This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WHEELER/McNAMARA/TRAINER/LYON Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zV.2ADI/1843.1.1 Message Board Post: Cindy, You are a "generous, genealogical, genie. I thank you very much. Where may I send for a copy, if one is available? I appreciate your help, so much. Gratefully, Helen McNamara > [email protected] < P.S. If I am not taking advantage of your generosity -would you see if you can find his wife Catherine B. Wheeler nee McGovern. I have her preceeding him by several years and having been buried in St. Mary's Cem. in Oakland on 04 Oct. 1895 at age 52. Would have died in same place as Nicholas.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1843.1 Message Board Post: Oakland Tribune – April 2, 1923 WHEELER – in Oakland, April 1, 1923. Nicholas Wheeler, dearly beloved husband of Catherine B. Wheeler and Loving father of Mrs. J. M. McNamara, Mrs. James F. Trainer, Mrs. Agnes L. Lyon, Nicholas A. and Elizabeth M. Wheeler and brother-in-law of (Can’t see image) aged ?6 years, 10 months, 27 days. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend funeral Wednesday, April 3, 1923, at 9 o’clock a.m., from the chapel of Grant D. Miller, 2373 East 14th St.. thence to St. (Can’t see image) Church where a solemn requiem high mass will be celebrated for the repose of his soul, commencing at 9:30 o’clock a.m. Interment St. Mary’s cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Labarge, Duhaime, Holloway Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zV.2ADI/1850 Message Board Post: I am seeking a birth or baptism record of Thomas Joseph Labarge, born on Feb 27, 1895 in Oakland (per his death certificate). His parents were Joseph Labarge and Eleanore Duhaime who came from Quebec and were presumably Catholic. Any idea on where I might find such a record is appreciated. Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GRIFFIN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zV.2ADI/1849 Message Board Post: I've sent my request for March of Dimes already and would just like to see if anyone has come across this type of information intheir research. A friend of mine and her brother were on a poster from the Oakland area. She was very young. Her brothers have since died each still showing the ravages of this disease. I am hoping to give a copy of this poster to her one day althought it does seem like a needle in a haystack.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1848 Message Board Post: Looking for the family of Alfred S. Russell, who work for the SP for many years. He was the son of George E. Russell, who was also a railroad worker and from richmond Parrish, New Brunswick, Canada. Thanks------------ Jim

I am looking for any information on the following person. this is all the information I have for him and want to find his natural parents. His mother was Elsie Althea Campbell Long, not sure if Campbell is maiden name or married name. Any info very much appreciated. Sandy Newport Laurence Daniel TAGAY: baptized as Laurence Daniel MAY 23 Dec 1938 at Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Avenue, Menlo Park, CA. Adopted by David & Jeanette MAY (d. 03 Sep 1965) Name on Petition for adoption Superior Court of Ca County of San Mateo was Larry Daniel Campbell aka Lollie Campbell aka Buddie Campbell dated Jan. 1944. document is amended to remove David because he died and Jeanette is now the sole petitioner. Document states that she has had physical custody since 10 Jan 1939 when his mother Althea Campbell left him with her. There was a court proceeding on 23 Aug 1943, proceeding No. 2320 to declare Larry Daniel Campbell "a minor free from parental control" but we do not have a copy of that proceeding. Larry was born 23 Dec 1938 and has been with Jeanette since Jan 1939 Letter from Althea Long sent to Larry by Jeanette states the father of Larry is Bill TAGAY, 2418 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA states she (Althea) can't get him to help her but feels that Mrs. May can as "he makes good money."

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1847 Message Board Post: Any decendants of The Russell family who lived at Pontiac st. in Oakland Thanks ------------James

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1846 Message Board Post: any information of William Henry Russell, who work for the Pacific railroad out of Oakland, calif. from 18777 to 1915. He was a Master Mechanic. James

