Karen -- The address for the Struve & LaPorte Funeral Home is Struve & LaPorte Funeral Home 41 W. San Lucas Street Salinas, CA 93901-2715 831-424-0311 They have been helpful to me in the past so they might be able to assist with any additional info they have in their files. Hope this is helpful. Bonnie Favazza fava@home.com -----Original Message----- From: SheleeBebo@aol.com [mailto:SheleeBebo@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 10:51 PM To: CAMONTER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CAMONTER] Byal Death cert Monterey Karen: Here is the transcription of the Monterey County Death Certificate for Blaine Henry Byal. Unfortunately, the Salinas Public Library will be closed for remodeling until June 5th, so I will not be able to look for an obit until then. I have included the birth entries from Colleen's earlier post that appear to be possibly related based on the death certificate info. I can check the Monterey County birth records to see the parents of Alicia Leff, and I will ask for a CADI lookup for Opal Byal, Blaine's divorced spouse, to see if she also died in Monterey County. If you have not already, you might want to write for a copy of Blaine's social security application. See information at <http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi>. --Sheila P. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DEATH CERTIFICATE Source: Monterey County Recorder; Book 27, p. 108. District 2703, # 63 Name: Blaine Henry Byal SS: 554-22-2938 Date of Death: 5 June 1948 Time of Death: 5 p.m. Place of Death: 425 North Main Street, Salinas Residence: 425 North Main Street, Salinas In Community: 7 years In State: 38 years Age: 51 years, 9 months, 4 days Date of Birth: 31 August 1896 Birthplace: Mitchell, Nebraska Sex: Male Race: White Occupation: Laborer Marital Status: Divorced Spouse: Opal Byal {Note: Opal's name is handwritten in, and the rest of the certificate is typewritten.} Father: Milton Byal Birthplace: Finley, Ohio Mother: Stella Kirkpatrick Birthplace: Kearney, Nebraska Cause of Death: edema, pulmonary, acute x 2 hours, due to congestive heart failure, acute x 2 days, due to arteriosclerotic heart disease x years Dr.: None; Coroner's investigation by Deputy Coroner Elmer J. Machado Length of treatment: -- Funeral Home: Struve and Laporte, Salinas Disposition and Date: Burial, 11 June 1948 Cemetery: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno Informant: Mrs. Dorothy Gay, Victorville, California Military: W W I Veteran ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In a message dated 4/20/00 5:00:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time, norby@ainet.com writes: > > Searched the new CADI cds and couldn't find a Blaine Byal dying in 1945. > You have a typo on the death date you give below. . > > I would say that this is your Blaine Byal.... > > BYAL BLAINE HENRY > 08/31/1896 > mother's maiden name KIRKPATRICK > father BYAL > born NB died Monterey 06/05/1948 ss554222938 age at death 51 > > GAY,RICHARD,BENJAMIN,12/10/1944,MALE,BYAL,RIVERSIDE Maybe this is a granddaughter to Blaine: LEFF,ALICIA,DEBRA,02/22/1945,FEMALE,BYAL,MONTEREY GAY,LARRY,ROBERT,10/25/1949,MALE,BYAL,SAN BERNARDINO GAY,JOHN,RAYMOND,10/08/1954,MALE,BYAL,RIVERSIDE LEE,STELLA,BYAL,10/12/1992,FEMALE,KU,LOS ANGELES > > Colleen Norby > > -----Original Message----- > From: Karen Mills Rossi <kmsrossi@pe.net> > To: CAMONTER-L@rootsweb.com <CAMONTER-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Thursday, April 20, 2000 2:07 PM > Subject: [CAMONTER] Byal > > > >Posted on: Monterey County Queries > >Board URL: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/Monterey?read=279 > > > >Surname: BYAL, KIRKPATRICK, MILLS > >------------------------- > > > >Searching for Blaine BYAL, younger brother of Aldah Margaret BYAL MILLS. > >Blaine & Aldah were the only children born to Milton BYAL and his wife, > >Stella KIRKPATRICK BYAL in Nebraska. > > > >Aldah was born on January 18, 1892 and I assume that Blaine was born > several > >years later. The family relocated to California around 1910. Aldah married > >Arthur Russell MILLS in Riverside, California on June 16, 1915 and remained > >in Riverside until her death in 1974. > > > >Blaine is listed as having been at the wedding ... but no other information > >is known. There is a California Death Index listing for a Blaine H. BYAL, > >died June 5, 1945 in Monterey County. Spouse intials are listed as "O B". > > > >Perhaps this Blaine is the one I am seeking? Any information would be > greatly > >appreciated. > > > >Also found a listing for a Ruth BYAL b. Nov. 13, 1919 and d. Mar. 30, 1989 > >in Sacramento, California. Could this possibly be a daughter of Blaine? > > > >Thank you! >