Harold Edwin Obenland
1905 - 1982 (76 years)
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Name Harold Edwin Obenland [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] Born 3 Jul 1905 Birmingham, Shelby County, Alabama, USA 
[1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12] Gender Male Residence Between 1907 and 1909 Fort Worth, Texas, USA Residence May 1907 Shreveport, Caddo County, Louisiana, USA Residence Between 1909 and 1913 Everett, Snohomish County, Washington, USA Residence 1910 Everett Ward 2, Snohomish County, Washington, USA [13] 3402 Colby Ave Education Between 1911 and 1912 Everett, Snohomish County, Washington, USA attended a parochial elementary school Education Between 1914 and 1915 Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA Pasadena Elementary School Residence Jul 1914 Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA Education 1915 Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA Goldfield Elementary School Residence Nov 1915 Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA Residence 1916 Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA Associations Between 1919 and 1921 [14] Boy Scouts of America Education Between 1920 and 1922 Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, USA Richmond Elementary Residence 1920 Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, USA [1, 15] 413 10th St Education Between 1922 and 1924 Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, USA night classes at Richmond Union HIgh School Education Between 1924 and 1926 Berkeley, Alameda County, California, USA Berkeley High School Associations Between 1924 and 1926 Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, USA [14] Junior Elks Associations Between 1924 and 1926 Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, USA [14] Order of De Molays Associations Between 1926 and 1934 Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, USA [14] Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, #1251 Occupation Between 1926 and 1930 Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, USA [14] worked for his father at G.F Obenland, Jeweler; 921 MacDonald Ave.at the corner of Harbour Way; the building is gonr; it's now a little park Graduation Jun 1926 Berkeley, Alameda County, California, USA [14] Berkeley High School Residence 1929 Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, USA Occupation Between 1930 and 1941 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA [14] supervisor at the Savoy car park at 537 Grand Ave. (Today we call it a parking lot) Occupation 1930 Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, USA timekeeper in a porcelain factory Residence 1930 Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, USA [11] 429 11th St Residence Between 1935 and 1938 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA [14, 16] 910 Grand Ave at The Imperial Hotel Residence Mar 1935 California, USA [17] marriage certificate in 1935 states he was living in Richmond, CA but that can't be true, as he also lists his occupation as being in the parking business which he did in Los Angeles. Residence Between 1938 and 1940 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Toberman St. Residence 1940 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA 108234 31st Street Residence 1 Apr 1940 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA [18] Age: 34; Marital Status: Divorced; Relation to Head of House: Lodger Residence Between Oct 1940 and Nov 1946 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA [14] 1123 Sunset Blvd Occupation Between 1941 and 1944 Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA leadman for Douglas Aircraft Company Occupation Between 1944 and 1951 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, California, USA [14, 19] he and Geraldine had a jewelry store at 1217 S Baldwin Ave in the business district in downtown Arcadia Residence 1944 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA [20] 1123 Sunset Blvd. Associations Between 1946 and 1947 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA [14] West Arcadia Businessmen's Association, Inc.. Residence Between Nov 1946 and Feb 1947 Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA [14] 11324 Inglewood Ave; with his mother Residence Between Mar 1947 and Apr 1948 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA [14] 1519 S Baldwin Ave Associations Between 1948 and 1949 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA [14] Lions Club Residence Between Apr 1948 and Sep 1951 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA [14] 1419 Lovell Ave Residence Between Sep 1951 and Aug 1952 Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA [14] 11324 Inglewood Ave, with his mother Residence 1952 Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA [14] 311 W Foothill Blvd at the Aztec Hotel Residence Oct 1954 Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA [21] 11324 Inglewood Ave, with his mother Residence Between Oct 1954 and 