Lloyd Herman Brubaker (1873 - 1955)

Born 20 Oct 1873 in Washington Territory, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Gertrude J (Jones) Conklin — married 1909 in California, United States

Died 3 May 1955 at age 81 in Eureka, Humboldt, California, United States

Biography

Blacksmith.

Born in what is now Chehalis, Oregon, USA. Blacksmith and Spanish American War veteran.

Lloyd, his parents, and siblings, were enumerated in the 1880 census of Cloverdale, Sonoma, California.^[1]

Lloyd was 26 and single, a blacksmith, living with 21 other lodgers with John Miller, a quartz miner, in Antelope Precinct, Amador, California, when the 1900 census was enumerated. ^[2]

Lloyd H Brubaker and Gertrude McNesby were married in 1909 in San Francisco.^[3] They were divorced sometime before 1917 when Lloyd registered as single for the World War I draft.

Lloyd, a 36-year-old street car conductor, and Gertrude, 25, were enumerated in the 1910 census of San Francisco, California. They lodged in a hotel on Folsom Street.^[4]

Lloyd registered for the World War I draft in 1917. He was a 44-year-old rancher, living in Petrolia, Humboldt County, California. He named his mother as nearest relative.^[5]

Lloyd was 46 and divorced, living in Mattole Township, Humboldt, California, when the 1920 census was enumerated.^[6]

Research Notes

California Death Index has Zimmerman as mother's maiden name.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1880; Census Place: Cloverdale, Sonoma, California; Roll: 84; Page: 172B; Enumeration District: 127
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #14642173 (accessed 5 September 2023)
   Loyd H Brubaker (6), single son, in household of Elias P. Brubaker (50) in Cloverdale, Sonoma, California, USA. Born in Wt.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9PW-XMM : Thu Aug 03 19:49:34 UTC 2023), Entry for John Miller and Charles Donnali, 1900.
3. ↑ Marriage: "U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current"
   The San Francisco Call; Publication Date: 7/ Oct/ 1909; Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/87850217/?article=06916fd7-333a-444c-a851-5509bf2dcf4f/784d06fa-a6fd-4a6f-b154-bee0398438ce&focus=0.15466614,0.49812162,0.29182893,0.6659992&xid=3398
   Ancestry Record 62116 #136585137 (accessed 5 September 2023)
   Gertrude McNesby (22) marriage to Uoyd H. Brubaker in about 1909.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVGM-26P : Tue Jul 18 13:36:33 UTC 2023), Entry for Pauline Mcknight and William Madden, 1910.
5. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVX-4HH : 24 December 2021), Lloyd Hermon Brubaker, 1917-1918.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH3T-18K : Sat Jul 15 17:33:30 UTC 2023), Entry for Lloyd H Brubaker, 1920.
7. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP7Y-5R9 : 26 November 2014), Lloyd H Brubaker, 03 May 1955; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157546305/lloyd-herman-brubaker: accessed 05 September 2023), memorial page for Lloyd Herman Brubaker (20 Oct 1873–3 May 1955), Find A Grave: Memorial #157546305, citing Ferndale Cemetery, Ferndale, Humboldt County, California, USA; Maintained by Dee G. (contributor 48325163).

• The Times Standard (Eureka, California, USA), Wednesday, 4 May 1955, page 29.