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     Clara Williams was married by Howard S. Kemp, J. P., to Edwin Hale McMasters, son of Samuel Lipton McMasters and Ella Antionette Burlingham, on 7 July 1934 in Lake Co., Indiana.^2,1 They were probably divorced within a few years; no further online record has been confirmed for her, and he is listed as single in the 1940 census.³

     Anna May Dowse was born on 28 October 1865 in Elgin, Fayette Co., Iowa.^1,3 She married Edwin Hale Burlingham, son of Robert E. Burlingham and Adelia Hale, on 19 May 1887 in Fayette Co., Iowa.² She died on 28 February 1936 at her home in Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa, at age 70 from a stroke.^1,4 She was buried on 1 March 1936 at Woodlawn Cemetery (Blk. 13, Lot 103) in Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa.^4,1,5
     She went by her middle name May.^6,7,8
     After their marriage, she and her husband Edwin lived for a time in Ft. Madison, Lee Co., Iowa.^9,10 They moved to Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa, about February 1900¹¹. and are listed there in the 1900 census with their son Robert. Edwin's parents were also living with them.⁶ They moved to Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Missouri, in October 1908¹², and remained there until at least 1913, but by 1915 they were back in Oelwein.^13,14,15 They are listed in Oelwein in the 1920 and 1925 censuses. Living with them in 1920 were May's brothers George (age 55, widowed) and Edwin Dowse (49, single), and a nephew Kenneth Dowse (24, listed between George and Edwin, so probably George's son). Kenneth and Edwin were still with them in 1925, but not George.^7,16
     She continued to live in Oelwein with her son Robert after her husband's death. Her brothers George and Edwin were living with her in 1930.⁸

     Robert Philip Burlingham was born on 20 March 1897 in Ft. Madison, Lee Co., Iowa.^2,3 He died on 16 May 1954 in Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa, at age 57 due to diabetes. He was found in his apartment on 17 May, when co-workers went to check on him after he didn't show up for work.^4,5 He was buried on 19 May 1954 at Woodlawn Cemetery in Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa.^4,6,7
     During World War I he served in the U.S. Naval Reserve, enlisting on 15 June 1918, and was discharged on 30 September 1921.⁴
     He was a bachelor⁵, and lived with his parents at 30 4th Ave. NE in Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa.^8,9,10 He continued living there after their deaths, apparently in a separate room or apartment while renting out the main part of the house.¹¹
     He worked for the Chicago Great Western Railroad, apparently for all his adult life, first as a machinist, and later as a store clerk.^3,8,10,11,6
     He was a Mason, reaching the 32nd degree, and a Shriner.⁵

     Augusta Hortense Burlingham was born about 1865 in New York.² She married first her mother's brother DeForest Spencer Kidder, son of Benjamin Franklin Kidder and Permelia Abbott, on 22 February 1882 in Strawberry Point, Clayton Co., Iowa.⁷ They were divorced not long after their marriage, apparently while Augusta was pregnant with their daughter Ruth, since DeForest was remarried in April 1883 in Iowa, and Ruth was born 18 July 1883 in California.^8,9 She married second John Charles Moore, son of Sarah Wilson, on 5 January 1887 in El Dorado Co., California.³ She died on 25 February 1929 in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California.^5,10 She was buried on 27 February 1929 at Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California.^11,5
     She and her second husband John lived in Garden Valley, El Dorado Co., California, most of their married lives^{5,12,13,14,15}, before moving to Fair Oaks, Sacramento Co., California, about 1925 (Augusta's 1929 obituary says "a few years ago").^5,16 Their daughter Orpha and her husband Alfonso Martin were living with them in 1910¹⁴, and in 1920 their daughter Lillian and her husband Oscar Carlson, along with Lillian's son Leslie Patton, were living with them.¹⁵