1957 Lakewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA [14] 6129 Seaborn St, with third wife, Dorothy Physical Description Jun 1957 [14] 5'8", 155 lbs, with blue eyes and auburn hair Occupation 1962 Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA [22] inspector at North American Aviation Company Residence 1962 Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA [23] 206 69th Way Residence Between 1963 and 1974 Placentia, Orange County, California, USA [19] 502 W Center St. Residence Between 1965 and 1974 Placentia, Orange County, California, USA Residence Between 1974 and Jan 1982 Lake Isabella, Kern County, California, USA 221 Piute Mountain Rd Last Residence Jan 1982 Weldon, Kern County, California, USA 221 Piute Mountain Rd Died 6 Jan 1982 Lake Isabella, Kern County, California, USA [5, 6, 24] Cause: cardiac arrest, arteriosclerotic heart disease. He also had emphysema - Kern Valley Hospital
_FUN 11 Jan 1982 Wofford Heights, Kern County, California, USA [9] St Jude's Catholic Church; Monsignor Denis J Doherty officiating Buried 11 Jan 1982 Wofford Heights, Kern County, California, USA [25] - Kern River Valley Cemetery; Block 173, Lot B6
Burial Abt 1991 Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA [19, 26] Holy Cross Cemetery; Section D, Lot 217, Grave 7. He was moved so his last's wife's new husband could be buried there with her. Find A Grave Memorial Number 21791114 Race White [27] Occupation Los Angeles County, California, USA [14, 19] worked in the purchasing department at North American Aviation, Inc; Autonetics Division, an aviation and aerospace company (See Notes) Residence Between Sep and Nov 1952 Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA [14] 34 Naomi Ave Residence Between Nov and Dec 1952 Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA [14] N 5th Street Social Security Number 560-18-0139 [5] Person ID I3674 obenlandGenealogy Last Modified 9 Aug 2018
Father Gustave Franklin Obenland, b. 26 Sep 1877, Glen Ellen, Sonoma County, California, USA , d. 14 Mar 1944, Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, USA (Age 66 years) Relationship natural Mother Anna Veronica Malarkey, b. 29 Mar 1882, Girardville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 30 Mar 1962, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 80 years) Relationship natural Marriage License 18 Aug 1904 Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA [28] License #2774 Married 30 Aug 1904 Girardville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA [28, 29] Divorced Between 1925 and 1929 California, USA Family ID F1333 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Geraldine Cecilia Huston, b. 21 Aug 1915, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA , d. 17 Oct 1968, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 53 years) Married 30 Jun 1940 Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, USA [30] Divorced Between 1952 and 1953 Clark County, Nevada, USA [31] Children 1. Cecilia Ann Obenland 2. Michael Edwin Obenland, b. 19 Nov 1947, Los Angeles County, California, USA , d. 13 May 2004, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 56 years) [natural]Last Modified 9 Aug 2018 Family ID F1327 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Mildred Loverna Whaley Last Modified 9 Aug 2018 Family ID F1328 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Myrtle Anna Thompson, b. 22 Apr 1917, Urbana, Dallas County, Missouri, USA , d. 5 Jul 1989, Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA (Age 72 years) Married 12 Dec 1959 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Marriage License 12 Dec 1959 Los Angeles County, California, USA Divorce Filed Aug 1961 Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA [32] I believe they reconciled. Last Modified 9 Aug 2018 Family ID F1329 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 4 Dorothy Fern Watson, b. 24 Nov 1916, Denver, Adams County, Colorado, USA , d. 16 Sep 1984, Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA (Age 67 years) Married 23 Oct 1954 Lakewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA [21, 33] Children 1. Laurie Lynn Obenland Last Modified 9 Aug 2018 Family ID F1330 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 5 Marion Pigott, b. 14 Apr 1909, Illinois, USA , d. 5 Oct 1981, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (Age 72 years) Married They were never married Out-of-Wedlock Birth Donald Lee Obenland Children 1. Donald Lee Obenland, b. 15 Jul 1925, Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA , d. 23 Oct 2008, Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Califonria, USA (Age 83 years) [natural]Last Modified 9 Aug 2018 Family ID F1635 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Harold Obenland was born in Birmingham, Alabama on July 3, 1905. His parents were Gustave Franklin Obenland and Anna Veronica Malarkey. (Also spelled at times Malarky, Mullarkey, etc.) Anna's sister, Lauretta Malarkey (Laura) was Harold's Godmother.
