Individual Details

Charles Jesse Tharp

(9 Aug 1872 - 14 Mar 1940)

Events

Birth9 Aug 1872Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa
Residence1880Petaluma, Sonoma, California
Residence1895Woodcarver employed by Virgil Grimaud a tailor. Residence at 1102 1/2 E 15th - Oakland, Alameda, California
Exhibited Art1896At the 29th Industrial Exposition by the Mechanics' Institute he exhibited two black and white sketches owned by C. K. Tharp(?). - San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Residence18972312 San Jose Ave. Also listed as a woodcarver at his parents home at 1129 E 15th in Oakland. - San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Exibited Art1897At the 30th Industrial Exposition by the Mechanics' Institute he exhibited a black and white sketch entitled "Picnic at El Campo" which could be purchased for $10. - San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Residence1898Woodcarver for F. T. Riley designer and manufacturer of plaster decorations at 526 5th, residence at 54 6th St. - San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Exhibited Art24 May 1899Charles may have exhibited his woodcarving for a women's civic group, the California Club. This article lists a Tharp Welsch as the wood caver. There is nobody by that name in directories or the 1900 census. There was an August Welch who was a woodcarver. - San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Residence1900Woodcarver at Carter and Davies Mission Planing Mill at 119 Main, residence at 54 6th St. - San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Residence1901Woodcarver for Charles W. G. Marx cabinetmaker at 119 Main, residence at 450 Turk. - San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Residence1903Woodcarver, residence 2484 Market - San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Residence1904Carver, residence at 509 Jones. - San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Residence1905Woodcarver, residence 361 Sutter. - San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Residence1907Woodcarver, residence at 224 Louisburg with his mother and brother Virgil. Directory would have been put together before the earthquake. - San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Residence1909Residence at 4034 E 14th with his mother. This is where we first find them after the 1906 earthquake and fire. - Oakland, Alameda, California
Residence1910Out-of-work woodcarver living with sister Mattie's family at 722 3rd St. The 1910 directory, which would have been compiled in 1909, shows him as a carver at 86 E St. in San Jose. - Petaluma, Sonoma, California
Residence1911Woodcarver at 257 N. 1st - San Jose, Santa Clara, California
Residence1915Residence 306 S. 2nd (Hartman Apartments) - San Jose, Santa Clara, California
Residence1917Woodcarver living with his mother at 372 E. San Carlos. He lived at this address for the next 23 years, first with his mother and then his wife, until his death in 1940. - San Jose, Santa Clara, California
Residence1920Woodcarver. Living with his mother. - San Jose, Santa Clara, California
Marriage14 Sep 1925They married in Oakland where Gertrude was a resident. - Oakland, Alameda, California - Gertrude Althea Killam
Residence1930No occupation. Boarders. - San Jose, Santa Clara, California
Residence1932San Jose, Santa Clara, California
Residence1933San Jose, Santa Clara, California
Residence1936San Jose, Santa Clara, California
Residence1938San Jose, Santa Clara, California
Death14 Mar 1940Santa Clara County, California

Families

SpouseGertrude Althea Killam (1892 - )
FatherJoseph William THARP (1834 - 1902)
MotherAmanda CARMEAN (1842 - 1932)
SiblingArthur Clayton THORPE (1861 - 1931)
SiblingWallace Tharp (1863 - 1880)
SiblingEdward Chauncey "Earl" Tharp (1864 - 1934)
SiblingNewton James Tharp (1867 - 1909)
SiblingMartha Carmean Tharp (1869 - 1949)
SiblingAlice Mary Tharp (1874 - 1964)
SiblingVirgil Raymond Tharp (1883 - 1955)

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