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Answer to above: I believe the town you are looking for is called Glen Frazer. If you go to the following website (http://www.calarchives4u.com/)and click on maps, you will see this town in on the map right below Martinez. I live in an older home and the part of the legal description is "The Frazier Addition". I am doing research to try to figure out if my home is located in the same area as what was once Glen Frazer. - Cynthia Austin - 30 January 2006.

Cynthia Austin 30 January 2006

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The previous researcher had 2 children listed: Gladys 1908 and Irwin 1914. I found Irwin in the 1920 and 1930 Federal Census. I could not find the Armstrong family in the 1910 census. I don’t have access to the CA state census.

I want to know what cemetery Chester and Oro are buried in. Did Irwin marry and have children?

Thank you, Debra Switzer Dirks - 1 July 2006

The 1930 census shows Charles (single) living in Rodeo and working in a 'sugar factory'.  I would appreciate any information concerning Charles and/or family.

Thanks,
Dennis G. Boatright
5310 Kingsmill Road
Friendswood, TX  77546-3014
(281) 482-6583
email: <dennis@boatright.cc>  

Earl Boles, 12/26/1926-10/22/2002, born in Arkansas, died in Moraga, CA; grandson of Joe Wood
Joe Wood of Ft. Smith, Arkansas
Jean Wood of California
Katherine Virgina Wood Woodfin, 4/27/1910-10/27/1988, died in Granada Hills/San Fernando, CA
Patricia Marie Wood, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Boyd Wood
Boyd Wood of California, formerly of Ft. Smith, Arkansas

I have a couple boxes of family photographs that I want to give to the rightful owners.  (Katherine Virginia Wood married my grandfather's brother Murray Claude Davis Woodfin. However, when she passed away, she left Murray with all the photos (they had no children), and then after Murray died, my grandfather ended up with them, and then after he died, I got them.)

There are wonderful old family photos and portraits and newspaper clippings.

I know that Joe Wood was from Ft. Smith, Arkansas and that the rest of the Woods listed above were from California.

Please email me if you know of the whereabouts of any relatives of the above-mentioned Woods family at ekangel@hotmail.com and put Woods in the subject line. Thanks. Elizabeth House - 1 July 2006

My grandmother, Mary Ethel Bollinger lived in Contra Costa County in the 1920's-1930's. I am looking for her death certificate info-she died Oct. 18, 1937. I need to know who she was married to when she died. She was survived by my mother-Mary Evelyn (Bollinger) Jones. Also if possible-who her parents were (my great grandparents). Thank you so much for your time and efforts. - Many Regards, Mary Rossi - November 2006

William Andrew CAMPBELL owned two grocery stories in either Martinez or Concord, California. He also had a brother named Joseph CAMPBELL, and sister Catherine.

Gretchen - 27 December 2004

CRUIKSHANK, Arnold, born 1795, appears suddenly on the 1870 Martinez US census living with my g-g uncle William Cruikshank and William's wife Annie and their two children.  I can find no record of an Arnold Cruikshank in the family tree nor in any other census or other historical records.  It may be that the last name is incorrect; that Arnold's last name might actually be Finch or Dugay (less likely) or some other name; and might be Annie Cruikshank's father or other relative.  I am trying to find out how Arnold "Cruikshank" fits into the family tree!  Any information at all would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you. Nancy Hargiss  24 February 2008

Update - 18 February 2007
I put in a query last year for Thomas Donnolly. I have now located him in the 1910 Census. The address Twp 15, Contra Costa, CA. In 1910 it was under the spelling of Donnally and he had a wife Lottie and a daughter, Elizabeth 10. When he filled out his papers for WW I he listed his mother as next of kin. I am trying to find any descendants in order to locate a family bible. I can not find them in any later census but when his sister died a niece was at the funeral.

Mr Fox was born in and emigrated from the same Ukraine shtetl, Korostyshev, as my father in 1921 traveling the same route as my father.  My own genealogy website provides information about Korostyshev and I would like to add information and make corrections to the data therein.

