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     Edith Drucilla Herschler was born on 14 October 1912 in Alameda Co., California.² She married Alymer Decatur Moore, son of John Charles Moore and Augusta Hortense Burlingham, on 15 September 1929 at the Methodist Church in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California.¹ 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.^3,4,5 She died on 29 March 1938 in Alameda Co., California, at age 25.⁶
     She and her husband Alymer are listed in Fair Oaks, Sacramento Co., California, in the 1930 census, 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.⁷

     Velma Kathryn Havens was born on 24 April 1923 in Picher, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma.^1,2 She married Alymer Decatur Moore, son of John Charles Moore and Augusta Hortense Burlingham, on 12 July 1940 in Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada.³ She died on 19 February 1996 at home in Roseville, Placer Co., California, at age 72.^2,4 She was buried on 22 February 1996 at Roseville Cemetery in Roseville, Placer Co., California.⁴

     Mae Hapgood was born on 10 March 1881 in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska.² She married first Bert Franklin Burlingham, son of Nathan Decatur Burlingham and Laura Sophia Kidder, on 30 March 1898 in West Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California.¹ They may have separated about 1917, and divorced about 1921 (see below). She married second Ernest H. Dutton in Los Angeles Co., California, recorded on 11 May 1923.³ She died on 9 October 1945 at home in Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California, at age 64 from ovarian cancer.² She was buried at Grand View Memorial Park & Crematory (Sect. B, Lot 87, Grave 7) in Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California.⁴
     She and her husband Bert are listed in North Jackson, Amador Co., California, in the 1900 census⁵, and in Idaho Falls, Bingham Co., Idaho, in the 1910 census.⁶ Mae's divorced brother Charlie was living with them in 1910.⁶ She and Bert 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.⁷ By 1918 Bert was living in El Centro while she was still in Glendale.⁸ Bert was 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).⁹ Mae is listed in January 1920 as married but without Bert, living with her widowed mother in Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California,¹⁰ and working as a rotary operator in basket factory.¹⁰ She is listed in the 1923 Glendale city directory as Mrs. Mae Burlingham, working as a pastry cook.¹¹

     Josephine Kovar was born on 4 March 1882 in Bohemia (now part of Czechoslovakia).^5,6 She married first Karel Perizek, recorded on 24 May 1911 in Los Angeles Co., California.⁷ She married second Bert Franklin Burlingham, son of Nathan Decatur Burlingham and Laura Sophia Kidder, on 24 December 1921 in Imperial Co., California.¹
     She and her second husband Bert are listed together in Elsinore Twp., Riverside Co., California, in the 1930 census, along with her children Edwin and Olga Parizek from her first marriage.⁸ 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.^9,10

     Daphne Mae Burlingham was born on 31 March 1899 in Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California.³ She married James Grey Lyons, son of Michael Lyons and Anna Richie, on 22 October 1919 in Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California.² She died on 20 November 1992 in Santa Clara Co., California, at age 93.^4,3
     She and her husband James lived in Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California.^5,6

     James Grey Lyons was born on 28 October 1896 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^2,3 He married Daphne Mae Burlingham, daughter of Bert Franklin Burlingham and Mae Hapgood, on 22 October 1919 in Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California.¹ He died on 20 January 1982 in Los Angeles Co., California, at age 85.³ He was buried at Grand View Memorial Park & Crematory in Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California.⁴
     He served in the U.S. Army during World War I, enlisting on 5 August 1917, and was discharged on 3 July 1918.⁵ He and his wife Daphne lived in Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California,^6,7 where he worked for the Southern California Telephone Co., first as a lineman and later as a cable splicer.^1,6,7,2

