First I would like to thank everyone again who was trying to help me find information on an aunt in December and secondly, just today I found out her full name at death and her birth and death date. She was Bernice N. RAY, born November 6, 1895 in Maquoketa, Iowa and died July 7, 1962 in Stockton, Calif. Now could someone tell me if their are cemeteries online for Stockton or newspapers for the time of her death? If not, I would appreciate all the help I could get as far as an obituary, the cemetery she's in or maybe there was an article on the fire when she died. I'm more than willing to do these things myself if they are online but I live in Iowa and can't get back there. Thank you. Donna

Posted on: SanJoaquin County Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ca/SanJoaquinObits/10707 Surname: Heller, Woods, Homes ------------------------- HELLER - In Stockton, Cal., November 25, 1932, Laura B., beloved wife of the late Daniel B. Heller, loving mother of Mrs. Albert Woods, Mrs. Russell Holmes of Stockton and Charles Heller of Sacramento; a native of Missouri, aged 74 years. Friends are invited to attend the funeral tomorrow (Monday), November 28, 1932, from residence funeral parlors of W.B. Ward Undertaking Co. (Ward - Gray - Pestarino), North Market street, at Devine, at 2:30 p.m. San Jose Mercury Herald, November 27, 1932, Sunday, page 34

Posted on: SanJoaquin County Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ca/SanJoaquinObits/10706 Surname: Hansen, DeFlorentino ------------------------- IN THE SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL DECEMBER 14, 1959 HANS F. HANSEN RITES TOMORROW PRIVATE FUNERAL SERVICES FOR HANS FREDERICK HANSEN,68, APTOS RESIDENT AND REAL ESTATE MAN WHO DIED IN A WATSONVILLE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY, WILL BE HELD TOMORROW AT 10 AM IN THE WESSENDORF CHAPEL. INURMENT WILL FOLLOW IN THE IOOF CREMATORY. A NATIVE OF ILLINOIS, HE HAD RESIDED IN THIS AREA FOR 10 YEARS. PREVIOUSLY HE WAS IN THE PRINTING, STATIONERY AND OFFICE SUPPLY BUSINESS IN STOCKTON FOR 45 YEARS. HANSEN'S HOME WAS AT 533 VISTA DEL MAR DRIVE, RIO DEL MAR. HANSEN IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE VENICE OF APTOS, A DAUGHTER MRS. RAY HOFFMAN JR. OF SAN RAFAEL, A SISTER MRS. CARLO DE FLORENTINO OF SAN FRANCISCO, TWO GRANDCHILDREN LYNN AND RAYMOND HOFFMAN 3RD, BOTH OF SAN RAFAEL. ------------------------------------------------------------

FINDLEY ARRIE I 03/06/1901 F OKLAHOMA STANISLAUS 06/18/1974 444-20-2748 74 yrs Add View (1) IRA FINDLEY 06 Mar 1900 Jun 1974 95206 (Stockton, San Joaquin, CA) (none specified) 444-20-2748 Oklahoma SS-5 Letter Add Post-em View Post-em (1) Glad to see you did postems on the ones above but you need to do them on these also..... FINDLEY ED J 04/11/1898 BLAIR M STANISLAUS 09/09/1969 446-09-8296 71 yrs Add ED FINDLEY 11 Apr 1898 Sep 1969 95319 (Empire, Stanislaus, CA) (none specified) 446-09-8296 Oklahoma SS-5 Letter Add Post-em FINDLEY TROY D 09/06/1921 M OKLAHOMA SAN JOAQUIN 07/14/1976 441-14-2077 54 yrs Add TROY FINDLEY 06 Sep 1921 Jul 1976 95205 (Stockton, San Joaquin, CA) (none specified) 441-14-2077 Oklahoma SS-5 Letter Add Post-em PLEASE visit the online CADI database http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi (or in the case of births http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi) and use the "ADD" link at the far right to leave any other information you might have and maybe someone will contact you. (The password is something you create so no one can edit your entry). Also, use the Social Security Number link to the SSDI and leave a message there the same way using the POSTEM link. If you need clarification on any point, please include the previous message in your response. Colleen Norby Rootsweb sponsor ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø ----- Original Message ----- From: T. Justus <jrios@juno.com> To: <CASTANIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 12:27 PM Subject: [CASTANIS] Findley Family > Posted on: Stanislaus County, Ca Query Forum > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/Stanislaus/11251 > > Surname: Findley, Justus > ------------------------- > > Looking for info on my aunt Arrie Elizabeth Justus Findley. > Born 5/1900 and died 6/1974 in or around Stockton, CA. > She married Ed Jesse Findley. > Born 4/1898 and died 9/1969 in Empire-Modesto, Stanislaus Co.CA. > Their children are: Troy D., Elwyn C. and Lucille G. > Any info on her or her family will be greatly appreciated. > Sincerely, > T. Justus > >