     Bert Franklin Burlingham was born on 13 December 1866 in El Dorado Co., California.⁴ He married first Mae Hapgood, daughter of Albion Hapgood and Della E. Smith, on 30 March 1898 in West Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California.⁵ They may have separated about 1917, and divorced about 1921 (see below). He married second Josephine Kovar, daughter of Edward Kovar and Emilie Dufka, on 24 December 1921 in Imperial Co., California.⁶ He died on 9 April 1944 at home in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, at age 77 from a heart attack.⁴ He was buried at Grand View Memorial Park & Crematory (Section F) in Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California.⁷
     He and his first wife Mae are listed in North Jackson, Amador Co., California, in the 1900 census⁸, where he was working as a miner.⁸ He was in Arizona in 1907, still working as a miner², but by 1910 he and Mae were in Idaho Falls, Bingham Co., Idaho,⁹ where he was an engineer for the railroad.⁹ Mae's divorced brother Charlie was living with them in 1910.⁹ Bert later turned to ranching and farming in southern California^10,11,12, except for a period from at least 1918 to 1920 when he worked as a box maker for California Central Creamery in El Centro, Imperial Co., California.^13,14
     He and Mae are listed as husband and wife in the 1915-16 Glendale city directory, but in the 1917 directory Mae is listed with her daughter Daphne in Glendale and Bert is not.¹⁵ By 1918 he was living in El Centro while Mae was still in Glendale.¹³ He is listed in El Centro in the 1920 census, enumerated in January, as married but without Mae, and living as a boarder with the widow Josephine Parizek (who he would marry as his second wife about two years later) and her two children.¹⁴ Mae is listed in January 1920 as married but without Bert, living with her widowed mother in Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California.¹⁶
     He and his second wife Josephine are listed together in Elsinore Twp., Riverside Co., California, in the 1930 census, along with Josephine's children Edwin and Olga Parizek from her first marriage.¹¹ He is listed there again in the 1940 census, but she was then living in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, as a maid for Myron Etienne and his wife.^12,17

     Bernice Pamelia Burlingham was born on 8 October 1868 in El Dorado Co., California.^4,5 She married Daniel Coffin Lewis on 24 December 1886 in El Dorado Co., California.⁶ She died on 12 October 1939 at home in Duarte, Los Angeles Co., California, at age 71 from lung cancer.^4,7 She was buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Fresno, Fresno Co., California.⁴
     She and her husband Daniel lived for a time in Jalisco, Mexico, possibly from December 1898 until at least 1907^8,2, where he had a mining business.⁸ In 1910 Bernice and their children Bert and Percy were living in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California. Daniel is not listed with them in the census, and was probably still in Mexico.⁹ She and Daniel are listed together in the 1920 census in Fresno, Fresno Co., California. Bernice's niece Jessie (daughter of her sister Augusta) and her husband Clarence Bliss were then living with them.¹⁰

     Lydia Sophia Burlingham was born on 14 October 1872 in El Dorado, El Dorado Co., California.³ She was married by Eugene R. Mills, Minister, to James William Neal on 15 May 1898 at Rose Villa, the bride's parents' home in West Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California.^5,6 She died on 23 February 1954 at her daughter Marie's home in Port Orchard, Kitsap Co., Washington, at age 81, from the effects of a stroke two days earlier.^3,7
     Her husband James worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and at the time of their marriage in 1898 he was superintendent of an experimental station in Jackson, Amador Co., California.^6,8 They are listed there in the 1900 census, along with James's sister Glenna.⁸ In 1910 James was in charge of an experimental station in Fairbanks, Alaska, and they are listed there, in the Fourth District, in the 1910 census.⁹ They were living in Norwalk Twp., Los Angeles Co., California, in 1920, along with Lydia's widowed mother Sophia (Kidder) Burlingham, and a nurse, Amelia Montgomery.¹⁰ At the time of her husband's death in February 1930 they were living in Garden Valley, El Dorado Co., California.¹¹
     After her husband's death she moved in with her daughter Marie and her husband Charles Fleischbein in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California,¹² and in 1940 was living as a boarder with Marie T. Sayer in Sacramento.¹³

