Herbert Leaman Bruner (1899 - 1972)

Born 27 Feb 1899 in Hartington, Cedar, Nebraska, United States

Died 4 Apr 1972 at age 73 in Yountville, Napa, California, United States

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Biography

Herbert Leaman Bruner was born 27 Feb 1899 in Hartington, Cedar County, Nebraska^[1][2], son of Ferdinand Henry Bruner (1864-1943) and Melda Maud Wadding (1878-1913). As an infant he removed with his family to Antelope, Wasco County, Oregon, and later to Whitman County, Washington. By the 1920 Census the family was in Concord, California.

Herbert was a laborer in road construction, and later a millhand. Around 1920 he partnered^[3] with Ila Ione McLean (1895-1968) and had one daughter, born in Alameda County, California.

1. Jean Elizabeth Bruner, b. 28 Aug 1921^[4]; d. 29 May 1975 San Francisco;
   m. Willard Neal Jones and Trento Lorenzo Gori.

After their daughter's birth both Herbert and Ila relocated to Eureka, California, where Herbert took a job at the Eureka Woolen Mills^[5] and remained for most of the rest of his life. Herbert served in the US Army in World War II from 11 Jul 1942 to 25 Feb 1943^[6]. He lived in the California Veteran's Home in Yountville in his last years. He passed away 4 Apr 1972 age 73 at Holderman Hospital in Yountville^[7][8].

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVL-NKH : 24 December 2021), Herbert Leaman Bruner, 1917-1918.
2. ↑ "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGXB-SQF1 : Thu Mar 07 01:17:05 UTC 2024), Entry for Herbert Leaman Bruner and H H Bruner, 14 February 1942.
3. ↑ No marriage or divorce record was found, and Ila used the surname Ratti when she subsequently married Herbert O'Connor. Herbert Bruner consistently told Census takers that he had never married.
4. ↑ "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VLNW-LYM : 27 November 2014), Jean Bruner, 28 Aug 1921; citing Alameda, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
5. ↑ Eureka, California, City Directory, 1923. Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/225327845:2469.
6. ↑ National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, MO, USA; Applications for Headstones and Markers, 7/1/1970-9/30/1985; NAID: 6016127; Record Group Number: 15; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007. Ancestry.com. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4351614:2375.
7. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPK1-BRG : 26 November 2014), Herbert L Bruner, 04 Apr 1972; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
8. ↑ Obituary - Herbert L. Bruner. Napa Valley Register, 5 Apr 1972, page 15 column 5. https://www.newspapers.com/image/564047027/?terms=herbert%20l%20bruner&match=1.

• Additional data and sources at:
  https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/111338365/person/370087218976/facts.
• "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSDR-LP3 : Wed Mar 06 15:01:41 UTC 2024), Entry for Frederick Bruner and Melda Bruner, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGJQ-4VB : Thu Mar 07 09:03:06 UTC 2024), Entry for Ferdinand H Bruner and Melda M Bruner, 1910.
• "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH3V-FND : Thu Mar 07 05:19:24 UTC 2024), Entry for Ferdinand H Bruner and Herbert L Bruner, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCFW-3W3 : Sun Mar 10 08:21:55 UTC 2024), Entry for Ferdinand H Bruner and Herbert Bruner, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9QG-V3V : Sun Mar 10 16:22:58 UTC 2024), Entry for Herbert L Bruner, 1940.
• "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XGN-L37C : Mon Mar 18 19:55:30 UTC 2024), Entry for Alton H Johnson and Winifred E Sawyer, April 11, 1950.