Harold had a child out-of-wedlock, Donald Lee Obenland, who was born July 15, 1925 in Oakland, California. The mother's name was Mary Jane Flaugher, as per the birth certificate. For 30 years, Harold's daughter, Cecilia, has searched for Donald. Please see his memorial for Donald's story.
Harold married Mildred Lovena Whaley Smalley on March 24, 1935. They later divorced.
On June 30, 1940, he married Geraldine Cecilia Huston, from Los Angeles. They were married in Yuma, AZ. Two children were born to them: Michael Edwin Obenland (11/19/1947) and Cecilia Ann Obenland (4/23/1949). Harold and Geraldine later divorced, which was final on March 3, 1953. However, they had been living apart for some time prior to that.
On Oct. 23, 1954, Harold married Dorothy Fern Watson in Lakewood, California. They had one child, Laurie Lynn Obenland, born in 1956. Their divorce was final in either 1958 or 1959.
Harold went to work in 1957 for North American Aviation, Inc in their Autonetics Division. On June 14, 1957 he completed a "Department ofDefense Personnel Security Questionaire." (Form DD48) He also signed Form DD48-1, "Certificate of Nonaffiliation with Certain Organizations." Listed on this form were more than a page (in small print!), listing organizations the Attorney General had "designated has having interests in conflict with those of the United States." This questionaire also states, "Security classification of materials or information employee will have access to: SECRET."
The DD 48 says, "Security classification of materials or information employee will have access to: SECRET" and "Contract number under which the employee is to be cleared: NAVAHO AF-33 (600) - 28469." I couldn't find much about this contract on the internet. What I did find was that it pertained to "Guided Missile Project MX-770, worked on by North American Aviation, Missile Development Division in Downey, CA in the mid to late 1950's." However, Wikipedia states, "Officially, the program was canceled on 13 July 1957, after the first four launches ended in failure. In reality the program was obsolete by mid-1957 as the first Atlas ICBM began flight tests in June and the Jupiter and Thor IRBMs were showing great promise. These ballistic missiles however would not have been possible without the liquid fuel rocket engine developments accomplished in the Navaho program. The launch of the Soviet Satellite Sputnik in October 1957 only finished Navaho as the Air Force shifted its research money into ICBMs. But the technologies developed for the Navaho were reused in 1957 for the development of the AGM-28 Hound Dog, a nuclear cruise missile which entered in production in 1959."
However, a book, "US Air Force Tatical Missiles, 1949-1969" by George Mindling and Robert Bolton, states on pages 57-58 that the MX-770 project produced the SM-64 Navajo Missile. I don't know for how long it was in use. I do know that Harold worked for North American Aviation until his retirement, which was probably about 1970.
Harold's last wife was Myrtle Ann Thompson. They were married in 1959. Their marriage announcement was in the Los Angeles Times on Dec. 13, 1959. They were still married and living in Weldon, CA when Harold died.
He was first buried in Kern River Valley Cemetery. Later, Myrtle had him moved to Holy Cross Cemetery where his mother and Aunts are buried. I don't know why Myrtle did that...maybe so she and her last husband could be buried together.
Harold was a jeweler like his father for a time and even owned a store on Baldwin Ave. in Arcadia, CA while married to Geraldine. Later, he worked for North American Aviation, in Long Beach, CA. Harold was an avid camper and fisherman and spent many vacations in the Sierra Nevada mountains. And yes, he was a ladies man! His cousin Mary called him a "Vagabond Lover."