     John Charles Moore was born on 16 August 1860 in Missouri.² He married Augusta Hortense Burlingham, daughter of Nathan Decatur Burlingham and Laura Sophia Kidder, on 5 January 1887 in El Dorado Co., California.¹ He died on 1 June 1932 in Lodi, San Joaquin Co., California, at age 71 from heart disease.² He was buried on 4 June 1932 at Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum (Sect. 1, Tier 2, Grave 58) in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California.^3,4
     He and his wife Augusta lived in Garden Valley, El Dorado Co., California, most of their married lives^5,4,6,7,8, before moving to Fair Oaks, Sacramento Co., California, about 1925 (Augusta's 1929 obituary says "a few years ago").^5,9 Their daughter Orpha and her husband Alfonso Martin were living with them in 1910⁷, and in 1920 their daughter Lillian and her husband Oscar Carlson, along with Lillian's son Leslie Patton, were living with them.⁸
     He remained in Fair Oaks after his wife's death, at least for a time. He, his daughter Lillian and her family, and his son Alymer and his wife Drucilla, are all listed there in the same house in the 1930 census, but as three separate households.⁹
     He worked most of his life in the gold mines in the area around Garden Valley, as a mining engineer and machinist.^4,6,7,8,9

     DeForest Spencer Kidder was born on 11 July 1862 in Arcade, Wyoming Co., New York.^2,1,3 He married first Augusta Hortense Burlingham, daughter of Nathan Decatur Burlingham and Laura Sophia Kidder, on 22 February 1882 in Strawberry Point, Clayton Co., Iowa.¹ They were divorced not long after their marriage, apparently while Augusta was pregnant with their daughter Ruth, since DeForest was remarried in April 1883 in Iowa, and Ruth was born 18 July 1883 in California.^3,5 He married second Mary Ann Groff on 30 April 1883 in West Union, Fayette Co., Iowa.^3,6 He died on 7 January 1929 in Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington, at age 66 from a heart infection.⁴ He was buried on 10 January 1929 at Greenwood Memorial Terrace in Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington.^4,7

     Ruth Viola Kidder was born on 18 July 1883 in Kelsey Twp., El Dorado Co., California.^1,2,4 She married Rudolph Bismark Schlein, son of George Frederek Ernest Augustus Schlein and Mary Nathlich, on 5 October 1910 in El Dorado Co., California.³ She died on 23 April 1917 in Placerville, El Dorado Co., California, at age 33 from kidney disease.^1,4 She was buried on 25 April 1917 at Georgetown Pioneer Cemetery in Georgetown, El Dorado Co., California.^1,4
     Her marriage record and her death certificate both name her father as Bert Kidder, but given that her mother Augusta married DeForest Kidder about a year and a half before her birth, it's probable that DeForest was her father. Perhaps he also used the name Bert.^3,1
     She lived in Kelsey Twp., El Dorado Co., California, as a child, presumably with her mother⁴, and apparently went with her grandparents Nathan and Laura Burlingham when they moved to West Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California, in 1897.⁵ She is listed with them in Burbank Twp., Los Angeles Co., California, in the 1900 census as Ruth B. Kidder⁶, and in the 1910 census as Ruth Burlingham.⁷
     After their marriage she and her husband Rudolph lived in Garden Valley, El Dorado Co., California.^4,8

     Rudolph Bismark Schlein was born on 1 May 1885 in Georgetown, El Dorado Co., California.^5,2 He married first Ruth Viola Kidder, daughter of DeForest Spencer Kidder and Augusta Hortense Burlingham, on 5 October 1910 in El Dorado Co., California.¹ He married second his cousin Lillie Mary Nathlich on 28 December 1943 in Placer Co., California.^6,7 He died on 20 April 1982 in Auburn, Placer Co., California, at age 96.^8,3 He was buried on 24 April 1982 at Georgetown Pioneer Cemetery in Georgetown, El Dorado Co., California.^3,9
     After their marriage he and his first wife Ruth lived in Garden Valley, El Dorado Co., California.^10,3 He continued to live in Garden Valley after Ruth's death until 1962, when he moved to Auburn, Placer Co., California.³ He is listed in Georgetown Twp., El Dorado Co., in the censuses from 1920 to 1940, by himself in 1920¹¹, and with his cousin Lillie Mary Nathlich (who he would later marry) in 1930 and 1940.^12,13
     He was apparently quite a colorful character. He worked as a gold miner, but never struck it rich, and during hard times bought and sold cattle, farmed, and made and sold bootleg whiskey during Prohibition.⁴ In 1958 he traveled to New York City for an appearance on the 5 October episode of the popular TV show "What's My Line."¹⁴ He was also an accomplished self-taught violinist, and made 29 hand-carved violins during his lifetime. He and his second wife Lillie, also a musician, performed together at many dances and community gatherings.^4,15