Hi I was wondering if any one has access to the 1870 San Joaquin County Census that would be willing to do a look up for me. I am looking for M. Decker listed in Douglas Township on page 047 (according to Ancestry.com Census Index) with wife Emma and possibly a son Charles. They were married on October 4, 1869, in San Joaquin County. Any info will be greatly appreciated. Thank you and God Bless Sondra

If no one responds as having the census film available, you can order it to the nearest FHC or you can ask your reference librarian at your local public library to order the film to read from NARA ----- Original Message ----- From: <TigerLuvee@aol.com> To: <CASANJOA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 10:45 AM Subject: [CASANJOA] Marion and Emma Lindsey Decker > Hi > I was wondering if any one has access to the 1870 San Joaquin County Census > that would be willing to do a look up for me. I am looking for M. Decker > listed in Douglas Township on page 047 (according to Ancestry.com Census > Index) with wife Emma and possibly a son Charles. They were married on > October 4, 1869, in San Joaquin County. Any info will be greatly > appreciated. > > Thank you and God Bless > Sondra > >

Posted on: SanJoaquin County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/SanJoaquin/10274 Surname: Maxwell ------------------------- Adoption took place San Joaquin County in November 1944. Would like family medical information and know more about my birth family.

As recorded in the OCtober 14, 1960 Stockton Record, page 33: Divorce Complaints in Stockton: Chodkowski - Oct 13, Muriel J. vs. Alfred J. Gerlach - Oct. 13, Edward C. vs. Gertie No more information is shown.

The following death notices are found in the Stockton Record dated Friday, October 14, 1960, page 33. Please contact me for the full obituary on any of them. Ginn, Mary Adalade, wife of Ralph V. Ginn Klarmann, Fred F., husband of Stephana Klarmann Krein, Anna, wife of Adolf Krein Norris, Lee Odie, uncle of Mrs. E. N. Purdew Pereyda, Agnes, mother of Bruce, Reginald and Clifford Pereyda, Irene Gross, Florence Prader, Alfred Pereyda Peterson (Petrides), james H., father of Kaatherine Spathis Querry, Charlotte (Lottie) mother of Mrs. Vivian Simon and B. W. Querry.

As recorded in the Stockton Record, Friday October 14, 1960: Marriage Licenses in Stockton Juarez-Holland Lopez-Castellon Butler-Oliver Mook-Thelen Johnson-Dudley Gibson-Garvey Hulsbosch-Hulsbosch Please contact me for the rest of the info on any of the above.

Stockton Record, Friday Oct 14, 1960, page 37: Mrs. Mary Ginn Last Rites Set for Tomorrow Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ginn of 1226 N. Sierra Nevada, a resident of Stokton for 50 years, will be held at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow. Mrs. Ginn died today in a local hospital. She was the widow of Ralph V. Ginn and the mother of Mrs. Roland M. Jacobsen of Stockton, one grandchild, and two sisters in Missouri. Mrs. Ginn was born in Missouri. Services will be in he chapel of B. . Wallace and Son. Burial will be in Cherokee Memorial Park. If anyone on this list is related to Mrs. Ginn, would love to exchange information. Her husband Ralph was my relative, and I would like more info on Mary and her siblings and parents. Thanks, Jackie Ginn bluelaker4@aol.com

As recorded in the Stockton Record, 30 Sep 1960, page 34: Card of Thanks We take this means of thanking the many friends for their expressions of sympathy and beautiful floral tributes during our late bereavement, the loss of our beloved husband and father, Rolland M. Sage. (signed) Mrs. Margaret Sage and Family.

I have a partial page of the Stockton Record dated 30 Sept 1960 (page 34) which lists these marriage announcements: Rice-Spivey Fritz-Corbett Wilcox-Little Paul-Erlenbusch Montes-Benavides Also there is a long list of births. The babies' names are not given, it just shows son or daughter, and neither is the mother's name. Only the father's name and address and the child's date of birth is given. The surnames are shown below. Amerman Baer Bailor Barnard Bates Becker Cagle Carter Corsaro DeCristofaro Detmers Dick Durham Dyke Ernst Ferrill Fields Fizer Flower Fortney Frigard Green Greer Hatfield Hoak Huggins Joshua Kinsey Lavis Lawellin Lyons Macon Maracelo Matyear Mercado Morehead Morvant Moznett Munoz Parsons Quenzer Riley Robinson (2) Sanquinetti Scholz Starr Swagerty Weatherwax Webb Yin Please contact me for full information on any of the above.

