This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Drosdoff, Tapp, Kaluzhney, Lake, Sommer, Paley Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.sonoma/5684/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, November 30, 1964, page 6: DROSDOFF SONOMA - Funeral services will be held in San Francisco tomorrow for Alexis Drosdoff, 86, who died Friday in a Sonoma hospital after a long illness. Mr. Drosdoff was a native of Russia. He lived here four weeks. He was a former longshoreman employed by Matson Navigational Co. of San Francisco. He is survived by his daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Tapp and Mrs. Frances Kaluzhney, both of San Francisco. Services will be held in a Russian Orthodox Church. Burial will be in the Serbian Cemetery, Colma. Bates, Evans and Fehrensen Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. ================================== >From my file: CADI: DROSDOFF ALEXIS R MALE US SONOMA 1964 11 27 - 86 ================================== Spouse: Evdokia I. Golosoff (26 Jul 1878 - 04 Feb 1968) CADI: DROSDOFF EVDOKIA 1878 07 26 FEMALE US SAN FRANCISCO 1968 02 04 558013985 89 ================================== Known children: Peter, Vasily, E. Frances, Mary, Andrew, Elizabeth and Olga 1. Peter (1904-1962) - unknown if he married or has a family; enlisted during WWII CADI: DROSDOFF PETER A 1904 06 17 GOLOSOVA MALE US SAN FRANCISCO 1962 08 05 556100672 58 2. Vasily (1908-1965) married Alexandra Unknown (1905-1976) - unknown when they married or if they had children CADI: DROSDOFF VASILY A 1908 12 15 GOLOSOVA MALE RE SAN FRANCISCO 1965 02 26 553013340 56 3. E. Frances (1910-1978) married Unknown Kaluzhny - his name is unknown; unknown if they had a family CADI: KALUZHNY FRANCES A 1910 10 08 FEMALE RE SAN FRANCISCO 1978 07 05 559269189 67 4. Mary (abt 1912-before 1964) married (1) Unknown Lake after 1930; (2) Eugene Peter Sommer (1909-1964); married on 27 Jun 1938 in San Francisco, CA - unknown if they had a family 5. Andrew (abt 1916 - before 1964) - no other information 6. Elizabeth married Unknown Tapp - no other information 7. Olga (1921-1967) married Unknown Paley; (2) Unknown Renneckar - no other information CADI: RENNECKAR OLGA 1921 06 22 GOLOSOFF FEMALE CH SAN FRANCISCO 1967 01 21 549244648 45 ================================== Parents: Unknown ================================== As a matter of interest: Immigration: S.S. Shinyo Maru from Kobe, Japan on September 26, 1928 and arrived at Port of San Francisco, CA on October 12, 1928 Aleksei R. Drosdoff, age 50 years, male, married, electric mechanist, speaks russian, born in Kaluga, Russia, immigration visa # R.P. No. 353730 issued at Washington, D.C. on 2/4/1928; last permanent residence was San Francisco, CA; final destination is San Francisco, Ca; came to the USA in 1923 and 1928 to San Francisco; address in San Francisco, CA is 638 Rhode Island Str; 5 feet 6 inches tall, fair complexion, dark hair and brown eyes [Microfilm Roll Number 240, page 21] Drosdoff, Aleksei R., age 50, male, married, electric mechanist, speakes Russian, Russian nationality, born in Kaluga, Russia, Immigration Visa Number R.P. No., 353730, issued at Washington D.C. on 2/4/1928, last permanent address was San Francisco, CA; was in the US 1923-1928; 638 Rhode Island Street, San Francsico CA; 5ft 6 inches, fair complexion, dark hair brown eyes, no marks Alexis was on the 1930 Federal Census, living at 1433 O'Farrell St. in San Francisco, CA The census showed he lived with his wife Ezdokia, and children, Peter, Vasili, E. Frances, Mary, Andrew, Elizabeth, and Olga