     Orpha B. Moore was born on 26 September 1888 in California.^5,1 She was married first, by Rev. H. L. Gregory, to Alfonso Lorenzo Marson on 21 December 1904 in Georgetown, El Dorado Co., California.^6,4 Alfonso filed for divorce in January 1914 in Placerville, El Dorado Co., California, alleging that Orpha had "gone out nights with other men" leaving their daughter alone while he worked the night shift as a miner, and had also "gone to other counties, once secretly taking the child with her." An interlocutory decree was granted, and Alfonso was awarded custody of their daughter, with visitation rights provided for Orpha.⁷ The divorce was finalized a year later, on 29 January 1915.^8,7,9 The next day, on 30 January 1915, she married second Elmer Edward Palm, son of Edward A. Palm and Wilhelmina Schaper, in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California.^9,7 They apparently divorced about 15 July 1919, when Elmer published a notice in the newspaper disclaiming any debts contracted by his wife after that date.¹⁰ She married third Larkin C. Hight, son of Lafayette Hight and Minerva (?), sometime between July 1919 and January 1920, when she and Larkin were listed together in the census.^2,10,11 She married fourth Laurence Merthton Germain, son of J. H. Germain and Elmira Bolin, on 20 March 1936 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California.¹² She married fifth Jerome Couch (license dated 21 October 1947 in Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada).^13,14 She married sixth William J. Fletcher (license dated 13 October 1956 in Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada).¹⁵ She died on 17 October 1967 in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, at age 79.^5,16 She was buried on 20 October 1967 at Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California.^16,17
     In 1910 she and her first husband Alfonso were living with her parents in Georgetown Twp., El Dorado Co., California.¹⁸ On 28 December 1915, about a year after their divorce, she filed a petition for custody of their five-year-old daughter Fern. The petition was denied about a week later.⁷
     She and her third husband Larkin are listed twice in the 1920 census, both times at 140 N. Aurora in Stockton, San Joaquin Co., California.^19,20 They are listed in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, in the 1930 census, along with a lodger, Melvin C. Vaughn.²¹
     She and her fourth husband Laurence are listed in Greenwood Twp., El Dorado Co., California, in the 1940 census, along with a lodger, Clarence Jones. Orpha's sister Della and her husband Oscar Carlson are listed next door.²²
     She was a member of Marguerite Parlor No. 12 of Native Daughters of the Golden West, and American Legion Auxiliary Post No. 61, in Sacramento.¹⁶