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jacobus Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zV.2ADI/1845 Message Board Post: Looking for obit for Richard W. Jacobus. Richard was born 4/9/1916 in Kansas and died 1/27/1961 in Alameda County. Any help would be greatly appriciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McNAMARA Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zV.2ADI/1844 Message Board Post: Looking for Joseph M. McNamara in an 1880 (or before) directory of Alameda County Oakland and or Berkeley. He worked for the Oakland Water Works in the early 1880s, but his death record cert. shows him as having been in Oakland/ Berkeley by 1874???? Only documentation I have of him in California is his marriage in 1884. He is not listed in the 1880 census of Alameda County, California. (could have been missed?? OR wasn't there yet???)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WHEELER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zV.2ADI/1843 Message Board Post: Hello all you wonderful people, I would like to find the obiturary of Nicholas Wheeler who died in Berkeley (or Oakalnd), Alameda County, Califonia on or before 1 April, 1923. Believe I have found him buried 1 April, 1923 in St. Marys Catholic Cemetery in Oackalnd, California He became the station master of the lagest railroad through Oakland.He is my children's 2X Gr. Grandfather. Thanks for any help.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McNamara Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zV.2ADI/1842 Message Board Post: Would a child (young man) of 12 have had to file Declaration of Intentions in Philadelphia in 1866? The only dumb question is the question unasked. Researching Joseph Michael McNamara, b abt 1854, in Ireland, who fell from the sky into Alameda County, Berkeley, California in 1883. I have three or four different dates that he MAY have arrived from his native land, the County of Clare in Ireland. I am too old for this confusion as I am already confused. EEK! HELP!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zV.2ADI/1840.1 Message Board Post: Jean, Found James and Flora on the 1880's census in Washington, Nevada county, CA along with son Burton age 2. James is listed as a ditch foreman. They are in the same town on the 1900 census along with Burton who is listed as a bookkeeper and sister Ethel. Birth dates for this family are James March 1838, Flora October 1860, Burton J. June 1877 and Ethel June 1881. On the 1910 census Flora is living with Burton and wife Henrietta (32) and son Charles B. age 5 in Oakland Alameda county CA. Burton is a clerk at a lumber company. 1920 census, Burton, his wife and children Charles B. 15, Francis 9, Miriam A. 6, and Donald J. 2 yrs 8 mos. Burton is now working for an oil company, can't read the position. No mention of Flora. I believe James Rose died on 11-15-06 at the age of 68 in Alameda county, can't find Flora who by the way is listed in the census as being born in Ohio. Burton J. Rose June 29, 1877 to 9-25-1968 in Alameda county, mothers maiden is McCool. Will check on the Heywood line a little later for you. Carol

I found this posted on the Worcester MA mailing list, and thought that it was worth reposting here. Judy From: [email protected] (Marcia Payne) Date: September 4, 2005 6:56:53 AM PDT To: [email protected] Subject: Edmund Clark Sanford sketch Found in Vol. 3 of "History of Worcester and it's People" by Charles Nutt; Lewis Historical Publishing Company, NYC, 1919 page 42 President of Clark College, was born in Oakland, California, November 10, 1859, son of Edmund Philo and Jennie Eliza (CLARK) SANFORD. He attended the Oakland public schools, graduating from the high school there in 1879. He entered the University of California, from which he graduated in 1883 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He became a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, receiving the degree of Ph.D there in 1888. Subsequetly he has received the honorary degree of Sc.D from Hobart Colege in 1909, and LL.D. from the University of California in 1912. After teaching for a few weeks in a mountain school in California, he taught two years in Oahu College, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, leaving to enter Johns Hopkins University in the fall of 1885. For a time in 1888 he served as an instructor in psychology in the under-graduate department of Johns Hopkins and during 1888-1889 was in charge of the American Journal of Psychology while its editor, G. Stanley HALL was absent in Europe. Since 1895 he has been joint editor of that periodical. He came to this city in 1889 to become an instructor in psychology in Clark University, then opening, and step by step he was advanced until in 1900 he held the chair of experimental and comparative psychology. In 1909 he was elected president of Clark College, an office he has filled with distinction since that time. President SANFORD has published many papers on psychological subjects. In 1898 he published a book entitled "A Course in Experimental Psychology." He was a member of the board of trustees of the Lyman and Industrial Schools (Boy's and girl's reform schools of the State). In politics he is an independent. He has been a member of the American Psychological Association since it's foundation and its president in1902; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has been active in local organizations and civic affairs, and was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Bohemian Club, the Equal Franchise Club, the St. Wulstan Society and the old Worcester Fire Society. In religion Dr. SANFORD is an Episcopalian, and for many years has served on the vestry of St. Mark's Church of this city. Dr. SANFORD married in Berkeley, California, December 28 1901, Florence BARTLING, who was born June 3, 1860, in San Francisco, California, a daughter of William and Hannah Mary (BOWEN) BARTLING. Her father was born in Philadelphia, February 28, 1819; went to California in 1849; was an officer in the Custom House four years; later in mercantile business in San Francisco; died at Oakland, April 5, 1887. Her mother was born in Cooperstown, New York, September 23, 1828, died May 21, 1900. Dr. and Mrs. SANFORD have no children. Their home is at No. 160 Woodland Street. Mrs. SANFORD is a member of the Public Educational Association. Edmund Philo SANFORD, father of Dr. SANFORD, was born in Newark, New Jersey. August 25, 1826, and died February 14, 1880. Though born in New Jersey, he was of old Massachusetts pioneer stock, and spent most of his boyhood in Wrentham, Mass. He removed to California in the winter of 1849, reaching San Francisco by way of the Isthmus of Panama. He was in business in Calfornia to the time of his death. Jennie Eliza (CLARK) SANFORD was born in Farmington, Connecticut, December 9, 1822, and died July 25, 1902. Dr. SANFORD's sister, Martha Lewis SANFORD makes her home in his family. THE END

