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Governor Pío Pico grants Rancho San Miguel to José de Jesús Noé

Noé (1805–1862) was born in Mexico and came to California in 1834 with his wife Guadalupe Garduño and their young son Miguel. He was a rancher, justice of the peace and alcalde of Yerba Buena. Governor Pío Pico granted him Rancho San Miguel on December 23, 1845. The commonly reproduced photograph of Noé may show his son. Historian Mae Silver traced a sketch of Noé Sr. to his descendants.

John M. Horner (1821–1907) wrote that he grew up on the family farm in Monmouth County, New Jersey. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he came to California aboard the Brooklyn in 1846 and farmed in the East Bay with his brother William. After the rancho purchase, Horner commissioned the layout of Horner’s Addition. The city’s survey describes the subdivision as sparsely developed in the 1850s. He moved to Hawaiʻi in 1879.

Rancho San Miguel land caseNoé’s biography and portrait identificationHorner’s autobiography and portraitWilliam Horner and the East Bay farmHistory of Horner’s AdditionHistory of Horner’s Addition, PDF page 2 · scanHistory of Horner’s Addition, PDF page 2 · original

Edward and Frances Church run the Irving Institute

The 1896 directory records Edward as principal and Frances as vice-principal, both residing at the Valencia Street campus. It also names Edward assistant rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church. Born September 7, 1844, in Greenville, Mississippi, he studied at Washington University in St. Louis and earned degrees from Kenyon College in 1867 and 1870. In San Mateo, he headed St. Matthew’s School and Laurel Hall. His Kenyon entry also lists a year as editor of the Pacific Churchman. He retired from the school’s active management in 1902 and died in Pasadena in 1904, according to a 1913 family history.

Frances was born in Illinois in December in the 1840s. The two family histories and a genealogical compilation give different years or days for her birth. She married Edward on August 12, 1869, shared management of the school and was named vice-principal in the 1896 and 1898 directories. An 1892 Blue Book advertisement says she had studied fine art in Europe and supervised drawing and painting at the school. She died at Paso Robles in 1906. The Examiner published her death notice on September 2, page 2. The 1915 diocesan history credits Mr. and Mrs. George H. Kellogg with running the school after Edward retired, while local historian Woody LaBounty describes Frances as principal until 1906. George was Frances’s brother.

1896 home and school listingsKenyon Phi Beta Kappa catalogue, p. 511913 Church genealogy, p. 208Thompson family genealogyKellogg family and obituary citation1915 diocesan history, p. 1211892 school descriptionFamily portraits and school history1892 school description · scan1892 school description · original

1896 home and school listings

CHURCH EDWARD B. REV.,

Church Frances A. Mrs., vice-principal Irving Institute, r. 1036 Valencia

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Elma D. Ludington and Regina Garel teach and live at Irving Institute

The 1885 directory lists Mrs. Elma D. Ludington as an Irving Institute teacher living at 1036 Valencia. The 1892 edition lists Miss Regina Garel with the same occupation and residence. The second name is sometimes transcribed as Garey.

1885 city directory, p. 7431892 city directory, p. 598

Ella Maria Pinkham teaches on campus and later leads Irving Institute

Ella was born in Reading, Massachusetts, on March 9, 1848, to Peter Ebenezer Pinkham and Harriet Louisa Parker, according to Charles Nelson Sinnett’s 1908 family history. Her father worked in carpentry, trade and ranching and lived in Oakland and St. Helena. An Oakland directory lists Ella teaching at Mills Seminary in 1880–81. An earlier directory names an Ella Pinkham among the assistants at Oakland’s Durant School in 1877–78.

San Francisco directories place Ella at 1036 Valencia as an Irving Institute teacher from 1886 through the 1897 edition. Sinnett names English and history as her subjects. By 1907 she was principal at the California Street campus. The 1909 and 1911 school listings name her as principal at 147 Presidio Avenue. A later directory lists an Ella M. Pinkham teaching and living at 2402 California Street in 1922.

1886 residence 1892 residence 1897 residence 1908 Pinkham family history, p. 143 1877–78 Durant School staff 1880–81 Mills Seminary listing 1907 school listing 1909 Presidio Avenue listing 1911 school listing 1922 teacher listing

Sarah W. Scruggs and Jeannette Wilcox return as resident teachers

The 1890 city directory lists Sarah W. Scruggs as a teacher and Jeannette Wilcox as a music teacher. Both entries give their residence as the school’s address, 1036 Valencia. The 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894 and 1895 directories list Sarah at the school. Their rooms have yet to be located within the school complex.

Wilcox went on to teach vocal music from her residence on Pierce Street. The April 1896 California Musical Journal reported that the contralto drew encores at Richard J. Ferrer’s March 12 concert at Odd Fellows’ Hall.

Their 1886 graduation Sarah in the 1890 directory Jeannette in the 1890 directory Sarah in the 1892 directory Sarah in the 1893 directory Sarah in the 1894 directory Sarah in the 1895 directory Wilcox’s 1896 vocal teaching listing California Musical Journal, April 1896

Jessie Pier and Mary E. Featherstone teach at Irving Institute

The 1894 city directory lists both sisters as principals of Rose Terrace School and living at 1230 24th Street. The 1895 and 1897 directories list both sisters as Irving Institute teachers living at 1036 Valencia. The 1898 directory still uses that address for them in the year the school moved. By 1910 they shared a home in Los Angeles with their sister Sarah, where all three taught in private schools.

Jessie was born October 5, 1865, in Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up in Toledo, where her mother Sarah was a schoolteacher. She taught art in Los Angeles and at a Honolulu boarding school. Her Kilauea Triptych was entered in the federal copyright catalogue and displayed at the 1921 Carmel Arts and Crafts Club exhibition. The Carmel Pine Cone advertised a Monterey show of her pastels for April 3–8, 1922. She exhibited in Berkeley in 1927 and Oakland in 1928, and died in Alameda County on February 17, 1934.

Both sisters in the 1895 directory Both sisters in the 1897 directory Both sisters in the 1898 directory 1894 city directory, p. 5351898 city directory, p. 611Art historian Robert W. Edwards, p. 3821921 copyright catalogue, entry 15551922 Monterey exhibition notice

John Copley Gouldin, the school’s landlord, dies in San Francisco

The San Francisco Call identifies John C. Gouldin as a native of Manchester, England, aged 71 years, four months and two days. The reported age places his birth in May 1820. His funeral was announced for September 8 at Trinity Church at Post and Powell. The notice gives no cemetery.

The Society of California Pioneers lists a John C. Gouldin who arrived in California July 15, 1849. In 1877–78, the Oakland directory puts John C. Gouldin on Fruit Vale Avenue near East 13th Street. The 1880–81 directory calls him a commercial agent. In February 1891, the Alta reported that he had lived on a roughly ten-acre tract by Fruitvale station for nearly twenty years and had sold it to the Bassett brothers for $25,000. In her 1948 note on a painting of the family’s Fruitvale house, Sarah’s daughter Carrie Wilson called him her father and supplied his middle name.

John leased the Hill and Valencia tract to Irving Institute’s principal. The 1891 report on his will identifies the tract as the principal asset in his estate. A later newspaper abstract reports a November 13, 1891 decree distributing interests in separate Millbrae Villa land from his estate to T. W. Gouldin and Sarah E. Gouldin. The published Millbrae abstract gives no disposition of the Hill tract. The 1894 block book names Sarah there.

The Call identifies Thomas Gouldin, an England-born man who died in 1901, as John’s brother. Thomas is a plausible match for the T. W. in the Millbrae abstract. In 1905 the Sacramento Star identified Sarah as executrix of Thomas’s estate and Edward B. Church as its previous executor.

Call death and funeral notice, September 8, 1891 Society of California Pioneers roll 1877–78 Oakland directory 1880–81 Oakland directory 1891 report on his Fruitvale home Carrie Wilson’s note and the painting Millbrae probate abstract, May 19, 1894 Thomas Gouldin’s 1901 death notice Sarah and Church in the 1905 probate report

Clara Crumpton goes home for Thanksgiving from Irving Institute

The Sausalito News reported that Clara was spending her school vacation with her parents. That suggests she boarded at the San Francisco campus at 1036 Valencia. Her room and length of residence are unknown.

Clara was born May 28, 1880, to Dr. Hezekiah John and Mattie Jane Jack Crumpton. A Lake County newspaper recorded the birth of Dr. Crumpton’s daughter on the same date. Clara graduated from San Rafael High School in 1900 and taught primary pupils in Sausalito by 1904. In 1905, she and Eva A. Levy published Action Reading, a teaching manual. The title page lists both authors as assistants supervising primary reading at the San Francisco State Normal School. In 1913, the Alameda County directory named her principal of the Piedmont School. The 1931 yearbook of San Francisco State Teachers College lists her as registrar and a graduate of the San Francisco State Normal School. Her regional professional association named her an honorary member in 1940.

1891 Sausalito News holiday notice Lake County birth notice index Tiffany family genealogy, p. 71 1900 high school graduation 1904 teachers’ institute 1905 reading manual 1913 Piedmont School listing 1931 college yearbook transcript Professional association roll

Sophie Nis Herrera teaches and lives at Irving Institute

The 1889 directory lists Sophie Nis-Herrera teaching at Irving Institute and living at 1227 Pine Street. The 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1897 directories give her home as 1036 Valencia. The 1898 and 1899 editions still list her as a teacher at the school.

A likely earlier listing appears in the 1874 business directory under teachers of languages. It places a Mrs. Sophie Nis at 109 Montgomery Street and also lists her under teachers of music.

1874 listing for Sophie Nis 1889 teaching and residence 1893 residence 1894 residence 1895 residence 1897 residence 1898 teaching listing

Sarah E. Gouldin holds the corner tract

The 1894 block book names Gouldin on the tract that included the four-flat site. Her husband, John Copley Gouldin, had leased the tract to Irving Institute’s principal and died in 1891. The published report on John’s will says it allotted her one-third of his estate. A decree dated November 1891 names her as a beneficiary of separate land in Millbrae. The conveyance that put the Hill tract in her name remains unidentified. The 1897 directory lists her as a widow on Leavenworth Street. By the 1899 edition she lived at 1070 Valencia, the boarding house on the larger tract known as The Irving. She conveyed the tract to Ella M. Heim in June 1900. The 1902 directory still lists Gouldin at The Irving, and the 1903 edition places her on Cole Street. The 1906 Berkeley directory lists her on Bancroft Way. The 1900 census identifies the household at The Irving under its proprietor, Isabell O’Brien, whose name also appears in that year’s directory.

Errol C. Wilson, a clerk for the U.S. Army Subsistence Department, appears at Gouldin’s Leavenworth address in 1897 and at her Cole Street address in 1903. Between those years Errol and his wife Blanche lodged on the former school tract. The 1910 census identifies Carrie E. Wilson as Sarah’s daughter and Errol as Sarah’s grandson. In a signed 1948 note on the back of a painting of her childhood home in Fruitvale, Carrie named John Copley Gouldin as her father. The 1880–81 directory lists John C. Gouldin as a commercial agent at Fruit Vale Crossing. Carrie also named her sister Lucile Aida Taylor.

The 1885 directory lists Aida L. Gouldin as a typist on Pine Street living in Fruit Vale. In 1886 she worked in sales for photographer Isaiah West Taber and shared a McAllister Street address with J. C. Gouldin, whom the directory lists as a capitalist. In 1887, Aida shared 25 Birch Avenue with Mrs. J. C. Gouldin, listed as a widow. In 1888, Aida shared 228 Waller Street with S. E. Gouldin, also listed as a widow. The two listings suggest that Sarah was the Mrs. J. C. Gouldin listed the previous year. The 1887 separation agreement confirms John and Sarah were married and agreed to live apart. The directory descriptions of Sarah as a widow precede John’s documented death in 1891. The pioneer roster identifies Sarah as Sarah Emily Tibbetts and lists John Pickett Ladd and J. C. Gouldin as her husbands. It names Carrie as a child of the first marriage. The 1910 census gives Carrie a Virginia-born father, and her later signed note calls Gouldin her father. This is consistent with Gouldin raising Carrie as a stepdaughter. The original marriage record and Aida’s parentage remain unverified.

Sarah appears in an Oregon newspaper photograph with her sisters and died in Oakland in 1919.

1894 block book1900 deed and releases1900 directory listing1897 Leavenworth directory1899 Valencia directory1902 Valencia directory1903 Cole directoryWilson at the Leavenworth addressWilson at the Cole address1910 Berkeley directory1880–81 Oakland directory1885 directory · Aida in Fruit Vale1886 directory · Aida and J. C.1887 directory · Birch Avenue1888 directory · Waller Street1890 directory · John C.1891 directory · John C.Taber photography collection1893 bank release to John C.Carrie Wilson’s signed notePainting of the Fruitvale homeThe Irving household in the censusCorner tract lien release1894 block book · scan1900 deed and releases · scan 1906 Berkeley directory Tibbetts family roster

Louise Humphrey-Smith teaches elocution at Irving Institute

The 1895 directory lists a teacher named Louise H. Smith residing at 1036 Valencia. A biographical sketch by a childhood friend in Representative Women of New England identifies Louise Humphrey-Smith as the school’s elocution teacher for twelve years and says she taught at California College in Oakland for seventeen years.

Louise grew up in Turner, Maine, in the Bradford Village neighborhood. Her parents were Henry White Humphrey and Laura Ann Turner. She trained in dramatic expression after her husband died and gave recitals that included Browning and Shakespeare. In 1896 she and Edna Snell-Poulsen advertised their Lyceum of Expression at 32 O’Farrell Street.

By 1913 Louise was living in Berkeley. The Oregon Supreme Court’s account of her estate says she moved to Portland in June of that year and lived with a longtime friend whom she had helped raise. Louise died February 5, 1920. A Portland newspaper’s probate report names her sister Temple T. Snell and two other relatives.

1895 residence Contemporary biography, pp. 53–57 Lyceum of Expression advertisement Oregon Supreme Court opinion, Franklin v. Northrup, 107 Or. 537 1920 Portland probate report

Estella and Florence Guppy teach and live at the Hill Street campus

The 1897 directory identifies Estella L. Guppy, who held an A.M. degree, and Florence Guppy as Irving Institute teachers living at 1036 Valencia. A San José parish history names Estella Lois and Florence Belle Guppy among those confirmed at Trinity Church. Both women still taught at Irving Institute in 1903, and in 1905 both are listed living at its later address, 2126 California Street.

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific listed Estella as a member from San José in 1895. She translated fragments of the Greek poet Archilochus for the Overland Monthly and published The Story of the Monterey Pine in 1924. Her sorority’s December 1942 journal records her death at her home in Monterey.

1897 residence for both teachers Trinity Church records 1895 Astronomical Society membership 1903 teaching listings 1905 residence Fragments of Archilochus The Story of the Monterey Pine 1942 notice of Estella’s death

Jeannette Wilcox and Adolph Kraft marry in Tustin

Jeannette, an Irving Institute graduate and resident music teacher, married Adolph Kraft. Their wedding photograph was taken at the Wilcox family home in Tustin. The city’s preservation packet reproduces the photograph and credits historical images to Orange County Public Library.

The Orange County California Genealogical Society traces Jeannette to Indiana, where she was born July 28, 1868, to Charles Wheaton Wilcox and Sarah E. Judson. It records her as a San Francisco contralto and member of the Treble Clef Quartette, says she studied in France in 1897–98, and cites a state index for her death on June 14, 1948, in Los Angeles County.

1899 wedding photograph, City of Tustin packet Wilcox family records and source notes 1890 school residence and 1896 concert

Households lived on the former school grounds

Old No. 5 Hill. The 1899 directory lists Isabella McDonald, a widow, and Lizzie McDonald, a dressmaker, here. The census records Isabella and four Scotland-born children. Eliza made dresses, younger Isabella set type as a compositor, Jessie worked as a seamstress, and George was a store salesman. The 1899 directory lists George as a clerk at Le Count Bros. and the 1900 edition names American Tea Co. The family’s lodger, Paul E. Arndt, was a German-born electrician. The city directory names Union Iron Works as his employer. The Sanborn map places old No. 5 in the former school building, whose wing extended onto the future lot.

1060 Valencia. At the corner end of the same building, the census lists John Emerson, an English-born machinist, and his Canadian-born wife Nettie. Their lodgers included Errol Wilson, a clerk in the U.S. Army Subsistence Department, his wife Blanche Wilson, Clara L. Hart, a housekeeper, and Maude C. Arguello, a bookkeeper. The Wilsons, Hart and Arguello were born in California. The records give addresses for the two households in the building. Their individual rooms are unlocated.

1070 Valencia. The detached boarding house on the corner tract was called The Irving. The directory names Ireland-born widow Isabell O’Brien as proprietor, and the census lists her New York-born daughters Anna and Belle and an Irish-born brother. The enumerator recorded 17 people in all, including lodgers and three workers from Japan. Their recorded names are Frank Matsuta, a waiter, Louis Mioka, a cook, and Joe Morioka. Gouldin appears at this address in city directories.

1900 census, ED 111 · sheet 4A1900 census, ED 111 · sheet 4B1899 directory · Isabella and George McDonald1900 directory · George McDonald1899 directory · Lizzie McDonald1900 directory · Lizzie McDonald1900 directory · Paul Arndt1900 directory · Maude Arguello1900 directory · Errol Wilson1900 directory · The Irving’s proprietor1900 fire insurance map

Errol and Blanche Wilson lodge in the former school building

The 1900 census records Errol, 22, and Blanche Wilson, 19, living with the Emersons at 1060 Valencia. Both were born in California, Errol in July 1877 and Blanche in July 1880. They reported one year of marriage. The city directories identify Errol as Errol C. Wilson of the U.S. Army Subsistence Department and place him at the same address in 1900 and 1901.

The federal payroll lists Errol earning $50 a month in San Francisco in 1895. In 1907 he was a civilian Army clerk in Manila, earning $1,400 a year. The 1909 and 1911 registers place him back in San Francisco at $1,200 a year.

The 1930 Oakland census records Errol C. Wilson, age 52, at 431 Sunnyslope Avenue with his wife Letitia. He sold investments and reported Spanish–American War service. His age, birthplace and full name agree with the 1900 lodger’s census and city directory records. The 1940 census identifies his birthplace as Fruitvale and records his work as an Internal Revenue field deputy. It gives his age as 60, two years younger than the earlier records would predict. The 1944 telephone directory still lists him at the same address.

The 1910 Berkeley census records Errol in his grandmother Sarah Gouldin’s household alongside his mother Carrie E. Wilson. Errol was listed as widowed, placing Blanche’s likely death between the two censuses. Her death record and Errol’s military unit remain open.

1900 census, lines 36–37 1900 San Francisco directory 1901 San Francisco directory 1911 federal register, p. 836 1910 Berkeley directory 1930 Oakland census, lines 89–90 1940 Oakland census, lines 33–34 1930 Oakland directory 1935 Oakland directory 1944 Oakland telephone directory Sarah E. Gouldin’s records

Ella M. Heim acquires the corner tract

Ella received the corner tract from Sarah E. Gouldin in 1900. The 1901 block book puts it in her name, and she and Julius later quitclaimed it to Matt I. Sullivan. In 1910 the Oakland directory lists Julius as a traveling agent living on Orange Avenue in Fruitvale. The telephone directory gives the same house number for Mrs. Ella M. Heim.

1900 deed1906 quitclaim1910 Oakland directory1910 telephone directory1900 deed · scan1906 quitclaim · scan

The 1900 conveyance

The 1894 block book names Gouldin. The deed, recorded June 7, covers the corner tract in Mission Block 74 and gives the same dimensions as the later deed abstracts. The same issue records Hibernia’s 1893 release of John C. Gouldin’s mortgages on the same tract. The 1901 block book names Heim.

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The block books name Matthew and Jeremiah Sullivan on the corner tract

The October 1906 map names Matthew I. Sullivan. He was born in Grass Valley in 1857 to Michael and Margaret Sullivan and grew up in San Francisco. He graduated from St. Ignatius College in 1876, joined the bar in 1879, and became the founding dean of what is now the University of San Francisco School of Law. He served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 1907, chaired California’s commission for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, and served as California chief justice in 1914–15.

The 1909–10 block book names Jere Sullivan. In the 1907 directory, Matthew practiced law with his brother Jeremiah F. Sullivan and Theodore J. Roche. Jeremiah was born in Connecticut in 1851, grew up in Nevada County and San Francisco, and graduated from St. Ignatius in 1870. He studied law in the office of Winans & Belknap, joined the bar in 1874, and won election to the new San Francisco Superior Court at 28. He served on California’s Supreme Court in 1926–27.

The 1907 deed names Jeremiah F., Helen and Matthew I. Sullivan as grantors. The 1909–10 block book uses the shorter name Jere Sullivan.

1907 deed abstractOctober 1906 block book1909–10 block bookSullivan law firm in 1907University historyCalifornia Supreme Court rosterMatthew’s 1915 portrait and biographyJeremiah’s 1928 court memorialJeremiah’s portrait in the 1895 Call1907 deed abstract · scanOctober 1906 block book · scan1909–10 block book · scanJeremiah’s portrait in the 1895 Call · scan

Sullivan law firm in 1907

Sullivan Jeremiah F (Sullivan & Sulli- van and Theo J Roche) atty-at-law, r 2007 Pacific Av

Sullivan Matthew, cementwkr, 225, 1st Sullivan Matthew I (Sullivan & Sullivan and Theo J Roche) atty and Super- visor, r 920 Guerrero

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The Heymans buy the tract and later sell the four-flat lot

The 1909 directory lists Oscar as president and Alvin as secretary of the Jacob Heyman Co. It separately lists Oscar Heyman & Bro. at the same Montgomery Street address under the brothers’ names. Their father Jacob appears as a real estate agent in the 1890 directory, and Oscar as his bookkeeper.

The city’s historic survey describes their development work in the Outer Sunset, Outer Richmond and Outer Mission, including Craftsman rowhouses on 46th Avenue. The firm bought the corner tract under the Jacob Heyman name in 1907. Oscar Heyman & Bro. sold the 50-foot Hill Street portion to the Landinis in 1922.

The 1915 directory lists Oscar and his wife Bertha on Washington Street and Alvin on Jackson Street. The firm later developed Laurel Village. The 1957 directory names Alvin president of Heyman Homes, Oscar treasurer, and Alvin Jr. secretary. Oscar lived in San Mateo by then.

1907 purchase1922 sale1890 directory1909 directorySan Francisco Planning’s builder biographies1915 directoryLaurel Village and the firm1957 directory1907 purchase · scan1922 sale · scan

1909 directory

HEYMAN JACOB CO, Oscar Heyman pres, Alvin Heyman sec, real estate, 113 Montgomery

HEYMAN OSCAR & BRO (Oscar and Alvin) real estate, 113 Montgomery Heyman Max, salesman, r 626a Clayton Heyman Ralph, salesman, r 260 Noe

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The 1907 conveyance

Jeremiah F., Helen and Matthew I. Sullivan conveyed the 135 × 114 ft tract at the southwest corner of Hill and Valencia. The deed was recorded April 22. The later 1909–10 block book still labels the tract Jere Sullivan.

Edwards, deeds recorded April 221909–10 block book

Sarah Gouldin lives with her daughter and grandson

On April 30, the census taker listed Sarah E. Gouldin, 69, as head of a Parker Street household in Berkeley. Sarah was an Indiana-born widow living on her own income. She reported four children, two living. Her daughter Carrie E. Wilson, 51, was an Oregon-born widow and a stenographer. Her grandson Errol C. Wilson, a clerk, was also recorded as widowed. His wife Blanche had appeared with him on the Hill and Valencia tract in 1900.

The Berkeley directory puts Carrie and Errol at 2239 Parker. The census groups their household under 2241 Parker, the paired address shown on the 1911 Sanborn map.

1910 census, ED 65, sheet 14A 1910 Berkeley directory 1911 Sanborn map of Parker Street

The Oregonian publishes a portrait of Sarah Gouldin and her sisters

Sarah joined four of her sisters at Flora Tibbetts Hermann’s home in Roseburg, Oregon. The Oregonian published a group portrait. The caption gives Sarah’s name as Mrs. S. A. Goulen of Oakland. The Roseburg Review and Oregon Daily Journal identify Mrs. Gouldin as Flora and Elizabeth’s sister. The family roster identifies her as Sarah Emily Tibbetts, a daughter of Jonathan Snow and Mary Redding Tibbetts.

The Oregonian reunion clippings, August 1912 Roseburg Review, October 5, 1910 Oregon Daily Journal, August 1, 1915 Tibbetts family roster Sarah’s ownership and residence

Sarah Gouldin dies in Oakland

The Cottage Grove Sentinel reported that Sara E. Gouldin died in Oakland on February 10 and was buried at Mount View Cemetery in Cottage Grove, Oregon. She was born in Manchester, Indiana, crossed the plains in 1852 and had lived in California for 55 years. The notice mentions a daughter and grandson in Oakland and a daughter and grandson in Chicago.

Cottage Grove Sentinel, February 28, 1919 Sarah’s family photograph Sarah’s ownership and residence

Carpenter Emile V. Wiander completes construction

The city directory identifies Wiander as a carpenter living with Sophia on Coleridge Street in Bernal Heights. The 1914 and 1916 editions list him in the same trade. The 1933 directory lists the couple on Brunswick Street, with another Emil Wiander, a carpenter recorded with the middle initial E, in the same household.

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Joseph J. and Rose Marx live at No. 17

The 1924 and 1926 directories place them at No. 17 and list Joseph in the knit-goods trade at 2541 Mission Street, near 22nd. The 1926 directory also lists Catherine M. Martin at No. 17.

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Lester and Pauline Wilson live at No. 15

Lester managed a Woolworth store when he and Pauline lived at No. 15. A 1927 San Diego directory lists Lester J. and Pauline Wilson with the same employer and position. Its 1939 edition lists Lester J. Wilson, husband of Pauline W., as a vice president at Whitney & Co. The matching names and Woolworth job link the 1924 and 1927 entries.

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Otto and Johanna Martens live at No. 19

Otto and Johanna lived at No. 19 in 1924. Otto worked as a baker at 3225 22nd Street, around the corner.

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Residents changed at Nos. 15 and 19

Sidney and Anna Rackusin lived at No. 15 in 1926. Sidney was associated with the Sweater Shop. In 1927, watchmaker William P. Bourne and Alice lived there. Leo H. Steinau was listed at No. 15 from 1928 through 1930, working in real estate in 1928 and selling uniforms by 1930. They give his wife’s name as Agnes in 1928 and Marie in 1929 and 1930.

No. 19 housed Harold W. Metz, an assistant cashier with Liberty Bank in 1926 and a banker with Bank of Italy in 1927. The 1927 through 1929 directories also list Christian Science practitioner Lemuel A. Moss and Johanna D. at No. 19. The 1910 San Francisco directory lists a Lemuel A. Moss as a bookbinder.

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Samuel and Rose Mayerson’s son Irving drowns in the Russian River

The 1923 and 1924 city directories list Irving Mayerson as a clerk for his father Samuel. The 1923 edition places both men at 2960 21st Street, the family’s address before Hill Street. The 1924 edition prints 2900 for Irving and 2960 for Samuel. The Richmond Record-Herald gives Irving’s address as 2960 and reports that he and James Licht drowned when their canoe capsized near Guerneville on July 20. The Glendale Evening News also reported the drownings, spelling Irving’s surname “Meyerson.”

The July 25 death notice in Emanu-El names Samuel and Rose as Irving’s parents and William, Annie and Pearl as his siblings. It says he was born in New York and was 18. The accident reports put his age at 21. Samuel and Rose bought the Hill Street flats two years later.

Emanu-El death notices, July 25, 1924, p. 181922 city directory1923 city directory1924 city directoryRichmond Record-Herald, July 22, 1924Glendale Evening News, July 21, 1924The Mayerson family on Hill Street

The Mayersons buy the building and live on Hill Street

Samuel and Rose bought the building from James and Zetta Landini in 1926. City directories list Samuel and Rose at 2960 21st Street, between Folsom and Treat, from 1920 through 1925. The January 1920 census lists Thomas and Margaret Farren’s household at that address. The Mayersons’ exact move-in date there is unknown. Samuel’s son Irving also appears there in 1922. He worked for his father and died in 1924. The 1926 directory places Samuel at No. 21 on Hill, and the 1927 edition lists both of them there. The 1930 census gives Russia as the birthplace of both parents, New York as Anne’s and California as Pearl’s.

The 1920 directory names Samuel, S. Hoffman and C. E. Phillips as the partners in Reliable Junk Company at 907–909 Bryant Street. In 1922, Samuel advertised his wholesale scrap business at 617–619 Seventh Street as a dealer in rags, bottles and metals. By 1926, he and Bernard Milenbach were partners in the Mayerson Junk Company. A July 1926 sale notice gives No. 21 as Samuel’s address and lists a sewing machine and a picker his company was buying from the Greendale Mattress Company at 621 Seventh Street. A September 1927 filing names Samuel and Emanuel Nedovich as partners in the Mayerson Junk Company. The 1935 directory still lists Samuel as a scrap dealer at 617 Seventh Street.

A Pearl Mayerson appears on the roster in Mission High School’s spring 1928 yearbook. Her name and school year fit the 17-year-old Pearl in the family’s 1930 census household. In 1930, Anne worked as a stenographer for A. Carlisle & Co. The 1931 directory calls her a registrar at the Eureka Benevolent Society, a San Francisco Jewish relief organization founded in 1850. By 1933, the directory lists both daughters at No. 19 with their parents. The 1938 and 1939 editions still list Rose with Samuel at No. 19. Rose died on March 20, 1940. The April 1940 census records Samuel there as a 61-year-old widower and gives his rent as $25. The 1935 assessor’s block book and the 1940 census describe his ownership and rental status at different dates.

A likely match in the 1950 census lived in San Jose.

Irving Mayerson, 1922–1924Rose’s 1940 death recordGrant deed abstract, recorded January 261926 business listing1930 census1930 directoryAnne’s 1931 occupationEureka Benevolent Society records1933 household listings1940 census1922 household listing1922 scrap business advertisement1925 household directory1927 household listing1935 junk dealersSpring 1928 Mission High yearbook1920 household directory1920 Reliable Junk Company listingJanuary 1920 census of the 21st Street address1921 household directory1938 household directory1939 household directoryGrant deed abstract, recorded January 26 · scan1930 census · scan1940 census · scanJuly 1926 equipment sale noticeSeptember 1927 partnership filing

1922 scrap business advertisement

MAYERSON S, wholesale junk, dealer in rags, bottles, metals, etc, 617-619 7th

Crocker-Langley city directory

Mission High School, spring 1928

Mr. L. A. Phillips Registry · Mayerson, Pearl

The Mission, p. 110

1926 business listing

= Saml (Mayerson Junk Co) r21 Hill

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Anne’s 1931 occupation

# Anne registrar Eureka Benevolent Society r19 Hill

" Saml (Rose) h19 Hill

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1933 household listings

# Anne sten Eureka Benevolent Society r19 Hill

" Pearl r19 Hill

" Saml (Rose) junk h19 Hill

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David and Esther Shubert live at No. 17 with their daughters

David W. Shubert reported a New York birthplace and Polish-born parents in 1930. Esther Lewis Shubert was born in the Russian Empire and reported arriving in the United States in 1910. The census records her as naturalized by 1930. That year David conducted streetcars for the privately owned Market Street Railway and the family rented the flat for $55 a month. His 1948–49 directory listing and the 1950 census show him working for the municipal railway after the two systems consolidated in 1944.

The California birth index records Frances M. Shubert on October 31, 1920, and Muriel Shubert on May 22, 1922, both in San Francisco County. Both entries give Lewis as their mother’s maiden name. In 1940 both daughters were in school. Muriel edited Mission High School’s yearbook that spring.

Esther’s brother Max Lewis lived with them in 1930. He was 47, born in the Russian Empire, and a clothing merchant. He reported arriving in 1905 and was already naturalized. The June 1933 telephone directory still lists him at No. 17.

In 1940 the rent was $35 a month. Salvador La Rue, a 25-year-old Oregon-born laundry driver, lodged with them. He reported 52 weeks of work and $960 in wages for 1939. The 1950 census records a different lodger, Philip H., age 58, born in Russia and naturalized. His surname appears to read Carver.

Esther worked as a garment seamstress in 1950. The 1958 directory still places her at No. 17 and names her employer. The California death index gives a likely match for Esther, born February 25, 1892, and deceased December 20, 1965, in San Francisco County. A David W. Shubert who died in the city on December 25, 1954 is a possible match. His death index lists Illinois as his birthplace, while the Hill Street censuses give New York.

1930 census, lines 1–5 June 1933 telephone directory 1935 directory 1940 census, household lines 77–80 1940 census, lodger line 1 1948–49 directory 1950 census, sheet 73, lines 28–30 1955–56 directory 1944 street railway consolidation

Frances’s birth index entry Muriel’s birth index entry Esther death index candidate David death index candidate

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Peter and Eileen Maloney live at No. 15 with their son Joseph

The 1940 census lists all three as California-born. Peter operated Atlas Pharmacy on Valencia, and by 1939 the city directory listed him and D. B. Bell as its proprietors at 220 Stockton, opposite Union Square. Joseph W. Maloney became a technical sergeant and served as a B-24 radio operator and gunner in the Pacific during World War II. In an oral history, his crewmate Robert Raven recalls Peter and Eileen hosting the crew while it was stationed at Hamilton Field in 1944. In the October 1944 crew photo, Joseph is second from the left in the front row. He contributed that photograph to the oral history and joined Raven for a 1999 interview.

1940 census1939 pharmacy listingBancroft Library oral history, pp. 38–39Photograph of Joseph’s B-24 crewJoseph’s interview, p. 451940 census · scanPhotograph of Joseph’s B-24 crew · scan

1939 pharmacy listing

ATLAS PHARMACY (P W Maloney, D 31 Belli) Preseriptions Carefully Compounded, 220 Stockton, Tel GA rfietd 0565

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The Sinclairs and the Wise family lived at No. 19

The 1930 census identifies California-born Harold R. Sinclair as a manager in fire insurance. Clara and their son Richard were also born in California. The same entry lists four relatives in the household at No. 19. Robert S. Wise, a California-born teamster for a produce company, lived with his wife Marjorie and their children Robert and Shirley.

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Leon and Henrietta Antonioli live at No. 21

Leon and Henrietta lived at No. 21 in 1933, when Leon sold for the Dairy Delivery Company. Henrietta died that December at age 31. Leon was still at No. 21 in 1936 and worked as a driver by 1938. Leon served as a U.S. Army private in World War I and died in 1977. The couple share a burial site at Golden Gate National Cemetery.

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A state death record matches Rose Mayerson of No. 19

The California death index records Rose Mayerson’s death in San Francisco at age 61. It gives her birth date as February 27, 1879, her father’s surname as Krovitz and her mother’s maiden name as Diamond. Her age fits the 1930 census, which places her birthplace in Russia. The 1939 directory lists Rose and Samuel together at No. 19, and the April 1940 census records Samuel as widowed there.

California Death Index entry1930 census1939 directoryApril 1940 census

The Bridgemans, Duncans and Lachtmans live in three units in the building

Edmund Bridgeman lived at No. 21 with Katherine and their daughter Edna in 1940. The census records Edmund’s birthplace as Canada and Katherine’s and Edna’s as California. Edna was 30. The 1941 directory lists her as a keypunch operator at No. 21.

At No. 15, Gordon H. Duncan worked as a clerk for Metropolitan Life. Directories list Gordon and Claire at No. 15 in 1941, 1942 and 1944, and in Belmont by 1948–49. The 1941 and 1942 directories also list salesman Morris Lachtman and his wife Yetta at No. 19.

1940 census1941 directory1942 directory1944 directoryGordon’s 1958 listing1940 census · scan

Muriel Shubert edits Mission High School’s yearbook

While living at No. 17, Muriel edited the spring 1940 issue of The Mission. The student staff interviewed and photographed one student from each grade for an issue that followed students at work and at play. The title spread credits Muriel as editor, and page 74 captions a photograph of her with the yearbook’s mock-up.

The Mission, title spread and p. 74 Muriel’s household at No. 17

Louis and Ruth Gernhardt may have bought the building by 1946

Louis A. and Ruth Anita Gernhardt owned the building by 1946; the date they acquired it remains unknown. Louis (1896–1962) served as a U.S. Army corporal in World War I. He and Ruth (1901–1969) were living together in San Francisco by 1921. They lived in the city in the 1930s and are buried together at Golden Gate National Cemetery. Louis worked at Gernhardt-Strohmaier, the stove and appliance firm at 18th and Mission. A 1927 reconveyance for a $55,000 loan on the store property names Louis A. and Ruth alongside L. J. and Julia Gernhardt and J. C. and Clara Strohmaier. By 1958 Louis A. was the firm’s vice president, and the couple lived in Daly City. The same directory lists Louis A. Jr. as a salesman for the firm. A 1922 directory advertisement lists the firm’s gas stoves and ranges. San Francisco’s historic resource survey documents the 1937–38 Streamline Moderne remodeling of the Mission storefront.

1921 directory1922 business advertisement1946 ownership record1958 directoryCity survey of the store1930 city directoryGolden Gate National Cemetery burial records1946 ownership record · scan1927 store loan reconveyance

1921 directory

Gernetti John (Eda) whsemn r 175a Corbett Av Gernhardt Louis A (Ruth) (Gernhardt-Stroh- maier Co) r 78a Page

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1958 directory

Gernhardt-Stroh- Gernhardt Louis A (Ruth) F-pres maler Co r Daly City

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The ownership evidence

Andrews lists Louis A. Gernhardt and a co-owner initialed R in 1943. The 1946 block book gives both names, Louis A. and Ruth A. Gernhardt. The 1935 block book lists the Mayersons, and the 1940 census records Samuel Mayerson renting No. 19. The transfer date and any owners between the two families remain undocumented.

1943 property directory1946 owners

The block book pairs the Gernhardt names with the parcel map

The Giustis make their home at No. 19

Harry Giusti was living at No. 19 by 1944. By 1950, he and Nina shared the home with their daughters Sandra, six, and Linda, one. Harry worked as a mechanical engineer for an electrical contractor and later for Bechtel. He was still listed at No. 19 in 1972, 28 years after the earliest record found.

Nina Elizabeth Nelson Giusti (1921–2005) was the daughter of Peter and Hulda Nelson and a graduate of San Francisco’s Mission High School. Her obituary records four children and service on the Rio Nido Homeowners Association board. It gives her burial place as Cypress Lawn.

1944 telephone directory1950 census, sheet 73, lines 24–271963 directory1969–70 directory1972 street directoryNina’s Chronicle obituary1950 census, sheet 73, lines 24–27 · scan

Joseph Disantoro owned the building by 1949

Andrews names Joseph Disantoro as the owner of the four-flat property in 1949. In April 1950, the federal census recorded a Joseph DiSantoro on Chenery Street in San Francisco. He was 62, widowed, born in Italy and a naturalized U.S. citizen. He co-owned a liquor store and reported working 36 hours the previous week.

The 1955–56 directory lists Joseph with Tina and the business Frank & Joe’s. In 1960 the directory names Joseph DiSantoro and Frank J. Oneto as the partners in that liquor store at 5170 Mission Street. Joseph was listed as retired in 1966. The 1973 directory calls him Giuseppe and lists him with Christina. The names and trade fit the census record. The shared name and trade suggest that he was the owner listed in 1949.

At the January 1975 demolition hearing, the owner’s realtor said his unnamed client was 88 and had owned the building for more than 30 years. The age is close to the census entry. The claimed length of ownership would put the purchase before January 1945, although the 1946 assessor book still lists the Gernhardts.

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1955–56 directory

The alphabetical listing names Joseph and Tina DiSantoro and identifies Frank & Joe’s as his business.

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1958 directory

DiSantoro Jos (Christina; Frank & Joe's) h1525 Cayuga Di-brow Ann (wid Albert K) b240 Arlington

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1966 directory

" Ruth retd h261 Clara apt 3 DiSantoro Jos (Christina) retd h1525 Cayuga av

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James and Patricia Macauley live at No. 21 with their daughters

James W. and Patricia M. Macauley lived at No. 21 with their daughters Nancy and Janice in 1950. Both parents were 25 and born in California. James was an accountant who worked for W. S. Boutell. He was still listed at No. 21 in 1955–56. The census spelled their name McCauley; telephone and city directories used Macauley.

1950 census, sheet 11, lines 27–301950 telephone directory1951 city directory, p. 8081955–56 street directory1950 census, sheet 11, lines 27–30 · scan

1955–56 street directory

15 Crawford Roy H V A VA 66491 16 Peterson Ruth RO A VA 47103 16a Hill Henry A A AT 80251 17 Shubert Esther Mrs A AT 25293 18 Bunton Ernest EO A VA 42162 19 Giusti Harry A A MI 72120. 20 DeSassise Frank @ & AT 21816 20 1% Kurpieski Walter A & MI 84501

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James and Lee Toscano live at No. 15

The 1950 census at No. 15 records James W. Toscano as a sales supervisor in the beverage business and Lee as a sales correspondent in metal foil. Both were born in California. In 1951, Polk still lists the couple at No. 15, giving James’s occupation as driver and naming Lee’s employer, Reynolds Metals Company, where it lists her as office secretary.

1950 census, sheet 75, lines 26–271951 city directory, p. 13081950 census, sheet 75, lines 26–27 · scan

A possible match for Samuel Mayerson lived in San Jose

At 53 Pleasant Street, the census lists Samuel Mayerson, a 71-year-old naturalized citizen born in Russia. He was the head of household and shared the address with three men listed as lodgers. The 1950 Sanborn edition shows a two-story wood-frame dwelling at No. 53, one house in from Carlysle Street.

The name, birthplace and ten-year age progression fit the former Hill Street owner. The 1940 census recorded him as a widower at No. 19. The San Jose entry says divorced. A family record linking the two addresses remains to be found.

The California death index lists a Samuel Mayerson born October 25, 1878, who died in Santa Clara County on November 20, 1961. The birth date fits both census ages. His connection to the Hill Street family is still provisional.

1950 San Jose census, sheet 14, lines 7–10 Street name on the following sheet 1940 Hill Street census, sheet 9B, line 76 1950 Sanborn map, sheet 87 Detail of 53 Pleasant Street 1961 state death index entry

Roy and Grace Crawford lived at No. 15

Roy H. Crawford lived at No. 15 for more than a decade, appearing there from the 1955–56 directory through 1967. By 1967, he was a mechanic for the U.S. Navy and lived with his wife, Grace.

1955–56 street directory1966 street directory1967 alphabetical directory1967 street directory1967 street directory · scan

1955–56 street directory

The Hill Street listings place Roy H. Crawford at No. 15.

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1966 street directory

The Hill Street listings again place Crawford at No. 15.

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Esther Shubert works for Pacific Surgical Gown Co.

Polk lists Esther at No. 17 as Dave’s widow and a factory worker with Pacific Surgical Gown Co. The company made surgeons’ and nurses’ gowns. Its 1955–56 business listing gives 3327 24th Street in the Mission.

1958 directory, Esther Shubert 1955–56 directory, company address 1951 directory, company products Shubert family at No. 17

Edith E. Foley lives at No. 17

Edith lived at No. 17 in 1966 and was still listed there in 1972. She worked as a press feeder at Reynard Press. The firm’s earlier Mission District shop was at 2700 19th Street. By 1966 it was a division of Jeffries Banknote Company on Sansome Street.

1966 street directory1966 alphabetical directory 1972 alphabetical directory1958 Reynard Press listing1966 Reynard Press listing

Robert and Sandra O’Balle live next door to her parents

Robert R. and Sandra O’Balle lived at No. 21 in 1966, next door to Sandra’s parents, Harry and Nina Giusti. Robert worked as a roofer for Humbert Roofing Company and was still listed at No. 21 in 1967. Nina Giusti’s obituary names Sandra O’Balle, married to Robert, as her daughter, connecting the two households.

1966 alphabetical directory1967 street directoryNina Giusti’s obituary1967 street directory · scan

José and Hilda Zamacona lived at No. 15

José M. Zamacona lived at No. 15 in 1968, and Hilda A. was listed with him in 1969–70. The flat was listed as vacant in 1971. José was listed there again in 1975 and in 1980–82; Po Ho was listed there in 1977. The gaps leave their exact dates of residence open.

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Andre M. Hernandez lives at No. 21

Andre M. Hernandez lived at No. 21, where he appears in directories from 1968 through 1975. The 1968 listing gives his initials; later editions provide his full name.

1968 directory, p1971 Hill Street listings1975 street directory, p1968 directory, p · scan1971 Hill Street listings · scan1975 street directory, p · scan

Edward and Magdalena Palacios live at No. 17

Edward R. Palacios appears at No. 17 in both the 1975 and 1977 street directories. The 1977 alphabetical directory also names Magdalena Palacios there.

1975 street directory, p1977 street directory, p1977 alphabetical directory, p1975 street directory, p · scan1977 street directory, p · scan

The Lollar family lives at No. 19

Before living on Hill Street, George W. and Alta M. Lollar shared a Guerrero Street address with Larry G. in 1963. George worked in the Fairmont Hotel laundry, and Larry was a student.

George was living at No. 19 Hill in 1975. By 1977, he was retired and Alta and Larry were listed with him at No. 19.

1963 directory, p1975 street directory, p1977 alphabetical directory, p1975 street directory, p · scan

Po Ho lives at No. 15

The 1977 street directory prints Ho Po in surname order. The alphabetical directory confirms Po under the Ho surname at No. 15.

1977 street directory, p1977 alphabetical directory. Po Ho appears under the surname Ho at No. 15.1977 street directory, p · scan

August Losso lived at No. 21

The 1977 city directory names August Losso at No. 21. A likely match is the man of that name who lived with his daughter Irene A. Zerbato and her husband Henry across the street at No. 22. The 1950 census records him there as a 65-year-old widower born in Italy and a naturalized U.S. citizen. The 1962 directory still lists him at No. 22.

The 1948–49 directory lists two August Lossos on Hill Street, a carpenter at No. 22 and August Jr. at No. 22½.

1950 census, sheet 6, lines 19–211962 alphabetical directory, p1977 street directory, p1948–49 directory for both Lossos1977 street directory, p · scan

1948–49 directory for both Lossos

The directory lists August Losso Sr. as a carpenter at No. 22 and August Jr. with Anita at a neighboring Hill Street flat.

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R. K. Thiesfeld lived at No. 17

Both sections of the 1980 city directory place R. K. Thiesfeld at No. 17.

1980 street directory, p1980 alphabetical directory, p. 1002. R. K. Thiesfeld appears at No. 17.1980 street directory, p · scan

Robert Tyler lives at No. 19

Robert Tyler lived at No. 19 in 1980 and 1981. Debra Patch was listed there in 1982.

1980 street directory, p1981 street directory, p1982 street directory, p1980 street directory, p · scan1981 street directory, p · scan1982 street directory, p · scan

Fernando and Lusia A. Vareda live at No. 21

Fernando Vareda lived at No. 21 from at least 1980 through 1982. Lusia A. Vareda was listed with him in 1981 and 1982, when Fernando was retired.

1980 street directory, p1981 alphabetical directory, p1982 alphabetical directory, p1980 street directory, p · scan

Johnny A. Bajone lives at No. 17

Johnny A. Bajone lived at No. 17 in 1981 and 1982. North Mission News says Johnny Bajone operated the jazz club at nearby 1062 Valencia from about 1978 to August 1, 1988. The club’s own 1985 advertisement confirms it was named for its owner. A possible earlier match, John Bajone, worked in construction in 1972.

North Mission News on the club’s ownership Mal Waldron at the club Malo’s homecoming show 1981 street directory, p1982 street directory, p1972 alphabetical directory. A John Bajone worked in construction.1981 street directory, p · scan1982 street directory, p · scan

Debra Patch lives at No. 19

Debra Patch lived at No. 19 in 1982, following Robert Tyler, who was listed there in 1980 and 1981.

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