     Della Lillian Moore was born on 16 January 1890 in California.^2,3 She married first John Lewis Stone, son of John L. Stone, on 22 July 1908 in Placerville, El Dorado Co., California.^1,7 She probably married second Joseph Patton about 1912 (see below). She married third Ivor Reese Jenkins, son of Thomas Parry Jenkins and Kate Williams, on 9 October 1916 in Ketchikan, Alaska.^8,9 Their marriage was short; Ivor listed himself as single when he registered for the World War I draft on 20 July 1917.¹⁰ She married fourth Oscar Victor Carlson, son of Peter Carlson and Selina (?), between 1917 and 1920 (see below). She died on 26 September 1966 in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, at age 76.^2,11 She was buried at Greenwood Pioneer Cemetery (Row 37, Plot 10) in Greenwood, El Dorado Co., California.^11,12
     She is listed with the given name Lillian (or Lillie) in her parents' household in the 1900 and 1920 censuses, but as Della (or Dell) in all other online sources that have been examined, sometimes with the middle initial L.^3,4,1,2
     After their marriage she and her first husband John lived in Garden Valley, El Dorado Co., California, for a time, then in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, before moving to Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada, about October 1909.¹³ During this period she worked as a waitress, and in Reno as a servant, while he remained "generally ... idle" with occasional odd jobs and a few days working at a gambling house.¹³
     In November 1908 John was arrested and charged with grand larceny for stealing a watch and jewelry valued at $75 from Ernest Mulliken's boarding room at the Dunnigan Hotel in Dunnigan, Yolo Co., California. He had traveled to Dunnigan from his home in Sacramento on 2 November to visit Della, who was working at the hotel as a waitress, and returned home two days later. A few days later Mulliken found that his trunk had been broken into, and that the watch and jewelry were missing. John became the prime suspect, since he was the only stranger staying on the same floor at the hotel, and he had asked the wife of C. W. Robinson, the hotel manager, to borrow a hammer.
     Mulliken and the police kept a watch on Della, hoping she would lead them to him. Before long Della showed Robinson a message saying her mother was ill in Sacramento, and asked for time off to see her. Mulliken followed her to Sacramento, where she took another train to Stockton and went to a boarding house. Mulliken kept watch for 2-3 days without seeing John, then returned to Dunnigan.
     Robinson, the hotel manager, was then formally deputized, went to the boarding house in Stockton, and knocked on the door where Della was staying. John answered and was arrested. He was brought back to Dunnigan where he was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. Unable to pay his $1000 bond, he was sent to jail.^7,14,15
     In May 1910 Della filed a complaint with the police that John had beaten her. He was arrested and jailed, but she later recanted, and testified unwillingly. The case was dismissed on 1 June after the judge made him promise to treat her better in the future.^16,17
     On 20 August 1910 John was arrested in Auburn, Placer Co., California, for stealing three diamond rings valued at $700 from the wife of George A. Campbell, manager of the Reno Power, Water, and Light Co. Della, who had been working for the Campbells as a servant for three months, was also arrested, perhaps a few days later, and "held technically for investigation."
     Mrs. Campbell reportedly had left the rings on her dresser the afternoon of 14 August, and several hours later discovered that they were missing. Suspicion fell on John, who had visited Della there that afternoon and disappeared the next morning. Police learned that Della had recently been writing to a J. H. Hart in Grass Valley and in Colfax. When John went to the post office in Colfax asking for any mail sent to J. H. Hart, he was arrested. One of the diamonds, worth $350, was found in his possession, and had recently been remounted in a cheap setting. Della was questioned by the police but denied knowing John's whereabouts, said she was surprised by his arrest, and was convinced that he was innocent.^13,18,19
     About a month later however, on 20 September 1910, both John and Della pleaded guilty, much to the surprise of court officials and onlookers.²⁰ John took the blame for the robbery, and on 22 September 1910 was sentenced to five years at the state prison in Carson City, Nevada, while Della was released, reportedly "in a delicate condition."²¹
     No record has been found online for the marriage or divorce of Della Moore and Joseph Patton, but they had a son together on 1 February 1913 in Cowlitz Co., Washington. Further, on 9 April 1913 Joseph Patton of Tacoma, Washington, was arrested in Portland, Oregon, by request of the Tacoma police, and charged with deserting his wife Mrs. Della Patton and their 2-month-old child.^22,23 The child was named Lester Irving Patton in his birth record, but listed as Leslie Patton in the 1920 census, and as Leslie Carlson in the 1930 census.^4,24
     Similarly, no online record has been found for Della's marriage to Oscar Carlson, but both of her parents' obituaries name her as Mrs. Della Carlson, and they are listed as husband and wife in the 1920 and 1930 censuses. When Oscar registered for the World War I draft in November 1917 he stated he was single with no dependents, so they must have married between then and 19 January 1920 when they were enumerated together in the census.^5,6,4,24,25
     In 1920 she and Oscar were living with her parents in Georgetown Twp., El Dorado Co., California,⁴ and probably moved with them to Fair Oaks, Sacramento Co., California, about 1925 (her mother's 1929 obituary says "a few years ago").⁶ She and Oscar are listed there in the 1930 census, in the same house as Della's father John and her brother Alymer and his wife Drucilla, but as a separate household.²⁴ In 1935 they were living in Roseville, Placer Co., California,²⁶ and by 1940 were back in El Dorado Co., in Greenwood Twp.²⁶ Della moved to Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, in 1959.¹¹