     Daniel Coffin Lewis was born on 2 September 1841 in Kennebec Co., Maine.² He married Bernice Pamelia Burlingham, daughter of Nathan Decatur Burlingham and Laura Sophia Kidder, on 24 December 1886 in El Dorado Co., California.¹ He died on 17 March 1924 at his home in Calwa Park, Fresno Co., California, at age 82.^3,4 He was buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Fresno, Fresno Co., California.⁵
     When the Civil War began in 1861 he was living in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, working as a pattern maker⁶, and enlisted there on 13 June as a private in Co. E of the 11th Massachusetts Infantry. Barely a month later, on 21 July, he was wounded by a gunshot to his left shoulder and taken prisoner at the First Battle of Bull Run, just north of Manassas, Virginia. He was released in February 1862. Whether he rejoined his regiment or not is unknown. If so, he would have participated in the Siege of Yorktown from April to May 1862, the Battle of Williamsburg on 5 May, the Battle of Fair Oaks on 25 June, and the Second Battle of Bull Run on 29 August. He was eventually discharged for disability, on 31 October 1862 in Washington, D.C., according to one source, and on 13 November 1862 in Falmouth, Virginia, according to another.^6,7
     He and his wife Bernice lived for a time in Jalisco, Mexico, possibly from December 1898 until at least 1907^2,8, where he had a mining business.² 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
     He lived for about a year and a half at the Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Sawtelle, Los Angeles Co., California, being admitted on 3 October 1916. At the time he was suffering from chronic indigestion, arteriosclerosis, and a swollen prostate and heart. He left on his own recognizance on 10 February 1918.⁷
     He and Bernice 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
     He was working as a helper in a warehouse in 1920.¹⁰

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     Bert Ellis Lewis was born on 1 October 1888 in Lakeport, Lake Co., California.^4,3 He married Emma Elizabeth Marriott, daughter of John W. Marriott and Mary Johnson, on 27 April 1910 in Los Angeles Co., California.² They separated on 17 November 1937, and were probably divorced about July 1938 in Fresno, Fresno Co., California. The divorce suit was filed by Emma, and she asked for $75/month in support for herself and two children (although their daughter Doris was then 18, and their daughter Barbara, age 12 in 1938, was living with her father Bert in 1940).⁵ He died on 3 August 1943 at Covina Hospital (his obituary says at home) in Covina, Los Angeles Co., California, at age 54 from a heart attack.^6,7 He was buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Fresno, Fresno Co., California.⁷
     In 1910, just before his marriage, he was living with his mother and brother Percy in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, and working as a miner.¹ He and his wife Emma are listed at 1257 LaSalle in Fresno, Fresno Co., California, in the 1920 and 1930 censuses. Living with them in 1920 was Walter J. Works, listed as Bert's brother-in-law.^8,9 Bert was then in the grocery business, as a partner in the Lewis-Cassidy Produce Co.^4,8,9,7 In 1940, after his divorce, he was living in Twp. 3, Fresno Co., California, and working as a painter.¹⁰ By 1942 he had moved to Duarte, Los Angeles Co., California.¹¹ At the time of his death his residence was Covina, Los Angeles Co., California, and he was running hs own restaurant there.^6,7

     Harriet Laura Lewis was born on 20 December 1891 (her death certificate says 18 December) in Lakeport, Lake Co., California.^2,3 She married first George Jerome Avas, son of John Avas and Lizzie E. Moesser, on 3 June 1911 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California.¹ They were divorced before 20 January 1920, when George was enumerated in Los Angeles in the census with a different wife, Rennie.⁴ She married second George L. Cassidy about 1921.^5,6 They were divorced sometime between 1930, when they were listed together in the census, and 1940, when Harriet was listed as divorced.^7,8 She married third Gerald Wright between 1943 and 1950.^9,10 They were divorced about June 1950.¹¹ She died on 15 August 1955 in Community Hospital, Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., California, at age 63.³ She was buried on 18 August 1955 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (formerly Sunnyside Memorial Park) in Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., California.^12,3
     No record has been found online for the marriage of Harriet Lewis and George Cassidy. The obituaries of both of Harriet's parents, and of her brother Bert, name her as Harriet Cassidy.^13,14,9 The identification of her husband's given name as George is based on the 1930 census entry for George L. and Harriet Cassidy in Long Beach Twp., Los Angeles Co., California, the only Harriet Cassidy listed in California. It lists Harriet's age as 33 (she was actually 38) and birthplace as California, and her father's and mother's birthplaces as Massachusetts and California.⁷ (Her father was actually born in Maine¹⁵, but apparently moved to Massachusetts as a child. His own 1920 census entry lists his birthplace as Massachusetts, and his obituary says he was a native of Massachusetts).^16,13
     Like her second marriage, no direct evidence has been found online for her third marriage, to Gerald Wright. Harriet's death certificate and Social Security records list her surname as Wright^3,17, and a notice in the Riverside [California] Independent Enterprise, 22 June 1950, says that Harriet Wright was granted an interlocutary divorce decree from Gerald Wright.¹¹ Three months later, on 22 September 1950, a social note in the same newspaper says that "Mrs. Harriet Wright spent a week in Adelanto [San Bernardino Co., California] recently as a guest of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Lewis."¹⁸ Harriet (Lewis) Wright's brother Percy was living in San Bernardino Co. in 1950.¹⁹ Thus, the Harriet Wright who was divorced from Gerald Wright is likely Harriet (Lewis) Wright, daughter of Daniel Coffin Lewis and Bernice Pamelia Burlingham, and sister of Percy Burlingham Lewis.
     She and her second husband George Cassidy are listed in the 1930 census in Long Beach Twp., Los Angeles Co., California.⁷ In 1940 she was living in Duarte, Los Angeles Co., along with a lodger, Henry Mercier, and running a cafe.⁸ She's listed on her own in the 1950 census, enumerated on 28 April, on Homeland Ave., about eight miles east of Hemet, Riverside Co., California. She was then separated, and self-employed as a rug weaver.¹⁰

