where he was a meat
inspector.[535] He died on 25 Oct. 1966 in Madera Co., CA, aged 74
years,[536] and she died on 10 Dec. 1979 in Fremont, Alameda
Co., CA, aged 81 years,[537] and they were both buried in Merced Cemetery in
Merced, CA.[538]
3. Jessie Pearl Laird,
born on 18 July 1900 in
Martha Marian Palmer had a son
by her second marriage to Albert H. Bruce:
4. Albert Olcott Bruce, born ca. 1907 in CA,[541] born on 11 Aug. 1906 in CA,[542] was living with his half-sister, Frances
Fontaine, and her husband in Emeryville, CA, in the 1920 federal census,[543] and was still unmarried and boarding with Elbert
E. and Stella A. Graham in Township 5 in Mariposa Co., CA, in the 1930 federal
census, where he was a government truck driver,[544] married Frances Irene Sheaffer, daughter of
Charles E. and Maud E. (Humphrey) Sheaffer,[545] in 1932 in CA.[546] She was born on 23 Nov. 1913 in Contra Costa Co.,
CA.[547] They were living in Wawona, Mariposa Co., CA, in
the 1940 federal census, where he was a park maintenance truck driver.[548] He died on 1 July 1971 in Alameda Co., CA,[549] and she died on 29 Sept. 1988 in Placer Co., CA.[550] They had five children.
K.
Louis6
Porter “Doc” Laird, born on 8 Mar. 1874 in Stockton, CA,[551] married 1.) Leona Edna McClure, daughter of Henry Emerson and Frances (Helm)
McClure, of LeGrand, Merced Co., CA,[552] on 30 Apr. 1900.[553] She was born on 19 Aug. 1880 in White Rock, Mariposa
Co., CA,[554] her father was born in Arkansas, and her mother
was born in Missouri. He received the nickname, “Doc,” as the story
goes, from his father, who felt that with 8 sons, one of them should be a
doctor.[555] He later went by “Porter” and he was a farmer and
raised livestock, and settled in LeGrand, Merced Co., CA, then in Modesto, Stanislaus
Co., CA. They were living in White Rock District, Mariposa Co., CA, in the 1910
federal census, where he was a farmer, and his nephew David M. Hamilton was
living with them,[556] and in Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA, in the 1920,[557] and 1930 federal censuses,[558] where he was the state highway maintenance foreman.
She died on 20 May 1930 in Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA, aged 49 years,[559] and was buried in Modesto Pioneer Cemetery in
Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA. He remarried to 2.) Mary Elizabeth (Swain)
Drouillard,[560] widow of Bernard George Drouillard.[561] She was born on 22 Nov. 1884 in McLouth,
Jefferson Co., KS.[562] They were still living in Modesto, CA, in the
1940 federal census, where he was still the state highway maintenance foreman.[563] They moved to Whittier, Los Angeles Co., CA, in
ca. 1946,[564] and he died on 6 July 1950 in Whittier, Los
Angeles Co., CA, aged 76 years,[565] and was buried with his first wife in Modesto
Pioneer Cemetery in Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA. She died on 11 Oct. 1965 in Richmond,
Contra Costa Co., CA, aged 80 years,[566] and was buried in Modesto Citizens Cemetery in
Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA. Porter Laird and Leona McClure had children:
1. Lester7 McClure Laird, born on 17 Sept. 1901 in Mariposa Co., CA,[567] was a student at the California School for the
Deaf and Blind in Berkeley, Alameda Co., CA, in the 1920 federal census,[568] was still unmarried and living in a hotel in San
Francisco in the 1930 federal census, where he was an insurance agent,[569] and was still unmarried and living in an
apartment house in San Francisco, CA, in the 1940 federal census, where he was
a wholesale broom salesman.[570] He married 1.) Alice M. Johnson on 15 Mar. 1942 in
Reno, Washoe Co., NV,[571] but she died, and he remarried to 2.) Margaret A.
(Howard) Deal, of Fresno, CA, on 19 Mar. 1977 in Fresno Co., CA.[572] She was born on 19 Mar. 1895.[573] He had very poor eyesight, and lived in Fresno,
CA, where he had a newspaper stand, but had no children.[574] They retired to Tacoma, WA. Margaret A. (Howard)
(Deal) Laird died on 6 Mar. 1989 in Tacoma, Pierce Co., WA, aged 93 years,[575] and he died on 10 Sept. 1990 in Tacoma, Pierce Co.,
WA.[576]
2. Forrest7
LeRoy Laird, born on 29 Apr. 1904 in Mariposa Co., CA,[577] married Jimmie R. Elkins in 1927 in
Modesto, CA, but they were divorced by 1940.[578] She was born on 17 July 1906 in TX,[579] and they were living in Modesto, Stanislaus Co.,
CA, in the 1930 federal census, where he was a tractor mechanic.[580] He worked for the highway department in Vallejo,
CA, and served as a Machine Mate in the U.S. Navy during World War II.[581] He was living alone in Merced Co., CA, in the
1940 federal census, where he was an agricultural laborer.[582] and he died on 25 Jan. 1943 in the U.S. Navy, of
“swamp fever,” or bronchial pneumonia, at a Sea Bees Naval Station somewhere in
Virginia or the Carolinas, aged 38 years,[583] and was buried in Modesto Pioneer Cemetery in
Modesto, CA. She was not found in the 1940 federal census, but she remarried to
Cecil Lanier McRae on 24 June 1967 in Stanislaus Co., CA,[584] and they lived in Modesto, CA. He was born on 26
Jan. 1903 in Clio, Barbour Co., AL.[585] He died on 17 Dec. 1987 in Modesto, Stanislaus
Co., CA, aged 84 years,[586] and she died on 28 Feb. 2004 in Modesto, CA, aged
98 [sic] years,[587] and they were both buried in Lakewood Memorial
Park in Hughson, Stanislaus Co., CA. Forrest L. Laird had one daughter.
3. Veryl7 Ruby
Laird, born on 5 Nov. 1912 in
4. Virginia7
Kathryn Laird, born on 1 Oct. 1914 in Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA,[605] married Jesse Lambert Johnston, son of Jacob Mullis and Alpha
Omega (Duke) Johnston, on 10 Nov. 1934 in
L. Virginia6 “Jennie” Mabel Laird, born on 20 Mar. 1876 in Jerseydale, Mariposa
Co., CA,[611] looked after and cared for her mother, Mary Jane
(McDowell) Laird, and her sister Sarah Laird Hamilton's children, until
her mother died in 1901. She then married William Alexander “Alex” Wallace, son of William Jasper and Sarah Eunice (Washburn) Wallace, of Catheys Valley, Mariposa Co., CA, on 30 Sept.
1902 in
1.
Ferris Wayne Wallace, born on 26 Aug. 1903 in
2.
Letus Alexander Wallace, born on 9 May 1905 in Fresno, CA,[628] married Elsie Elizabeth “Betty” Hamill, daughter of Thomas and
Margaret (Boyd) Hamill, both originally from County Antrim, Northern
Ireland,[629] on 25 May 1935 at her parents’ home in San
Francisco, CA.[630] She was born on 14 Aug. 1906 in San Francisco, CA.[631] They had no children. Letus Wallace was a branch
manager of the Crocker‑Anglo Banks of Fresno and Merced, CA, a 33rd Degree Mason, a Shriner, a Potentate of the Tehran Temple in Fresno,
active in civic affairs, and very well respected in the community. After
retiring from the bank, they moved to Merced, CA, where he ran a dried fruit
packing plant in Merced, and was active in establishing the Merced County
Historical Association. Being active in the history of
3.
Leland Evarts Wallace, born on 27 Apr. 1906 in Fresno, CA,[635] married Crystal Violet Cushman, daughter of Wilfred Lisander and Lovey
Gregory (Ford) Cushman, on 17 July 1937 in Dixon, Solano Co., CA.[636] She was born on 20 June 1911 in Dixon, Solano
Co., CA,[637] a granddaughter of William Henry and Harriet
Stratton (Robinson) Cushman, and of Samuel Benn and Ann
Linton (Peake) Ford.[638] They settled in Maxwell, Colusa Co., CA, where he
was manager of the Crocker‑Anglo Bank there, and active in civic affairs,
and she ran a clothing store.[639] Leland Evarts Wallace died on 28 Feb. 1972 in
Carmichael, Sacramento Co., CA, of cancer,[640] and Crystal Violet (Cushman) Wallace died on 19
July 1998 in a rest home in Grass Valley, CA,[641] and they were both buried in Maxwell, Colusa Co.,
CA. They had three sons.
4.
Edward Winslow Wallace, born on 12 Sept. 1907 in Oakland, Alameda Co., CA,[642] died on 7 Dec. 1923 in Winton, Merced Co., CA,
near Atwater, aged 16 years, of typhoid fever,[643] and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland,
Alameda Co., CA.
5.
Virginia Nevelle Wallace, born on 4 Oct. 1917 in Oakland, Alameda Co., CA,[644] married John “Jack” Allen Maltby, son of John Alfred Montrose Hanson and Harriett Adora (Cornell) Maltby, on 9 Mar. 1946 at Trinity Episcopal Church, San Francisco, CA, by the Rev. Leighton Nuggent.[645] John Allen Maltby was born on 30 Nov. 1915 in
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[1] The
birth date from the Laird Family Bible and his gravestone; Woodworth, Robert
Bell, The Descendants of Robert and John Poage (Pioneer Settlers in Augusta
County, VA.), Vol. One, which deals with the descendants of Robert Poage,
McClure Printing Co., Staunton, VA, 1954, [hereinafter Woodworth, Descendants
of Robert Poage], p. 1055; Reichlein, Jane Tyler Craig, The Samuel
Givens Family and Kin, 1981, [hereinafter Reichlein, Samuel Givens
Family], p. 217; Bassett, Minerva Bone, Some Webster County, Kentucky,
Families, Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1983, [hereinafter Bassett, Some
Webster County Families], p. 57, give the date as the 8th, but the bible
clearly has March 9th.
[2]
Hopkins County Land Records, Book 19, p. 399, taken from LDS microfilm
#0555296. The deed was witnessed by L. D. Orr and Wm Head, and was recorded on
1 Jan. 1855 in Hopkins Co., KY.
[3] His
cousins Robert and Eleazer Givens, sons of his uncle Thomas Givens, went to
California in 1849, returned to Kentucky the next year, and convinced their
father that ranching in California was much better than Kentucky. Thomas took
his family to California by ship in Dec. 1852 by way of Panama. In addition,
his cousin James Laird Christian also went to California overland in 1849, and
probably sent word back to Kentucky encouraging Eleazer to come west, and
Joseph R. Givens, a younger half-brother of Eleazer’s mother, also went to
California overland in 1852 with Eleazer’s cousin John Montgomery and a more
distant cousin, John C. Givens. An account of the journey was published in the
newspaper in Kentucky in 1856 when John C. Givens returned to Kentucky. It is
not know if Eleazer traveled overland with any relatives from Kentucky, but
John C. Givens did not mention him in the article.
[5] 1860
Federal Census, Staples Post Office, Elkhorn Township, San Joaquin Co., CA, p.
91, dwelling #646, family #661:
Eleazer P. [sic] Laird, 30, male,
farmer, born KY
Mary J. Laird, 26, female, born KY
Louisa Laird, 6, female, born CA
Sarah C. Laird, 4, female, born CA
Robert Laird, 2, male, born CA
Eusibia Laird, 6/12, female, born CA
Louisa Laird, 53, female, born KY
Jonas Rhidington, 24, male, farm
laborer, born OH
[7] The
Laird Family Bible, which gives the date, with the place of birth written in by
a different hand at a later date as “Ill.,” probably a guess, as she had come
to California from Illinois. I have not been able to determine whether she was
actually born in Kentucky or Illinois.
[8] Per
Letus Wallace, of Merced, CA. Jesse F. McDowell married Elizabeth J. Hodge on
23 Feb. 1843 in Bond Co., IL, per the online Illinois Statewide Marriage Index.
Jessie McDowell and his wife Elizabeth and their children were living in
Montgomery Co., IL, in the 1850 federal census: South Western part of District
22, Montgomery Co., IL, p. 154, dwelling #850, family #866:
Jessee McDowell, 32, male, carpenter,
born KY
Elizabeth McDowell, 26, female, born IL
Mary McDowell, 7, female, born IL, attending school
Tira McDowell, 3, female, born IL
Martha McDowell, 8/12, female, born IL
Mary McDowell, 16, female, born IL
Jessie’s brother John McDowell was living
next door in the family of Robert White, dwelling #849, family #865:
Robert White, 29, male, mer., $1000,
born VA
Martha White, 23, female, born IL
Samuel White, 1, male, born IL
Mary Roberts, 56, female, born VA
John McDowell, 19, male, teamster, born
KY
[9] 1860
Federal Census, Staples Post Office [the next page, however, says Woodbridge Post
Office], Elkhorn Township, San Joaquin Co., CA, p. 91-92, dwelling #648, family
#663:
Jesse McDowell, 44, male, born KY
Ann McDowell, 13, female, born IL
Martha E. McDowell, 11, female, born IL
Jesse McDowell has not been located in the 1870 federal census in
California. His family was not listed in either the Elkhorn or the Elliott
townships in San Joaquin County.
1880
Federal Census, Elliot twp, San Joaquin Co., CA, p. 11, Supervisor’s Dist. 2,
Enumeration Dist. 1113, dwelling #121, family #121:
Jesse F. McDowell, white, male, 61,
married, farmer, born KY, father born VA, mother born KY
Margaret McDowell, white, female, 60,
wife, married, housekeeper, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME
Lydia A. Montgomery[?], white, female,
69, sister-in-law, single, housekeeper[?], born ME, father born ME, mother born
ME
Cora McDowell, white, female, 16,
daughter, born CA, father born KY, mother born ME
John McCarty, white, male, 32, single,
farm laborer, born Canada, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland
Michael Breen[?], white, male, 32,
single, farm laborer, born Iowa, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland
[10] 1860
Federal Census, Woodbridge Post Office, Elkhorn Township, San Joaquin Co., CA,
p. 92, dwelling #649, family #664:
John McDowell, 30, male, merchant, born
KY
Mary McDowell, 25, female, born IL
John C. McDowell, 2, male, born IL
William M. McDowell, 1, male, born IL
1870
Federal Census, Stockton Post Office, Elliott Township, San Joaquin Co., CA, p.
14, dwelling #91, family #91:
John McDowall, 35, male, white, farmer,
$2000, $700, born KY
Mary McDowall, 33, female, white, keeps
house, born IL
Ciciro McDowall, 12, male, white, born
IL
Wm McDowall, 11, male, white, born IL
Joe McDowall, 2, male, white, born CA
1880
Federal Census, Volcano precinct, Fresno Co., CA, enumeration district 4, p.
22, dwelling #139, family #174:
John McDowell, married, white, male, 46,
farmer, born KY, father born KY, mother born KY
Mary McDowell, married, white, female,
40, keeping house, born IL, father born KY, mother born KY
John C. McDowell, married [sic?], white,
male, 22, laborer, born IL, father born KY, mother born IL
William M. McDowell, married [sic?],
white, male, 21, laborer, born IL, father born KY, mother born IL
George McDowell, single, white, male,
13, at home, born IL, father born KY, mother born KY
Clara McDowell, single, white, female,
7, born IL, father born KY, mother born KY
Olive McDowell, single, white, female,
6, born IL, father born KY, mother born KY
[12]
Union Co., KY, Grantor Index, from Book P, p. 192, for 139 acres, and Book P,
p. 422, for 233½ acres on the Tradewater River in Union County.
[13] 1870
Federal Census, Snelling Post Office, Merced Co., CA, p. 21, dwelling #168,
family #137:
E. G. Laird, 41, male, white, farmer,
$3000, $2825, born KY, a male citizen
Mary Jane Laird, 28, female, white,
keeping house, born KY, cannot read or write
Catherine Laird, 15, female, white, born
CA, attending school
Robert R. Laird, 13, male, white, born
CA, attending school
Eusibbie Laird, 11, female, white, born
CA, attending school
Samuel Laird, 8, male, white, born CA,
attending school
David Laird, 5, male, white, born CA
John Laird, 2, male, white, born CA
[14] 1880
Federal Census, Magoon’s Precinct or Hites Cove, Mariposa Co., CA, p. 8,
Supervisor’s Dist. 4, Enumeration Dist. 41, household #65:
E. J.[sic] Laird, white, male, 51,
married, farmer & stock raiser, born KY, both parents born in KY
Mary J. Laird, white, female, 46, wife,
married, keeps house, born KY, both parents born in KY
Sarah C. Laird, white, female, 24,
daughter, single, helps housework, born CA, both parents born in KY
Robert R. Laird, white, male, 23, son,
male, single, teamster, born CA, both parents born in KY
Samuel Laird, white, male, 17, son, male,
works on farm, born CA, both parents born in KY
David Laird, white, male, 15, son, male,
works on farm, born CA, both parents born in KY
John R. Laird, white, male, 13, son,
male, works on farm, born CA, both parents born in KY
George Laird, white, male, 10, son,
male, born CA, both parents born in KY
Frank Laird, white, male, 8, son, male,
born CA, both parents born in KY
Porter Laird, white, male, 6, son, male,
born CA, both parents born in KY
Virginia Laird, white, female, 4,
daughter, born CA, both parents born in KY
[17] This
date confirmed by several of the Laird descendants—he presumably had what is
now known as Alzheimer’s disease, but he was suicidal in his dementia.
[18] His
death date and age from the Laird Family Bible, and from his gravestone, his
place of death per his daughter, Virginia (Laird) Wallace, of Maxwell, CA.
[19] Mariposa
Gazette, June 27, 1891, under Death Notice, reported the death of Eleazer
Givens Laird, a native of Kentucky, aged 62 years, on 22 June 1891 “at Snow
Creek,” and an obituary was printed for him also in the paper.
[20] 1900
Federal Census, Mariposa Co., CA, Vol. 17, E. D. 38, Sheet 4, Line 11:
Mary J. Laird, born 4/1834 in KY, her
father and mother both born in Tennessee, 12 children, 9 children living
Virginia M. Laird, daughter, born 3/1876
in CA, her parents both born in Kentucky
David M. Hamilton, grandson, born
11/1890 in CA, his father born Missouri, his mother born California
[21] Her
death date and age from the Laird Family Bible and her gravestone, her place of
death per her daughter, Virginia (Laird) Wallace.
[22] The
“Texas Ranch” had been the home of Eleazer’s uncle Thomas Givens, and then his
son Thomas H. Givens. The little cemetery is in a grove of trees just off the
road that leads from Cathey’s Valley to Hornitos in Mariposa County, and is
just visible from the road. Leon Moore transcribed the entire cemetery and
posted it on the Internet at https://www.mariposaresearch.net/GivensCemetery.html.
[23] Both
dates from her gravestone, and her birth date in the Laird Family Bible.
Woodworth, Descendants of Robert Poage, p. 1056, gives her birth date as
7 Aug. 1854.
[26] Per
his obituary in the Merced Express, 5
May 1917, transcribed by Thomas Hilk, 1920 census record of their son, Paris R.
