Individual Details
Clarence Douglas DeWitt
(12 Aug 1882 - 9 Jul 1937)
Letter on back of photograph postcard showing Clarence in store (see linked photos) -
Dear Papa, at New York Store LA
This is a picture of the main floor, the one I have charge of. not very good but will give you an idea. I sent you a christmas box last week via Wells Fargo. trust same will reach you in due time & in good condition. Christmas trade very good. am still busy with the Gov. Mr. Cooper would not present my recomendation from the board but I will worry him until he does. sent the Gov. a letter by request of Sheriff Hannel yesterday things will work out all ok. I am not well haven't been for sometime & find it a difficulty to work & smile as I should. Love to all, Papa Boy Clarence
J. A. McDowell & Co.
MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS
SHAPES THAT SELL
LADIES HATS AND FRAMES
731 MARKET ST
BANCROFT BUILDING
SAN FRANCISCO,CAL
5/15/22
Dear Olive & Chas.
Your long expected letter received. please to here you have a lovely apt. & that you both have good position which is every thing. Am still taking X ray treatments every Sat.but don’t see any improvement as yet. Wear my teeth once in a while. Can’t eat with them as yet. Myrtle Marie fine. Exspecting a letter from Papa. I am not traveling now as business is quite.
Love & Kisses
Clarence
Events
Families
Spouse | Myrtle Augusta Hope (1890 - 1981) |
Child | Marie Bertha DeWitt (1915 - 1989) |
Father | Lafayette DeWitt (1857 - 1948) |
Mother | Mary Augusta Hollenkamp (1859 - 1905) |
Sibling | John Henry DeWitt (1880 - 1939) |
Sibling | Olive May Augusta DeWitt (1884 - 1985) |
Sibling | Minna Rosalie Charlotta "Minnie" DeWitt (1886 - 1970) |
Sibling | Albert Arthur DeWitt (1886 - 1886) |
Sibling | Grace Lillian DeWitt (1886 - 1886) |
Sibling | Mary Jane "Jeanette" DeWitt (1888 - 1888) |
Sibling | Adeline DeWitt (1892 - 1893) |
Sibling | Lafayette Gilbert DeWitt Jr. (1893 - 1974) |
Sibling | Nellie Adeline DeWitt (1895 - 1961) |
Notes
Birth
Saturday morning, 10:30 a.m.at #621 East Lampton Street, Louisville Ky
Marriage
Copy of postcard : Front is photo of Clancy and ? (See linked photos)Dear Papa,
Myrtle & I were
married Wednesday Mr. L. DeWitt
June 8th by !st #656 4th Ave
Christian minister. Louisville
Spending honeymoon Kentucky
at Catalina Island.
Love to all -
Census
87, 88 Greenwood, Harry B. Head 25, M1 6 yrs., KY KY KY, Auditor - Pacif Sight & ? wagesMary J. Wife 24, M1 6 yrs, 1 child born & living, KY KY KY
Virginia B Daughter, 3, KY KY KY
DeWitt, Clarence, Wife's cousin, 28, single, KY KY KY, Floor walker - Ladies Cloth Store
Census
E Douglas StreetF S Sheldon F 39y
Virginia Sheldon F 15y
Florence Sheldon F 13y
Charlotte A Sheldon F 1y3m
Clarence Dewitt, Roomer MW 39y, married, KY IL KY, Salesman, Dry goods
Bessie Bowen F Roomer, 23y
Beulah Hahan F Roomer, 18y
Census (family)
Hayes Street, 1145, 127,DeWitt, Clarence, Head, rent $23.50, MW 47, Married, 27 yrs at first marriage, KY IL KY, Marker, Store
Myrtle, Wife, FW 39, M-20 yrs, Canada Scotland Canada, 1904 na, none
Bertha M, Daughter, FW 15, single, CA KY Canada,
Death
54 years oldEndnotes
1. DeWitt family records written by Lafe DeWitt and Olive DeWitt, 1938 (Santa Rosa, CA: Family records held by Charles DeWitt Prouty.).
2. "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 7 January 2019), Frank Hope in entry for Clarence D Dewitt and Myrtle Augustia Hope, 09 Jun 1910; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,033,220..
3. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.).
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1920 > KANSAS > SEDGWICK > 6-WD; WICHITA 4-PCT Series: T625 Roll: 549 Page: 232, SD 8, ED 161, sheet 15B.
5. Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ Copyright © 1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries.), Year: 1930; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 199; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 140; Image: 963.0..
6. DeWitt family records written by Lafe DeWitt and Olive DeWitt, 1938 (Santa Rosa, CA: Family records held by Charles DeWitt Prouty.).
7. DeWitt family records written by Lafe DeWitt and Olive DeWitt, 1938 (Santa Rosa, CA: Family records held by Charles DeWitt Prouty.).