     Laurel Emma Moore was born on 2 December 1891 in California.^2,1 She married Leroy Gettes Steward, son of Francis H. Steward and Sophie Louise Roth, about 26 February 1912 (date of license) in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California.^6,4 She died on 6 September 1991 in Lodi, San Joaquin Co., California, at age 99.^2,3 She was buried on 12 September 1991 at Lodi Memorial Cemetery (Sunset Cor. WL-H 88-C) in Lodi, San Joaquin Co., California.^3,7
     Her husband Leroy has not been found in the 1920 census, but Laurel is listed with their son Francis in Oakland, Alameda Co., California.⁸ She and Leroy are listed together in Lodi, San Joaquin Co., California, in the 1930 and 1940 censuses.^9,10 She was working as a waitress in 1930.⁹
     She was a charter member of the Lodi Eagles Auxiliary and the Emblem Club, and a member of the California Association of Conservation District Auxiliary.³

     Willa Mae Moore was born on 3 May 1893 in Garden Valley, El Dorado Co., California.^5,6,1 She married first Reginald Barbour, son of Eli Barbour and Edna Hill, on 25 December 1910 in El Dorado Co., California.² They were divorced, probably officially in 1920.⁷ She married second Elmer Ray Martin, son of Fred L. Martin and Millie Hendrickson, about 18 July 1921 (date of license) in Marin Co., California.^8,4,3 They probably divorced sometime between 1930, when they were listed together in the census, and 1935, when Willa was living in Petaluma, Sonoma Co., California.^9,10 She married third Joseph Harvey Orcutt, son of Oscar Orcutt and Anna H. (?), between 1932 and 1940.^11,12,3,10 She died on 9 November 1996 in Placerville, El Dorado Co., California, at age 103.^6,5 She was buried at Westwood Hills Memorial Park (Plot Parkcreek 21-B-107) in Placerville, El Dorado Co., California.^5,13
     She left home in 1910 and went to work at the Western Hotel in Placerville, El Dorado Co., California. She met her first husband Reginald there when his baseball team stayed at the hotel while playing in Placerville. After their marriage they lived for a time in Los Angeles, then in Arizona, then in Sacramento.¹¹ After Reginald was drafted into the Army during World War I, she lived for a time in Seattle, King Co., Washington, where he was stationed.¹¹
     She and her second husband Elmer may have been together for as long as ten years. They were married in 1921, and are listed together in the 1930 census in Los Angeles^8,9, where he worked as an electrician in the movie industry.^9,14,15 He is not mentioned, however, in her reminiscences reported in a newspaper article on her 100th birthday.¹¹
     She worked at various California resorts, including the Death Valley Inn, at Elna Springs, and at St. Helena. She and her third husband Joseph met while she was working in Petaluma, Sonoma Co., California. After their marriage they lived in Lodi, San Joaquin Co., California,¹¹ where Joseph ran a tavern.¹⁰ They are listed there in Elliot Twp. in the 1940 census, along with Joseph's son Joseph from a previous marriage.¹⁰ They moved to Westwood, Lassen Co., California, about 1957, after her husband's retirement¹², and ten years later to Placerville.^12,5 In 1973, after her husband's death, she moved in with her sister Myrtle in Placerville.¹¹
     She was a member of several clubs and organizations, including the Native Daughters of the Golden West, Friends of the Library, the Historical Society, the Golden Land Garden Club, and the El Dorado Community Church.¹¹

     Myrtle Claire Moore was born on 6 July 1895 in Garden Valley, El Dorado Co., California.² She was married by Rev. E. E. Clark to Roy Melvin Marks, son of Samuel Watson Marks and Emma Anora Sampson, on 3 November 1915 at the groom's mother's home in Placerville, El Dorado Co., California. Their honeymoon was a two-week trip to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.^3,4 She died on 21 February 2001 at age 105.⁵ She was buried at Westwood Hills Memorial Park (Hill 24-AD-38) in Placerville, El Dorado Co., California.⁶
     After she finished grammar school in 1910, her family could not afford the cost of books, etc., that she would need for high school. So she moved from home into the town of Placerville where she boarded with various families, not uncommon at the time, worked to pay for her own schooling, and graduated in 1913 from El Dorado High School.⁷ After graduation she went to work for Candy Kitchen, and in the summers of 1913 and 1914 worked in the post office at the Glen Alpine resort in the Sierras, near Lake Tahoe.^8,9
     In 1921 she and her husband Roy bought a 250-acre ranch in Mud Springs Twp., El Dorado Co., California, where they lived together the rest of their married lives.^8,10,11,12 After her husband's death in 1963 she sold some of their ranch land, but kept a portion and built a new home there in the Missouri Flat area. She remained there until 1996, when she moved into the Gold Country Health Center in Placerville.¹³
     She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the California State Soil Conservation Commission, and traveled with them several times, including trips to Jamaica, Hawaii, and Alaska.¹³