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burnett, Pettus, Perate, Davis, Aalders, Kelbart Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1841 Message Board Post: Robert Wesley "Coach" Burnett, of Salt Lake City, passed away with his family around him December 20, 1998 age 83. Robert, second child of Frederick Joseph Burnett and Emma Elizabeth Pettus born August 15, 1915 Oakland, CA He was Varsity men's basketball coach 1942 USU Logan Utah. During World War II, he served as a naval aviator at the rank of lieutenant j.g. and was awarded several medals. In 1949, he returned to Stanford, first as assistant coach and then as head coach of the men's basketball team until 1954. He later worked as a Pac-8 referee, served as commissioner of the West Coast Athletic Conference and pursued interests in the mortgage, savings and loan and restaurant industries. Survivors: his wife, Kathleen L. (Davis) Burnett of Logan UT; his first wife, Pauline (Perate) Burnett of Palo Alto CA; eight children, Ria, Kevin, Melanie, Damian, Matthew, Jonathan, Deborah Aalders, and Kathryn Burnett-Klebart; and 10 grandchildren.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ROSE, HEYWOOD, OLIVER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zV.2ADI/1840 Message Board Post: Seeking death dates/places and family information [residence addresses, occupation, civic activities...etc] about James ROSE [born 1838 in Canada] and Flora OLIVER [born Abt. 1860 in CA]. Their daughter, Ethel Voss ROSE, married Charles Dingley HEYWOOD, who became one of Berkeley's mayors. We have many questions about this family and would appreciate any information that is available. Thank you so much. Jean [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1839 Message Board Post: HENRY F. NEBAS               The subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, November 20, 1830, but when fourteen years of age accompanied his parents to the United States and located in Buffalo, New York.  When nineteen years old he commenced to learn the carpenter’s trade, which he followed there until March, 1854, when he started for California.  Proceeding by way of Panama he arrived in San Francisco during the latter part of that month and immediately went to the mines in El Dorado County, where he remained until 1856.  In that year we find Mr. Nebas in Alameda County, employed in various capacities for seven years.  He then leased land in the vicinity of Haywards for five years, when he purchased his present farm, comprising about seven hundred acres, on which he has made many improvements, and where he is engaged in general farming and stock-raising! .  Married, October 19, 1862, Miss M. A. Doody, a native of Ireland, by whom he has had six children, five of whom by the most distressing accident were killed when returning from a picnic at the railroad crossing near Haywards on May 2, 1882.  His only remaining child Henry W., died of fever in 1883, while this work was in press.  In Mr. Nebas we have another living example of what a life of energy and perseverance can do.  He lives respected by his fellow-citizens.   History of Alameda County, California…, Oakland, M.W. Wood Publ., 1883 p. 951-952

