Robert Hamilton Trumbull (1875 - 1952)

Born 1 Aug 1875 in San Rafael, Marin, California, United States

Ancestors

Died 16 Jul 1952 at age 76 in San Rafael, Marin, California, United States

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Biography

Robert was born in 1875. Robert is the child of Robert Trumbull and Elizabeth Hamilton. ^[1][2]

Daily Independent Journal San Rafael, CA Thursday, July 17, 1952

"A heart attack brought death last night to Robert H. Trumbull, of Novato, supervisor for the past 6 years and a member of the original Golden Gate Bridge board.

"Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at San Rafael's First Presbyterian Church.

"Trumbull, born in San Rafael more than 3 quarters of a century ago, was the son of Robert John and Elizabeth Trumbull, pioneer Marinites who journeyed across the Isthmus of Panama in the early 1860s and finally settled in San Rafael in 1868.

"After graduating from San Rafael's public schools, Trumbull married his present wife, Edith, in 1900. In 1905 they moved to what is now Novato, and Trumbull's career after that was closely linked with the growth of a former Spanish land grant into a community that numbers over 4,000 residents today.

"Trumbull's enterprises numbered a lumber company which he sold to Henry Hess before World War I, his large poultry ranch at Novato, and an insurance brokerage business which he operated at the northern Marin town until his death.

"In 1946 Trumbull was elected to the board of supervisors. He easily won re-election in 1950.

"For 25 years he was a director of the Poultry Producers of Central California, one of the largest groups of its kind. He spent many years as a director of the Marin Municipal Water District, as a member of the Redwood Empire Association, and as an influential member of the Marin County Farm Bureau.

"Trumbull was active in the Novato Chapter of IDES, a Portuguese American lodge group, and the Masonic orders. He was also a member of the First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael.

"Aside from his widow, Trumbull leaves a daughter, Mrs. Wilbur F. Kimball of Sacramento; a son Robert H. Trumbull Jr. of Kentfield; 2 sisters, Miss Vine Trumbull and Mrs. Jean T. Smith of Berkeley; 3 grandchildren." ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPFJ-BJS : 26 November 2014), Robert Hamilton Trumbull, 16 Jul 1952; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
2. ↑ US Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189006990/robert-hamilton-trumbull
3. ↑ US Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189006990/robert-hamilton-trumbull