Hamilton, however Hamilton also erred in stating that his mother was born in
Kentucky.
[28] Her
death date and age from the Laird Family Bible and her gravestone, her place of
death per Merle (Hamilton) Willett; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #19418862, from her gravestone in Givens Cemetery in Mariposa Co., CA.
[29] Mariposa
Gazette, Feb. 9, 1895, her obituary reads: “Mrs. Hamilton died last
Saturday at Home on Bear Creek in Merced county. Mrs. Hamilton was the daughter
of Mrs. Laird, and was a native of Mariposa. A husband and four little children
are left desolate by her death. The funeral took place on Monday, and the body
was laid to rest in the Givens Cemetery in Hornitos.”
[30] Per
the 1900 federal census they had been married 1 year, her maiden name from
Merle (Hamilton) Willett, of Merced, CA.
[32] 1900
Federal Census, Township No. 2, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 5,
Enumeration Dist. 44, Sheet No. 16B, dwelling #313, family #314:
Azel B. Hamilton, head, white, male,
born June 1853, age 46, married 1 year, born MO, father born TN, mother born
TN, farmer, can read, write and speak English, owns farm
Lily Hamilton, wife, white, female, born
Mar. 1874, age 26, married 1 year, no children, born CA, father born MO, mother
born NY
Paris Hamilton, son, white, male, born
June 1880, age 19, single, born CA, father born MO, mother born CA, farm
laborer, can read, write and speak English
Alice Hamilton, daughter, white, female,
born Dec. 1884, age 15, single, born CA, father born MO, mother born CA, at
school, can read, write and speak English
Everett Hamilton, son, white, male, born
Oct. 1887, age 12, single, born CA, father born MO, mother born CA, at school,
can read, write and speak English
[33] 1910
Federal Census, Township No. 2, Bradley Precinct, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors
Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 99, Sheet No. 1B, dwelling #18, family #19:
Azel B. Hamilton, head, male, white, 56,
married twice, married 11 years, born TN [sic], father born TN, mother born TN,
speaks English, Dairyman, home dairy, can read and write, owns farm
Lillie F. Hamilton, wife, female, white,
35, married once, married 11 years, no children, born CA, father born MO,
mother born NY, speaks English, can read and write
Everett B. Hamilton, son, male, white,
22, single, born CA, father born TN [sic], mother born CA, speaks English,
engineer, traction engine, a worker, can read and write
[34] Per
Merle (Hamilton) Willett, and per added paper inserted into the Laird Family
Bible, which gives the date as 10 May 1917, but his www.findagrave.com memorial #211014957
gives the date as 3 May 1917, and his obituary was in the Merced Express
of 5 May 1917.
[35] His
birth date and county from the Laird Family Bible; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #53344560.
[36] 1910
Federal Census, Township 2, Merced City, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 6,
Enumeration Dist. 100, Sheet No. 23A, dwelling #318, family #318:
Paris R. Hamilton, head, male, white,
31, single, born CA, father born MO, mother born KY [sic], speaks English,
foreman, ranch, a worker, can read and write
Trent C. Smartt, hilred man, male,
white, 25, single, born TN, father born TN, mother born TN, speaks English,
laborer, ranch, a worker, can read and write
Chen Fong, cook, male, Chinese, 52,
married, born Chi. Chinese, father born Chi. Chinese, mother born Chi. Chinese,
immigrated in 1873, alien, speaks English, cook, ranch, a worker, can read and
write
[37] The marriage
date per added paper inserted into the Laird Family Bible, their place of
marriage per Merle (Hamilton) Willett, of Merced.
[39] 1880
Federal Census, Township No. 6, Amador Co., CA, page no. 7, Supervisors Dist.
2, Enumeration Dist. 38, p. 105, dwelling #89, family #90:
George Williams, white, male, 44,
married, farmer, born AL, father born GA, mother born GA
Martha I. Williams, white, female, 31,
wife, married, keeping home, born MO, father born KY, mother born KY
Lillie M. Williams, white, female, 14,
daughter, single, at home, born CA, father born AL, mother born MO
Mary A. Williams, white, female, 12,
daughter, single, at home, born Colorado, father born AL, mother born MO
Lucy E. Williams, white, female, 10,
daughter, single, born CA, father born AL, mother born MO
Florence I. Williams, white, female, 8,
daughter, single, born CA, father born AL, mother born MO
George W. Williams, white, male, 5, son,
single, born CA, father born AL, mother born MO
Sarah E. Williams, white, female, 3,
daughter, single, born CA, father born AL, mother born MO
Walbridge Taylor, white, male, male, 23,
boarder, single, born CA, father born NY, mother born NY
[40] 1920
Federal Census, Township #8, Amsterdam Village, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors
Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 162, Sheet 22 B, Washington Precinct, lines #60-65,
dwelling #475, family #494:
Paris R. Hamilton, head, rented home,
male, white, 39, married, able to read & write, born in CA, father born MO,
mother born KY, farmer.
Sadie E. Hamilton, wife, female, white,
43, married, able to read & write, born in CA, father born AL, mother born
MO, no occupation.
Harvy C. Buttermore, stepson, male,
white, 20, single, able to read & write, born in CA, father born OH, mother
born CA, laborer.
Merle C. Hamilton, son [sic], male
[sic], white, 8, single, attending school, born in CA, father born CA, mother
born CA.
Emett R. Hamilton, son, male, white, 6,
single, attending school, born in CA, father born CA, mother born CA.
Paris Hamilton, son, male, white, 4,
single, born in CA, father born CA, mother born CA.
[41] 1930
Federal Census, Washington Precinct, Merced Co., CA, Enumeration dist. 24-29,
Supervisors Dist. 11, Sheet No. 2A, dwelling #32, family #32:
Paris R. Hamilton, head, renting farm,
male, white, 48, married, age 29 at first marriage, can read and write, born
CA. father born MO, mother born KY [sic], speaks English, farmer, grain farm,
not a veteran
Sadie E. Hamilton, wife, female, white,
53, married, age 35 at first marriage, can read and write, born CA, father born
AL, mother born MO, speaks English
Merle C. Hamilton, daughter, female,
white, 18, single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born
CA, mother born CA, speaks English
Emmett R. Hamilton, son, male, white,
16, single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born CA,
mother born CA, speaks English
Paris W. Hamilton, son, male white, 14,
single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born CA, mother
born CA, speaks English
Harvey C. Buttermore, stepson, male,
white, 30, single, can read and write, born CA, father born OH, mother born CA,
speaks English, laborer, general farm, a worker, not a veteran
[42] Per
Merle (Hamilton) Willett, of Merced, CA; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #53344567, from her gravestone in Merced Cemetery in Merced, Merced
Co., CA.
[43] Per
Merle (Hamilton) Willett, of Merced, CA; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #53344560, from his gravestone in Merced Cemetery in Merced, CA.
[44] Her
birth date per added paper inserted into the Laird Family Bible, and per Merle
(Hamilton) Willett, of Merced.
[45] 1940
Federal Census, Merced, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 9, Enumeration Dist.
24-473, Sheet No. 5B-6A, family #134, a rented house for $35 per month:
Clarence Polzin, head, male, white, 34,
married, completed 8th grade, born WI, resident of El Centro, CA, in 1935,
proprietor, farming equipment
Marlys W. Polzin, wife, female, white,
29, married, completed 4 years of high school, born CA, resident of El Centro,
CA, in 1935, does housework, stenographer, credit office
Marlys Ann Polzin, daughter, female,
white, 4, single, born CA
Merle Hamilton, lodger, female, white,
28, single, completed 4 years of college, born CA, resident of Merced, CA, in
1935, teacher, public school
Katherine Walls, lodger, female, white,
24, single, completed 4 years of college, born CA, resident of Fresno, CA, in
1935, teacher, public school
[48] Per
Merle (Hamilton) Willett, of Merced, CA, his birth and death information from
his memorial card.
[50] His
birth date per added paper inserted into the Laird Family Bible, and per Merle
(Hamilton) Willett, of Merced; per his www.findagrave.com
memorial #79634815.
[52]
Social Security Death Index, 1937-1996, Family Tree Maker CD #110; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #79634820.
[53] 1940
Federal Census, Merced City, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 9, Enumeration
Dist. 24-2B, Sheet No. 6A, dwelling #131, a rented house for $45 per month:
Emmett R. Hamilton, had, male, white,
26, married, completed 4 years of high school, born CA, resident of Merced in
1935, salesman, private petroleum co.
Rose Mary Hamilton, wife, female, white,
27, married, completed 4 years of high school, born MT, resident of Merced in
1935, does housework
Robert E. Hamilton, son, male, white, 5,
single, born CA, resident of Merced in 1935
Caroline Mae Hamilton, daughter, female,
white, 2, single, born CA
Paris W. Hamilton, lodger, male, white,
25, single, completed 4 years of high school, born CA, resident of Merced in
1935, yard man, gasoline station
[54] www.findagrave.com, memorial #79634815,
from his gravestone in Chowchilla Cemetery in Chowchilla, Madera Co., CA.
[55] Per
Merle (Hamilton) Willett, of Merced, CA; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #79634820, from her gravestone in Chowchilla Cemetery in Chowchilla,
CA.
[56]
California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #95641512.
[57]
California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[58] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#95641512.
[59] Per
her www.findagrave.com memorial
#72890258.
[61] www.findagrave.com, memorial #95641512,
from his gravestone in San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery in Santa Nella,
Merced Co., CA.
[62] www.findagrave.com, memorial #72890258,
from her gravestone in San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery in Santa Nella, CA.
[63] Per
Merle (Hamilton) Willett, of Merced, CA; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #209997407;
California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com, says she was born in
Merced Co., CA.
[64]
California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1949-1959, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[65] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#79634925.
[66] www.findagrave.com, memorial #79634925,
from his gravestone in Chowchilla Cemetery in Chowchilla, Madera Co., CA.
[67] www.findagrave.com, memorial #209997407,
from her gravestone in Chowchilla Cemetery in Chowchilla, CA.
[68] California
Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com;
per his www.findagrave.com memorial
#129110358.
[70]
California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[71] Per
her www.findagrave.com memorial
#127420010.
[72]
California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[74] www.findagrave.com, memorial #129110358, from
his gravestone in Merced Cemetery in Merced, Merced Co., CA.
[75] www.findagrave.com, memorial #127420010,
from her gravestone in Merced Cemetery in Merced, CA, except that her name is
given as Jenny Victoria Whaley Hammil on her memorial; her obituary from www.cvobituaries.com.
[76]
California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[78] His
birth date per added paper inserted into the Laird Family Bible, and per Merle
(Hamilton) Willetts, of Merced.
[79] 1940
Federal Census, Merced City, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 9, Enumeration
Dist. 24-2B, Sheet No. 6A, dwelling #131.
[80]
Washington, U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013, online image database at www.Ancestry.com, Paris W. Hamilton, of
Merced, CA, and
[82] Per
Merle (Hamilton) Willett, born in Merced, CA, and Lois W. Bonnetta, born in
Richmond CA, their residence in Wenatchee, WA.
[84]
United States Social Security Death Index, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.
[85] Her
birth date and county from the Laird Family Bible; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #87829999.
[86] 1920
Federal Census, San Francisco, Assembly Dist. 28, Precinct 39, Supervisors
Dist. 4, Enumeration Dist. 293, Sheet #8 B, lines #96-98, 9th Avenue, house
#680, dwelling #212, family #236:
Elsie Hamilton, head, renting, female,
white, 32 [sic], single, can read & write, born CA, father born MO, mother
born CA, clerk.
Margarett McCorry, roomer, female,
white, 26, can read & write, born CA, father born Ireland, English, mother
born Ireland, English, stenographer.
Anna McCorry, roomer, female, white, 21,
can read & write, born CA, father born Ireland, English, mother born
Ireland, English, stenographer.
[87] Per
Merle (Hamilton) Willett, of Merced, CA; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #87829999, from her gravestone in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma,
San Mateo Co., CA.
[88] His
birth date and county from the Laird Family Bible, where his first name is
spelled “Everette,” instead of Everett, but his www.findagrave.com memorial #80560857
gives his birth year as 1888.
[89] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#245787262.
[91] Per
her www.findagrave.com,
[92] His
death date from the Laird Family Bible, his place of death per Merle (Hamilton)
Willett, of Merced, CA; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #80560857, gives his death date as 19 Dec. 1918, but only the year is
on his gravestone.
[93] 1920
Federal Census, Chico Township, Butte Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 1, Enumeration
Dist. 22, Sheet No. 5A, dwelling #82, family #83:
Ida E. Hamilton, head, owns farm,
female, white, 41, widow, can read and write, born OR, father born IN, mother
born IA, farmer, grain farm
Homer G. Johnson, son, male, white, 19,
single, can read and write, born CA, father born OH, mother born OR, laborer,
farm
Lloyd C. Johnson, son, male, white, 16,
single, can read and write, born CA, father born OH, mother born OR, laborer,
farm
Edwin B. Hamilton, son, male, white, 3,
single, born CA, father born CA, mother born OR
[94] www.findagrave.com, memorial #245787262,
from her gravestone in Sumner Cemetery in Sumner, Pierce Co., WA.
[95] His
birth date from the added sheet of paper inserted into the Laird Family Bible;
per his www.findagrave.com memorial
#63550434.
[97] www.findagrave.com, memorial #63550434,
from his gravestone in Woodbine Cemetery in Puyallup, Pierce Co., WA.
[98] His
birth date, county, and the spelling of his middle name all from the Laird
Family Bible; per his www.findagrave.com
memorial #198173563.
[99] 1910
Federal Census, Township 5 White Rock District, Mariposa Co., CA, Supervisors
Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 97, Sheet No. 6B, family #62:
Louis P. Laird, head, male, white, 36,
married once, married 9 years, born CA, father born KY, mother born KY, speaks
English, farmer, general farm, can read and write, owns farm
Leona E. Laird, wife, female, white, 29,
married once, married 9 years, 2 children born, 2 children living, born CA,
father born AR, mother born MO, speaks English, can read and write
Lester M. Laird, son, male, white, 8,
single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA, speaks English, cannot read or
write, and not attending school
Forrest L. Laird, son, male, white, 5,
single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA, speaks English, cannot read or
write, and not attending school
David M. Hamilton, nephew, male, white,
19, single, born CA, father born MO, mother born CA, speaks English, Vaquero,
ranch, can read and write
[102] His
death date from the Laird Family Bible, his place and cause of death per Merle
(Hamilton) Willett, of Merced, CA; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #198173563, from his gravestone in Park View Cemetery in Manteca, San
Joaquin Co., CA.
[104] Her
birth date and county from the Laird Family Bible; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #53218319.
[105]
1920 Federal Census, Twp 2, Yosemite Precinct, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration
Dist. 147, Sheet #8 A, lines #26-28, dwelling #159, family #163:
Samuel L. Givens, head, owned home free,
male, white, 77, married, can read & write, born KY, father born VA, mother
born KY, no occupation.
Susan L. Givens, wife, female, white,
64, married, can read & write, born CA, father born AL, mother born NC.
Myrtle J. Hamilton, cousins, female,
white, 24, single, can read & write, born CA, father born MO, mother born
CA, no occupation.
[108]
Social Security Death Index, 1937-1996, Family Tree Maker CD #110; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #53218277.
[109]
1930 Federal Census, Merced City, Precinct 12, Merced Co., CA, Enumeration
Dist. 24-33, Supervisors Dist. 11, Sheet No. 2A, dwelling #26, family #28:
Charles Peard, head, owns home valued at
$400, male, white, 38, married, age 33 when first married, can read and write,
born CA, father born England, mother born MO, speaks English, teamster, trading
contractor, a worker, not a veteran
J. Myrtle Peard, wife, female, white,
35, married, age 30 when first married, can read and write, born CA, father
born MO, mother born CA, speaks English
[110]
1940 Federal Census, Twp 2, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 9, Enumeration
Dist. 24-8, Sheet No. 14A, dwelling #291, a farm rented for $25 per month:
Charles W. Peard, head, male, white, 47,
married, completed 8th grade, born CA, resident of Merced in 1935, farmer, farm
Myrtle J. Peard, wife, female, white,
45, married, completed 8th grade, born CA, resident of Merced in 1935, doing
housework
[111] www.findagrave.com, memorial #53218277, from
his gravestone in the I.O.O.F. Section of Merced Cemetery in Merced, Merced
Co., CA.
[112] Per
Merle (Hamilton) Willett, of Merced, CA; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #53218319, from her gravestone in Merced Cemetery in Merced, CA.
[113] His
birth date from the Laird Family Bible, which lists his middle name as
“Robinson” not “Robertson,” but Woodworth, Descendants of Robert Poage,
p. 1056, gives his middle name as “Robertson,” and his birth date as 6 Apr.
1858, but the date is clearly the 26th in the bible.
[114] Per
his gravestone and the Laird Family Bible; Woodworth, Descendants of Robert
Poage, p. 1056.
[115] Her
birth date from the Laird Family Bible, where her name was written “Usibbie
Nevelle Laird;” Woodworth, Descendants of Robert Poage, p. 1056, but she wrote her name “U Sibbie.”
[116] The
marriage date from the Laird Family Bible, and from descendants of George C.
Wills, probably married in Catheys Valley.