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1838 Message Board Post: EZRA DECOTO The subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in our work, was born in Lower Canada, September 2, 1833, and is the son of Charles and Mary (Gerbeto) Decoto. Having resided with his parents until fifteen years of age, he went to Hazardville, Connecticut, and worked there, afterwards becoming foreman in a cooper’s shop for four years, at which time he started for California. Leaving New York, April 15, 1854, on board the Moses Taylor to the Isthmus of Panama, on the Pacific side per George Law, he arrived in San Francisco May 18th, and directly proceeded to Alameda County, and commenced raising strawberries on the Encinal of Alameda, an occupation he continued two years, when he embarked in the business of raising potatoes in the same place. In 1858 he changed the field of his operations to San Leandro, and embarked in the cultivation of potatoes and the cereals, which he prosecuted for four years, at which time he removed to Haywards, and there far! med until 1867. Mr. Decoto then disposed of his property, and with his brother purchased three hundred and thirty-four acres from Jonah C. Clark, where he settled, and commenced farming. Here he farmed until 1871, when they sold two hundred and eighty-four acres to the Central Pacific Railroad, and reserved the balance, on a portion of which he now resides. In 1873 he purchased one hundred and ten acres near Washington Corners, and disposed of it in 1881. Has been School Trustee for ten years. Married, August 21, 1860, Miss Janet Lowrie, a native of Stirling, Scotland, and has a family consisting of four girls and three boys, viz.: Charles, born June 6, 1861, died February 20, 1869; Lizzie, born April 4, 1863; Mary, born May 8, 1865; Peter, born January 4, 1869; Janet, born February 14, 1871; Alvena, born June 25, 1873; Ezra, born February 6, 1876; Lewis, born June 20, 1868. [1878?] History of Alameda County, California…, Oakland, M.W. Wood Publ., 1883 p. 873

Hello, I must be one of only of tens of millions of people SOOO Frustrated at watching all the News programs of people .. dying in front of our eyes .. while waiting for "drinking water" or any kind of liquid which is drinkable to arrive at the Louisiana Superdome ! And, as of last night, two "infants" have died of dehydration there ! This week I've already posted on the MA List that I would really like to go by a 20-pack of ..Toilet Paper.. and ship it down there ! The more I watch the News, though, I see where "basic human needs" go way beyond toilet paper. They need FOOD and medicine. They need .. diapers and baby food and formula .. and senior citizens need diapers, also ! They need ..DRY.. clothes ... including undergarments ! How many of us have food, medicine, and "sanitary products" in our homes - which we don't really need ? How many of us have clothes in our home which we really don't need ! Do you have summer clothes you bought this year which you might not wear next summer ? Those people in Louisiana and Mississippi have probably been "living in" the same pair of shorts and t-shirt and underwear .. for a week ! And, they probably arrived at whereever they are being "sheltered" -- soaking wet ! My suggestion is to go to the supermarkets and/or stores and pick up their unwanted cardboard boxes .. and start .. filling them up ! Or, I've found out that "banker's boxes" at the office-supply stores are good for sending packages. I went to www.switchboard.com and found out the address: "Katrina Survivors" c/o Louisiana Superdome 1500 Poydras St New Orleans, LA 70112 OR, we could just send our "we care" packages to the following address: "Katrina Survivors" c/o, the Postmaster New Orleans, LA 70112 Even if the New Orleans Post Office has been destroyed, the packages should go to their "regional Post Office" - and they can decide what to do with them ! And, ... wouldn't it be nice .. if the United States Postal Service .. would allow us to mail our "we care" packages ... for free ! And, the same goes for .. UPS .. and FED EX ... I had occasion to want to use UPS to mail 2 packages at different times to Europe ... and I was "SHOCKED" at how much they wanted to charge me ! $50 for a very small, lightweight package, and $350 for a medium-heavy "banker's box." .... I know very well that the "American Red Cross" NEEDS money, and they "always" say ... DO NOT ..send "care packages." BUT ..... this is different ! In our adult lifetime, we have not seen and heard about .. such wide-spread DESTRUCTION .. and -- human need ! If you cannot send "we care" packages, then I have found that even www.ebay.com is offering a way to "contribute" to the American Red Cross - whether you are a Seller or a Buyer. I will be sending this message to other "State" Lists which I belong to ! Please feel free to pass my "request / suggestion" along to whichever Lists you belong to ! A SEPARATE SUGGESTION? Sit down and write a letter to these families - tell them we DO care ! Offer them as much sympathy as you can ! I'll bet that right now those 10,000 - Plus - people .. feel "totally isolated" from the rest of their State - and definitely isolated from the rest of the U.S. ! And, please say a sincere prayer to "your Higher Being" .. that food and drinking water .. get to "Katrina survivors" -- YESTERDAY ! And, not arriving for the first time - this coming weekend ! Betty (near Lowell, MA)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Angelel, Williamson, Parnell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1837 Message Board Post: I am looking for an obit for my first cousin, Jean Beulah Angelel who died 1 Dec 1996. Her parents were John Henry Williamson and Bessie (Parnell) Williamson. Please contact [email protected] Thank you