END NOTES FOR GUY PALMER

 

1. "[M]y boy Guy was born on the 14th of July [1867]." Luff, Journal of George Palmer, 36. "California Death Index, 1905–1939," database with images, Ancestry > 1930–1939 > O–R > image 75, citing Vital Search Company Worldwide (http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com), index to California Dept. of Health and Welfare, California Vital Records, entry for Guy Palmer. "Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887–1937," entry for Guy G. Palmer."U.S. Federal Census," Ancestry > 1880 > UT > Salt Lake > Salt Lake City > district 46 > image 9, line 25, entry for Alice Hooper, age six, d. William and Mary A. Hooper. "California Death Index, 1940–1997," database, Ancestry, citing State of California, "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Sacramento, State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, entry for Alice Hooper Palmer, b. 16 July 1873 Utah, d. 19 November 1940 Los Angeles, mother’s maiden name Knowlton, father’s surname Hooper. Guy and Alice's birth and death years are on their gravestones (digital images), "Col. Guy George Palmer, Sr.," Findagrave, 118897360 and "Alice Hooper Palmer," Findagrave, 85483235.

2. "Retired Army Officer Dies at Los Angeles," Appleton Post Crescent (Appleton, WI), 2 October 1930, 21. "Funeral of Col. Palmer Tomorrow," unknown newspaper clipping. University of California, Register, 1922–23, vol. 1 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1923), part 9, 18. Spouse Alice H. Hooper, "U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861–1934," database with images, Ancestry > Painter, Jacob – Pama, Erasmo > image 1521, citing "General Index to Pension Files, 1861–1934," NARA microfilm T2888, entry for Guy G. Palmer.

3. "U.S. Federal Census," Ancestry > 1900 > Military and Naval Forces > Philippine Islands > Aparri > image 1, line 6, entry for Guy G. Palmer; 1910 > CA > Los Angeles > Los Angeles Assembly District 71 > district 201 > image 23, line 37, entry for Alice H. Palmer; 1920 > MA > Suffolk > Boston Ward 25 > district 595 > image 19, line 35; 1930 > CA > Los Angeles > Los Angeles districts 1–250 > district 96 > image 18, line 70, entries for Guy G. Palmer.

4. "U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861–1934," Ancestry, entry for Guy G. Palmer, spouse Alice H. Hooper.

5. Dorothy Palmer b. 22 Feb. 1898 Salt Lake City, traveling with her parents and sisters. "California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882–1959," database with images, Ancestry > M1410 > roll 100 > image 230, line 3, citing "Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at San Francisco, California," NARA microfilm M1410, RG 85, NARA, Washington, D.C. "California Death Index, 1940–1997," Ancestry, entry for Dorothy Palmer Bruck, mother’s maiden name Hooper, b. 22 Feb. 1895 in Utah, d. 20 June 1946 Los Angles "Dorothy Palmer Bruck," Findagrave, 85357087.Dorothy P. Bruck, b. 22 Feb. 1896 Salt Lake City, appears on a 5 July 1929 passenger list next to Porter Bruck, born 19 March 1896 Los Angeles, in "California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882–1959," database with images, Ancestry  > M1764 > Los Angeles, Selected Suburbs, 1907–1948 > roll 22 > image 908, lines 7–8, citing "Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at San Pedro/Wilmington/Los Angeles, California," NARA microfilm M1764, Record Group 85, NARA, Washington, D.C. "U.S. Federal Census," Ancestry > 1900 > CA > Los Angeles > Los Angeles Ward 3 > district 23 > image 2, lines 66–77, entry for Hannibal Edwards, with Anna E. Bruck, daughter; Ernest A. Bruck, son-in-law; Edward P. Bruck, grandson, born March 1896 in California. "California Death Index, 1940–1997," Ancestry, entry for Edward Porter Bruck, mother’s maiden name Edwards, b. 19 March 1896 in California, d. 28 May 1959 in San Francisco.

6. Guy's birth and death dates are on his gravestone (digital image), "Guy George Palmer, Jr.," Findagrave, 39345986. His death date and place are from, "Little Child Dies," Salt Lake Herald, 24 July 1900, 8, transcribed on "Guy George Palmer, Jr.," Findagrave. "Salt Lake City, Utah, Death Records, 1908–1949," database, Ancestry, citing "Utah Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908–1949," Salt Lake, Family Search, 2013, entry for Guy George Palmer, father Guy G. Palmer, mother Alice Hooper, d. 22 July 1900 Flavel, Oregon.

7. Alice Palmer b. 4 July 1905 Whipple Bks., AZ, shown traveling with her parents and sisters. Her birth year is probably incorrect, "California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882–1959," Ancestry  > M1410 > roll 100 > image 230, line 4. The years of Alice's birth and death are on her gravestone (digital image),  "Alice 'Tooty' Palmer Wells," Findagrave, 109683091. "California Death Index, 1940–1997," Ancestry, entry for Alice Palmer Wells, b. 4 July 1903 Arizona, d. 20 Oct. 1956 Los Angeles, mother’s maiden name Hooper. Her marriage date (which may be when the information was received, rather than the actual date) are in "California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980," database with images, Ancestry, citing Vital Search Company Worldwide (http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com), index to California Dept. of Health and Welfare, California Vital Records > Los Angeles > 1924–1925 > image 495.

8. Briant's birth and death dates are on his gravestone (digital image), "Briant Harris Wells, Jr.," Findagrave, 109682639. "California Death Index, 1940–1997," Ancestry, entry for Briant Harris Wells, b. 27 July 1902 in some other country, d. 11 Aug. 1991 Orange Co., mother’s maiden name Jennings. Briant H. Wells, age 57, Harriett E. Yates, 57, San Diego, 17 April 1959 in "California Marriage Index, 1960–1985," database with images, Ancestry > 1959 > image 649, citing "California Marriage Index, 1960–1985," microfiche, Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento. Briant H. Wells, age 61, Ann Rose, age 41, 31 October 1963 Los Angeles, in "California Marriage Index, 1960–1985," Ancestry > 1960–1969 > Pedro–Scali > Rohrich, Nancy J.–Rubin, Ruth C. > image 101.

9. The dates of Mary's birth and deaths are on her gravestone (digital image), "Mary Palmer," Findagrave, 39346001. A digital image of the her death certificate, giving her parents' names, birth and death dates and places and cause of death is found on this webpage.

10. Barbara Palmer b. 13 March 1907 Ft. Crook, Nebraska, shown traveling with her parents and sisters, "California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882–1959," Ancestry > M1410 > roll 100 > image 230, line 5. Birth (said to be 1909) and death years are on her gravestone (digital image), "Barbara Palmer," Findagrave, 118897359. Her death date and place is found in "California Death Index, 1905–1939," Ancestry.

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