[119]
1870 Federal Census, Township No. 1, Mariposa Co., CA, p. 1, dwelling #1,
family #1:
Benjamin Wills, 50, male, white, farmer,
$1500, $1200, born AL, a male citizen
Amanda Wills, 40, female, white, keeping
house, born NC
George Wills, 22, male, white, teamster,
$700, born AR, a male citizen
Mary F. Wills, 18, female, white, at
home, born AR, attending school
Sarah J. Wills, 16, female, white, at
home, born CA, attending school
Susan S. Wills, 14, female, white, at
home, born CA, attending school
Emma E. Wills, 12, female, white, at
home, born CA, attending school
Eva V. Wills, 10, female, white, at
home, born CA, attending school
Virginia
N. Wills, 6, female, white, at home, born CA, attending school
Sephronia Wills, 4, female, white, at
home, born CA
Alice Wills, 1, female, white, at home,
born CA
[120]
1880 Federal Census, Township 1, Catheys Valley Election Precinct, Mariposa Co.,
CA, Page 21, Supervisor’s Dist. 4, Enumeration Dist. 40, dwelling #44, family
#45:
Benjamin Wills, white, male, 61,
married, farmer, born AL, father born VA, mother born GA
J. A. Wills, white, female, 51, wife,
married, keeping house, born NC, father born NC, mother born IL
Emma E. Wills, white, female, 22,
daughter, single, at home, born CA, father born AL, mother born NC
Eva V. Wills, white, female, 20,
daughter, single, at home, born CA, father born AL, mother born NC
Virginia Wills, white, female, 16,
daughter, single, at home, attending school, born CA, father born AL, mother
born NC
Sophonia Wills, white, female, 14,
daughter, single, at home, attending school, born CA, father born AL, mother
born NC
Jessie A. Wills, white, female, 11,
daughter, single, at home, attending school, born CA, father born AL, mother
born NC
[Living next door to the family of
Andrew Cathey]
[121]
1880 Federal Census, Township No. 1, Catheys Valley Election Precinct, Mariposa
Co., CA, Page 17, Supervisors Dist. 2, Enumeration Dist. 40, dwelling #6,
family #6:
George C. Wills, white, male, 31,
married, farmer, born Ark., father born AL, mother born NC
Eusibia D. Wills, white, female, 20,
wife, married, keeping house, born CA, father born KY, mother born (blank)
[Living next door to the family of
William and Sarah E. Wallace]
[122]
1900 Federal Census, Cathey Valley Precinct, Mariposa Co., CA, Supervisors
Dist. 4, Enumeration Dist. 36, Sheet No. 1B, dwelling #16, family #16:
Geo. C. Wills, head, white, male, born
June 1848, age 51, married 20 years, born AR, father born AL, mother born NC,
farmer, can read, write and speak English
Usibbie N. Wills, wife, white, female,
born Jan. 1860, age 40, married 20 years, 6 children born, 6 children living,
born CA, father born KY, mother born MO, can read, write and speak English
Claude P. Wills, son, white, male, born
Sept. 1880, age 19, single, born CA, father born AR, mother born CA, laborer,
can read, write and speak English
Mary A. Wills, daughter, white, female,
born Mar. 1882, age 18, single, born CA, father born AR, mother born CA, house
keeper, can read, write and speak English
Marvin J. Wills, son, white, male, born
Sept. 1884, age 15, single, born CA, father born AR, mother born CA, attending
school, can read, write and speak English
Robert J. Wills, son, white, male, born
Feb. 1887, age 13, single, born CA, father born AR, mother born CA, attending
school, can read, write and speak English
Violet L. Wills, daughter, white,
female, born Aug. 1888, age 11, single, born CA, father born AR, mother born
CA, attending school, can read, write and speak English
Pansy U. Wills, daughter, white, female,
born Mar. 1891, age 9, single, born CA, father born AR, mother born CA,
attending school, can read, write and speak English
[123]
1910 Federal Census, Bradley Precinct, Twp No. 2, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors
Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 99, Sheet No. 3B, dwelling #68, family #69:
George C. Wills, head, male, white, 61,
married once, married 30 years, born AR, father born AL, mother born NC, speaks
English, farmer, home farm, can read and write, owns farm
Usibbie Wills, wife, female, white, 50,
married once, married 30 years, 6 children born, 6 children living, born CA,
father born KY, mother born IL, speaks English, can read and write
Claude P. Wills, son, male, white, 28, single, born CA, father born AR, mother born CA, speaks English, farmer, home farm, can read and write
Pansy U. Wills, daughter, female, white,
19, single, born CA, father born AR, mother born CA, speaks English, can read
and write
[124] His
death date per the Laird Family Bible, and from his gravestone; www.findagrave.com, memorial #19413439,
from his gravestone in Catheys Valley Cemetery in Catheys Valley, Mariposa Co.,
CA.
[125] His
death date per the Laird Family Bible, and from his gravestone in Catheys
Valley Cemetery. Leon Moore has transcribed the gravestones in Catheys Valley
Cemetery, and they are on line at https://www.mariposaresearch.net/CVCEMETERY.html.
[126]
1920 Federal Census, Twp. 2 Bradley Precinct, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors Dist.
6, Enumeration Dist. 147, Sheet 3 A, lines #16-21, Dwelling #53, family #56:
Sibbie U. Wills, head, renting house,
female, white, 59, widow, can read & write, born CA, father born KY, mother
born IL, no occupation
Benjamin D. Handy, son in law, male,
white, 41, married, can read & write, born NE, father born NY, mother born
MA, farmer.
Violet L. Handy, daughter, female,
white, 31, married, can read & write, born CA, father born AR, mother born
CA, no occupation.
Catherine V. Handy, daughter [sic],
female, white, 2 6/12, single, born CA, father born NE, mother born CA.
Roberta N. Handy, daughter [sic],
female, white, 5 6/12, single, born CA, father born NE, mother born CA.
Benjamin D. Handy Jr., son [sic], male,
white, 3 10/12[?], single, born CA, father born NE, mother born CA.
[127]
1930 Federal Census, Modesto City, Precinct 1, Block No. 515, Modesto Township,
Stanislaus Co., CA, Enumeration Dist. 50-7, Supervisors Dist. 9, Sheet No. 11A,
dwelling #136, family #142:
Benjamin D. Handy, head, renting home,
male, white, 49, widower, can read and write, born NE, father born NY, mother
born IL, speaks English, proprietor, dairy lunch room, not a veteran
Roberta N. Handy, daughter, female,
white, 15, single, can read and write, born CA, father born NE, mother born CA,
speaks English, stenographer, real estate office, a worker
Benjamin D. Handy Jr., son, male, white,
14, single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born NE,
mother born CA, speaks English, lunch room
Katharine V. Handy, daughter, female,
white, 12, single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born
NE, mother born CA, speaks English
George W. Handy, son, male, white, 8,
single, attending school, born CA, father born NE, mother born CA
Keith M. Handy, son, male, white,
4-2/12, single, born CA, father born NE, mother born CA
Usibbie N. Wills, mother in law, female,
white, 70, widow, can read and write, born CA, father born KY, mother born IL,
speaks English
[128] Per
Maxine (Failing) Sloat, of Turlock, CA; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #57446116, from her gravestone in Merced Cemetery in Merced, Merced
Co., CA.
[130]
1910 Federal Census, Bradley Precinct, Twp No. 2, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors
Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 99, Sheet No. 3B, dwelling #68, family #69.
[131] The
marriage date from the Laird Family Bible, the place of marriage per Maxine
(Failing) Sloat, of Turlock, CA.
[133] The
relationships from the www.findagrave.com
memorial #24881047 of Nathan Lucius Cathey, who died on 28 Sept. 1920 in
Catheys Valley, aged 87 years.
[134]
1900 Federal Census, Cathey Valley Precinct, Mariposa Co., CA, Supervisors
Dist. 4, Enumeration Dist. 36, Sheet No. 8B, dwelling #189, family #189:
Nathan Cathey, head, white, male, born
Feb. 1834, age 66, married 14 years, born GA, father born NC, mother born IL,
farmer, can read, write and speak English, owns farm
Mary Cathey, wife, white, female, born
Jan. 1846, age 54, married 14 years, born AL, father born TN, mother born TN,
can read, write and speak English
Ethel Merritt, adopted daughter, white,
female, born Mar. 1884, age 16, single, born CA, father born unknown, mother
born CA, attending school, can read, write and speak English
[135]
1920 Federal Census, Colfax School for the Tuberculosis, Township 13, Placer
Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 2, Enumeration Dist. 85, Sheet 13 A, lines 37-41,
dwelling #317, family #366:
Claude P. Wills, head, renting, male
white, 39, married, can read & write, born CA, father born AR, mother born
CA, no occupation.
Ethel C. Wills, wife, female, white, 35,
married, can read & write, born CA, father born unknown, mother born CA.
Mary A. Failing, sister, female, white,
37, divorced, can read & write, born CA, father born AR, mother born CA, no
occupation.
Maxine V. Failing, niece, female, white,
10, single, not attending school, can read & write, born CA, father born MI,
mother born CA.
Bert C. Failing, nephew, male, white, 8, single, not attending school, can read & write, born CA, father born MI, mother born CA.
[136] Per
Maxine (Failing) Sloat, of Turlock, CA; California Death Index, 1905-1939,
online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[137] Her
mother’s maiden name recorded as Ibsen in her marriage record, but as Espersen
on her www.findagrave.com memorial
#181697333.
[138] California,
U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941, online image database
at www.Ancestry.com, Claude Pierson Wills
and Petra Claudia Mason.
[139] Per
her www.findagrave.com memorial
#181697333.
[140]
1930 Federal Census, Colfax City, Placer Co., CA, Enumeration Dist. 31-24,
Supervisors Dist. 4, Sheet No. 7B, dwelling #209, family #216:
Claude P. Wills, head, owns home, male,
white, 49, married, age 35 at first marriage, can read and write, born CA,
father born AR, mother born CA, proprietor, gas station, not a veteran
Petra C. Wills, wife, female, white, 47,
married, age 25 at first marriage, can read and write, born CA, father born
Denmark, mother born Denmark, no occupation
Nellie L. Mason, stepdaughter, female,
white, 21, single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born
England, mother born CA, no occupation
[141] www.findagrave.com, memorial #191575551,
from his gravestone in Mountain View Cemetery in Reno, Washoe Co., NV.
[142] www.findagrave.com, memorial #181697333,
from her gravestone in East Lawn Memorial Park in Sacramento, Sacramento Co.,
CA.
[144] The
marriage date from the Laird Family Bible, his name listed only as E. B.
Failing. His full name and prior marriage per Maxine (Failing) Sloat, of
Turlock, CA.
[145] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#74108800.
[147] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#74108800 and her www.findagrave.com
memorial #226346762.
[148]
1920 Federal Census, Colfax School for the Tuberculosis, Township 13, Placer
Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 2, Enumeration Dist. 85, Sheet 13 A, lines 37-41,
dwelling #317, family #366:
Claude P. Wills, head, renting, male
white, 39, married, can read & write, born CA, father born AR, mother born
CA, no occupation.
Ethel C. Wills, wife, female, white, 35,
married, can read & write, born CA, father born unknown, mother born CA.
Mary A. Failing, sister, female, white,
37, divorced, can read & write, born CA, father born AR, mother born CA, no
occupation.
Maxine V. Failing, niece, female, white,
10, single, not attending school, can read & write, born CA, father born MI,
mother born CA.
Bert C. Failing, nephew, male, white, 8,
single, not attending school, can read & write, born CA, father born MI, mother
born CA.
[150] Per
Maxine (Failing) Sloat, of Turlock, CA; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #57446059.
[151]
1930 Federal Census, Turlock Township, Stanislaus Co., CA, Enumeration Dist.
50-46, Supervisors Dist. 9, Sheet No. 27B, dwelling #51, family #54:
Fern E. Owns, head, owns farm valued at
$4000, male, white, 44, married, age 36 at first marriage, can read and write,
born TX, father born AR, mother born TN, speaks English, dealer, livestock, not
a veteran
Mary A. Owens, wife, female, white, 48,
married, age 26 at first marriage, can read and write, born CA, father born AR,
mother born CA, speaks English
Claude E. Owens, son, male, white, 6,
single, born CA, father born TX, mother born CA
Maxine V. Failing, stepdaughter, female,
white, 20, single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born
MI, mother born CA, speaks English, nurse, hospital
Bert Failing, stepson, male, white, 18,
single, can read and write, born CA, father born MI, mother born CA, speaks
English, farm laborer, general farm
[152] Per
Maxine (Failing) Sloat, of Turlock, CA; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #74108800, from his gravestone in Laurel Land Memorial Park in Fort
Worth, Tarrant Co., TX.
[153] Per
Maxine (Failing) Sloat, of Turlock, CA; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #57446059, from his gravestone in the I.O.O.F. Section of Merced Cemetery in Merced, Merced Co., CA.
[154] Per
Maxine (Failing) Sloat, of Turlock, CA; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #57446069, from her gravestone in the I.O.O.F. Section of Merced
Cemetery in Merced, CA.
[155] Her
birth date from the Laird Family Bible, her place of birth per Maxine (Failing)
Sloat, of Turlock, CA; per her www.findagrave.com
memorial #13812435.
[156]
1930 Federal Census, Turlock Township, Stanislaus Co., CA, Enumeration Dist.
50-46, Supervisors Dist. 9, Sheet No. 27B, dwelling #51, family #54.
[158] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#119257823.
[161] www.findagrave.com, memorial #119257823,
from his gravestone in Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, Los Angeles Co.,
CA.
[162] www.findagrave.com, memorial #13812435,
from her gravestone in the I.O.O.F. Section of Merced Cemetery in Merced,
Merced Co., CA.
[164] Per
Maxine (Failing) Sloat, of Turlock, CA; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #12679036.
[166] Per
Maxine (Failing) Sloat, of Turlock, CA; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #226377087.
[168] Per
Betty Wedin, who wrote that they now have 6 Model Ts, one Model A, and one ’36
Ford Coupe, and from his obituary.
[169] www.findagrave.com, memorial #12679036,
from her gravestone in Turlock Memorial Park in Turlock, Stanislaus Co., CA.
[170] www.findagrave.com, memorial #226377087,
from his gravestone in Turlock Memorial Park in Turlock, CA, and from his
obituary in the Modesto Bee online at www.newspapers.com.
[172]
California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[173]
California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[175] California,
U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[176] www.findagrave.com, memorial #106464059,
from his gravestone in El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest, Orange Co., CA.
[177] His birth date from the Laird Family Bible, his place of birth per Maxine (Failing) Sloat, of Turlock, CA; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #128715691.
[179] Per
Bert Failing, of Las Vegas, NV; per her www.findagrave.com
memorial #128715529.
[181] www.findagrave.com, memorial #128715691,
from his memorial in Bunkers Eden Vale Memorial Park in Las Vegas, Clark Co.,
NV.
[182] www.findagrave.com memorial #128715529,
from her memorial in Bunkers Eden Vale Memorial Park in Las Vegas, NV.
[183]
California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[185]
Nevada, U.S., Divorce Index, 1968-2015, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[186] Per
Bert Failing, of Las Vegas, NV; Nevada, U.S., Marriage Index, 1956-2005, online
database at www.Ancestry.com.
[187]
Nevada, U.S., Divorce Index, 1968-2015, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[188]
California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[189]
Nevada, U.S., Marriage Index, 1956-2005, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[191] Nevada,
U.S., Divorce Index, 1968-2015, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[192] Per
Claude Owens, of Turlock, CA; per his www.findagrave.com
memorial #57789897.
[193] Per
Claude Owens, of Turlock, CA, but her www.findagrave.com
memorial #55786318 gives her father’s middle name as Peter.
[195] Per
Claude Owens, of Turlock, CA; per her www.findagrave.com
memorial #55786318.
[196] Per
Claude Owens, of Turlock, CA; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #55786318, from her gravestone in Turlock Memorial Park in Turlock,
Stanislaus Co., CA.
[198] www.findagrave.com, memorial #57789897,
from his gravestone in Turlock Memorial Park in Turlock, CA.
[199] Per
Claude Owens, of Turlock, CA; California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online
database at www.Ancestry.com; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #55786320.
[200] Per
her www.findagrave.com memorial
#183607933.
[202] Per
Claude Owens, of Turlock, CA; California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online
database at www.Ancestry.com; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #183607933,
but her birth record gives her mother’s maiden name as Shannon.
[203] www.findagrave.com, memorial #55786320,
from his gravestone in Turlock Memorial Park in Turlock, Stanislaus Co., CA.
[204] www.findagrave.com, memorial #183607933,
from her gravestone in Turlock Memorial Park in Turlock, CA.
[205] Per
Claude Owens, of Turlock, CA; California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online
database at www.Ancestry.com; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #55786315.
[207]
California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[208] www.findagrave.com, memorial #55786315,
from his gravestone in Turlock Memorial Park in Turlock, CA.
[209] His
birth date and town from the Laird Family Bible, however on a separate paper
inserted into the bible his birth date is listed as 21 Sept. 1884.
[210]
1910 Federal Census, Township 5, Indian Peak District, Mariposa Co., CA,
Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 97, Sheet No. 8A, family #66:
Jesse M. Wills, head, male, white, 25,
single, born CA, father born AR, mother born CA, speaks English, farmer,
general farm, can read and write, renting farm
Thomas Gann, servant, male, white, 74,
single, born TN, father born TN, mother born TN, speaks English, laborer,
general farm, can read and write
[211] Per
Maxine (Failing) Sloat, of Turlock, CA; United States World War I Draft
Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Jesse Marvin Wills, born 21 Sept. 1884,
registered in Mariposa, CA.
[212]
1920 Federal Census, Township #3, Mariposa Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 2,
Enumeration Dist. 39, Sheet 2 B, line #66, dwelling #47, family #47:
Jesse M. Wills, head, owns farm, male,
white 35, single, can read and write, born CA, father born AR, mother born CA,
speaks English, farmer, stock ranch.
Mike Cota, hired man, male, white, 31,
single, immigrated in 1905, alien, cannot read or write, born Mexico, Spanish,
father born Mexico, Spanish, mother born Mexico, Spanish, speaks English, sheep
herder, stock ranch, a worker
[213] Per
Maxine (Failing) Sloat, of Turlock, CA; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #57446129, from his gravestone in the I.O.O.F. Section of Merced
Cemetery in Merced, Merced Co., CA.
[214] His
birth date and town from the Laird Family Bible, which records his name as only
Robert Jarrett Wills. Descendants of this branch of the family, however,
thought that his name was Robert Laird Wills, or Robert Jarrett Laird
Wills; per his www.findagrave.com
memorial #57446105, from his gravestone, which records his name as Robert Laird
Wills.
[215] His
death date from the Laird Family Bible, which lists him as Robert Laird
Wills at his death; per Maxine (Failing) Sloat, of Turlock, CA, who knew of him
as Robert Laird Wills; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #57446105, from his gravestone in the I.O.O.F. Section of Merced
Cemetery in Merced, Merced Co., CA.
[216] Her
birth date and town from the Laird Family Bible; per her www.findagrave.com, memorial #43538291.
[217]
1880 Federal Census, North Branch, Otoe Co., NE, p. 371C, the family of Henry
C. Handy and Anna P. Handy had a son, Benjamin D. Handy, aged 1 year, born in
Nebraska.
[219]
Social Security Death Index, 1937-1996, Family Tree Maker CD #110; his parents
were living in Otoe Co., NE, in the 1880 federal census; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #43538289.
[220]
1920 Federal Census, Twp. 2 Bradley Precinct, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors Dist.
6, Enumeration Dist. 147, Sheet 3 A, lines #16-21, Dwelling #53, family #56:
Sibbie U. Wills, head, renting house,
female, white, 59, widow, can read & write, born CA, father born KY, mother
born IL, no occupation
Benjamin
D. Handy, son in law, male, white, 41, married, can read & write, born NE,
father born NY, mother born MA, farmer.
Violet L. Handy, daughter, female,
white, 31, married, can read & write, born CA, father born AR, mother born
CA, no occupation.
Catherine V. Handy, daughter [sic],
female, white, 2 6/12, single, born CA, father born NE, mother born CA.
Roberta N. Handy, daughter [sic],
female, white, 5 6/12, single, born CA, father born NE, mother born CA.
Benjamin D. Handy Jr., son [sic], male,
white, 3 10/12[?], single, born CA, father born NE, mother born CA.
[222] www.findagrave.com, memorial #43538291, from
her gravestone in the I.O.O.F. Section of Merced Cemetery in Merced, Merced
Co., CA.