I have a copy of a page from the Stockton Record dated 30 Sep 1960 (page 34) which has three death notices: David DeLuna Jr, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. David DeLuna Ralph V. Ginn, husband of Mary Adalaide Ginn, father of Mrs. Roland M. Jacobsen Julian Munoz, uncle of Robert Eras of Los Angeles. If anyone would like a transcript of any of these obits, please contact me. Jackie Ginn bluelaker4@aol.com

Hi Jackie, Is this Roland? JACOBSEN ROLAND MARTIN 06/12/1911 ZANDER M MINNESOTA SANTA CRUZ 01/05/1983 549-07-8427 71 yrs Add ROLAND JACOBSEN 12 Jun 1911 Jan 1983 95062 (Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA) (none specified) 549-07-8427 California SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Is this the grandchild? JACOBSEN DANNY JOE 02/21/1946 MALE GINN ALAMEDA Add Visit the online CADI database http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi (or in the case of births http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi) and use the "ADD" link at the far right to leave any other information you might have and maybe someone will contact you. (The password is something you create so no one can edit your entry). Also, use the Social Security Number link to the SSDI and leave a message there the same way using the POSTEM link. GINN MARY A 01/20/1888 PINKERTO F MISSOURI SAN JOAQUIN 10/14/1960 72 yrs Add Are these brothers? Are there Ralph's brothers? GINN JAMES DOOLIN 03/22/1887 CORUM GINN M MISSOURI LOS ANGELES(19) 01/12/1942 552-10-1841 54 yrs Add GINN JOHN ROBERT 05/08/1896 CORUM GINN M MISSOURI SACRAMENTO 06/22/1942 700-14-2646 46 yrs Add If you need clarification on any point, please include the previous message in your response. Colleen Norby Rootsweb sponsor ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø ----- Original Message ----- From: <BlueLaker4@aol.com> To: <CASANJOA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 12:46 PM Subject: [CASANJOA] GINN obituary > Stockton Record, Friday Oct 14, 1960, page 37: > > Mrs. Mary Ginn Last Rites Set for Tomorrow > Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ginn of 1226 N. Sierra Nevada, a resident of > Stokton for 50 years, will be held at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow. Mrs. Ginn died > today in a local hospital. She was the widow of Ralph V. Ginn and the mother > of Mrs. Roland M. Jacobsen of Stockton, one grandchild, and two sisters in > Missouri. Mrs. Ginn was born in Missouri. Services will be in he chapel of > B. . Wallace and Son. Burial will be in Cherokee Memorial Park. > > If anyone on this list is related to Mrs. Ginn, would love to exchange > information. Her husband Ralph was my relative, and I would like more info > on Mary and her siblings and parents. > > Thanks, > > Jackie Ginn > bluelaker4@aol.com > > >

Posted on: SanJoaquin County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/SanJoaquin/10273 Surname: Findley, Justus ------------------------- Looking for info on my aunt Arrie Elizabeth Justus Findley. Born 5/1900 and died 6/1974 in or around Stockton, CA. She married Ed Jesse Findley. Born 4/1898 and died 9/1969 in Empire-Modesto, Stanislaus Co.CA. Their children are: Troy D., Elwyn C. and Lucille G. Any info on her or her family will be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, T. Justus

Posted on: SanJoaquin County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ca/SanJoaquin/10272 Surname: desoto ------------------------- If you are searching for DeSoto family roots, please come and join us at DESOTO-L-request@rootsweb.com. You send a message there and type SUBSCRIBE in the subject title and ony SUBSCRIBE, leave it blank after that. This will connect you to others searching for there DeSoto heritage. How it works: You send messages with your family search info and others send theirs, everyone thats a memeber receives these messages via email, you exchange family information on the SURNAME that you find, even when you find DeSoto information that isn't your line you can pass it along to someone who can use it. I have been doing this on my other family lines and received information from other countries that I could not have obtained so easily. If this interests you please come and join at the above mentioned address and Good Luck. Thanks-Lisa