     Jessie Coral Moore was born on 13 December 1896 in California.^3,2 She married first Clarence Stanley Bliss, son of Henry Hamilton Bliss and Martha Nevitt, before 1918.^4,5 Clarence filed for divorce on 30 December 1929 in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, on grounds of desertion, and asked for custody of their three minor children, plus $4000 in community property.⁶ The divorce was granted in March 1930, but Jessie was awarded custody of the children.⁷ She married second Carl John Lindroth before 1940.⁸ She died on 26 December 1999 at age 103.³
     She and her first husband Clarence were living in Lodi, San Joaquin Co., California, when he registered for the World War I draft in 1918.¹ Two years later, in 1920, they were living with Jessie's aunt Bernice (Burlingham) and her husband Daniel Lewis in Fresno, Fresno Co., California.⁹ On 8 April 1930, after her divorce, she and two of her children were living with her brother John's family in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, where she was working as a stenographer for a loan company.¹⁰ In 1940 she was living with her second husband Carl in Penryn, Placer Co., California.¹¹

     John Charles Moore was born on 12 December 1898 in California.^3,1 He married Ruth Muriel Erb, daughter of Charles W. Erb and Jannie Skidmore, on 8 August 1924 in El Dorado Co., California.² He died on 3 July 1957 in Oakland, Alameda Co., California, at age 58.^3,4 He was buried on 6 July 1957 at Sylvan Cemetery in Citrus Heights, Sacramento Co., California.^5,4
     He completed grammar school in Garden Valley, El Dorado Co., California, at age 16, and the next year went to work for the Southern Pacific Railroad in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, as an apprentice machinist.⁶
     When the U.S. entered World War I in April 1917, he enlisted on 29 April at age 18, one of the first (perhaps the first) from El Dorado Co. to do so. He was assigned as a private to the 22nd Aero Squadron, Wing No. 1, of the U.S. Army Air Service. The squadron trained for a year in Texas, at Camp Sam Houston, Camp Kelly, and Camp Hicks. They also spent three months in Toronto, Canada, where he was trained in wireless telegraphy at Givens Street School. When their training ended, his squadron was sent to France, where they saw active service along the front lines. He was discharged on 31 June 1919.^7,6,8,9
     After the war he returned to his position in Sacramento as an apprentice machinist, and is listed there in the 1920 census living as a lodger with the family of William Hallaman.¹⁰ By 1930 he was a machinist (no longer an apprentice), still in Sacramento, living with his wife Ruth. His sister Jessie, then divorced, was living with them.¹¹ By 1935 they had moved to Roseville, Placer Co., California; John's divorced brother Alymer was living with them there in 1940.¹²

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     Alymer Decatur Moore was born on 11 March 1905 in California.³ He married first Edith Drucilla Herschler on 15 September 1929 at the Methodist Church in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California.⁶ They separated on 6 October 1936, and on 26 October Alymer filed for divorce in Auburn, Placer Co., California, on grounds of extreme cruelty, charging her with "misconduct with other men," and asked for custody of their two children. He also claimed that she had "an ungovernable temper, often flew into rages, cursed and abused him, and struck him with great force." At Edith's request, in January 1937 the case was transferred from Placer Co. to Sacramento, where she was then living. The divorce was granted in April 1937 in Sacramento.^7,8,9 He married second Velma Kathryn Havens, daughter of Bill Havens and Velma Gorrell, on 12 July 1940 in Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada.¹⁰ He died on 27 July 1994 in Roseville, Placer Co., California, at age 89.^3,11 He was buried on 1 August 1994 at Roseville Cemetery in Roseville, Placer Co., California.¹¹
     He and his first wife Edith are listed in the 1930 census living in Fair Oaks, Sacramento Co., California, in the same house as Alymer's father John C. Moore, and his sister Della and her husband Oscar Carlson, but as a separate household.¹² In 1940 he was living with his brother John's family in Roseville, Placer Co., California, and listed in the census as a widower.¹³
     Around the time of his first marriage in 1929 he was working as a truck driver for the Phoenix Brothers Packing Co., an olive mill in Fair Oaks.^6,12 He began working at Pacific Fruit Express, a railroad refrigerator car leasing company in Roseville, about 1939, and remained there until retiring in 1971. He was a 50-year member of the Brotherhood of Railroad and Carmen, No. 231, and belonged to the Living Water Community Church in Roseville.¹¹