[223]
1930 Federal Census, Modesto City, Precinct 1, Block No. 515, Modesto Township,
Stanislaus Co., CA, Enumeration Dist. 50-7, Supervisors Dist. 9, Sheet No. 11A,
dwelling #136, family #142:
Benjamin D. Handy, head, renting home,
male, white, 49, widower, can read and write, born NE, father born NY, mother
born IL, speaks English, proprietor, dairy lunch room, not a veteran
Roberta N. Handy, daughter, female,
white, 15, single, can read and write, born CA, father born NE, mother born CA,
speaks English, stenographer, real estate office, a worker
Benjamin D. Handy Jr., son, male, white,
14, single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born NE, mother
born CA, speaks English, lunch room
Katharine V. Handy, daughter, female,
white, 12, single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born
NE, mother born CA, speaks English
George W. Handy, son, male, white, 8,
single, attending school, born CA, father born NE, mother born CA
Keith M. Handy, son, male, white,
4-2/12, single, born CA, father born NE, mother born CA
Usibbie N. Wills, mother in law, female,
white, 70, widow, can read and write, born CA, father born KY, mother born IL, speaks
English
[224] Per
her www.findagrave.com memorial
#86403387.
[225]
1940 Federal Census, Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA, Block No. 69, Supervisors
Dist. 9, Enumeration Dist. 50-18, Sheet No. 8A, 821½ 11th Street,
lines #8-10:
Benjamin D. Handy, head, male, white,
61, married, born NE, resident of Modesto in 1935, seeking work, truck driver,
short haul
Dona Handy, wife, female, white, 52,
married, born NE, resident of Oakland, Alameda Co., CA, in 1935, store clerk,
WPA surveying project
George Handy, son, male, white, 18,
single, born CA, resident of Modesto in 1935, seeking work, laborer, farming
[226] www.findagrave.com, memorial #43538289,
from his gravestone in the I.O.O.F. Section of Merced Cemetery in Merced, CA.
[227] www.findagrave.com, memorial #86403387,
from her gravestone in Saratoga I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Saratoga, Santa Clara Co.,
CA.
[228] Her
birth date from the Laird Family Bible; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #55761041.
[230] Per
Elaine (Dayton) Roberts, of Hayward, CA; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #55761040.
[231] Per
Elaine (Dayton) Roberts, of Hayward, CA; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #55761041, from her gravestone in Turlock Memorial Park in Turlock,
Stanislaus Co., CA.
[232]
Social Security Death Index, 1937-1996, Family Tree Maker CD #110; www.findagrave.com, memorial #55761040,
from his gravestone in Turlock Memorial Park in Turlock, CA.
[233] His
birth date from the Laird Family Bible; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #43538292.
[234] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#435382922.
[235]
Social Security Death Index, 1937-1996, Family Tree Maker CD #110; per George
and Keith Handy; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #43538292, from his gravestone in the I.O.O.F. Section of Merced
Cemetery in Merced, CA, but his memorial gives his place of death as San Mateo
Co., CA.
[236] Her
birth date from the Laird Family Bible, her place of birth per Kathryne (Handy)
Smith, of Twain Harte, CA; per her United States Social Security Death Index.
[237] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#57631470.
[239] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial #57631470.
[240]
1940 Federal Census, Oakland City, Ward 7, Brooklyn Township, Alameda Co., CA,
Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 61-249, Sheet No. 11A, dwelling #252, a
rented house for $27.50 per month:
Albert Gomes, head, male, white, 31,
married, completed 4 years of high school, born CA, resident of Oakland in
1935, electrician, electric motor
Kathryne V. Gomes, wife, female, white,
32, married, completed 4 years of high school, born CA, resident of Modesto,
Stanislaus Co., CA, in 1935, does housework
James A. Gomes, son, male, white, 2,
single, born CA
[241] Per
Kathryne (Handy) Smith, of Sonora, CA; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #57631470, from his gravestone in Saint Stanislaus Catholic Cemetery
in Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA.
[242] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#80433871.
[243] Per
Kathryne (Handy) Smith, of Sonora, CA; per her marriage notice in The Press
Democrat of Santa Rosa, CA, of 13 July 1948, Kenneth Theodore Iverson, 32,
and Kathryne Virginia Gomes, 31, both of Santa Rosa, were granted a marriage
license.
[244] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#80433871.
[245] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#80433871.
[247]
Social Security Death Index, 1937-1996, Family Tree Maker CD #110; www.findagrave.com, memorial #80433871,
from his gravestone in Ceres Memorial Park in Ceres, Stanislaus Co., CA.
[248]
California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1949-1959, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[249] Per
Kathryne (Handy) Smith, of Sonora, CA; his birth date from his United States
Social Security Death Index, online at www.FamilySearch.org;
per his www.findagrave.com memorial
#12098198, from his gravestone.
[250] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#12098198.
[251]
California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[252] Per
letter of Maxine Sloat of 8 Jan. 2002; United States Social Security Death
Index, online at www.FamilySearch.org.
[253]
United States Social Security Death Index, online at www.FamilySearch.org; www.findagrave.com, memorial #12098198, from
his gravestone in San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery in Santa Nella, Merced
Co., CA.
[255]
California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.
[256]
United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, online database
at www.FamilySearch.org, enlisted in
San Francisco, CA.
[259]
California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[260]
Nevada, U.S., Marriage Index, 1956-2005, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[261]
California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[264]
Miscellaneous, United States Public Records, 1970-2009, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.
[265]
United States Social Security Death Index, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.
[266] Per
Keith Handy; California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[267] Per
Keith Handy; their marriage notice in the Riverbank News of 20 June
1947, online at www.newspapers.com.
[268] Per
Keith Handy; California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com, which shows her mother’s
maiden name as Esquare.
[271] Her
birth date and town from the Laird Family Bible, her middle name spelled “U.
Sibbie” in the bible; per her www.findagrave.com
memorial #30004118, which spells her middle name “Eusibia.”
[272] Per
Charlotte (Williams) Huffman, of Los Banos, CA, but his www.findagrave.com memorial #30003991
gives his parents as William Andrew Huffman and Sallie C. Huffman.
[273] The
marriage date from the Laird Family Bible, however descendants of Pansy and
Shelvy Huffman believe they were married in 1911, instead of 1912, and the
separate paper inserted into the bible gives the marriage date as 24 Feb. 1912.
[274] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#30003991.
[276]
1920 Federal Census, Twp. 2 Bradley Precinct, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors Dist.
6, Enumeration Dist. 147, Sheet 3 A, lines #3-8, dwelling #51, family #53:
Shelvy Huffman, head, owned home free,
male, white, 36, married, can read & write, born TN, father born TN, mother
born TN, farmer, fruit farm.
Pansy W. Huffman, wife, female, white,
28, married, can read & write, born CA, father born AR, mother born CA, no
occupation.
Vernon W. Huffman, son, male, white, 6,
single, attending school, born CA, father born TN, mother born CA
Merle N. Huffman, daughter, female,
white, 4 5/12, single, born CA, father born TN, mother born CA
Natalie Huffman, daughter, female, 2
10/12, single, born CA, father born TN, mother born CA
William C. Huffman, son, male, white, 1
6/12, single, born CA, father born TN, mother born CA
[277]
1930 Federal Census, Township 2, Bradley Precinct, Merced Co., CA, Enumeration
Dist. 24-10, Supervisors Dist. 11, Sheet No. 9A, dwelling #55, family #55:
Shelvy Huffman, head, farm, male, white,
47, married, age 29 at first marriage, can read and write, born TN, father born
U.S., mother born U.S., speaks English, rancher, ranch, not a veteran
Pansy Huffman, wife, female, white, 39,
married, age 21 at first marriage, can read and write, born CA, father born AR,
mother born CA, speaks English
Vernon Huffman, son, male, white, 16,
single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born TN, mother
born CA, speaks English
Merle Huffman, daughter, female, white,
14, single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born TN,
mother born CA, speaks English
Natalie Huffman, daughter, female, white, 13, single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born TN, mother born CA, speaks English
William
Huffman, son, male, white, 11, single, attending school, can read and write,
born CA, father born TN, mother born CA, speaks English
[278]
1940 Federal Census, Twp 2, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 9, Enumeration
Dist. 24-8, Sheet No. 1A, dwelling #2, owned farm valued at $1500:
Shelvy Huffman, head, male, white, 58,
married, completed 8th grade, born TN, resident of Merced Co. in 1935, farmer
Pansy Huffman, wife, female, white, 49,
married, completed 8th grade, born CA, resident of Merced Co. in 1935, does
housework
Vernon Huffman, son, male, white, 26,
single, completed 4 years of high school, born CA, resident of Merced Co. in
1935, laborer, farm
Natalie Huffman, daughter, female,
white, 23, single, completed 3 years of high school, born CA, resident of
Merced Co. in 1935, designer clothing
William Huffman, son, male, white, 21,
single, completed 4 years of high school, born CA, resident of Merced Co. in
1935, laborer, farm
[279] www.findagrave.com, memorial #30003991,
from his gravestone in the I.O.O.F. Section of Merced Cemetery in Merced,
Merced Co., CA.
[280] www.findagrave.com, memorial #30004118,
from her gravestone in the I.O.O.F. Section of Merced Cemetery in Merced, CA.
[282]
1940 Federal Census, Twp 2, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 9, Enumeration
Dist. 24-8, Sheet No. 1A, dwelling #2.
[284]
California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com, which gives her mother’s
maiden name as Kicelja.
[287] Her
birth date from the separate paper inserted into the Laird Family Bible, and
per Merle (Huffman) Milosevich; California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online
database at www.Ancestry.com.
[290] 1940
Federal Census, Santa Clara Township, Santa Clara Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 7,
Enumeration Dist. 43-146, Sheet No. 7B, dwelling #144, a rented farm for $15
per month:
Antone Milosevich, head, male, white,
40, married, completed 8th grade, born Austria, resident of Santa Clara in
1935, laborer, farm
Merle Milosevich, wife, female, white,
25, married, completed 8th grade, born Austria [sic], resident of Santa Clara
in 1935 [sic], does housework
[291] Per
Merle (Huffman) Milosevich, of Merced, CA; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #57446043, from his gravestone in the I.O.O.F. Section of Merced
Cemetery in Merced, Merced Co., CA.
[292]
United States Social Security Death Index, online at www.FamilySearch.org.
[293] Her
birth date from the separate paper inserted into the Laird Family Bible, her name
spelled “Natilie” in the paper; California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online
database at www.Ancestry.com; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #85485255.
[294]
1940 Federal Census, Twp 2, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 9, Enumeration
Dist. 24-8, Sheet No. 1A, dwelling #2.
[295]
California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1849-1980, online
database at www.Ancestry.com, the county
not given.
[296] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#85437524.
[297] www.findagrave.com, memorial #85437524,
from his gravestone in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles Co.,
CA.
[298]
California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[299] Per
his United States Social Security Death Index, online at www.FamilySearch.org, his birth place
from the 1940 Federal Census, Los Angeles City, Assembly Dist. 57, Block No.
17, Los Angeles Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 15, Enumeration Dist. 60-150, Sheet
No. 13A, line #36:
Anthony Pavani, head, male, white, 41,
single, completed 1 year of high school, born Italy, resident of New York in
1935, waiter, restaurant.
[300]
California Death Index, 1940-1997, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.
[302] Per
Merle (Huffman) Milosevich and Bill Huffman; California Death Index, 1940-1997,
online database at www.Ancestry.com; www.findagrave.com, memorial #85485255,
from her gravestone in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles Co.,
CA.
[303] His
birth date from the separate paper inserted into the Laird Family Bible, and
per Bill Huffman; California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[304]
1940 Federal Census, Twp 2, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 9, Enumeration
Dist. 24-8, Sheet No. 1A, dwelling #2.
[305]
United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, online database
at www.FamilySearch.org, enlisted at
the Presidio of Monterey in California on 28 Jan. 1942.
[306] Per
Bill Huffman and Charlotte (Williams) Huffman, of Los Banos, CA; California,
U.S., Marriage Index, 1949-1959, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[309] Per
Shelvy M. Huffman email letter of 11 Feb. 2011; United States Social Security
Death Index, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.
[312] Per
her www.findagrave.com memorial
#81930757.
[313] Per
Mariposa Gazette, 24 Jan. 1885, at the residence of her parents, married
by Rev. Joel Hedgepeth; also per the Laird Family Bible, which does not give
the place of marriage; Woodworth, Descendants of Robert Poage, gives the
date as 21 Jan. 85, which also lists her parents, but lists her name as “Eva
Arminta Coughran.”
1870 Federal Census, Township No. 3,
Mariposa post office, Mariposa Co., CA, Page 6, dwelling #78, family #78:
John S. Coughran, 29, male, white,
farmer, $600, $500, born AR, a male citizen
Matilda Coughran, 19, female, white,
keeping house, born IL
Perminda Coughran, 5, female, white, at
home, born CA
Thomas Coughran, 2, male, white, at
home, born CA
Adora Coughran, 1, female, white, at
home, born CA
1880 Federal Census, Township No. 3, Lewis
Election Precinct, Mariposa Co., CA, Page 22, Supervisors Dist. 4, Enumeration
Dist. 40, dwelling #6, family #6:
John Cochrane, white, male, 38, married,
farmer, born AR, father born AR, mother born AR
Matilda J. Cochrane, white, female, 29,
wife, married, keeping house, born IL, father born TN, mother born IL
Perminda E. Cochrane, white, female,
12?, daughter, single, at home, attending school, born CA, father born AR,
mother born IL
Dora S. Cochrane, white, female, 10,
daughter, single, at home, attending school, born CA, father born AR, mother
born IL
William W. Cochrane, white, male, 7,
son, single, attending school, born CA, father born AR, mother born IL
Margaret M? Cochrane, white, female, 5,
daughter, single, attending school, born CA, father born AR, mother born IL
Nellie E. Cochrane, white, female, 4,
daughter, single, born CA, father born AR, mother born IL
Ada M. Cochrane, white, female, 1,
daughter, single, born CA, father born AR, mother born IL
Charles J. Hatch, white, male, 55,
boarder, single, teacher, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA
[314] Per
her www.findagrave.com memorial
#81930757.
[316]
1900 Federal Census, Elkhorn Township, West Lodi Precinct, Lodi, San Joaquin
Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 4, Enumeration Dist. 102, Sheet No. 15A, dwelling
#340, family #352:
Samuel Laird, head, white, male, born
June 1861, age 38, married 15 years, born CA, father born KY, mother born KY,
laborer, can read, write and speak English, renting house
Eva Laird, wife, white, female, born
Oct. 1864, age 35, married 15 years, 2 children born, 2 children living, born
CA, father born AR, mother born IL, can read, write and speak English
Grace Laird, daughter, white, female,
born Jan. 1886, age 14, single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA, at
school, can read, write and speak English
Blanche Laird, daughter, white, female,
born Apr. 1890, age 10, single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA, at
school, can read, write and speak English
George Keagle, boarder, white, male,
born May 1875, age 25, single, born OR, father born PA, mother born PA, clerk,
can read, write and speak English
Edith L. Thorp, boarder, white, female,
born June 1877, age 22, single, born CA, father born MO, mother born IL,
milliner, can read, write and speak English
[317]
1910 Federal Census, Assembly District #33, San Francisco City, Precinct 8, San
Francisco Co., CA, 04 Valley St., dwelling #35, family #54:
Samuell J. Laird, head, male, white, 47,
married 25 years, born CA, father born CA [sic], mother born CA [sic], speaks
English, foreman, street work, an employer, can read and write, renting house
Perminda E. Laird, wife, female, white,
43, married 25 years, 2 children born, 2 children living, born CA, father born
CA, mother born CA, speaks English, can read and write
Grace W. Laird, daughter, female, white,
24, single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA, speaks English,
stenographer, a worker, can read and write
Blanche I. Laird, daughter, female,
white, 20, single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA, speaks English,
school teacher, a worker, can read and write
Robt. G. Harrison, roomer, male, white,
24, single, born CA, father born MO, mother born KY, speaks English, clerk,
express office, a worker, can read and write
[318]
1920 Federal Census, Woodland township, Yolo Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 3,
Enumeration Dist. 231, Sheet 4 A, lines #23-24, dwelling #115, family #115:
Samuel J. Laird, head, owned home,
mortgaged, male, white, 57, married, can read & write, b. Calif., fa. b.
KY, mo. b. Ill., farmer.
Eva Laird, wife, female, white, 54,
married, can read & write, b. Calif., fa. b. Ark., mo. b. Ill., no
occupation.
[319] www.findagrave.com, memorial #81930708,
from his gravestone in Woodland Cemetery in Woodland, Yolo Co., CA, and from
his obituary in the Mariposa Gazette of 12 Nov. 1926.
[320]
1930 Federal Census, Woodland City, Woodland Township, Yolo Co., CA,
Enumeration Dist. 57-18, Supervisors Dist. 5, Sheet No. 11A, dwelling #287,
family #290:
Eva Laird, head, renting home, female,
white, 64, widow, age 20 at first marriage, can read and write, born CA, father
born AR, mother born IL, speaks English, no occupation
[321]
1940 Federal Census, Esparto Township, Yolo Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 3,
Enumeration Dist. 57-9, Sheet No. 7A, dwelling #162.
[322] www.findagrave.com, memorial #81930757,
from her gravestone in Woodland Cemetery in Woodland, CA.
[323] Her
birth date from the Laird Family Bible; Woodworth, Descendants of Robert
Poage, p. 1056, gives her birth date as 31 Jan. 1888, but according to her
Social Security death record, her birth date was listed as 21 Jan. 1888. In the
Laird Family Bible her birth is listed in chronological order among the
grandchildren of Eleazer G. and Mary Jane Laird, between Elsie Alice Hamilton,
in 1884, and Robert Jarrett Wills, in 1887.
[324]
1910 Federal Census, Assembly District #33, San Francisco City, Precinct 8, San
Francisco Co., CA, 04 Valley St., dwelling #35, family #54.
[325] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#40086023; 1880 Federal Census, Blue Rock, Mendocino Co., CA, p. 247:
August Grothe, male, married, white, 41,
b. Prussia
Anna Grothe, wife, female, married,
white, 30, b. Prussia
Louise Grothe, daughter, female, single,
white, 5, born CA
Selma Grothe, daughter, female, single,
white, 3, born CA
Adolph Grothe, son, male, single, white, 1, born CA
Leophold Grothe, son, male, single,
white, 1, born CA
Franz Grothe, son, male, single, white,
1 month, born CA
Charles Weinkauf, brother in law, male,
widower, white, 44, born Prussia
Rosa Weinkauf, mother in law, female,
widowed, white, 74, born Prussia
[326] The
marriage date from the Laird Family Bible; Woodworth, Descendants of Robert
Poage, p. 1056, which also lists his parents; California, U.S., County
Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[327] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#40086023.
[328] 1920
Federal Census, Esparto Township, Yolo Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 3,
Enumeration Dist. 225, sheet 3 B, lines #80-82, dwelling #67, family #69:
Henry F. Grothe, head, owns home,
mortgaged, male, white, 37, married, can read & write, born CA, father born
Germany, German, mother born Germany, German, farmer.
Grace L. Grothe, wife, female, white,
33, married, can read & write, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA, no
occupation.
Helen E. Grothe, daughter, female,
white, 6, single, attending school, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA.