Posted on: SanJoaquin County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/SanJoaquinObits/10705 Surname: WEST, SAUNDERS, HASKER ------------------------- STOCKTON EVENING DAILY RECORD January 26, 1920 DIED WEST - In Tracy, January 24, 1920. Joseph Simeon West, beloved father of Dr. Sydney V. West and Mrs. R. G. Hyatt. Paul Ambrose, all of Los Angeles, Dr. Raleigh C. West of San Francisco and Warwick W. West of Tracy, California. A native of Virginia aged 75 years. [The funeral will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, January 27, 1920, at 1 p.m. from the Methodist church at Tracy under the auspices of the I. O. O. F. Interment Wednesday at Colusa. Pope & Smith in charge.] Joseph S. West, M.D. - Among the strong and forceful personalities who have lent their aid to medical science the name of Joseph S. West stands out with peculiar clearness. He was born at Argyle's Landing, Currituck County, N.C., on August 22, 1844, his youth being spent in the usual way, attending school and helping to operate his father's lantation; he then set about to learn engine construction at the Tredegar Iron Works at Richmond, Va. In March, 1861, he entered the service of his country in Company C under Captain W. Prescott, Tredegar Battalion, for the purpose of defense of the Tredegar Iron Works. On August 15, 1861, he joined the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues, C.S.A., under Captain Vickery, stationed at Sewell's Point, on Hampton Roads, Norfolk County, Va. For defense of Norfolk, Portsmouth and Gosport navy Yard; several naval battles were participated in between the Confederate Virginia (Merrimac) and the U.S. ships Cumberland, Congress, Roanoke, St. Lawrence, etc., and with the famous Monitor, these battles occurring during March, 1862; he also participated during the Seven Days fight with McClellan around Richmond, Va., remaining with the "Blues" until September 21, 1862, when he received a commission in the Confederate Navy as third assistant engineer; he reported for duty to Commodore Josiah Tattnall, flag officer commanding at Savannah, Ga., on October 8 and two days later was assigned to duty on board the C.S. Iron Clad Atlanta, Captain W. Blair, commander, as third assistant engineer and on May 21, 1863, was promoted to second assistant engineer. About June 17, 1863, the Atlanta, then being commanded by Captain Webb, in Warsaw Sound, on the coast of Georgia, engaged in battle with two monitors, the Weehawken and the Nahaut, and a wooden "double ender" gunboat. Going aground on a bar, about three miles from land, the Iron Clad finally surrendered, after losing several men. The men on board the ship were paroled and sent ashore, and Mr. West with the officers was held a prisoner until October 16, 1864; meantime being shifted from Warsaw Sound, Ga., to Hilton Head, S.C., to Fortress Monroe, Va., to Philadelphia, to Fort LaFayette, New York Harbor, and to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, arriving there on July 4, 1863, where the prisoners remained until they were carried back to the James River, Va., where they were exchanged at a landing called Verina, above City Point, General Grant coming aboard the little river steamer on which they were detained and addressing them kindly and assuring them of their exchange. The prisoners were taken up to Richmond, Va., visiting the Secretary of the Navy, who then took them over to President Jefferson Davis. Within the next few days, Mr. West went on board the C.S. gunboat Hampton of the James River fleet, as chief engineer, remaining with her until the evacuation of Richmond, with the other vessels of the fleet guarding the river approach to Richmond. At the end of the evacuation of Richmond, the fleet was commanded by Rear Admiral Raphael Simms, late commander of the Alabama in her battle with the Kearsarge; the shipping was destroyed at Richmond and the soldiers marched inland as far as Greensboro, N.C., where the most of them joined Gen. Joseph E. Johnson's army, Mr. West taking the rank as junior lieutenant, and on May 1, 1865, the army surrendered to Gen. W. T. Sherman, Mr. West being then twenty years of age. Returning home, Mr. West was employed for a time, as steam engineer; later he began reading medicine and attending lectures at the Eclectic Medical Institute and at the Ohio Medical College, both located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was graduated from the former institution in 1874. Returning to his home at Hickory Ground, Norfolk County, Va., Dr. West began the practice of medicine and continued until March 4, 1878, when he started for California, locating in Colusa, where he engaged in the practice of his profession until his removal to Tracy in 1904. During Dr. West's residence in Colusa, he became very actively connected with the Methodist Church as choir leader, member of the official board, and teacher in the Bible school for many years. About 1894 Dr. West had the misfortune to be injured in an accident, which within a few months necessitated the amputation of his left leg, just below the hip, and by some mistake in the care he received a poison was introduced into his system which paralyzed the other limb as well as both arms and hands. A man of only ordinary cast of character would have surrendered at least his practice of his profession; but in a wheel chair and carried by his son, he went back and forth to his office on week days and to church on Sunday, where he always led the choir, and taught the Bible class, and was easily the leading spirit in the church as well as in all public matters and community affairs. Along with his professional studies, Dr. West had mastered music in a rare degree. He was also a student of the Greek New Testament, and had some knowledge of Hebrew and was an able critic and expositor of the scriptures. Early in 1904, the family located in Tracy, where he became very active in the mercantile line and in the affairs of the community. He was also the founder of the confectionery and ice cream parlor on Central Avenue, which is now conducted by his son Warwick W. West, whose sketch appears in this work. In 1910, when the town of Tracy was incorporated, Dr. West was among the most active: he served as secretary of the Board of Trade for many years, upholding every movement of any merit for the continued good of the community; he served as clerk of the original high school board and was one of the energetic members of the board which organized the West Side Union high school. Always a strong advocate of irrigation, he worked and sacrificed much in the interest of the first district started, though the successful completion of the system did not come for many years, yet he lived to enjoy some of the results of his labor and sacrifice. He was a member of the board of trustees of the Tracy Methodist Church. The marriage of Dr. West occurred in the East and united him with Miss Anna Augusta Hasker, a native of Virginia, and five sons and two daughters were born to them. Sidney V., M.D., of Cenco, Cal., was in the late war; Raleigh C., D.D.S. of Oakland, Cal; Marian M., now Mrs. R. G. Hyatt, was an accomplished musician of Los Angeles, Cal; Warwick W., merchant at Tracy, Cal., whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work; Paul Ambrose, in business in Los Angeles. The two oldest children are deceased. Merriam died in Virginia in infancy and Paul passed away in Tracy in 1910, while Dr. West passed away on January 24, 1920. Fraternally he was an honored member of the Colusa Lodge of Masons and Odd Fellows, and politically a stanch Democrat. Dr. West lived to see the going of "John Barleycorn" to the fight against which he had given heroic service, and to see the end of the World War and the return of his two sons, Capt. Sidney V. and Paul A., who served overseas, with the 182nd and returned with the 91st Division; he fought in the Argonne and in Flanders, and was badly gassed several times. Source: Tinkham, George H., 1923. History of San Joaquin County, California With Biographical Sketches. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, p. 437.