     Percy Burlingham Lewis was born on 13 May 1896 in Lakeport, Lake Co., California.^2,3,4 He married first Eva K. Schlacker, daughter of Joseph Schlacker and Willimena (?), on 5 March 1917 in Mohave Co., Arizona.⁵ They were divorced sometime between 1934 and 1937.^6,7 He married second Rosella Smith, daughter of Roan M. Smith and Rosella C. Cripe, between 1934 and 1937 (see below).^6,8 He died on 24 July 1956 at home in Adelanto, San Bernardino Co., California, at age 60.^9,10 He was buried at Victor Valley Memorial Park in Victorville, San Bernardino Co., California.¹¹
     No marriage record has been found online for Percy Lewis and Rosella Smith. Her identification is based on the following evidence. First, Percy's obituary names his wife Rosella and a stepson Thomas A. Sand Jr., and says he and Rosella ran a TV and electric appliance business in Adelanto, California.¹⁰ Rosella Lewis's obituary doesn't name a husband, but says she lived in Adelanto, and was a former owner of Rose and Percy's TV. It also gives her birth and death dates, and names her mother Rosella C. Smith.¹² Second, her death record has the same birth and death dates, and gives her mother's maiden name as Cripe.¹³ Third, Social Security records for Rose Smith Sand have the same birth date, and name her parents as Roan M. Smith and Rosella C. Cripe.¹⁴ And finally, the marriage record for Thomas A. Sand and Rosella Smith names her father as R. M. Smith.¹⁵ Taken together, this shows that Percy Lewis married Rosella (Smith) Sand, daughter of Roan M. Smith and Rosella C. Cripe.
     At the time of his first marriage, to Eva K. Schlacker in 1917, he was living in Golconda, Mohave Co., Arizona,⁵ and working as a miner for the Union Basin Mining Co.^5,16 He and Eva lived in Fresno, Fresno Co., California, from at least 1920 to 1934.^17,18,19 During that time he worked as a mechanic for about the first three years, then as a peddler, then in the produce business, then as a salesman, and from 1929 to 1934 owned a florist shop.^19,18 In September 1934 he filed for bankruptcy in United States District Court in Los Angeles, although, according to a newspaper notice about the case, he claimed liabilities of $3527 and assets of $9815.²⁰
     He and his second wife Rose were living in Alhambra, Los Angeles Co., California, in 1937²¹, and in Rosemead, Los Angeles Co., California, in 1939.²² Together, they ran Rose and Percy's Cafe in Rosemead for a number of years, then moved to Adelanto, San Bernardino Co., California, about 1942, where they ran a TV and electric appliance business, Rose and Percy's TV, for 14 years.^10,12 They are listed in Oro Grande Twp., San Bernardino Co., in the 1950 census.²³

     Emma Elizabeth Marriott was born on 4 January 1884 in Colorado.² She married Bert Ellis Lewis, son of Daniel Coffin Lewis and Bernice Pamelia Burlingham, on 27 April 1910 in Los Angeles Co., California.¹ They separated on 17 November 1937, and were probably divorced about July 1938 in Fresno, Fresno Co., California. The divorce suit was filed by Emma, and she asked for $75/month in support for herself and two children (although their daughter Doris was then 18, and their daughter Barbara, age 12 in 1938, was living with her father Bert in 1940).³ She died on 5 July 1940 in Fresno Co., California, at age 56.²
     She and her husband Bert are listed at 1257 LaSalle in Fresno, Fresno Co., California, in the 1920 and 1930 censuses. Living with them in 1920 was Walter J. Works, listed as Bert's brother-in-law.^4,5 She continued to live in Fresno, at the same address, after her divorce (although she is listed in the 1940 census as a widow instead of divorced), along with a lodger, Mary C. Anderson.⁶