[329]
1930 Federal Census, Esparto Township, Yolo Co., CA, Enumeration Dist. 57-8,
Supervisors Dist. 5, Sheet No. 6B, dwelling #162, family #163:
Henry Grothe, head, owns farm, male,
white, 47, married, age 27 at first marriage, can read and write, father born
Germany, mother born Germany, farmer, general farm, an employer, not a veteran
Grace Grothe, wife, female, white, 43,
married, age 24 at first marriage, can read and write, born CA, father born CA,
mother born CA, speaks English, editor, town paper, a worker
Helen Grothe, daughter, female, white,
16, single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born CA,
mother born CA, speaks English
[330] www.findagrave.com, memorial #40086023,
from his gravestone in Capay Cemetery in Esparto, Yolo Co., CA.
[331]
1940 Federal Census, Esparto Township, Yolo Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 3,
Enumeration Dist. 57-9, Sheet No. 7A, dwelling #162, owned farm:
Grace L. Grothe, head, female, white,
54, widow, attended 3 years of high school, born CA, resident of Esparto in
1935, at private work, insurance agent, own office
Eva Laird, mother, female, white, 74,
widow, attended 1 year of high school, born CA, resident of Woodland, Yolo Co.,
CA, in 1935, does housework
[332]
Social Security Death Index, 1937-1996, Family Tree Maker CD #110. Her birth
date was mistakenly listed as 21 Jan. 1888 in the Social Security records.
[333] Per
her www.findagrave.com memorial
#221790485.
[334]
1920 Federal Census, Big River Township, Mendocino Co., CA, Supervisors Dist.
1, Enumeration Dist. 111, Sheet No. 6B, lines #85-89, dwelling #158, family
#152:
Henry J. Stauer, head, owns home free,
male, white, 36, married, can read & write, born CA, father born Coblenze,
German, mother born Canada, Scotch, speaks English, retail merchant, general
mdse
Margaret Stauer, wife, female, white,
29, married, can read & write, born CA, father born Ireland, English, mother
born Canada, English, speaks English, sales lady, general merchandise store
Henry H. Stauer, son, male, 6, single,
not attending school, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA.
Helen G. Stauer, daughter, female,
white, 4 6/12, single, b. CA, father born CA, mother born CA.
Davis Stauer, son, male, white, 1/12,
single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA.
[335]
California, U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941, online
database at www.Ancestry.com; her
marriage notice in The Sacramento Bee of 28 Aug. 1937, online at www.newspapers.com.
[336] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#221790537.
[337]
1940 Federal Census, Mendocino, Big River, Mendocino Co., CA, Supervisors Dist.
1, Enumeration Dist. 23-6, Sheet No. 6B, dwelling #133, owned house valued at
$2500:
Haugh Stauer, head, male, white, 26,
married, completed 5 years of college, born CA, resident of Fort Bragg,
Mendocino Co., CA, in 1935, manager, general store
Helen Stauer, wife, female, white, 26,
married, completed 5 years of college, born CA, resident of Esparto, Yolo Co.,
CA, in 1935, book keeper, general store
[338] His
birth and death dates from Social Security Death Index, 1937-1996, Family Tree
Maker CD #110; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #221790537, from his gravestone in Rose Memorial Park Cemetery in Fort
Bragg, Mendocino Co., CA.
[339] www.findagrave.com, memorial #221790485,
from her gravestone in Rose Memorial Park Cemetery in Fort Bragg, CA.
[340] Her
birth date from the Laird Family Bible, which has the year as 1888, evidently
entered into the bible at some later date; Woodworth, Descendants of Robert
Poage, p. 1056, lists her birth year as 1890, which agrees with the 1900
census, and her place of birth as Sanger, CA.
[341] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#87995071.
[342]
Woodworth, Descendants of Robert Poage, p. 1056, which also lists his
parents; California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1849-1980,
online database at www.Ancestry.com,
which just gives the year and location of the marriage.
[343] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#87995071.
[344]
Charles F. Rominger and Elizabeth D. Rominger were living in Cottonwood, Yolo
Co., CA, in the 1920 federal census.
[345]
1910 Federal Census, Capay Township, Yolo Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 2,
Enumeration Dist. 176, Sheet No. 5B, dwelling #89, family #92:
Charles F. Rominger, head, male, white,
48, married once, married 26 years, born Germany, father born Germany, mother
born Germany, immigrated in 1871, naturalized, speaks English, farmer, grain
farm, an employer, can read and write, owns farm
Elizabeth D. Rominger, wife, female,
white, 48, married once, married 26 years, 11 children born, 10 children
living, born Germany, father born Germany, mother born Germany, immigrated in
1881, speaks English, can read and write
William F. Rominger, son, male, white,
23, single, born CA, father born Germany, mother born Germany, speaks English,
laborer, home farm, a worker, can read and write
Charles H. Rominger, son, male, white,
21, single, born CA, father born Germany, mother born Germany, speaks English,
laborer, home farm, a worker, can read and write
Carrie P. Rominger, daughter, female,
white, 20, single, born CA, father born Germany, mother born Germany, speaks
English, can read and write
Herman A. Rominger, son, male, white,
18, single, born CA, father born Germany, mother born Germany, speaks English,
laborer, home farm, a worker, can read and write
Edwin A. Rominger, son, male, white, 15,
single, born CA, father born Germany, mother born Germany, speaks English,
laborer, home farm, can read and write, attending school
Lena E. Rominger, daughter, female,
white, 11, single, born CA, father born Germany, mother born Germany, speaks
English, can read and write, attending school
Lydia A. Rominger, daughter, female,
white, 9, single, born CA, father born Germany, mother born Germany, attending
school
Elmer Rominger, son, male, white, 7,
single, born CA, father born Germany, mother born Germany, attending school
George Rominger, son, male, white, 5,
single, born CA, father born Germany, mother born Germany
[346]
1920 Federal Census, Arbuckle Precinct No. 1, Arbuckle Township, Colusa Co.,
CA, Supervisors Dist. 1, Enumeration Dist. 24, sheet 11 A, lines #37-40,
dwelling #272, family #272:
Charles H. Rominger, head, renting,
male, white, 31, married, can read & write, born CA, father born Germany,
German, mother born Germany, German, speaks English, farmer, general farm
Herman A. Rominger, brother, male,
white, 27, single, can read & write, born CA, father born Germany, German,
mother born Germany, German, speaks English, farmer, general farm
Blanche Rominger, wife, female, white,
29, married, can read & write, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA,
speaks English
June Rominger, daughter, female, white,
11/12, single, can read & write [sic], born CA, father born CA, mother born
CA
[347]
1930 Federal Census, Cottonwood Township, Yolo Co., CA, Enumeration Dist. 57-6,
Supervisors Dist. 5, Sheet No. 1A, p. 84, dwelling #6, family #6:
Charles Rominger, head, renting farm for
$20 per month, male, white, 41, married, age 26 at first marriage, can read and
write, born CA, father born Germany, mother born Germany, speaks English,
farmer, grain farm, not a veteran
Blanche H. Rominger, wife, female,
white, 40, married, age 25 at first marriage, can read and write, born CA,
father born CA, mother born CA, speaks English
June J. Rominger, daughter, female, white, 11, single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA, speaks English
Eugene C. Rominger, son, male, white, 8, single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA
[348]
1940 Federal Census, Woodland Township, Yolo Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 3,
Enumeration Dist. 57-28, Sheet No. 1B, dwelling #13, renting farm for $20 per
month:
Charles Rominger, head, male, white, 51,
married completed 8th grade, born CA, resident of Woodland in 1935, farmer,
farm
Blanch Rominger, wife, female, white,
49, married, completed 4 years of college, born CA, resident of Woodland in
1935, doing housework
June Rominger, daughter, female, white,
21, single, completed 4 years of high school, born CA, resident of Woodland in
1935, nurse’s aide, Yolo County Hospital
Eugene Rominger, son, male, white, 18,
single, completed 4 years of high school, born CA, resident of Woodland in
1935, farm laborer, farm
Charlyn Rominger, daughter, female,
white, 9, single, attending school, completed 3rd grade, born CA, resident of
Woodland in 1935
[349] www.findagrave.com, memorial #87995069,
from her gravestone in Woodland Cemetery in Woodland, Yolo Co., CA.
[350]
Social Security Death Index, 1937-1996, Family Tree Maker CD #110; www.findagrave.com, memorial #87995071,
from his gravestone in Woodland Cemetery in Woodland, CA.
[351]
California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #57559122.
[352]
Woodworth, Descendants of Robert Poage, p. 1056; 1940 Federal Census, Woodland
Township, Yolo Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 3, Enumeration Dist. 57-28, Sheet No.
1B, dwelling #13.
[353] Per
her marriage notice in The Sacramento Bee of 1 Nov. 1947, online at www.newspapers.com.
[354] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#88007021.
[355]
California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[356] www.findagrave.com, memorial #88007021,
from his gravestone in Woodland Cemetery in Woodland, Yolo Co., CA.
[357] www.findagrave.com, memorial #57559122,
from her gravestone in Woodland Cemetery in Woodland, CA.
[358]
California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[360] Carson
City, Nevada, U.S., Marriage Index, 1855-1985, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[361]
California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[362]
Woodworth, Descendants of Robert Poage, p. 1056; California Birth Index,
1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[363]
California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[364] His
birth date from the Laird Family Bible; Woodworth, Descendants of Robert
Poage, p. 1057, gives his year of birth as 1865, but it is clearly 1864 in
the bible record.
[365] Per
letters written by David Laird to his sister, Virginia Laird, from 1898 to 1902,
transcribed by Crystal (Cushman) Wallace.
[366]
1870 Federal Census, Township No. One, Mariposa post office, Mariposa Co., CA,
page 22, dwelling #322, family #324:
Wm T. Turner, 32, male, white, livery
man, $700, $3000, born IN, a male citizen
Mary E. Turner, 25, female, white,
keeping house, born IA
Clara J.[sic] Turner, 7, female, white,
at home, born CA
William Turner, 5, male, white, at home,
born CA
Rosie Turner, 3, female, white, at home,
born CA
Mary Turner, 5/12, female, white, at
home, born CA, born Jan.
1880 Federal Census, Hornitos Village,
Mariposa Co., CA, page 18, Supervisors Dist. 4, Enumeration Dist. 39, dwelling
#241, family #241:
William Turner, white, male, 40,
married, laborer, born IN, father born IN, mother born IN
Mary Turner, white, female, 34, wife,
married, keeping house, born IA, father born NY, mother born NY
Belle Turner, white, female, 16,
daughter, single, at school, born CA, father born IN, mother born IA
William Turner, white, male, 14, son,
single, at school, born CA, father born IN, mother born IA
Rosa Turner, white, female, 12,
daughter, single, at school, born CA, father born IN, mother born IA
George Turner, white, male, 8, son,
single, at school, born CA, father born IN, mother born IA
Ida Turner, white, female, 6, daughter,
single, at school, born CA, father born IN, mother born IA
Alexander Turner, white, male, 4, son,
single, born CA, father born IN, mother born IA
Arthur Turner, white, male, 2, son,
single, born CA, father born IN, mother born IA
David Fulton, white, male, 48, boarder,
single, laborer, born IN, father born IN, mother born IN
William Thomas, white, male, 33,
boarder, single, laborer, born England, father born England, mother born
England
Louis Covora?, white, male, 35, boarder,
single, laborer, born Mexico, father born Prussa?, mother born Mexico
John Polo, white, male, 40, boarder,
married, laborer, born Portugal, father born Portugal, mother born Portugal
Felomana? Polo, white, female, 28,
boarder, single [sic], born Mexico, father born Mexico, mother born Mexico
[367] The
marriage date per the Laird Family Bible; Woodworth, Descendants of Robert
Poage, p. 1057.
[368] Per
her www.findagrave.com memorial
#77270175.
[369] Per
his gravestone in St. Catherine’s Catholic Church, Hornitos. The cemetery
inscriptions were transcribed by Scott and Zelma Rountree, and were posted on
line at https://www.mariposaresearch.net/HORNCEM.html.
Mariposa Gazette, July 2, 1892, printed the obituary of Wm. T. Turner.
The funeral service was held at his residence in Hornitos, and was supposedly
the largest ever held in Mariposa County, the service performed by Rev. A. W.
Walters.
[370]
1880 Federal Census, Hornitos, Mariposa Co., CA, p. 156:
William Turner, male, married, white,
40, born IN
Mary Turner, wife, female, married,
white, 34, born IA
Belle Turner, daughter, female, single,
white, 16, born CA
William Turner, son, male, single,
white, 14, born CA
Rosa Turner, daughter, female, single,
white, 12, born CA
George Turner, son, male, single, white,
8, born CA
Ida Turner, daughter, female, single,
white, 6, born CA
Alexander Turner, son, male, single,
white, 4, born CA
Arthur Turner, son, male, single, white,
2, born CA
David Fulton, other, male, single,
white, 48, born IN
William Thomas, other, male, single,
white, 33, born England
Louis Croora, other, male, single,
white, 35, born Mexico
John Polo, other, male, married, white,
40, born Portugal
Felsmana Polo, other, female, single
[sic], white, 28, born Mexico
[371] Mariposa
Gazette, 13 Nov. 1880, wedding announcement of Miss Clara Belle Turner, of
Hornitos, to Mr. Charles Frederick Peregoy, of Mariposa, included a sentence
about her father, William T. Turner, of Hornitos.
[372]
1880 Federal Census, Hornitos, Mariposa Co., CA, p. 156:
William Turner, male, married, white,
40, born IN
Mary Turner, wife, female, married,
white, 34, born IA
Belle Turner, daughter, female, single,
white, 16, born CA
William Turner, son, male, single,
white, 14, born CA
Rosa Turner, daughter, female, single,
white, 12, born CA
George Turner, son, male, single, white,
8, born CA
Ida Turner, daughter, female, single,
white, 6, born CA
Alexander Turner, son, male, single,
white, 4, born CA
Arthur Turner, son, male, single, white,
2, born CA
David Fulton, other, male, single,
white, 48, born IN
William Thomas, other, male, single,
white, 33, born England
Louis Croora, other, male, single,
white, 35, born Mexico
John Polo, other, male, married, white,
40, born Portugal
Felsmana Polo, other, female, single
[sic], white, 28, born Mexico
[373] Mariposa
Gazette, March 16, 1895, the Obituary of Mrs. Philena Camp, of Armona,
Kings County, a native of New York, who died on 1 Mar. 1895, aged 68 years, 11
months, 2 days, mentioned the children of Mrs. Camp as being Mrs. Clara Stevens
of Stockton, Mrs. Mary E. Turner of Mariposa, Mrs. Louisa Early of Stockton,
Mrs. Ida Moore of Modesto, William H., James M., and W. Scott Camp of this
county. The obituary also states that she and her husband and children crossed
the plains from Illinois in 1853 by ox team, and located in Stockton.
Mariposa Gazette, Sept. 5, 1896,
reported “Last Monday morning Mrs. W. T. Turner recieved a telephone dispatch
informing her that her brother, George Camp of Hanford was dead. Mrs. Turner
left immediately for Hanford to attend the funeral. No particulars as to the
cause of death have reached us.”
1870 Federal Census, Castoria twp, Stockton
Post Office, San Joaquin Co., CA, p. 11, dwelling #78, family #78:
T. K. Camp, 60, male, white, farmer,
$4000, $800, born NY, a male citizen
Felena Camp, 53, female, white, keeps
house, born NY
Wm. H. Camp, 32, male, white, laborer,
born NY, a male citizen
George Camp, 30, male, white, laborer,
born NY, a male citizen
James M. Camp, 23, male, white, laborer,
born IA, a male citizen
Wm Scott Camp, 21, male, white, laborer,
born IA, a male citizen
Louisa Camp, 18, female, white, born IA,
attending school
Ida Camp, 15, female, white, born CA,
attending school
[375]
1910 Federal Census, Turlock Township, Stanislaus Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 6,
Enumeration Dist. 174, Sheet No. 3B, dwelling #52, family #52:
David T. Laird, head, male, white, 44,
married once, married 8 years, born CA, father born KY, mother born KY, speaks
English, farmer, general farm, can read and write, renting farm
Rose Laird, wife, female, white, 42,
married once, married 8 years, 3 children born, 3 children living, born CA,
father born IN, mother born OH, speaks English, can read and write
Rita Laird, daughter, female, white, 6,
single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA
Terry Laird, son, male, white, 4,
single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA
Nevelle Laird, daughter, female, white,
1-1/2, single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA
George Laird, brother, male, white, 40,
single, born CA, father born KY, mother born KY, speaks English, laborer, farm,
can read and write
[376]
1920 Federal Census, Ceres Township, Stanislaus Co., CA, Supervisors Dist.6,
Enumeration Dist. 164, Sheet No. 12B, dwelling #118, family #123:
David T. Laird, head, owns farm, male,
white, 54, married, can read and write, born CA, father born KY, mother born
OH, speaks English, farmer, farm
Eva R. Laird, wife, male [sic], white,
52, married, can read and write, born CA, father born IN, mother born IA,
speaks English
Rita M. Laird, daughter, female, white,
16, single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born CA,
mother born CA, speaks English
Terry T. Laird, son, male, white, 14,
single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born CA, mother
born CA, speaks English
Nevelle G. Laird, daughter, female,
white, 11, single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born
CA, mother born CA, speaks English
[377]
1930 Federal Census, Ceres City, Stanislaus Co., CA, Enumeration Dist. 50-1,
Supervisors Dist. 9, Sheet No. 5B, dwelling #132, family #134:
David T. Laird, head, renting house for
$25 per month, male, white, 64, married, age 36 at first marriage, can read and
write, born CA, father born KY, mother born KY, speaks English, farmer, general
farm, not a veteran
Eva R. Laird, wife, female, white, 61,
married, age 33 at first marriage, can read and write, born CA, father born
U.S., mother born CA, speaks English, teacher, grammar school, a worker
NaVelle V. Laird, daughter, female,
white, 21, single, can read and write, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA,
speaks English, teacher, grammar school, a worker
[378] His
death date and place from the Laird Family Bible; www.findagrave.com, memorial #76191951,
from his gravestone in Ceres Memorial Park in Ceres, Stanislaus Co., CA.
[379]
1940 Federal Census, Ceres, Stanislaus Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 9,
Enumeration Dist. 50-1, Sheet No. 4A, dwelling #71.
[380] Per
email message of Tom Hilk, of Merced, CA, who received the information from
Phyllis Hembree, another descendant of William and Mary Turner; www.findagrave.com, memorial #77270175,
from her gravestone in Panteón Municipal
Severiano Moreno, Cananea, Sonora, Mexico.
[381] Her
birth date and county from the Laird Family Bible; Woodworth, Descendants of
Robert Poage, p. 1057.
