San Francisco, California - Blennerhassett Family Tree

BLENNERHASSETT FAMILY OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA
Blennerhassett Family Tree (BH40_Massachusetts_MC.xlsx) revised November 2013, copyright © Bill Jehan 1968-2013
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SFC 01
>|>> Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>|>> Richard J. Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>> >|>> John Arthur Blennerhassett; b.15.12.1867 at 2 Carver Street, Boston, Massachusetts;
of Tralee, Co.Kerry, Ireland | b..12.1842 Tralee, Co.Kerry | 5ft 9ins, light complexion, blue eyes, light hair 1892; 5ft 9 1/2ins, light complexion, blue eyes, brown hair 1896;
d. bef.1900 | (date from 1900 census, other | his father's death notice names him "Julia" in error [San Francisco Call 15.11.1900 p.15]
/ | sources have him b.c1844/46) | /
m. | 1930 census has b. N.Ireland | of 22 Clary St. (floor 2, room B) (renamed Clara St. 1880), SF 1870-96;
| 5ft 8ins, ruddy complexion, | of 786 Harrison Street, San Francisco 1907;
| blue eyes, brown hair 1892; | sawfiler at the Truckee Lumber Co. of San Francisco 1889-1893;
NOTE: | 5ft 8 1/2ins, dark complexion, | sawmaker at the California Saw Works 1892-1896;
I had thought this Richard Blennerhassett could perhaps() | green eyes, brown hair 1896 | car representative with Southern Pacific Co. 1907
be a son of Dr Richard Blennerhassett, MD, | / | /
b.1818/21 (C.o.I.) Dublin, | (RC); emig. USA 1864 | m.1889 Katherine (Catherine) A. Sexsmith (D)
of Dingle, Co.Kerry 1824, of Tralee, Co.Kerry 1839 (p.F 26), | settled first at Boston, Mass.; | [San Francisco Call 1889 M-3768] this marriage notice not yet seen;
who is known to be father of:- | of Boston 1864-67; | in May 1896 she was granted a divorce "for neglect" [San Francisco Call 13.5.1896 p.15 & 4.7.1896 p.5]
Richard Blennerhassett; b.c1842; Private in the Kerry | moved to Oakland, California; | of 150 Onondaga Avenue, San Francisco 1925; of 119 Guerrero, San Francisco 1931
Militia at Tralee Barracks 1864, who m.21.5.1864 (RC) | later to San Francisco, where |
at Tralee, Co.Kerry, Johanna Donoghue, servant, b.c1835 | in 1869 he lived with his bro. |>>Emily (Emilie) Blennerhassett >>>>>>> >|>> Eleanor Morton; b.c1898
/ | John A. Blennerhassett | b..7.1869 California /
although dates closely match, this Richard Blennerhassett | / | of 22 Clary St. (floor 2, room B) m.12.3.1919 Los Angeles, Calif.
m. Johanna Kearns, not Johanna Donoghue, so cannot be | naturalised US citizen 6.9.1870 | (renamed Clara Street in 1880), Louis Robert Margolis b.c1898
| (the day following his brother | SF 1870-80 & 1904; d. bef.1917 (son of S. Morton & Ada Levin)
| John A. Blennerhassett) in SF | /
NOTE: | / | m.1st bef.1900; Henry E. Morton; [San Francisco Call 115.11.1900 p.13] names him "Martin" in error
The family resided at 22 Clary/Clara Street (floor 2, room B), | of 22 Clary Street (renamed | /
San Francisco, in area south of Market St., one of the districts | Clara Street in 1880) (floor 2, | m.2nd post 1900; Gerlach
most severely damaged by 1906 San Francisco earthquake, | room B) San Fran. 1870-1900 |
with heavy loss of life; but both died before the earthquake; | / |>>Elizabeth A. Blennerhassett >>>>>>> >|>> Phyllis Hirleman >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>|>>
The fire that followed the earthquake destroyed the | shoe merchant 1870; boot | b.c1871/75 California | b.c1899 California
San Francisco registers of births, marriages and deaths, | and shoe maker 1867-1896 | / | /
making it more difficult to research San Francisco families | empl. by Antoine C. Royer | of 22 Clary St. (floor 2, room B) | m. Douglas MacKillop
| at 538/540 Howard Street, | (renamed Clara Street in 1880), | b.c1895 California
| San Francisco in 1871-72; | San Francisco 1871-1880; |
| working for Rosenthal, Feder | of 269 4th Avenue, SF 1920; |>>Aileen Hirleman
children of Richard & Johanna Blennerhassett, San Francisco | & Co., San Francisco in 1877; | of 710 7th Avenue, SF 1930 b.c1902 California
| employed by | /
1. John Arthur BH m. Katherine A. Sexsmith | E.D.Nolan & Co. SF 1880-81; | d.c7.1.1944; bur.7.1.1944 Holy Cross Cem. (RC), Colma,
| P.F.Nolan & Co. SF 1889-93 | San Mateo Co., California (section U row 15 grave 132)
2. Emily (Emilie) BH m.1st Henry E. Morton | (at 322 Brannan Street, | /
m.2nd Gerlach | SF 1890, with his bro. John) | m.c1899 Philip "Phil" Hirleman; b.c1866/8 California;
| / | Deputy Assessor at City Hall, San Francisco 1920; Civic Clerk 1930
3. Elizabeth A. BH m. Philip "Phil" Hirleman | d.13.11.1900 [San Francisco | d.c4.1.1937; bur.4.1.1937 Holy Cross Cem. (RC), Colma,