NOTE for Oct 11, 2012: I've finally uncovered Marion Flaugher and her son, Donald's stories. I'm not too keen about my Dad right now. I'm disgusted that he was 20 and got a 16 year old girl pregnant. Did he know about the pregnancy? Did Marion tell him? I wish I knew.
NOTE: In August, 1961, Harold filed for divorce from Myrtle, but they later reconciled. (The Independent; Long Beach, CA, page 54, column 3).
- Harold Obenland was born in Birmingham, Alabama on July 3, 1905. His parents were Gustave Franklin Obenland and Anna Veronica Malarkey. (Also spelled at times Malarky, Mullarkey, etc.) Anna's sister, Lauretta Malarkey (Laura) was Harold's Godmother.
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Sources - [S32] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;;), Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Richmond, Contra Costa, California; Roll: T625_95; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 35; Image: 906.
Record for Anna V Obenland - [S246] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Everett Ward 2, Snohomish, Washington; Roll: T624_1668; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 278; Image: 825.
Record for Ann B Obenland - [S276] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;;), Database online. Philadelphia Ward 15, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ED 259, roll T623 1457, page 8A.
Record for Anna Malarky - [S554] Harold Edwin Obenland Birth Certificate, Jefferson County Board of Health, (Name: Name: Bureau of Statistics and Vital Records; Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA;;), File number 555 Vol. 15-1905.
- [S390] Social Security Death Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;;), Database online.
Record for Harold Obenland - [S39] Harold Edwin Obenland California Death Certificate, Local Registrar of Vital Statistics, (Name: Kern County Health Department; Location: Bakersfield, CA; Date: 7 Jan 1982;), Certified copy of death certificate received by Cecilia Obenland Joder in 1982.
- [S733] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T627_390; Page: 61B; Enumeration District: 60-776.
Record for Harold E Obenland
1940 United States Federal Census - Harold Edwin Obenland - [S4057] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
Record for Myrtle T ObenlandUS City Directories, 1822-1989 - Myrtle Ann Thompson - [S570] Harold Edwin Obenland Obituary, The Kern Valley Sun, (Name: F B Page; Location: Lake Isabella, CA;), date of obituary unknown. My step-mother, Myrtle, gave it to me (Cecilia Obenland Backhaus Joder) with a book she had prepared on my father's death and funeral.
- [S126] California Death Index, 1940-1997, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;;), Database online.
Record for Harold Edwin Obenland - [S342] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;;), Database online. Richmond, Contra Costa, California, ED 64, roll 114, page , image 829.0.
Record for Harold E Obenland - [S733] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T627_390; Page: 61B; Enumeration District: 60-776.
Record for Harold E Obenland1940 United States Federal Census - Harold Edwin Obenland - [S246] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online. Everett Ward 2, Snohomish, Washington, ED , roll T624_1668, part , page .
Record for Harold Obenland - [S1518] Harold Edwin Obenland Personnel Security Questionaire, United States Department of Defense, (Name: United States Department of Defense; Location: Washington DC; Date: 14 Jun 1957;), Form DD48 and DD48-1; completed by Harold Edwin Obenland on 14 Jun 1957; for employment with North American Aviation, Inc, Autonetics Division; "contract number under which employee is to be cleared: NAVARO AF-33 (600) - 28469", "Security classification of materials or information employee will have access to: SECRET"; found in materials given to me by my step-mother, Myttle Thompson Obenland after my father's death.
- [S32] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;;), Database online. Richmond, Contra Costa, California, ED , roll , page , image 906.
Record for Harold E Obenland - [S733] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T627_390; Page: 61B; Enumeration District: 60-776.
Record for Harold E Obenland1940 United States Federal Census - Harold Edwin Obenland - [S85] Harold Edwin Obenland and Mildred Lovena Whaley Smalley Marriage Record, California Bureau of Vital Statistics, (Name: California Department of Public Health; Location: Sacramento, CA; Date: 27 Mar 1935;), local registered number 3988, certified copy of certificate received by Cecilia Obenland Backhaus Joder on 11 Aug 1979.