[385]
1930 Federal Census, Pico Town, Whittier Township, Los Angeles Co., CA,
Enumeration dist. 19-1557, Supervisors Dist. 18, Sheet No. 9A, dwelling #231,
family #232:
George R. Gilman, had, owns house valued
at $2950, male, white, 25, married, age 23 at first marriage, can read and
write, born CA, father born CA, mother born AL, speaks English, welder, oil
tools, a worker, not a veteran
Rita M. Gilman, wife, female, white, 25,
age 23 at first marriage, can read and write, born CA, father born CA, mother
born CA, speaks English
[386]
1940 Federal Census, Montebello City, Montebello Township, Los Angeles Co., CA,
Supervisors Dist. 2, Enumeration Dist. 19-399, Sheet No. 20A, dwelling #593,
owns house valued at $3200:
Geo Gilman, head, male, white, 36,
married, completed 4 years of high school, born CA, resident of Montebello in
1935, salesman, welding
Rita Gilman, wife, female, white, 36,
married, completed 4 years of college, born CA, resident of Montebello in 1935,
teacher, city
David Gilman, son, male, white, 1,
single, born CA
[387]
California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[388]
California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[389] His
birth date from the Laird Family Bible; Woodworth, Descendants of Robert
Poage, p. 1057; per his www.findagrave.com
memorial #146702320.
[391] Per
her www.findagrave.com memorial
#185625395.
[392] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#146702320; their marriage notice in The Modesto Bee of 30 Jan. 1927,
online at www.newspapers.com,
[393] Per
her www.findagrave.com memorial
#185625395.
[394]
1930 Federal Census, Watsonville twp, Ward 2, Santa Cruz Co., CA, Enumeration
Dist. 44-27, Supervisor’s Dist. 10, Sheet 55-A, p. 145, lines #49-50, dwelling
#383, family #383:
Terry T. Laird, head, $5500, male,
white, 26, married, aged 23 at marriage, can read & write, born in CA,
father born CA, mother born CA, a citizen, pharmacist, not a veteran.
May E. Laird, wife, female, white, 26,
married, age 23 at marriage, can read & write, born in CA, father born NJ,
mother born CA, a citizen, no occupation.
[395]
1940 Federal Census, Oakdale City, Oakdale Township, Stanislaus Co., CA,
Supervisors Dist. 9, Enumeration Dist. 50-39A, Sheet No. 4B, 740 Third Ave.,
dwelling #102, owns house valued at $2000:
Dr. Terry T. Laird, head, male, white,
35, married, completed 5 years of college, born CA, resident of San Francisco,
San Francisco Co., CA, in 1935, at private work,
May Laird, wife, female, white, 36,
married, completed 1 year of college, born CA, resident of San Francisco, San
Francisco Co., CA, in 1935
Jane Laird, daughter, female, white, 1,
single, born CA
[396] www.findagrave.com, memorial #185625395,
from her gravestone in Tulocay Cemetery in Napa, Napa Co., CA.
[397]
California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[398]
Social Security Death Index, 1937-1996, Family Tree Maker CD #110; Ancestry.com
California Death Index, 1940-1997; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #146702320, from his gravestone in Tulocay Cemetery in Napa, CA, and
from his obituary.
[400] Her
birth date and town from the Laird Family Bible; Woodworth, Descendants of
Robert Poage, p. 1057; her www.findagrave.com
memorial #179144461 gives her birth place as Ceres, CA.
[401]
Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006, online database
at www.Ancestry.com; her marriage notice
in The Modesto Bee of 18 June 1935, online at www.newspapers.com.
[403] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#179144404.
[404]
1940 Federal Census, Ceres, Stanislaus Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 9,
Enumeration Dist. 50-1, Sheet No. 4A, dwelling #71, renting house for $20 per
month:
Joe E. Barry, head, male, white, 29,
married, attended 4 years of college, born AZ, resident of Denver, CO, in 1935,
salesman, wholesale bakery co.
Nevelle Barry, wife, female, white, 31,
married, attended 3 years of college, born CA, resident of Denver, CO, in 1935,
school teacher, grammar school
Landia J. Barry, daughter, female,
white, 2, single, born CA
Rose Laird, mother in law, female,
white, 72, widow, attended 2 years of college, born CA, resident of Ceres,
Stanislaus Co., CA, in 1935, unable to work
[405] www.findagrave.com, memorial #179144404,
from his gravestone in East Lawn Memorial Park in Sacramento, Sacramento Co.,
CA.
[406] www.findagrave.com, memorial #179144461,
from her gravestone in East Lawn Memorial Park in Sacramento, CA.
[407] Both
dates from the Laird Family Bible; Woodworth, Descendants of Robert Poage,
p. 1057, has different dates, a birth of 8 Dec. 1866, and death of 7 Dec. 1868,
but the bible record is more likely correct.
[408] His
birth date from the Laird Family Bible; Woodworth, Descendants of Robert
Poage, p. 1057, says he was born on the Laird Ranch, 8 miles south of
Merced.
[409]
1880 Federal Census, Greasewood, Umatilla Co., OR, page 7, Supervisor’s Dist.
110, Enumeration Dist. 145, dwelling #78, family #78:
James Herd, white, male, 36, married,
farmer, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY
Nettie Herd, white, female, 30, wife,
married, keeping house, born IA, father born IL, mother born MO
May Herd, white, female, 4, daughter,
single, born IA [sic], father born NY, mother born IA
Ella Herd, white, female, 3, daughter,
single, born IA [sic], father born NY, mother born IA
Retta Herd, white, female, 1, daughter,
single, born OR, father born NY, mother born IA
[410] The
marriage date from the Laird Family Bible; Woodworth, Descendants of Robert
Poage, p. 1057, the place of marriage per Priscilla (Laird) Britton, of
Atwater, CA; Mariposa Gazette, Dec. 22, 1894, under Marriages, “At Snow
Creek, December 19, 1894, at the home of the bride’s uncle.” “The pretty mountain
home of Mr. and Mrs. Justus Hurd was the scene of a pleasant gathering last
Wednesday, when Mr. Hurd gave away his charming niece to John Laird. The groom
is a son of Mrs. E. G. Laird of Jerseydale and is a quiet, highly esteemed
young gentleman. The bride is a native of Oregon and has been in this county a
year. She is a lovely girl and has made many lasting friends during her brief
residence here. The Gazette was remembered with a generous supply of delicious
cake.”
[411] Her
birth date per Priscilla (Laird) Britton, of Atwater; per her www.findagrave.com, memorial #200648800.
[412] Per
the 1900 federal census, which agrees with the family of James and Nettie Herd
in the 1880 federal census.
[413]
1900 Federal Census, No. 5 Township, Mariposa Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 4,
Enumeration Dist. 38, Sheet No. 10A, dwelling #274, family #275:
John R. Laird, head, white, male, born
Nov. 1868, age 31, married 5 years, born CA, father born KY, mother born KY,
farmer, can read, write and speak English, owns farm
Lily M. Laird, wife, white, female, born
Feb. 1876, age 24, married 5 years, 1 child born, born OR, father born NY,
mother born IA, can read, write and speak English
Ralph J. Laird, son, white, male, born
Dec. 1897, age 2, single, born CA, father born CA, mother born OR
Henry J. Hurd, brother-in-law, white,
male, born Jan. 1888, age 11, single, born OR, father born NY, mother born NY,
at school, can read, write and speak English
[414]
1910 Federal Census, Judicial Township No. 4, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors Dist.
6, Enumeration Dist. 105, Sheet No. 6A, dwelling #117, family #120:
John Laird, head, male, white, 41,
married once, married 15 years, born CA, father born KY, mother born KY, speaks
English, farmer, can read and write, owns farm
Lillian Laird, wife, female, white, 34,
married once, married 15 years, 3 children born, 2 children living, born OR,
father born NY, mother born NY, speaks English, can read and write
Ralph Laird, son, male, white, 12,
single, born CA, father born CA, mother born OR, speaks English, can read and
write, attending school
Royal Laird, son, male, white, 4,
single, born CA, father born CA, mother born OR
[415]
1920 Federal Census, Township 4, LeGrand precinct, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors
Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 155, Sheet 5 A, lines #1-5, dwelling #23, family
#23:
J. R. Laird, head, owned home,
mortgaged, male, white, 51, married, can read & write, born CA, father born
KY, mother born KY, farmer.
L. M. Laird, wife, female, white, 43,
married, can read & write, born OR, father born NY, mother born IA, no
occupation.
R. J. Laird, son, male, white, 22,
single, can read & write, born CA, father born CA, mother born OR, farmer.
Royal B. Laird, son, male, white, 15,
single, attending school, can read & write, born CA, father born CA, mother
born OR.
May Irene Laird, daughter, female,
white, 4, single, born CA, father born CA, mother born OR.
[416]
1930 Federal Census, Judicial Township No. 4, Merced Co., CA, Enumeration Dist.
24-15, Supervisors Dist. 11, Sheet No. 7A, p. 215, dwelling #152, family #171:
John R. Laird, head, owns farm, male,
white, 64, married, age 26 at first marriage, can read and write, born CA,
father born KY, mother born KY, speaks English, farmer, general farm
Lillian M. Laird, wife, female, white,
54, married, age 18 at first marriage, can read and write, born OR, father born
NY, mother born IA, speaks English
May I. Laird, daughter, female, white,
14, single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born CA,
mother born OR, speaks English
[417] His
death date and city from the Laird Family Bible; www.findagrave.com, memorial #200648799, from
his gravestone in Plainsburg Cemetery in Plainsburg, Merced Co., CA.
[418]
1940 Federal Census, Los Angeles, Ward 55, Block No. 7, Los Angeles Co., CA, Supervisors
Dist. 14, Enumeration Dist. 60-786, Sheet No. 8A, 931 West 21st
Street, dwelling #218, a rented house for $28 per month:
Lilly Laird, head, female, white, 63,
widow, completed 8th grade, born OR, resident of Los Angeles in 1935, does
housework
May Laird, daughter, female, white, 24,
single, competed 4 years of high school, born CA, resident of Los Angeles in
1935, stenographer, private school
[419] Per
Priscilla (Laird) Britton, of Atwater, CA; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #200648800, from her gravestone in Plainsburg Cemetery in Plainsburg,
CA.
[420] His
birth date and county from the Laird Family Bible; Woodworth, Descendants of
Robert Poage, p. 1057; per his Military Draft Registration in Merced, CA,
online database at www.FamilySearch.org;
per his www.findagrave.com memorial
#103968015.
[421]
1920 Federal Census, Township 4, LeGrand precinct, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors
Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 155, Sheet 5 A, lines #1-5, dwelling #23, family
#23.
[422] Per
her www.findagrave.com memorial
#103967732; 1920 Federal Census, Township 4, LeGrand Village, Merced Co., CA,
Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 155, Sheet 2 A, lines #36-41, dwelling
#47, family $47:
C. W. Krottos, head, owned home free,
male, white, 59, married, can read & write, born NY, father born Germany,
German, mother born Germany, German, truck gorden[?].
Lena Krottos, wife, female, white, 58,
married, naturalized, can read & write, born Germany, German, father born
Germany, German, mother born Germany, German, no occupation.
Harry Krottos, son, male, white, 28,
single, can read & write, born MN, father born NY, mother born Germany,
German, machinist.
Elsie Krottos, daughter, female, white,
21, single, can read & write, born MN, father born NY, mother born Germany,
German, typist in printing office.
Irvin Krottos, son, male, white, 17,
single, can read & write, born ID, father born NY, mother born Germany,
German, farm laborer.
Edna Krottos, daughter, female, white,
17, single, attending school, can read & write, born ID, father born NY,
mother born Germany, German.
[423]
Woodworth, Descendants of Robert Poage, p. 1057, which also names her
parents, however both Ralph Laird and Elsie Krottos were listed as unmarried
and living with their parents in the 1920 federal censuses, so the marriage may
have occurred in 1921 instead of 1920.
[424] Per
her www.findagrave.com memorial
#103967732.
[425]
1920 Federal Census, Township 4, LeGrand Village, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors
Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 155, Sheet No. 2A, dwelling #47, family #47:
C. W. Krottos, head, owns farm, male, white,
59, married, can read and write, born NY, father born Germany, German, mother
born Germany, German, speaks English, truck gardner
Lena Krottos, wife, female, white, 58,
married, can read and write, born Germany, German, father born Germany, German,
mother born Germany, German, speaks English
Harry Krottos, son, male, white, 28,
single, can read and write, born MN, father born NY, mother born Germany,
German, speaks English, machinist
Elsie Krottos, daughter, female, white,
21, single, can read and write, born MN, father born NY, mother born Germany,
Germany, speaks English, typist, printing office
Irvin Krottos, son, male, white, 17,
single, can read and write, born ID, father born NY, mother born Germany,
German, speaks English, laborer, farm
Edna Krotton, daughter, female, white,
17, single, attending school, can read and write, born ID, father born NY,
mother born Germany, German, speaks English
[426]
1930 Federal Census, Huntington Park City, San Antonio Township, Los Angeles
Co., CA, Enumeration Dist., 19-1336, Supervisors Dist. 19, Sheet No. 1A,
dwelling #8, family #8:
Ralph J. Laird, head, renting house for
$35 per month, male, white, 32, married, age 22 at first marriage, can read and
write, born CA, father born CA, mother born OR, speaks English, machinist,
service equipment, not a veteran
Elsie L. Laird, wife, female, white, 31,
married, age 21 at first marriage, can read and write, born MN, father born NY,
mother born Germany, speaks English, sales lady, nursery,
Vernon R. Laird, son, male, white, 7,
single, attending school, born CA, father born CA, mother born MN, speaks
English
[427] Per
the separate paper inserted into the Laird Family Bible, added in a later hand;
California Death Index, 1940-1997, online database at www.FamilySearch.org; www.findagrave.com, memorial #103968015,
from his gravestone in Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, Los Angeles Co.,
CA.
[428]
Social Security Death Index, 1937-1996, Family Tree Maker CD #110; www.findagrave.com, memorial #103967732,
from her gravestone in Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, Los Angeles Co.,
CA.
[429]
California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #154412395.
[431] Her
parents’ names from her marriage record, but her father’s middle name given as
Ernest in her www.findagrave.com
memorial #243604034.
[432]
Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Ralph Vernon Laird, son of Ralph Jarvis
Laird and Elsie Lean Krettos, and Virginia Roberta Viancour, daughter of Robert
Edward Viancour and Jennie Elizabeth Potter.
[433]
Social Security Death Index, 1937-1996, Family Tree Maker CD #110; California
Death Index, 1940-1997, online database at www.FamilySearch.org;
www.findagrave.com, memorial
#154412395, from his gravestone in Deepdale Memorial Park in Delta Township,
Eaton Co., MI.
[434] www.findagrave.com, memorial #243604034,
from her gravestone in Deepdale Memorial Park in Delta Township, MI.
[435] His
birth date and county from the Laird Family Bible; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #53045379.
[437] Per
Priscilla (Laird) Britton, of Atwater; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #53045411.
[438]
1930 Federal Census, Laguna Beach City, Laguna Beach Township, Orange Co., CA,
Enumeration Dist. 30-47, Supervisors Dist. 20, Sheet No. 18B, dwelling #732,
family #733:
Royal Laird, head, owns house valued at
$3500, male, white, 25, married, age 18 at first marriage, can read and write,
born CA, father born CA, mother born OR, speaks English, machinist, oil co., a
veteran of the World War
Gwyne Laird, wife, female, white, 23,
married, age 16 at first marriage, can read and write, born AR, father born IL,
mother born PA, speaks English
May P. Laird, daughter, female, white,
5, single, born CA, father born CA, mother born AR
John R. Laird, son, male, white, 1-1/12,
single, born CA, father born CA, mother born AR
[439]
1940 Federal Census, Merced City, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 9,
Enumeration Dist. 24-5, Sheet No. 61A, dwelling #300, a rented house for $22
per month:
Royal Laird, head, male, white, 35,
married, completed 2 years of high school, born CA, resident of Dinuba, CA, in
1935, welder, Patterson Welding Co.
Gwendlian Winifred Laird, wife, female,
white, 33, married, completed 3 years of high school, born AR, resident of
Dinuba, CA, in 1935, does housework
Priscilla Laird, daughter, female,
white, 15, completed 1 year of high school, born CA, resident of Dinuba, CA, in
1935
John Laird, son, male, white 11,
completed 5th grade, born CA, resident of Dinuba, CA, in 1935
[440] www.findagrave.com, memorial #53045411,
from her gravestone in the I.O.O.F. Section of Merced Cemetery in Merced,
Merced Co., CA.
[442]
California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[444] Per
Priscilla (Laird) Britton, of Atwater; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #53045379, from his gravestone in the I.O.O.F. Section of Merced
Cemetery in Merced, Merced Co., CA.
[446] Per
Priscilla (Laird) Britton; Woodworth, Descendants of Robert Poage, p.
1057; California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[448] Per
Priscilla (Laird) Britton; Woodworth, Descendants of Robert Poage, p.
1057; U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970, online database at www.Ancestry.com, married at Central
Presbyterian Church.
[449] Per
Priscilla (Laird) Britton, who gave his birth place as Fayetteville, AR, but
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#59311323 gives his birth place as Pleasant Grove, Stone Co., AR.
[451] Per letter of Priscilla (Laird) Britton at Christmas, 1999; www.findagrave.com, memorial #59311323, from his gravestone in Winton Cemetery in Winton, Merced Co., CA.
[452] www.findagrave.com, memorial #59311373,
from her gravestone in Winton Cemetery in Winton, Merced Co., CA.
[453]
California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[454]
California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1949-1959, online database at www.Ancestry.com; his marriage notice in the
Oakdale Leader of 6 July 1950, online at www.newspapers.com.
[456]
From her obituary in the Merced Sun-Star,
10 Dec. 2010; California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[458]
Obituary in the Merced Sun-Star, 10
Dec. 2010; United States Social Security Death Index, online at www.FamilySearch.org.
[459] www.findagrave.com, memorial #46341247,
from her gravestone in Merced Cemetery in Merced, CA, and from her death notice
in the Mariposa Gazette of 2 Oct. 1909.
[460] Her
birth date from the Laird Family Bible; California Birth Index, 1905-1995,
online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[461]1940
Federal Census, Los Angeles, Ward 55, Block No. 7, Los Angeles Co., CA,
Supervisors Dist. 14, Enumeration Dist. 60-786, Sheet No. 8A, 931 West 21st
Street, dwelling #218.
[462] Per
their wedding notice in the Stockton Evening and Sunday Record of 7 Feb.
1942, online at www.newspapers.com. She
was called only daughter of Mrs. Lily May Laird, of Le Grand.
[465]
California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1949-1959, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[467] Per
May (Laird) Jordan, of Torrance, CA; California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997,
online at www.Ancestry.com.
[470]
California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[471]
California, U.S., Death Index, 1905-1939, online database at www.Ancestry.com, which has her death date
as 29 Jan. 1916 in Merced County; her birth and death dates also from the Laird
Family Bible, which gives her death date as 30 Jan. 1916.
[474]
1910 Federal Census, Turlock Township, Stanislaus Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 6,
Enumeration Dist. 174, Sheet No. 3B, dwelling #52, family #52.
[475]
1920 Federal Census, Burton Precinct, Spokane City, Spokane Co., WA, Supervisor’s
Dist. 5, Enumeration Dist. 190, Sheet 11A, p. 157, on Pacific Ave., line #27,
household #333:
Geo. T. Laird, head, renter, male,
white, 49, single, able to read & write, born CA, father born KY, mother
born KY, driller, quartz mine.