Thank you for any information. Alan M Singer - 18 February 2007

My great grandmother, Vannie FREEMAN b. 11 Apr 1894 Parker Co. TX d. 26 Sep 1971 Richmond, CCC, California. 
Married 1. George Edward ROBERSON in Texas; 2. ? WHITE.  Would like to try to find 2nd husband's family, and parents of Vannie. Thanks, Janice - 27 March 2006

My husband's family are descendants of John Wesley BRITTAN, whose brother Morgan Lewis BRITTAN was the father of Maria Louise BRITTAN. Menzies, Leila - 21 September 2007

HASTINGS, SAMUEL. Came to California as a Œ49er. Conflicting stories about his whereabouts. One story says he and his wife Lois Crippen settled in Martinez. I am looking for his parentage, his date and place of death. His wife died in November 1898 in Lafayette. Barbara Quein. 18 February 2001

I have an original "summons" (or notification) from the Superior Court of Contra Costa County, dated May 12, 1888. The document was to notify my great-grandfather that his first wife was divorcing him. I would like to check county records, to see if there is any more information on either my great-grandfather or his first wife. The (3-page, 2-sided) document is mostly legible and provides the town, month and year of their marriage, but the town no longer exists in Texas. Also, I suspect that his first wife's maiden name was misspelled. Any of this information, including her correct name would be helpful in filling-in the details of his life between immigration and marriage to my great-grandmother.

The clerk's signature is L. (B., I think) WITTINGER, but the deputy clerk's signature is not legible. A number at the top of the document is "No. 1413". I am not sure if that is the record number, or court number. The divorce is between Mary HIRT and Rudolf  HIRT. However, her signature appears as "Marie Hirt".  Her maiden name appears as either "Arystin" or "Aeystin". I have wondered if her name may have been "Austin". Other information from the document: Mary HIRT was a resident of California, and resided in California more than six months prior to the date on the document. I would appreciate any response to my query. Barbara Boucher - 9 April 2006

UPDATE: This is a follow-up of my previous query. Edgar Charles Jones, son of Edith M Thorne, was born in Lafayette, Contra Costa Co, CA on 7/3/1892 per his WWII draft registration. He was living in 1941-1942 in Sacramento, apparently single doing odd jobs. He died in Redwood City, San Mateo Co, CA 1/9/1969. The CA death index lists his mother's maiden name as Green, but I think this is an error. He is not found in the 1920 and 1930 censuses. Where is he? Why didn't he register for the WWI draft registration. Where was he between 1910, when last found in the census living with his Thorne maternal grandparents and 1941? Are there any members of the Thorne family still in the area that might know what happened?
Cheri Astrahan.21 September 2007

KINGSBURY
I am seeking information on Willard Belmont KINGSBURY. Willard was the father of Willard De. L. KINGSBURY a prominent figure in 1900 -1903 in the San Francisco area. Willard was also the father of Susan Myra KINGSBURY. Susan became a world scholar and is noted among Notable American Women 1607 - 1950. Willard originally was from New York and was born about 1834 -1839. It is stated in the biography of his daughter Susan, he died around 1875 or 1876. He was residing in San Pablo, Contra Costa county at the time of his death. I am seeking information mainly on a more definitive date of his demise and in what cemetery he is buried. Any other information of his life would also be welcomed. It should be noted Willard KINGSBURY was a physician and a veteran of the Civil War. Frank Van Tassel. 27 July 2002

Joseph and Irene raised their family in Crockett, Ca. Five children: Joseph, Percy, Josephine Estella and John. Irene died 1966 in Crockett.

Any information or direction would be appreciated. Thank you. Bill Ellisen, 3690 W. Hidden Valley Dr., Reno, NV 89502 - 1 July 2006

Marie Louise LABOURDETTE, Maiden Name:  Marie Louise LACAZETTE, b. 11/11/1881 in Modesto, CA, died: 1/30/1954 in Mariposa
John P LABOURDETTE Husband, b. about 1866 in France, d. unknown date in Richmond, CA

Children of  Marie Louise and John P LABOURDETTE, born and died in in Richmond CA. are:
John Joseph LABOURDETTE SS# 560-34-1990, b. April 19, 1905 in Richmond, CA, d. April 22, 1984 in Richmond, Ca
Charles B LABOURDETTE, b. June 20, 1911 in Richmond, Ca., d. unknown
Lucy H LABOURDETTE, b. Feb 11, 1913 in Richmond, CA, d. unknown.

There are three other siblings born in Richmond, Ca and they are:
Cecilia Mary EYRE, b. April 4, 1902
Madeline MOORE, b. Aug 20, 1903,
Dorothy Gladys RODRIGUES, b. Mar. 21, 1915

I would be very grateful to find any LABOURDETTEs that could fill in the blanks for our family tree, and I am more than willing to share the MAZERES family tree with any of these desendents.  We go back to the 1600s in France. Bob Mazeres, Petaluma, CA, 707-763-8537 - 7 August 2007

Thank you, K Smith- 24 April 2008