Luke Oliver Brubaker (1918 - 2015)

Born 21 Feb 1918 in Eugene, Oregon

Ancestors

Husband of Emmy Lou (Pitcher) Hampton — married 7 Aug 1943 (to about 1952) in Downey, Los Angeles, California, USA

Descendants

Died 22 Mar 2015 at age 97 in Hemet, Riverside County, California

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Biography

Luke was born in 1918. When LUKE OLIVER BRUBAKER was born on February 21, 1918, in Eugene, Oregon, his father, LAWRENCE, was 35 and his mother, Carolyn, was 38. He married Emmy Lou "Emily" PITCHER and they had four children together.

When Luke and Emmy Lou were married with three children they went to live in the large ranch house in Hemet, California. Luke had built it with his father, Lawrence. It had a large lawn all around the house except for the side with Emmy Lou's flower garden containing roses, daffodils and many other flowers. Near this garden was a large guava tree by the back porch and across the drive way was a giant pepper tree. The house was very nice with many rooms: a long living room and dining room with a fireplace and library, a huge kitchen with an eating area, Luke's studio with a bedroom, and off the kitchen was a laundry room and a bathroom. On the other side of the large living room were the master bedroom, bathrooms and the children's bedrooms with a door leading out to a big back garden. In the ceiling of one of the children's rooms there was an attic entrance to the fantasy world and delight of the children. Trunks full of old clothes and other goodies were stored here providing many an hour of joyful play.

The furniture was early American and the house had many Indian artefacts, some found by Luke and Emmy Lou in the local mountains around Hemet and San Jacinto, California. The Indian artefacts can be seen at the Ramona Bowl Musuem, being donated by the Brubaker family. At the back of the estate were the horse stalls for Sugar Foot - a thorough bred race horse, Pepper - a quarter horse, and Goldie - a Palomino who could do tricks like opening the gate so the three horses could go running about town and through the park.

Then the estate included acres for drying out the apricots and beyond that was land filled with apricot trees and walnut trees surrounded by an excellent irrigation system with canals. In the springtime the air was filled with perfume from their flowers and bees were brought in for pollination.

So Luke carried on his ancestor's activities of farming, he was a preacher in his religion and he also built Meeting Places for his religion. Thank goodness he went from Berkeley University, which he attended from 1939 to 1942, back to farming walnuts and apricots when the war broke out in 1941 so he could provide food for his nation.

He then married second Ruth Marie MacFarland Highducheck and they had one child together in 1970. He died on March 22, 2015, in Hemet, California, at the age of 97. ^[1]

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Sources

• Karen Brubaker, daughter, firsthand knowledge.
• Year: 1920; Census Place: Hemet, Riverside, California; Roll: T625_125; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 103. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Head of house Josiah D Brubaker 61, wife Susan Brubaker 60, son Lawrence G Brubaker 37 & his wife Carolyn Brubaker 40 & their son Luke age 0.
• Year: 1930; Census Place: Hemet, Riverside, California; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 2339918. 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Mary S Goodwin 75 Mother-in-law, Carolyn G Brubaker 50 Wife of head of house, Lawrance G Brubaker 47 Head, Frank G Brubaker 19 Son, George R Brubaker 17 Son, Lucy D Brubaker 13 Daughter, Luke O Brubaker 12 Son.
• 1940 October 16: U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947; The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 226. Name: Luke Oliver Brubaker, Birth Date: 21 Feb 1918, Birth Place: Eugene, Oregon, USA, Father: Lawrence G Brubaker.
• Marriage. California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images. California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1830-1980. Luke O Brubaker, Marriage Date: 10 Aug 1943, Spouce: Emmy L Pitcher
• Find a Grave Memorial
• Ancestry Family Tree with sources

1. ↑ Entered by Karen Brubaker, Mar 19, 2012

DNA

• gedmatch.com assigned kit number of daughter Karen Brubaker = A886737