[476]
1930 Federal Census, Nampa City, Ward R, Canyon Co., ID, Enumeration Dist.
14-19, Supervisors Dist. 3, Sheet No. 1A, dwelling #2, the Idaho Apartments,
family #10, line #20:
George Laird, head, renting for $8 per
month, male, white, 55 [sic], single, can read and write, born CA, father born
KY, mother born KY, speaks English, laborer, odd jobs, a worker, not a veteran
[477] His
death date and place from the Laird Family Bible; Idaho, U.S., Death Records,
1890-1969, online image database at www.Ancestry.com,
State of Idaho Certificate of Death, #113963, single, his birth July ? 1868
[sic], his age 70 years, 9 months, his occupation a day laborer, his birth
place and parents’ names not known.
[479] Mariposa
Gazette, June 14, 1879, marriage notice of Mr. John G. Palmer to Miss
Louisa M. Duncan, at the residence of the bride’s father on June 8, 1879, by
Rev. R. A. Sawrie.
1880 Federal Census, Magoon & Hites
Cove, Mariposa Co., CA, Page 3, Supervisor’s Dist. 4, Enumeration Dist. 41,
household #21:
John G. Palmer, white, male, 36,
married, farmer, born England, father and mother both born England
Louisa M. Palmer, white, female, 16,
wife, married, keeps house, born KS, father born IL, mother born TN
Martha Palmer, white, female, 5 months,
daughter, single, born CA, father born England, mother born KS
[480] The
marriage date from the Laird Family Bible; California, U.S., County Birth,
Marriage and Death Records, 1849-1980, online database at www.Ancestry.com;
their marriage announcement in Mariposa Gazette of Oct. 12, 1895 which
gave the place of marriage as Jerseydale at the residence of the bride’s
parents, married by Rev. B. F. Van Deventer. “Both the bride and groom are
natives of Mariposa county and are well and favorably thought of by their many
friends, who wish them every happiness in their journey through life. The
wedding was private, only the relatives of the contracting parties being
present. The Gazette was remembered, and an abundant supply of wedding cake
tickled the palate of foreman, devil and editor, who extend their
congratulations to the newly married couple.”
[481] Mariposa Gazette, Feb. 7, 1880, birth announcement;
per her www.findagrave.com memorial
#24852654.
[482]
1880 Federal Census, Magoon and Hites Cove, Mariposa Co., CA, Page 2,
Supervisors Dist. 4, Enumeration Dist. 41, family #19:
William B. Duncan, white, male, 50,
married farmer, born IL (parents’ birth states not listed)
Martha Duncan, white, female, 46, wife,
married, keeps house, born TN, father born VA, mother born TN
John A. L. Duncan, white, male, 18, son,
single, farmer, born IL, father born IL, mother born TN
Annie W. Duncan, white, female, 14,
daughter, single, goes to school, born KA, father born IL, mother born TN
Ida Bell Duncan, white, female, 11,
daughter, single, goes to school, born KA, father born IL, mother born TN
William B. Duncan, white, male, 9, son,
born KA, father born IL, mother born TN
Simeon E. Duncan, white, male, 3, son,
born CA, father born IL, mother born TN
Mariposa Gazette, Dec. 20, 1879,
under Obituaries, a notice of the death of Henry Lewis Duncan, son of Mr. &
Mrs. Wm B. Duncan of Chowchilla, on Dec. 16, 1879. The article states he was a
native of Illinois, aged 25 years.
[483] Per
the 1900 federal census, which approximately agrees with the family of John G.
and Louisa M. Palmer in the 1880 federal census; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #237925878.
Louisa Marian (Duncan) (Palmer) Cathey died on 21 Feb. 1928 in Sacramento, CA,
aged 63 years, and was buried in Merced Cemetery in Merced, CA.
[484] Per
the www.findagrave.com memorial
#19418444 of William Pearson Cathey, who died on 11 Oct. 1910 in Catheys
Valley, Mariposa Co., CA, and was buried in Catheys Valley Cemetery in Catheys
Valley, CA; California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage and Death Records,
1849-1980, online at www.Ancestry.com, the marriage of Louisa M. Palmer and Wm P.
Cathey at Pine Glen.
[485]
1900 Federal Census, Liberty Township, San Joaquin Co., CA, Supervisors Dist.
4, Enumeration Dist. 105, Sheet No. 18B, dwelling #187, family #187, lines
#85-88:
William F. Laird, head, white, male,
born Feb. 1872, age 28, married 5 years, born CA, father born KY, mother born
KY, farmer, can read, write and speak English, owns farm
Martha M. Laird, wife, white, female,
born Jan. 1880, age 20, married 5 years, 2 children born, 2 children living,
born CA, father born England, mother born AR, can read, write and speak English
Ruth E. Laird, daughter, white, female,
born Aug. 1896, age 3, single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA, can
speak English
Francis L. Laird, daughter, white,
female, born May 1898, age 2, single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA
[487] His death date from the Laird Family Bible, and his gravestone, his cause of death per Dorothy (Seaman) Longinetti, of San Martin, CA; www.findagrave.com, memorial #19418874, from his gravestone in Givens Cemetery in Mariposa Co., CA, but his memorial gives his death date as 16 Mar. 1903; his obituary in the Mariposa Gazette of 21 Mar. 1903, online at www.newspapers.com.
[488] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#39092118.
[489] Per
her www.findagrave.com memorial
#24852654; California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage and Death Records,
1849-1980, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[490] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#39092118.
1910 Federal Census, 3rd Township Mt.
Bullion Precinct, Mariposa Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 95,
Sheet No. 5B, dwelling #113, family #113, line #96:
Albert Bruce, head, male, white, 30,
married once, married 6 years, born CA, father born NY., mother born CA, speaks
English, miner, gold mine, can read and write, renting house
1910 Federal Census, 3rd Township Mt.
Bullion Precinct, Mariposa Co., Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 95,
sheet No. 5A, dwelling #84, family #84:
Mary Thomas, head, female, white, 55,
divorced, born England, father born England, mother born England, speaks
English, can read and write, owns house
Albert Bruce, roomer, male, white, 31,
married once, married 6 years, born CA, father born NY, mother born NY, speaks
English, miner, gold mine, can read and write
William Bruce, roomer, male, white, 21,
single, born CA, father born NY, mother born NY, speaks English, engineer,
stationary engine, can read and write
[492]
1910 Federal Census, Liberty Township, San Joaquin Co., CA, Supervisors Dist.
6, Enumeration Dist. 121, Sheet No. 4B, dwelling #83, family #84, lines #67-72,
very hard to read:
Louisa M. Cathey, head, female, white,
44 [sic] divorced, 7 children born, 7 children living, born KS, father born TN,
mother born TN, speaks English, farmer, fruit farm, can read and write, rents
farm
Martha M. Bruce, daughter, female, whit,
29, married twice, married 6 years, 4 children born, 3 children living, born
CA, father born England, mother born KS, speaks English, own income, can read
and write
Ruth M. Bruce, granddaughter, female,
white, 13, single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA, speaks English, can
read and write, attending school
Frances M. Bruce, granddaughter, female,
white, 11, single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA, speaks English, can
read and write, attending school
Mary L. Cathey, daughter, female, white,
18, single, born CA, father born GA, mother born CA, speaks English, can read
and write
McCurdy Cathey, son, male, white, 16,
single, born CA, father born GA, mother born CA, speaks English, can read and
write, attending school
[493]
1920 Federal Census, Wawona Precinct, Mariposa Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 5,
Enumeration Dist. 42, Sheet 1 A, line #8, dwelling #8, family #8:
Albert H. Bruce, head, owned home,
mortgaged, male, white, 40, divorced, can read & write, born CA, father
born NY, mother born NY, farmer.
[494]
1930 Federal Census, Mill Valley Town, Sausalito Township, Marin Co., CA,
Enumeration Dist. 21-28, Supervisors Dist. 1, Sheet No. 8B, line #89:
Albert H. Bruce, lodger, male, white,
48, single, can read and write, born CA, father born NY, mother born NY, speaks
English, photographer, photography industry, not a veteran
[495]
California, U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941, online
database at www.Ancestry.com.
[496]
1940 Federal Census, Wawona, Yosemite National Park, Township 5, Mariposa Co.,
CA, Supervisors Dist. 5, Enumeration Dist. 22-9, Sheet No. 1A, dwelling #12,
owned home valued at $1500:
Albert H. Bruce, head, male, white, 60,
single, attended school through 2nd grade, born CA, resident of
Wawona, Mariposa Co., CA, in 1935, has a job, photographer
[497] www.findagrave.com, memorial #39092118, from
his gravestone in the I.O.O.F. Section of Merced Cemetery in Merced, CA.
[498]
1930 Federal Census, Vancouver City, Ward 2, Precinct A, Clark Co., WA,
Enumeration Dist. 6-44, Supervisors Dist. 6, Sheet No. 10B, dwelling #203,
family #207:
Martha M. Bruce, head, renting house,
$50 per month, female, white, 50, widow, age 15 at first marriage, can read and
write, born CA, father born England, mother born KS, speaks English, landlady,
rooming house
Ruth Bruce [sic], daughter, female,
white, 32, married, age 17 at first marriage, can read and write, born CA,
father born US, mother born CA, speaks English, no occupation
Francis Bruce [sic], daughter, female,
white, 30, married, age 17 at first marriage, can read and write, born CA,
father born US, mother born CA, speaks English, no occupation
Albert Bruce, son, male, white, 22,
single, can read and write, born CA, father born US, mother born CA, speaks
English, laborer, saw mill
(Plus 7 unrelated roomers.)
[499] Per
her www.findagrave.com memorial
#24852654; Washington, U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013, online image database
at www.Ancestry.com.
[500] Per
her www.findagrave.com memorial
#24852654.
[501] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#24852802, his birth place from his obituary.
[502] www.findagrave.com, memorial #24852802,
from his gravestone in the Masonic Section of Merced Cemetery in Merced, CA.
[503] www.findagrave.com, memorial #24852654,
from her gravestone in the Masonic Section of Merced Cemetery in Merced, CA.
[504] Her
birth date and county from the Laird Family Bible, her place of birth from
Venice (Longinetti) Scherer, granddaughter of Ruth Louisa Laird.
[505] Per
Venice (Longinetti) Scherer; their marriage license notice published The
Morning Union of Grass Valley, CA, on 11 Sept. 1913.
[506] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#24845380.
[507]
1920 Federal Census, Reno, Washoe Co., NV, lines #78-80, living in dwelling
#172, family #192, with the family of Thomas and Mable Black:
Lawrence Seaman, head, male, white, 25,
married, can read & write, born NV, father born NE, mother born US,
employee R.F.M.
Ruth Seaman, wife, female, white, 23,
married, can read & write, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA,
housewife.
Dorothy Seaman, daughter, female, white,
6/12, single, born NV, father born NV, mother born CA.
May Smith, mother in law [sic], female,
white, 38, widowed, can read & write, born CA, father born England, mother
born CA, dental asst.
[509] Per
Venice (Longinetti) Scherer; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #24845380, from his gravestone in the Masonic Section of Merced
Cemetery in Merced, Merced Co., CA.
[512] Per
Venice (Longinetti) Scherer, but a marriage license for Louis M. Stockton, aged
33, a resident of Douglas, AZ, and native of Moorpark, CA, and Ruth MacDonald,
a resident of Phoenix, AZ, and native of Jersey Dale, CA, was issued on 18 Nov.
1929 in Yuma Co., AZ.
[513] 1930
Federal Census, Township 4, Glenn Co., CA, Enumeration Dist. 11-9, Supervisors
Dist. 3, Sheet No. 8A, dwelling #184, family #184:
Mirian M. Stockton, head, renting house,
$15 per month, male, white, 32, married, age 17 at first marriage, can read and
write, born CA, father born KS, mother born CA, speaks English, laborer, farm,
a worker, a veteran of the World War.
Ruth L. Stockton, wife, female, white,
32, married, age 17 at first marriage, can read and write, born CA, father born
CA, mother born CA, speaks English
Dorothy M. Stockton [sic], daughter, female,
white, 10, single, attending school, can read and write, born NV, father born
CA, mother born CA, speaks English
[514] 1940
Federal Census, Wawona, Yosemite National Park, Township 5, Mariposa Co., CA,
Supervisors Dist. 5, Enumeration Dist. 22-9, Sheet No. 1A, dwelling #13, owned
a house valued at $3000:
Louis M. Stockton, head, male, white,
43, married, attended 4 years of high school, born CA, resident of Wawona, Mariposa
Co., CA, in 1935, at private work, Star Route Carrier, contract
Ruth L. Stockton, wife, female, white,
43, married, completed 1 year of college, born CA, resident of Wawona, Mariposa
Co., CA, in 1935, does housework
[519] Per
Venice (Longinetti) Scherer; United States Social Security Death Index, online
at www.FamilySearch.org; California
Death Index, 1940-1997, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.
[520] Per
Venice (Longinetti) Scherer; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #24852602, from her gravestone in the Masonic Section of Merced
Cemetery in Merced, CA; her obituary in The Modesto Bee of 28 Apr. 1970 lists
her heirs as her daughter Dorothy Longinetti of San Martin, sister Mrs. Frances
Fontaine, of Fremont, and brother Albert Bruce, of San Leandro.
[522] Per
Dorothy (Seaman) Longinetti, of San Martin, CA; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #9109683.
[524] Per
Dorothy (Seaman) Longinetti, of San Martin, CA; California Birth Index, 1905-1995,
online database at www.Ancestry.com,
recorded as Renaldo Longinotti.
[526] Per
Venice (Longinetti) Scherer; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #9109683, from her memorial in Los Gatos Memorial Park in San Jose,
Santa Clara Co., CA.
[527] Per
Venice (Longinetti) Scherer; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #129261303, from his memorial in Los Gatos Memorial Park in San Jose, CA.
[528] Her
birth date from the Laird Family Bible, her place of birth per Dorothy (Seaman)
Longinetti, of San Martin, CA; per her www.findagrave.com
memorial #236202375.
[529] California,
U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1850-1941, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[530] From
the Social Security Death Index, 1937-1996, Family Tree Maker CD #110; per his
California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997, online at www.Ancestry.com.
[531] 1900
Federal Census, Kansas City Orphan Boy’s Home, Kansas City, Ward 11, Jackson
Co., MO, Supervisors Dist. 5, Enumeration Dist. 123, Sheet No. 20A, line
#15-16:
Edward Fountain, inmate, white, male, 10,
born MO, at school
Nelson Fountain, inmate, white, male, 8,
born MO, at school
[532] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial #24852770,
from his gravestone.
[533]
1920 Federal Census, Precinct No. 1, Emeryville town, Alameda Co., CA,
Supervisors Dist. 5, Enumeration Dist. 200, Sheet 12 B, lines #81-83, 1264 64th
Street, dwelling #244, family #270:
Nelson Fontaine, head, renting, male,
white, 24, married, can read & write, born KS, father b. VT, mother b. KS,
butcher in the slaughter house.
Frances Fontaine, wife, female, white,
21, married, can read & write, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA., no
occupation.
Albert Bruce, brother in law, male,
white, 13, single, attending school, can read & write, born CA, father born
CA, mother born CA.
[534] 1930
Federal Census, San Francisco, Block No. 71, San Francisco Co., CA, Enumeration
Dist. 38-118, Supervisors Dist. 7, Sheet No. 15B, 840 Shotwell St., dwelling #171,
family #375:
Nelson L. Fontaine, head, renting house,
$80 per month, male, white, 40, married, age 26 when first married, can read
and write, born KS, father born VT, mother born VT, speaks English, butcher,
Frances L. Fontaine, wife, female,
white, 40 [sic], married, age 26 when first married [sic], can read and write, born
CA, father born CA, mother born CA, speaks English, butcher, clerk &
cashier, a veteran of the World War.
[535] 1940
Federal Census, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 5,
Enumeration Dist. 38-281. Sheet No. 2A, 1186 South Van Ness, family #42, lines
#35-36, a rented house valued at $3000:
Neilson
[sic] Fontaine, head, male, white, 47, married, completed 8th grade, born CA,
resident of San Francisco in 1935, mead inspector, meat industry
Frances Fontaine, wife, female, white,
40, married, completed 8th grade, born CA, resident of San Francisco in 1935,
does housework
[536] His
birth and death dates from Social Security Death Index, 1937-1996, Family Tree
Maker CD #110; California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997, online database at www.Ancestry.com; www.findagrave.com, memorial #24852770,
from his gravestone in the Masonic Section of Merced Cemetery in Merced, Merced
Co., CA.
[537] Social
Security Death Index, 1937-1996, Family Tree Maker CD #110; www.findagrave.com, memorial #236202375,
from her gravestone in Merced Cemetery in Merced, CA.
[540] Her
death date and age from the Laird Family Bible, her cause of death per Dorothy
(Seaman) Longinetti, of San Martin, CA.
[542] His
birth date from the California Death Index, 1940-1997, online at www.FamilySearch.org, his middle name
from the Bruce Family Tree file submitted by Norma Camilleri.
[543] 1920
Federal Census, Precinct No. 1, Emeryville town, Alameda Co., CA, Supervisors
Dist. 5, Enumeration Dist. 200, Sheet 12 B, lines #81-83, 1264 64th Street,
dwelling #244, family #270.
[544] 1930
Federal Census, Township Five, Mariposa Co., CA, Enumeration Dist. 22-8,
Supervisors Dist. 4, Sheet No. 6A, p. 29, dwelling #146, family #146:
Elbert E. Graham, head, owns house valued
at $350, male, white, 47, married, age 20 at first marriage, can read and
write, born IN, father born IN, mother born IN, speaks English, mechanic, automotive
garage, a worker, not a veteran
Stella A. Graham, wife, female, white,
43, married, age 16 at first marriage, can read and write, born MD, father born
MD, mother born MD, speaks English
Richard F. Leoni, boarder, male, white,
26, single, can read and write, born DE, father born Italy, mother born Italy,
speaks English, seaman, freight vessel, a worker, not a veteran
Albert O. Bruce, boarder, male, white,
23, single, can read and write, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA, speaks
English, truck driver, government, a worker, not a veteran
[545] California,
U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941, the marriage of Charles
E. Sheaffer and Maud E. Humphrey on 15 Feb. 1913 in Oakland, Alameda Co., CA.
[546] Calculated
from the birth date of oldest child, her maiden name from the birth records of
their children; their marriage license notification in The San Francisco
Examiner of 7 June 1932 identified them both as of Wawona, CA.
[547] California
Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com,
her mother’s maiden name Humphrey, and her middle name from the California
Death Index, 1940-1997, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.
