Individual Details
Stephen Morgan DeWitt
(9 Jul 1881 - 20 Jul 1956)
DeWitt, Stephen Morgan, Chauffeur, 29 Arundel Rd., Burlingame
DeWitt, Mrs. Adele J.
Burlingame City Directory 1925
DeWitt Stephen M. (Adele J.) driver 29 Arundel
Events
| Birth | 9 Jul 1881 | New Haven, Nelson, Kentucky, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 28 Apr 1903 | Brides's home, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States - Olive L Hatzel |  | ||
| Marriage | 17 Apr 1915 | Marin, California, United States - Adele Josephine Duval | | | |
| Military | 12 Sep 1918 | World War I Draft Registration - San Mateo, California, United States | | | |
| Census (family) | 20 Jan 1920 | Burlingame, San Mateo, California, United States - Adele Josephine Duval | | | |
| Census (family) | 15 Apr 1930 | Burlingame, San Mateo, California, United States - Adele Josephine Duval | | | |
| Census (family) | 1940 | Judicial Township 5, Burlingame, San Mateo, California, United States - Adele Josephine Duval | | ||
| Death | 20 Jul 1956 | San Francisco, California, United States | | | |
| No Children | Adele Josephine Duval | ||||
| Soc Sec No | 546-05-9236 |
Families
| Spouse | Adele Josephine Duval (1883 - 1964) |
| Spouse | Olive L Hatzel ( - ) |
| Father | John Franklin "Frank" Dewitt (1857 - 1902) |
| Mother | Nancy Ellen "Nannie" Figg (1862 - 1927) |
| Sibling | William Franklin "Frank" Dewitt (1881 - 1963) |
| Sibling | John Vardman Dewitt (1886 - 1978) |
| Sibling | Emma Jane "Janie" Dewitt (1888 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Damon R Dewitt (1892 - 1935) |
| Sibling | Joseph Clarence "Joe" Dewitt (1896 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Miles Raymond Dewitt (1898 - 1960) |
Notes
Marriage
Would like to prove that this is the same Stephen M Dewitt as the one that later married Adele.Marriage Bond
Stephen M Dewitt and Mathe or Mattie Hatzel as surety filed the marriage bond
Marriage Resister. page 131
April 28, 1903. Stephen M. Dewitt & Olive L. Hatzel
by whom married Eld. W J Carver
Place of marriage and date: Bride's Home. Jefferson Co. Ky. April 28, 1903
Names of Witnesses Present: J L Preston, Chrle Hatzel
Marriage
Marin Journal, Volume 53, Number 16, 22 April 1915Marriage Licenses
April 17 --- Stephen M. DeWitt, age 33, and Adele J. Duval, age 31, both of San Francisco.
Military
Medium Height, Stout build, blue eyes, blonde hairCensus (family)
Vol. 117, SD 7, ED 69, sheet 28 B, line 98San Mateo Co., Burlingame, Arundel Road #29
760, 844, DeWitt, Stephen Head, Own-Mortage, MW, 38, Kentucky, KY, KY, Chauffer, Gas Co.
Adele Wife, 36, Kansas. France, Penn.
Census (family)
ED 41-4 SD 10, sheet 16A, line 17. Arundel 25, 367, 422DeWitt, Stephen M, Head, Own, 7500, radio, MW 48, married at 33, KY KY KY, Truck driver, gas & elec. company
Adele J, Wife, FW 46, married at 31, KS France PA, none
Census (family)
Head Stephen De Witt M 58 Kentucky, 8th grade, Carpenter, gas & electric Co, PW, 52 wks $1612 in 1939Wife Adele De Witt F 56 Kansas, H4,
Residence in 1935: Same House
Supplementary questions
Adele Dewitt: Father France, Mother Pennsylvania, spoke English as a child, yes-wife of a veteran, 1 marriage at age 31, 0 children.
Death
Last Name First Name Middle Birth Date Mother Maiden Father Last Sex Birth Place Death Place Residence Death Date SSN AgeDEWITT STEPHEN M 07/09/1881 FIGG DEWITT M KENTUCKY SAN FRANCISCO 07/20/1956 546-05-9236 75 years
The Times (San Mateo, California ) Saturday, July 21, 1956, Page 18
STEPHEN MORGAN DeWITT
Stephen Morgan DeWitt, 75, who in recent years was known to hundreds of children of the McKinley school, Burlingame, as he watched over the El Camino Real crossing as a special duty officer, died at a veteran's hospital in San Francisco yesterday after a long illness.
DeWitt, who resided at 25 Arundel road, Burlingame, was a retired carpenter for the Pacific Gas and Electric company and had lived here 39 years. He was a native of New Haven, Ky.
He was a member of Burlingame lodge 400, F&AM, and of the San Mateo-Burlingame camp 30 of the United Spanish-American War Veterans.
He leaves a widow, Mrs. Adele J. DeWitt, Burlingame, a sister, Mrs. Ben Masden, Hodgenville, Ky., and three brothers, Frank, San Mateo, and John, Joe and Raymond, Louisville, Ky.
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Monday from Crosby-N. Gray chapel under the auspices of the Burlingame lodge. Internment will be in Alta Mesa Memorial park, Los Altos.
Endnotes
1. California Death Records, Rootsweb.com online [http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death/search.cgi], accessed 2008-2012.
2. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ : accessed 3 January 2020), Stephen Morgan De Witt, 1917-1918..
3. "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: 1/3/2017 ), Stephen M. Dewitt and Adele J. Duval, 17 Apr 1915; citing Marin, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,514,083..
4. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ : accessed 3 January 2020), Stephen Morgan De Witt, 1917-1918..
5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1920 > California > SAN MATEO > 1-WD; BURLINGAME; 2-TWP Series: T625 Roll: 145 Page: 195 .
6. Soundex - California 1920. (read July 14, 2001, Nancy Prouty Sonoma Co. Library Annex, Santa Rosa), D 300.
7. Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ Copyright © 1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries.), 1930; Census Place: Burlingame, San Mateo, California; Roll: 216; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 4; Image: 161.0..
8. California Death Records, Rootsweb.com online [http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death/search.cgi], accessed 2008-2012.