Hello, I am new to the list. An ancestor of mine died in French Camp on 3-4-1939 at the S.J.General Hospital and was cremated there. He lived at 41 N. Hunter St. in Stockton. How can I find out what is at that address? And if a house, how do I find the papers of the owner. It looks like my ancestor who passed away had no family, what would they do with his belongings? Thank you. Dennis E. Homant
From what I have seen.. after a certain amount of time, if no family can be found, all assets (land, etc)are sold and the proceeds go to the state. Perhaps someone else on the list can tell you more. Now, if you don't know where your ancestor is buried... or no burial place was given, he may still be at SJGHospital! They have a large amount of cremains still waiting to be claimed. You can call the Hospital (they have a website) and ask for Pathology. Ask them to check for the person in question.. if they have the cremains there... you can claim them (the hospital will tell you how to do this). From what I can tell at Mapquest.com... 41 N Hunter is the waterfront. There used to be hotels (apartments) there at one time, if I recall correctly. You could have someone check the history of that address at the county records office, starting at the assessor's office.. looking up the address, finding the parcel number, then going to the recorder's office & checking all data for that parcel number.... all sales & changes to that parcel will come up...you can then order the records. I think they are 50 cents or $1. per page... no more than a dollar tho... I have ordered them for a project I am working on... like 1.62 for two pages... couple years ago. Hope this helps. Marge Campbell -----Original Message----- From: Dennis E. Homant [mailto:dhomant234120MI@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 8:28 PM To: CASANJOA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CASanJoaquin] House Owner in Stockton Hello, I am new to the list. An ancestor of mine died in French Camp on 3-4-1939 at the S.J.General Hospital and was cremated there. He lived at 41 N. Hunter St. in Stockton. How can I find out what is at that address? And if a house, how do I find the papers of the owner. It looks like my ancestor who passed away had no family, what would they do with his belongings? Thank you. Dennis E. Homant ______________________________