[548] 1940
Federal Census, Wawona, Yosemite National Park, Judicial Township 5, Mariposa Co.,
CA, Supervisors Dist. 2, Enumeration Dist. 22-9, Sheet No. 2A, dwelling #28,
rented, $10 per month:
Albert O. Bruce, head, male, white, 33,
married, completed 8th grade, born CA, resident of Wawona, Mariposa Co., CA, in
1935, seeking work, truck driver, park maintenance,
Frances Bruce, wife, female, white, 26,
married, completed 8th grade, born CA, resident of Wawona, Mariposa Co., CA, in
1935, housework
Albert C. Bruce, son, male, white, 6,
single, attending school, completed 1st grade, born CA, resident of Wawona, Mariposa
Co., CA, in 1935
Howard M. Bruce, son, male, white, 5,
single, born CA, resident of Wawona, Mariposa Co., CA, in 1935
Merle A. Bruce, son, male, white, 3,
single, born CA,
Barton D. Bruce, son, male, white, 1, single,
born CA,
[549] California
Death Index, 1940-1997, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.
[550] California
Death Index, 1940-1997, online database at www.FamilySearch.org,
her maiden name Schaffer, and her mother’s maiden name Humphrey.
[552]
1920 Federal Census, Township 4, LeGrand Village, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors
Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 155, Sheet 2 B, lines #57-58, dwelling #51, family
#51:
Henry McClure, head, owned home free,
male, white, 82, married, can read & write, born AR, father born United
States, mother born U.S., farmer.
Frances C[?]. McClure, wife, female,
white, 72, married, can read & write, born MO, father born NC, mother born
SC.
[554] Per
Letus Wallace, of Merced, CA; per her www.findagrave.com
memorial #47340194.
[556] 1910
Federal Census, Township 5 White Rock District, Mariposa Co., CA, Supervisors
Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 97, Sheet No. 6B, family #62:
Louis P. Laird, head, male, white, 36,
married once, married 9 years, born CA, father born KY, mother born KY, speaks
English, farmer, general farm, can read and write, owns farm
Leona E. Laird, wife, female, white, 29,
married once, married 9 years, 2 children born, 2 children living, born CA,
father born AR, mother born MO, speaks English, can read and write
Lester
M. Laird, son, male, white, 8, single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA,
speaks English, not attending school
Forrest L. Laird, son, male, white, 5,
single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA, speaks English, not attending
school
David M. Hamilton, nephew, male, white,
19, single, born CA, father born MO, mother born CA, speaks English, vaquero,
ranch, can read and write
[557] 1920
Federal Census, Modesto Township, Stanislaus Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 6,
Enumeration Dist. 166, Sheet No. 17A, dwelling #379, family #400:
Porter
Laird, head, owns home, male, white, 45, married, can read and write, born CA, father
born KY, mother born NY, speaks English, foreman, state highway, a worker
Leona Laird, wife, female, white, 39,
married, can read and write, born CA, father born AR, mother born MO, speaks
English
Forest Laird, son, male, white, 15,
single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born CA, mother
born CA, speaks English,
Lester Laird, son, male, white, 18, single,
attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA,
speaks English, student, Calif. School for Blind
Veryl Laird, daughter, female, white, 7,
single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born CA, mother
born CA, speaks English
Virginia Laird, daughter, female, white,
5, single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA
[558] 1930
Federal Census, Modesto Township, Stanislaus Co., CA, Enumeration Dist. 50-23,
Supervisors Dist. 9, Sheet No. 21A, p. 290, dwelling #561, family #562:
Louis P. Laird, head, owns farm, male,
white, 56, married, age 26 at first marriage, can read and write, born CA,
father born KY, mother born KY, speaks English, foreman, state highway, not a
veteran
Leona E. Laird, wife, female, white, 49,
married, age 19 at first marriage, can read and write, born CA, father born AR,
mother born MO, speaks English
Veryl Laird, daughter, female, white,
17, single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born CA, mother
born CA, speaks English
Virginia Laird, daughter, female, white,
15, single, attending school, can read and write, born CA, father born CA, mother
born CA, speaks English
[559] Her
death date and city from the Laird Family Bible; www.findagrave.com, memorial #47340194,
from her gravestone in Modesto Pioneer Cemetery in Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA,
and from her obituary in the LeGrand Advocate of 23 May 1930.
[560] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial #57316064,
and from his obituary.
[561] Per
her www.findagrave.com memorial #57570968.
[562] Per
her www.findagrave.com memorial #57570968.
[563] 1940
Federal Census, Modesto Township, Stanislaus Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 9,
Enumeration Dist. 50-25, Sheet No. 5A, dwelling #115, owned farm valued at
$4000:
Louis P. Laird, head, male, white, 66,
married, completed 8th grade, born CA, resident of Modesto in 1935, a farm, at
private work, highway maintenance foreman, state highway maintenance
Mary E. Laird, wife, female, white, 53,
married, completed 8th grade, born KS, resident of Modesto in 1935, does housework
[565] www.findagrave.com, memorial #57316064,
from his gravestone in Modesto Pioneer Cemetery in Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA,
and from his obituary in the Modesto Bee of 7 July 1950, which says that
he was the state highway maintenance foreman for 29 years, and leaves behind
his widow, Mary E. Laird, of Whittier, three children, Veryle Stevens, Virginia
Johnston and Lester Laird, and five grandchildren.
[566] www.findagrave.com, memorial #57570968, from
her gravestone in Modesto Citizens Cemetery in Modesto, CA, and from her
obituary in the Oakland Tribune of 12 Oct. 1965, which lists her brother
Jack Swain, and children Loring Drouillard and Elma McAuliffe.
[568]
1920 Federal Census, Oakland Township, Berkeley City, Alameda Co., CA,
Supervisors Dist. 5, Enumeration Dist. 174, Sheet 5B, at the California School
for the Deaf and Blind, line #52:
Lester McC Laird, boarder, male, white,
18, single, can read & write, born CA, father born Scotland [sic], English,
mother born Ireland [sic], Irish, no occupation.
[569]
1930 Federal Census, San Francisco, Block 160, San Francisco Co., CA,
Enumeration Dist. 38-360, Supervisor’s Dist. 6, Sheet 1A, p. 186, at the
Harcourt Hotel, line #7:
Lester M. Laird, guest, renting, $30,
male, white, 28, single, can read & write, born CA, father and mother born
CA, agent ins., insurance, employed, not a veteran.
[570] 1940
Federal Census, San Francisco, Ward 26 A.D., Block No. 17, San Francisco Co., CA,
Supervisors Dist. 5, Enumeration Dist. 38-423, Sheet No. 2B, 426 Pierce St.,
line #69:
Lester M. Laird, head, male, white, 38,
single, completed 4 years of high school, born CA, resident of San Francisco in
1935, private work, salesman, brooms whle [wholesale]
[571] Per
their marriage notices in The Dispatch of Moline, IL, of 26 Mar. 1942, and
The Rock Island Argus of Rock Island, IL, of 26 Mar. 1942, Miss Alice M.
Johnson, formerly of Moline, IL, and Lester M. Laird, of Albany, CA, on 15 Mar.
1942 in Reno, NV, online at www.newspapers.com.
[572] California,
U.S., Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online database at www.Ancestry.com, he was aged 75 and she was
aged 81.
[575] Per
Letus Wallace; Washington, U.S., Death Index, 1940-2017, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[576] Per
Letus Wallace; Washington, U.S., Death Index, 1940-2017, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[577] His
birth date and county from the Laird Family Bible; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #57316060.
[579] Per
her United States Social Security Death Index online at www.FamilySearch.org; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #195854287,
which only gives the year.
[580] 1930
Federal Census, Modesto City, Ward 26, Block No. 328, Modesto Township, Stanislaus
Co., CA, Enumeration Dist. 50-19, Supervisors Dist. 9, Sheet No. 22A, p. 214,
227 Roselawn Ave., dwelling #310, family #313:
Forrest L. Laird, head, renting house
for $20 per month, male, white, 25, married, age 23 at first marriage, can read
and write, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA, speaks English, mechanic,
tractor, a worker, not a veteran
Jimmie S. Laird, wife, female, white, 23,
married, age 21 at first marriage, can read and write, born TX, father born TX,
mother born TX, speaks English
[581] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#57316060.
[582] 1940
Federal Census, Twp 1, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 9, Enumeration Dist.
24-1, Sheet No. 7A, dwelling #153, owns farm:
Forrest
Laird, head, male, white, 36, single, completed 4 years of high school, born
CA, resident of Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA, in 1935, at private work, laborer,
agriculture
[583] Per
Letus Wallace, of Merced, CA; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #57316060, from his gravestone in Modesto Pioneer Cemetery in Modesto,
CA.
[584] California,
U.S., Marriage Index, 1960-1985, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[585] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#195854166.
[586] www.findagrave.com, memorial #195854166,
from his gravestone in Lakewood Memorial Park in Hughson, Stanislaus Co., CA.
[587] United
States Social Security Death Index, online database at www.FamilySearch.org; www.findagrave.com, memorial #195854287,
from her gravestone in Lakewood Memorial Park in Hughson, CA.
[588] Her
birth date from the Laird Family Bible, her name listed as Ruby Veryl Laird in
the bible, but she considered her name as Veryl Ruby Laird, and went by Veryl.
[589] Per
Veryl (Laird) Clement, of Seattle, WA; her marriage notice in The Modesto
Bee of 31 Aug. 1931, online at www.newspapers.com.
[590] Per
Veryl (Laird) Clement, of Seattle, WA; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #38821980.
[591] www.findagrave.com, memorial #38821980, from
his gravestone in Acacia Memorial Park in Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA.
[593] Per
Veryl (Laird) Clement, of Seattle, WA; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #187297638.
[594] Per
his www.findagrave.com memorial
#187297638; per her www.findagrave.com memorial
#42748338.
[596] 1940
Federal Census, Santa Clara City, Santa Clara Township, Santa Clara Co., CA,
Supervisors Dist. 7, Enumeration Dist. 43-439, Sheet No. 10B, dwelling #239, renting
house for $25 per month:
Leslie A. Stevens, head, male, white,
44, married, completed 1 year of college, born CA, resident of Lodi, CA, in
1935, at private work, frame cutter, lumber mill
Veryl Stevens, wife, female, white, 27,
married, completed 4 years of high school, born CA, resident of Modesto,
Stanislaus Co., CA, in 1935, does housework
Judith Stevens, daughter, female, white,
1, single, born CA
Louis P. Guth, step son, male, white, 7,
single, completed 1st grade, born CA, resident of Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA,
in 1935
[597] www.findagrave.com, memorial #187297638, from
his gravestone in Sacramento Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Sacramento, Sacramento
Co., CA.
[598] Washington,
U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[599] Per
Veryl (Laird) Clement, of Seattle, WA, his birth place from his www.findagrave.com memorial #26421170.
[601] www.findagrave.com, memorial #26421170,
from his interment record in Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada.
[603] Washington,
U.S., Death Index, 1940-2017, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[605] Her
birth month and year from the Laird Family Bible, the date by her daughter,
Londa (Johnston) Hinch, of Sacramento, CA; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #112463463.
[606] Per
Londa (Johnston) Hinch, of Sacramento, CA; her marriage shower notice in The
Modesto Bee of 28 Oct. 1934, which mentions the wedding date set for
November 10th.
[607] Per
Londa (Johnston) Hinch, of Sacramento, CA; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #112463462.
[608] 1940
Federal Census, Newark, Washington Township, Alameda Co., CA, Supervisors Dist.
6, Enumeration Dist. 1-181, Sheet No. 10B, dwelling #265, owned house valued at
$3000:
Jesse Johnston, head, male, white, 31,
married, completed 4 years of high school, born TX, resident of Alvarado,
Alameda Co., CA, in 1935, at private work, truck driver, salt works
Virginia Johnston, wife, female, white,
25, married, completed 4 years of high school, born CA, resident of Alvarado,
Alameda Co., CA, in 1935, does housework
Londa Johnston, daughter, female, white,
4/12, single, born CA
[609] Per
Londa (Johnston) Hinch, of Sacramento, CA; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #112463462, from his gravestone in Mount Vernon Memorial Park in Fair Oaks,
Sacramento Co., CA.
[610] Per
Londa (Johnston) Hinch, of Sacramento, CA; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #112463463, from her gravestone in Mount Vernon Memorial Park in Fair
Oaks, CA, her obituary in The Sacramento Bee of 4 May 1982, lists her
heirs as Londa Hing, of Sacramento and Leona Brooks, of Tucson, AZ, her brother
Lester Laird, of Fresno, and sister Veryl Clement, of Seattle, WA.
[612] The
marriage date from the Laird Family Bible, and their California Marriage
Record, which gave the name of the minister and the church.
[614]
1880 Federal Census, Township No. 1, Catheys Valley Election Precinct, Mariposa
Co., CA, page 17, Supervisors Dist. 2, Enumeration Dist. 40, dwelling #7,
family #7
William Wallace, white, male, 50,
married, farmer, born AL, father born GA, mother born GA
Sarah E. Wallace, white, female, 33,
wife, married, keeping house, born LA, father born VT, mother born MA
Charles A. Wallace, white, male, 14,
son, single, at home, attending school, born CA, father born AL, mother born LA
Mary C. Wallace, white, female, 11,
daughter, single, at home, attending school, born CA, father born AL, mother
born LA
Elizabeth E. Wallace, white, female, 9,
daughter, single, attending school, born CA, father born AL, mother born LA
William A. Wallace, white, male, 6, son,
single, attending school, born CA, father born AL, mother born LA
Francis O. Wallace, white, male, 4, son,
single, born CA, father born AL, mother born LA
Andrew Wallace, white, male, 2, son,
single, born CA, father born AL, mother born LA
[Living next door to George C. and
Eusibia Wills]
[616] 1910
Federal Census, Oakland City, Ward 7, Brooklyn Township, Alameda Co., CA,
Supervisors Dist. 3, Enumeration Dist. 20, Sheet No. 6A, dwelling #113, family
#116:
M.[sic] A. Wallace, head, male, white,
36, married once, married 7 years, born CA, father born AL, mother born LA, speaks
English, teamster, can read and write, owns house
Virginia Wallace, wife, female, white,
34, married once, married 7 years, 4 children born, 4 children living, born CA,
father born KY, mother born IL, speaks English, can read and write
Sarah [sic] Wallace, daughter [sic], female,
white, 6, single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA, can read and write,
attending school
Latus [sic] Wallace, son, male, white,
4, single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA
Leland Wallace, son, male, white, 3,
single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA
Edward Wallace, son, male, white, 2,
single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA
[617]
1920 Federal Census, Judicial Township No. 8, Winton Village, Winton Precinct,
Merced Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 6, Enumeration Dist. 162, Sheet 15 A-B, lines
#46-52, dwelling #331, family #350:
William A. Wallace, head, rented home,
male, white, 46, married, can read & write, born CA, father born AL, mother
born LA, farmer.
Virginia Wallace, wife, female, white,
43, married, can read & write, born CA, father born KY, mother born VA
[sic], no occupation.
Ferris Wallace, son, male, white, 16,
single, attending school, can read & write, born CA, father born CA, mother
born CA, high school student.
Letus Wallace, son, male, white, 14,
single, attending school, can read & write, born CA, father born CA, mother
born CA.
Leland Wallace, son, male, white, 13,
single, attending school, can read & write, born CA, father born CA, mother
born CA.
Edward Wallace, son, male, 12, single,
attending school, can read & write, born CA, father born CA, mother born
CA.
Nevelle Wallace, daughter, female, 2
4/12, single, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA.
[618]
1930 Federal Census, Township 8, Mitchell Precinct, Merced Co., CA, Sheet 11 B,
dwelling #256, family #259, (hard to read):
William A. Wallace, head, owner, male,
white, 56, married, (can’t read age at marriage), can read & write, born
CA, father born AL, mother born LA, farmer, fruit farm, not a veteran
Virginia M. Wallace, wife, female,
white, 54, married, age 26 at marriage, can read & write, born CA, father
born KY, mother born IL, no occupation.
Leland E. Wallace, son, male, white, 23,
single, can read & write, born CA, father born CA, mother born CA, teller
in a bank.
Nevelle V. Wallace, daughter, female,
white, 12, single, can read & write, born CA, father born CA, mother born
CA
Louis Ramos, hired hand, male, white,
24, single, can read & write, born CA, father and mother born in Portugal,
laborer, farm
Elizabeth M. Smith, boarder, female,
white, 21, single, can read & write, born CA, father and mother born CA,
teacher, public school
(Can’t read name) Buse?, boarder,
female, white, 24, single, can read & write, born CA, father and mother
born CA, teacher, public school
[619] 1940
Federal Census, Twp 8, Merced Co., CA, Supervisors Dist. 9, Enumeration Dist.
24-34, Sheet No. 12B, dwelling #254, owned farm valued at $3000:
William Wallace, head, male, white, 66,
married, completed 5th grade, born CA, resident of same place in 1935, private
work, farmer, farm, working on own account
Virginia M. Wallace, wife, female,
white, 64, married, completed 8th grade, born CA, resident of same place in
1935, does housework
Blanche Tuggy, lodger, female, white,
22, single, completed 5 years of college, born CA, resident of same place in 1935,
private work, teacher, school
[621] Per
Letus Wallace, of Merced, CA; www.findagrave.com
memorial #184171217, from her gravestone in Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, CA.
[622] His
birth date and city from the Laird Family Bible; his birth date also from his
death record; California, U.S. Birth Records from Select Counties, 1872-1987,
gives the year as 1902 in Fresno.
[626] California,
U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[627] California,
U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[628] His
birth date and city from the Laird Family Bible, his birth date also from his
death record.
[630] The
marriage date from the Laird Family Bible, and per Letus Wallace and Betty
(Hamill) Wallace, of Merced, CA.
[631] Per
Betty (Hamill) Wallace, of Merced, CA; California Birth Index, 1905-1995,
online database at www.Ancestry.com; her
birth date also from her death record.
[632] Per Letus Wallace, of Merced, CA; California, U.S., Death
Index, 1940-1997, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[633] California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997, online database
at www.Ancestry.com;
his obituary in the Merced Sun-Star of 28 Feb. 1895, online at www.newspapers.com.
[634] Personal knowledge of the author. The funerals of Betty
and Letus Wallace were attended by many prominent people from Merced and
Fresno, as well as their large families.
[635] His
birth date and city from the Laird Family Bible; California Birth Index, 1905-1995,
online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[638] Per
Crystal (Cushman) Wallace, of Maxwell, CA, and from research done by David
Leland Wallace.
[640] Per Crystal (Cushman) Wallace; California, U.S., Death
Index, 1940-1997, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[641] Her death per David Wallace; U.S., Social Security Death
Index, 1935-2014, online database at www.Ancestry.com.
[642] His
birth date and city from the Laird Family Bible, which gives the year as 1908, but
a separate paper inserted into the Laird Family Bible his birth date is written
as Sept. 12, 1907, not 1908; California Birth Index, 1905-1997, online database
at www.Ancestry.com, gives the year as
1907; per his www.findagrave.com
memorial #184171168, from his gravestone which also gives the date as 12 Sept.
1907.
[643] His
death date from the Laird Family Bible, his cause of death per Virginia (Wallace)
Maltby; California, U.S., Death Index, 1905-1939, online database at www.Ancestry.com; www.findagrave.com, memorial #184171168,
from his gravestone in Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, Alameda Co., CA.
[644] Her
birth date and city from the Laird Family Bible, and from her California State
Birth Certificate; California Birth Index, 1905-1995, online database at www.Ancestry.com.