Posted on: SanJoaquin County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/SanJoaquinObits/10704 Surname: WEST, HASKER, SAUNDERS, HYATT ------------------------- Stockton Daily Evening Record May 5, 1912 MRS. WEST OF TRACY IS DEAD Wife of Tracy Physician Succumbs to Heart Failure Following a Long Illness Correspondence Record. TRACY, May 14. Mrs. Anna West, wife of Dr. Joseph West, and one of Tracy's most venerable matrons, answered the summons of her Maker yesterday afternoon after having been confined to her bed with heart trouble during the last seven months. Despite the fact that the passing of the deceased was expected, her death has cast an extreme feeling of regret upon this city. Mrs. West was 66 years of age and was a native of Virginia. Her early life was spent in that city, which was during the Civil War, she saw much of the conquest between the residents of the nort and south of the Mason and Dixon line. Her father, John Hasker, was chief engineer on the Mrrimac at the time that Ironclad war vessel did battle with the Monitor. The deceased witnessed the naval engagement from shore. Later she was in Richmond at the time that city was besieged by the Federal troops. To mourn her death are her husband. Dr. Joseph West of this city, and five children - Dr. R. C. West of Alturas, Dr. S. V. West of San Diego, W. W. West of DeSable, Butte county, Paul A. West of this city and Mrs. Russell Hyatt of Los Angeles. The remains of the deceased will be shipped to Colusa, Colusa County, a former home, Thursday morning, and the interment made in the family plot there. DIED WEST - In Tracy, May 13, 1912. Annie A. West, wife of Dr. Joseph S. West, mother of P. A., S. V., R. C., and W. W. West of Tracy and Mrs. M. M Hyatt of Los Angeles, a native of Virginia and aged 66 years, 2 months, and 16 days.

Posted on: SanJoaquin County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/SanJoaquinObits/10702 Surname: Ornellas, Vavrek ------------------------- Originally Published Thursday, April 20, 2000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Manteca Mary S. Ornellas Homemaker Mary S. Ornellas, 87, of Manteca died Tuesday in a hospital. Mrs. Ornellas was born in North Truro, Mass. She lived in Manteca for 20 years. Mrs. Ornellas was a homemaker. Survivors: husband, Frank Ornellas of Manteca; daughter, Carrol Vavrek of Jacksonville, Fla.; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services: graveside, 10 a.m. Friday, San Joaquin Catholic Cemetery, 719 E. Harding Way, Stockton. Visitation: 1 to 5 p.m. today, P.L. Fry & Son, 290 N. Union Road. SSDI MARY ORNELLAS 21 Dec 1912 18 Apr 2000 95336 (Manteca, San Joaquin, CA) (none specified) 570-12-3599 California SS-5 Letter Add Post-em Link: SSDI URL: <http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi>