ANDERSON, Robert

Family/Spouse: Sara. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martin married BYRNE, Ruth Margaret. Ruth (daughter of BYRNE, Walter Graves and HOLLAND, Agnes Mercer) was born on 8 Nov 1920 in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA; died on 31 Dec 2008 in Arcata, CA, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Obituary: From Eureka Times-Standard Ruth Margaret Byrne Anderson Ruth Margaret Byrne Anderson passed away in Arcata on December 31, 2008. She was 88. Ruth began and ended her life near the ocean she loved and was happiest at home. She was born November 8, 1920, to Agnes and Walter Byrne in their Santa Cruz Craftsman style bungalow, which was designed by her architect father, and has been designated an historical landmark. The fourth of nine children, Ruth was raised in the Los Angeles area, graduated from St. Andrew’s High School in Pasadena and attended Pasadena City College. At the onset of World War Two Ruth’s family moved to Oakland, where she worked as a secretary for Kaiser Steel. At the end of the war she met Martin Anderson, a naval officer just back from the Pacific and stationed at Alameda. The couple married in 1947 and Martin returned to school at UC Berkeley on the GI Bill. Eventually Ruth left the workplace for motherhood and by 1965 the couple had six children. The family lived in both Southern and Northern California, settling in the Bay Area city of Livermore in 1969. Martin worked as an inspector for the California Department of Agriculture until his death in 1978 at age 61. Ruth relocated to the North Coast in 1984, after visiting her son William, a student at Humboldt State University. The redwoods reminded her of Santa Cruz. She was active in St. Mary’s parish where she sang in the choir, volunteered at Pacific Union School, and enjoyed cooking, gardening, bird-watching, Bible-study, and reading. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband Martin; her brother Walter Byrne; sisters Marian Byrne and Josephine Byrne; brothers-in-law Glen Philpot, Earle Maixner and Delbert Lebbert; and grandson Charles Christopher Wood. She is survived by her sisters: Harriet Philpot, Roberta Maixner, Elizabeth Lebbert & Patricia Byrne; her brother Thomas (Elizabeth) Byrne; her children: Edward (Marlene) Anderson, Joan (Samuel) Naszady, William (Sandra) Anderson, John Anderson, Mary (Charles) Wood and Robert (Sara) Anderson; her grandchildren: Katherine, Emily & Ethan Naszady; Michelle (Gregg) Pacilio & Benjamin Anderson; Erin & Catherine Wood; Martin, Alexander & Joseph Anderson; and her great grandson Jai Michael Pacilio. A Memorial Service will be held for Ruth at St Mary’s Church in Arcata Saturday January 10th at 1 pm, with interment at St. Michael’s Catholic Cemetary in Livermore, California. The family wishes to thank Linda Newhouse, Dr. David S. Gans, the staff of Mad River Community Hospital and Home Health, Assisted Living Services of Eureka, and St. Mary’s parish for their support of Ruth over the years. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Mary’s Church. Please sign the guestbook at www.times-standard.com, click on obituaries. Published in Eureka Times-Standard on Jan. 8, 2009
• Residence: 1930, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California
• Residence: 2004, Arcata, California, USA

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• Education: Walter Byrne attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in the class of 1914.
• Obituary: From Oakland Tribune BYRNE In Oakland, April 28. . 1949, Walter - G- dearly beloved . husband of Agnes M. Byrne: loving father of Walter Jr.. Marian, Elizabeth, Patricia and Thomas Byrne; Mrs. Harriet Philpot, Mrs. . Ruth Anderson and Mrs. Robert A. Maixner; brother of Carlton and Howard Bvrne, Mrs. Harriet Olmsted,-Mrs. Gertrude Stone, Mrs. Helen Stikeman and the late . George Byrne. Friends are Invited to attend the funeral Saturday, April, 30, 1949. at 8:30 a.m. from the Piedmont Memorial Chapel of John .J. Cox. 3479 Piedmont Avenue, thence to St. Leo's Church. Piedmont and Ridgeway Avenues, where - requiem mass ..will be celebrated for the repose of his soul, commencing ;v at 9 a.m. Interment. Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Recitation of the rosary Friday evening at 8 o'clock. (For further information .- call Piedmont 5-0220.)
• Occupation: Architect
• Residence: Not Stated, Santa Cruz, California
• Residence: 1900, Santa Cruz Ward 3, Santa Cruz, California
• Residence: 1910, Santa Cruz Ward 4, Santa Cruz, California
• Residence: 1920, Santa Cruz Ward 4, Santa Cruz, California
• Occupation: 1930, Architect
• Residence: 1930, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California

Notes:

From the Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz:

Walter Graves Byrne (1891 - 1949). Walter Graves Byrne was born in San Francisco, the son of George Griffin Byrne and Helen Graves Byrne. Approximately three years later, the Byrne family, formerly of Jackson, Michigan, settled in Santa Cruz.

Walter Byrne attended the University of California, Berkeley, when the Craftsman aesthetic was prevalent there, graduating in the class of 1914. While a student, he did drafting work for Julia Morgan and John Galen Howard. The Craftsman preference for simplicity, a preference which allows material to become important as design elements, is evident in the buildings in Santa Cruz which can be assigned to him: The Walter Charles Byrne house, 1912, and his own home, 1919.

On returning to Santa Cruz, Byrne found that there were not enough commissions available to support him as an architect. Consequently, he became a teacher of mathematics and mechanical drawing at Santa Cruz High School in 1918. During the years 1921 to 1923, he was a junior partner of architect Allen C. Collins. Their office was located in the New Santa Cruz Theatre Building at the northwest corner of Pacific and Walnut Avenues.

In 1923, Byrne moved to Los Angeles, where he associated with the firm of Ross Montgomery and that of John C. Austin, architect of Los Angeles City Hall, Shrine Auditorium, and the Griffith Park Observatory. Byrne's most important project was the California State Building in the Los Angeles Civic Center. Byrne left Southern California for Oakland in 1942 and worked for Kaiser Industries during the war. He was afterwards employed by John J. Donovan, architect of Oakland Technical High School, the Ina Coolbirth Library, also in Oakland, and a consulting architect for the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge. At the time Byrne also designed an addition to the building which housed Oakland's Little Sisters of the Poor. He continued to practice until three years before his death in 1949.


Also:

Designed home for Walter Charles Byrne and Mabel Drennan Byrne family at 332 Union Street, Santa Cruz (originally 28 Union Street). Family lore had it that this was a project while he was studying architecture at UC Berkeley, which would fit with his having graduated in 1914 and the home was built in 1912.

Walter married HOLLAND, Agnes Mercer on 31 Dec 1915 in 2256 San Antonio Ave, Alameda, Alameda CA USA. Agnes (daughter of HOLLAND, Dr. Judson and Marietta) was born on 8 May 1889 in Sheep Ranch, California, USA; died on 29 Jun 1978 in Oakland, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1920, Santa Cruz Ward 4, Santa Cruz, California
• Residence: 1930, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California

Notes:

From Oakland Tribune 1 Jan 1916:

New Year Wedding Is Church Affair

Alameda, Jan 1. A pretty wedding ceremony, uniting Miss Agnes Holland, daughter of Dr. Judson A. Holland, and Walter Byrne, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Byrne of Santa Cruz, was performed yesterday at the home of the brides aunt, Mrs. Emma Rathgreb. 2256 San Antonio avenue, bv Rev. C. L. Mears of the First Congregational Church.

There were, about two dozen of the relatives of the young people present at the ceremony and the wedding breakfast which followed. The Lohengrin bridal march was played by the mother of the bridegroom, Mrs. George Byrne.

There were seven at the bride's table including Mr. and Mrs. Walter Byrne, Miss Harriet Byrne, Miss Marjorie Bemus, George Byrne, Wilmot Milham, and Sumner Holland, brother of the bride.



From Oakland Enquirer: She is the daughter of Dr. Judson Holland, county physician of Calaveras county, and a sister of Miss Elois Holland and Sumner Holland. Mr. Byrne is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Byrne of Santa Cruz. He will take his bride to that city to reside after a wedding trip thru the southern part of the state.

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• Research Notes: Leon Rowland notes had George Byrne arriving in Santa Cruz 1889, but this was most likely Walter Byrne. George Byrne initially lived in San Francisco and Alameda, moving to Santa Cruz in 1895 to co-found Byrne Bros with Walter, who was already living there.
• Obituary: From the front page the Santa Cruz Evening News, 29 Dec 1923: Death of George G Byrne Shocks Whole City; Will Be Missed in Business and Social Life of Community A great shock to this community is the sudden death last night of George Grifftng Byrne. No citizen could have seemed more sure of a serene old age, still a long way off. He had lived the useful, moderate, sane life which is the best insurance. But the reaper took him in the twinkling of an eye. He was sitting, about 8 o'clock, with his family, when his heart stopped, and he passed from this life without a struggle. Mr. Byrne was fifty-nine years of age, a native of Michigan, and son of George Griffing Byrne and his wife Henrietta, both of prominent Jackson families. He was in the hardware business even in the early days, and came to Santa Cruz from Jackson thirty-four years ago, to be with his uncle, the late C. B. Byrne, in the firm of Heath and Byrne. The next year he married Miss Helen Graves, between whom and himself there has ever since been perfect harmony. They have brought up a family of whom any one would be proud; have given them all the best education to be had, all who are old enough being now college graduates, and the younger ones at sohool. Twenty-five years ago he, with bis brother Walter, bought out Heath & Byrne, and have made Byrne Bros, a synonym for dependability and progressiveness through a large territory. It is now a large business. Mr. Byrne was interested in civic improvement, was a Mason, a faithful and helpful member of the Congregational church over a period of many years, and, to his death; and a charter member of the Y. M. C. A. here. He was domestic in taste, and was more happy at home than anywhere else. But he was a genial friend and acquaintance, with a large circle of friends. He was a sterling citizen, an example to all who knew him, in his unostentatious way of meeting the problems and duties of life. He leaves a wife, Mrs. Helen Byrne, and children as follows: Walter G., an architect of Los Angeles; Mrs. Harriet Olmstead of Los Angeles; George G., who is connected with the store In Santa Cruz; Gertrude, who after graduating from the University of California, is now taking a course in nursing in a San Francisco hospital; Helen, a teacher: at Covina; Carleton, a student at Stanford university, and, Howard at home. There are two brothers, Robert E. of Florida and Walter C. of this: city, and three sisters, Clara of San Jose, Susan of the faculty of the California Teachers College at San Jose, and Josephine, an instructor in the Drexel school near Palo Alto.
• Occupation: Hardware merchant
• Census: 8 Jun 1880, 137 Maple Avenue, Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, USA
• Voter Registration: 18 Sep 1888, 333 Eddy Street, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
• Residence: 1890, 312 Eddy Street, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
• Voter Registration: 1892, 326 Seventeenth Street, San Francisco, San Franciso, CA USA
• Residence: 1900, Santa Cruz Ward 3, Santa Cruz, California
• Residence: 1910, Santa Cruz Ward 4, Santa Cruz, California
• Residence: 1910, r. 326 King, Santa Cruz, CA
• Residence: 1914, 320 King Street, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
• Residence: 1920, Santa Cruz Ward 4, Santa Cruz, California

Notes:

Census:
Maple Ave / Byrne, George Jr / White / Male / Age 16 / Son / Single / Occupation: At School / Birthplace Mich / Birthplace of Father Conn / Birthplace of Mother Penn

Voter Registration:
2nd Floor, Room F, listed as Salesman (3rd Precinct, 38th Assembly District)

Residence:
Working as salesman for Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson

Voter Registration:
“Traveling Salesman” living in Upstairs

Residence:
35 Byrne, George G Progressive Merchant 320 King Street, Santa Cruz

George married GRAVES, Helen Fidelia on 17 Dec 1890 in Portland, OR, USA. Helen (daughter of GRAVES, Sewell Fogg and BATCHELDER, Amelia Aldea) was born on 28 Sep 1867 in Bath, Maine, USA; died on 25 Sep 1948 in ALAMEDA, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 13 Jul 1870, Table Rock, Sierra, CA USA
• Census: 23 Jun 1880, Empire City, Coos, OR, USA
• Residence: 1900, Santa Cruz Ward 3, Santa Cruz, California
• Residence: 1910, Santa Cruz Ward 4, Santa Cruz, California
• Residence: 1914, 320 King Street, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
• Residence: 1920, Santa Cruz Ward 4, Santa Cruz, California
• Residence: 1935, 350 Laurel Street, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

Notes:

Census:
Graves, Helen F / Age 2 / Female / White / / / / / Birthplace Maine

Census:
Graves, Helen P / W / F / 12 / Daughter / Single / / / At Home / School / Maine / Mass / Maine

Residence:
36 Byrne, Mrs. Helen G. Progressive Housewife 320 King Street, Santa Cruz

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• Occupation: Physician in Calaveras County, CA
• Census: 1900, San Andreas, Calaveras, CA USA
• Occupation: 1915, County Doctor, Calaveras County, CA, USA

Judson married Marietta. Marietta was born about 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]