Alfred Walmsley Gerrard (1882 - 1952)

Born 10 Jul 1882 in California, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Golden) Gerrard — married 23 Sep 1911 in San Francisco, California, United States

Died 13 Jul 1952 at age 70 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

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Biography

Alfred was born in 1882. He was the son of James Gerrard and Rachel Nelson.

The USA carried out a census in 1900. The record for San Francisco, CA shows the Gerrard family living at 1910 Broadway Street. Alfred was at the time an 18-year-old artist and designer. ^[1]

The 1910 census of San Francisco, CA (Assembly District 41) shows Alfred as a 26-year-old commercial artist living with his parents and siblings at 1908 Broadway Street, San Francisco. ^[2]

He married Margaret Golden on 23 September 1911 in San Francisco. ^[3]

In 1918 Alfred was issued with his draft registration card. It identifies him as a 36-year-old commercial artist employed by the Commercial Art Company of 53 Third St, San Francisco and living at 1910 Broadway. His wife is named as Margaret Gabril Gerrard, of 146 McAllister, San Francisco. ^[4]

Alfred is a little harder to find in the 1920 census, as he was called "Alfred Gerhard"; he was living with his wife "Margett" at 146 Mc Allister, San Francisco. He was described as a commercial artist, Margett as a housewife. ^[5] There were no children living with them - in fact, there seems to be no record that they ever had children.

By the time of the 1930 census, Alfred was already a widower, living at 910 Geary Street, San Francisco, with a miscellaneous collection of people, none of whom were related to him. His profession was listed as "artist", involved in studio work. ^[6]

Alfred's draft registration card, issued in 1942, makes it clear that he was a resident of the Laguna Honda Home in the Forest Hill district of San Francisco. His stated age was 59, and he did not name any close family. ^[7]

He passed away on 13 July 1952 in San Francisco.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9GH-NNJ : accessed 7 February 2020), Alfred Gerrard in household of William Gerrard, Precinct 13 San Francisco city Ward 41, San Francisco, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 234, sheet 11A, family 226, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,106.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVGD-KWC : accessed 7 February 2020), Alfred W Gerrard in household of William J Gerrard, San Francisco Assembly District 41, San Francisco, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 275, sheet 12B, family 181, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 101; FHL microfilm 1,374,114.
3. ↑ "California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4P-6WWZ : 22 July 2021), Alfred W Gerrard and Margaret A Golden, 23 Sep 1911; citing Marriage, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, San Francisco Public Library, California; FamilySearch digital folder 004268042.
4. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZKM-Y32 : 24 August 2019), Alfred Wamsley Gerrard, 1917-1918.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHW1-SWP : accessed 8 February 2020), Alfred Gerhard, San Francisco Assembly District 32, San Francisco, California, United States; citing ED 211, sheet 1681B, line 79, family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 138; FHL microfilm 1,820,138.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCNW-F5S : accessed 7 February 2020), Alfred W Gerrard in household of Rene Cobbert, San Francisco (Districts 251-409), San Francisco, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 360, sheet 18A, line 6, family 43, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 208; FHL microfilm 2,339,943.
7. ↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V482-CS8 : 8 November 2017), Alfred Walmsley Gerrard, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPFJ-1PQ : 26 November 2014), Gerrard in entry for Alfred Warmsley Gerrard, 13 Jul 1952; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.