     George Jerome Avas was born about 1890 in California.¹ He married Harriet Laura Lewis, daughter of Daniel Coffin Lewis and Bernice Pamelia Burlingham, on 3 June 1911 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California.¹ They were divorced before 20 January 1920, when George was enumerated in Los Angeles in the census with a different wife, Rennie.²
     He was working as a chauffeur at the time of his marriage in 1911.¹

     Gerald Wright married Harriet Laura Lewis, daughter of Daniel Coffin Lewis and Bernice Pamelia Burlingham, between 1943 and 1950.^4,5 They were divorced about June 1950.¹
     No direct evidence has been found online for the marriage of Gerald Wright and Harriet Lewis. Harriet's death certificate and Social Security records list her surname as Wright^2,6, and a notice in the Riverside [California] Independent Enterprise, 22 June 1950, says that Harriet Wright was granted an interlocutary divorce decree from Gerald Wright.¹ Three months later, on 22 September 1950, a social note in the same newspaper says that "Mrs. Harriet Wright spent a week in Adelanto [San Bernardino Co., California] recently as a guest of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Lewis."⁷ Harriet (Lewis) Wright's brother Percy was living in San Bernardino Co. in 1950.⁸ Thus, the Harriet Wright who was divorced from Gerald Wright is likely Harriet (Lewis) Wright, daughter of Daniel Coffin Lewis and Bernice Pamelia Burlingham, and sister of Percy Burlingham Lewis.

     Ivanka K. Schlacker was born on 28 November 1883 in Wyoming.^5,1 She married first George G. Whittal on 10 August 1901 in Marin Co., California.³ She married second Percy Burlingham Lewis, son of Daniel Coffin Lewis and Bernice Pamelia Burlingham, on 5 March 1917 in Mohave Co., Arizona.⁶ They were divorced sometime between 1934 and 1937.^7,8 She died on 10 December 1973 in Fresno Co., California, at age 90.⁵ She was buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Fresno, Fresno Co., California.⁹
     She usually went by the name Eva.^6,10,2 She and her second husband Percy lived in Fresno, Fresno Co., California, from at least 1920 to 1934.^1,10,11 She continued to live in the same house in Fresno after she and Percy divorced, until at least 1960.¹²

     Rosella Smith was born on 18 August 1897, in O'Neals, Madera Co., California, according to Social Security records (her obituary says in Mariposa, Mariposa Co., California).^1,3,4 She married first Thomas A. Sand on 17 March 1914 in Sanger, Fresno Co., California.⁵ She later married Percy Burlingham Lewis, son of Daniel Coffin Lewis and Bernice Pamelia Burlingham, between 1934 and 1937 (see below).^6,7 She died on 21 July 1965 at St. Mary Desert Valley Hospital in Apple Valley, San Bernardino Co., California, at age 67.^3,4 She was buried on 23 July 1965 at Victor Valley Memorial Park in Victorville, San Bernardino Co., California.⁴
     No marriage record has been found online for Percy Lewis and Rosella Smith. Her identification is based on the following evidence. First, Percy's obituary names his wife Rosella and a stepson Thomas A. Sand Jr., and says he and Rosella ran a TV and electric appliance business in Adelanto, California.⁸ Rosella Lewis's obituary doesn't name a husband, but says she lived in Adelanto, and was a former owner of Rose and Percy's TV. It also gives her birth and death dates, and names her mother Rosella C. Smith.⁴ Second, her death record has the same birth and death dates, and gives her mother's maiden name as Cripe.³ Third, Social Security records for Rose Smith Sand have the same birth date, and name her parents as Roan M. Smith and Rosella C. Cripe.¹ And finally, the marriage record for Thomas A. Sand and Rosella Smith names her father as R. M. Smith.⁵ Taken together, this shows that Percy Lewis married Rosella (Smith) Sand, daughter of Roan M. Smith and Rosella C. Cripe.
     She and her husband Percy were living in Alhambra, Los Angeles Co., California, in 1937², and in Rosemead, Los Angeles Co., California, in 1939.⁹ Together, they ran Rose and Percy's Cafe in Rosemead for a number of years, then moved to Adelanto, San Bernardino Co., California, about 1942, where they ran a TV and electric appliance business, Rose and Percy's TV, for 14 years.^8,4 They are listed in Oro Grande Twp., San Bernardino Co., in the 1950 census.¹⁰