     Alfonso Lorenzo Marson was born on 13 March 1882.² He was married by Rev. H. L. Gregory to Orpha B. Moore, daughter of John Charles Moore and Augusta Hortense Burlingham, on 21 December 1904 in Georgetown, El Dorado Co., California.^1,3 Alfonso filed for divorce in January 1914 in Placerville, El Dorado Co., California, alleging that Orpha had "gone out nights with other men" leaving their daughter alone while he worked the night shift as a miner, and had also "gone to other counties, once secretly taking the child with her." An interlocutory decree was granted, and Alfonso was awarded custody of their daughter, with visitation rights provided for Orpha.⁴ The divorce was finalized a year later, on 29 January 1915.^5,4,6 He died on 8 November 1935 in Placer Co., California, at age 53.⁷
     In 1910 he and his wife Orpha were living with her parents in Georgetown Twp., El Dorado Co., California.⁸ On 28 December 1915, about a year after their divorce, Orpha filed a petition for custody of their five-year-old daughter Fern. The petition was denied about a week later.⁴ In 1920, he and Fern were living with his mother Ellen in Greenwood Twp., El Dorado Co., California.⁹
     He listed his occupation as gold miner in the 1910 and 1920 censuses, and as an ice manufacturer in his 1918 World War I draft registration.^8,9,2

     Larkin C. Hight was born in November 1886 in Christian Co., Kentucky.^3,4 He married Orpha B. Moore, daughter of John Charles Moore and Augusta Hortense Burlingham, sometime between July 1919 when Orpha's previous husband disclaimed responsibility for her debts, and January 1920, when he and Orpha were listed together in the census.^2,5,6 He died on 14 September 1930 at home in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, at age 43 after a long illness.^7,8 He was buried at Sacramento City Cemetery in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California.⁹
     He served at least two terms in the U.S. Army. He enlisted on 27 November 1907 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, in Co. F of the 23rd Infantry, and was discharged on 28 February 1910 at Ludlow Barracks in Mindanao, Philippine Islands.⁴ He also served in Russia during World War I⁸, and after the war was listed as a private first class in the medical corps, traveling from Hong Kong to Honolulu, Hawaii, on the USAT Sherman, arriving on 25 October 1919.¹⁰ He was a member of American Legion Post 61 in Sacramento, and the Sacramento chapter of Disabled American Veterans of the World War.⁸
     He and his wife Orpha are listed twice in the 1920 census, both times at 140 N. Aurora in Stockton, San Joaquin Co., California.^11,12 They are listed in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, in the 1930 census, along with a lodger, Melvin C. Vaughn.¹³

     Laurence Merthton Germain was born on 5 June 1882 (his World War II draft registration and his death record say 5 June 1884) in Huntingburg, Dubois Co., Indiana.^2,4,3,5 He married as his third wife Orpha B. Moore, daughter of John Charles Moore and Augusta Hortense Burlingham, on 20 March 1936 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California.¹ He died on 20 May 1943 in Sacramento Co., California.^5,4 He was buried at Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum (Sect. I, Tier 18, Grave 94) in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California.⁶
     He and his wife Orpha are listed in Greenwood Twp., El Dorado Co., California, in the 1940 census, along with a lodger, Clarence Jones. Orpha's sister Della and her husband Oscar Carlson are listed next door.⁷ He was a gold mine mechanic, and was working for the Middlefork Gold Mining Co. in Auburn, Placer Co., California, in 1942.^7,1,3