- [S733] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T627_390; Page: 61B; Enumeration District: 60-776.
Record for Harold E Obenland1940 United States Federal Census - Harold Edwin Obenland - [S1500] Harold Edwin Obenland Personal History, I just know because he was my father!.
- [S5297] Harold Edwin Obenland Residence at 1123 Sunset Blvd., Arcadia, CA, Harold Edwin Obenland, This comes from a self-addressed stamped envelope my father used to return a copy of something he had requested from someplace in Kansas City, MO. The address on the envelope is 1123 Sunset Blvd. This envelope was found in my grandmother's trunk that my dad gave me in 1968. It was originally my great granfather's trunk he used when he came from Ireland to the United States.
- [S4647] Harold Edwin Obenland and Dorothy Fern Watson Marriage Certificate, California State Bureau of Vital Statistics, (Name: California State Department of Public Health; Location: Sacramento, CA; Date: 27 Oct 1954;), "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K86F-72Y : accessed 16 April 2016), Anna Veronica Malarky in entry for Harold Edwin Obenland and Dorothy Fern Keithley, 23 Oct 1954; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,343,396.
- [S4057] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
Record for Myrtle T ObenlandUS City Directories, 1822-1989 - Myrtle Ann Thompson - [S4057] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
Record for Myrtle T ObenlandUS City Directories, 1822-1989 - Myrtle Ann Thompson - [S39] Harold Edwin Obenland California Death Certificate, Local Registrar of Vital Statistics, (Name: Kern County Health Department; Location: Bakersfield, CA; Date: 7 Jan 1982;).
- [S1515] Harold Edwin Obenland Memorial Book, Myrtle Ann Obenland, (Location: Lake Isabelle, CA; Date: 26 Feb 1982;), Memorial book prepared by Myrtle Obenland after Harold's death, given to me (Cecilia Obenland Backhaus Joder).
- [S4707] Holy Cross Cemetery Records - Culver City, CA, Holy Cross Cemetery, (Location: Culver City, CA;), records obtained by Cecilia Ann Obenland Backhaus Joder during visit to the cemetery in 2005.
- [S733] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T627_390; Page: 61B; Enumeration District: 60-776.
Record for Harold E Obenland1940 United States Federal Census - Harold Edwin Obenland - [S2375] Giustave Franklin Obenland and Anna Veronica Malarkey Marriage License Record, (Name: Intellectual Reserve, Inc; Location: Salt Lake City, UT;), "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMCR-LXM : accessed 16 January 2015), Gustive R Obeland and Anna V Malarky, 30 Aug 1904; citing Marriage, Pennsylvania, county courthouses, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 2,131,379.
- [S517] Gustave Franklin Obenland and Anna Veronica Malarkey Marriage, (Name: Name: Clerk of the Orphan's Court; Location: Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Date: 1904;;), Vol. 14, No. 3111.
Ceremony preformed by Rev. Peter McCullough. - [S5334] Harold Edwin Obenland and Geraldine cecilia Huston Marriage Certificate, Clerk of the Superior Court, (Name: Yuma County, AZ; Location: Yuma, AZ; Date: 27 Jul 2017;), Bk 57, page 263; Obenland #189, received 1 Aug 2017.
- [S99] Harold Edwin Obenland and Geraldine Cecilia Huston Divorce Decree.
- [S4732] Harold Edwin Obenland vs Myrtle A Thompson Obenland, The Independent, (Name: Long Beach Independent Company; Location: Long Beach, CA; Date: 10 Aug 1961;), "Vital Statistics, Divorces Filed"; page 54, column 3; accessed 20 Jun 2016.
- [S378] Harold Edwin Obenland and Dorothy Fern Watson Property Settlement, (Name: Date: 29 May 1958;;).
- [S32] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;;), Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Richmond, Contra Costa, California; Roll: T625_95; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 35; Image: 906.