4. Anne "Annie" BH died young | Call 14.11.1900 p.11 | San Mateo Co., California (section U row 15 grave 132)
5. Richard W. BH died unmarried | & 15.11.1900 p.13] |
6. Mary "Mae" Ellen BH m. William J. Tiernan | bur.15.11.1900 Cypress Lawn |>>Anne "Annie" Blennerhassett; b.c1873
| Cemetery, San Francisco | d.c1.2.1877 San Francisco (as an infant) [San Francisco Call 1877 p. D-248]
7. Anna (a.k.a. Alma, Elma) BH m.1st John James "J.J." Sesnon | / | NOTE: I have not yet seen this newspaper death notice
m.2nd William E. Wolff | m.c1866 Boston Mass. | /
| (date from 1900 census) | d.c1.2.1877 San Francisco (as an infant) [San Francisco Call 1877 p. D-248];
8. William Joseph BH m. Emma T. McFaddan | Johanna (Joanna) | initially bur.1.2.1877 at Calvary Cem. (RC), San Francisco Co., California (dormitory 5 station 72 area 9 grave 142 - remarks "removed 569");
| Kearne (Kearns, Kerns) | when her mother died, she and her sister Sarah "Sadie" Blennerhassett were removed from Calvary Cem. to be re-interred
9. Thomas Joseph BH m.1st Hazel A.(M.) Miller; | b..12.1845 Co.Kerry, Ireland; | on 3.9.1904 with their mother at Holy Cross Cem., Colma, San Mateo Co., California (section B row 18 area 9 grave 5)
m.2nd Regina W. Borrmann | (1880 census has her b.c1847 |
| 1900 cen. has her b. Virginia) |>>Richard W. Blennerhassett; b.c1875 California;
10. Sarah "Sadie" BH died young | (dau. of Maurice Kearns | 5ft 7 1/4ins, light complexion, blue eyes, brown hair 1896;
| & Mary Kean; | of 22 Clara St. (floor 2, room B), San Francisco 1880-April 1897
| cousin of Mrs Ellen Clark) | [San Francisco City Directory]
| / | teamster 1896; ship's messboy on Pacific Mail Line SS "San Jose" 1897
| emig. to USA 1868; settled | /
| at San Francisco, California; | d.13.6.1897 of yellow fever at San Jose de Guatemala (in Guatemala), en-route from Panama to San Francisco;
NOTE: | of 22 Clary Street (renamed | [San Francisco Call 5.7.1897 p.7] tells us:
Holy Cross, Colma and Holy Cross, Menlo Park are different | Clara Street in 1880) (floor 2, | "The Pacific Mail Steamer San Jose arrived from Panama yesterday with two cases of death from yellow fever reported. She was at once ordered into quarantine and taken off Angel Island
RC cemeteries, both at San Mateo Co. near San Francisco; | room B), San Fran. 1870-1904 | near the quarantine vessel Omaha, by Dr Blue, United States Quarantine Officer. Dr Chambers, State Quarantine Officer, gave the vessel a free pratique to the port. She will probably be
Calvary Cemetery, San Francisco Co. was closed at the end | / | permitted to dock either to-day or to-morrow". "The chief engineer, James P. McLean, died June 4 at Acajutla. There was no physician present to diagnose his case, but the physician of
of the 19th or beginning of the 20th Centuries | naturalized in USA 1868; | the port said the cause of the death was yellow fever; Captain Russell puts forth the claim that the death was due entirely to rheumatism of the stomach"; Richard Blennerhassett, a messboy,
| keeping house 1870-80 | died June 13 at San Jose de Guatemala. The physicians at that port refused to go abord the ship and she was quarantined without any doctor being present; Dr Blue says that he was informed
SFC 01 | / | that the boy Blennerhassett, who was first taken ill at Panama, turned the color of a lemon prior to his death. There were eight cabin and one steerage passenger abord the ship"

SFC 02 | / |
| d.1.9.1904 San Francisco; |>>Mary "Mae" Ellen >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >|>> George R. Tiernan
| funeral St Patrick's Ch. (RC); | Blennerhassett | b.20/22.2.1903 San Francisco County, California;
| bur.3.9.1904* Holy Cross Cem. | b.9.5.1877 (not 1878) Calif.; | book-keeper 1930;
| (RC), Colma, San Mateo Co., | of 22 Clary Street (renamed | d.16.10.1950 San Francisco County; bur. Holy Cross Cem. (RC), Colma, San Mateo Co., California (section B row 4 area 3 grave 2)
| California (section B | Clara St. 1880) (floor 2 room B) |
| row 18 area 9 grave 5) | S.F. 1877-1902; of Ashbury |>>Florence C. Tiernan
| [San Francisco Chronicle | Heights SF, after the marriage; | b.c1905/6 California; secretary 1930
| 4.9.1904 p.13] | Assembly District 39 SF 1910 |
| [San Francisco Call 2.9.1904 | (bro. Thomas J. BH with her); |>>Anita M. Tiernan
| p.14 & 3.9.2004 p.14] | of San Francisco 1917 b.24.8.1907 San Francisco; teacher 1930
| / | of 1567 9th Avenue, SF 1930
| / | worked on printing press 1900; d.21.3.1969 San Francisco Co.; bur. Holy Cross Cem. (RC), Colma, San Mateo Co., California (section B row 4 area 3 grave 8)
| NOTE: Johanna's daughters | /
| Anne (d.1877) and Sarah | m.2.4.1902 St Mary's Cathedral; William John Tiernan [San Francisco Call 3.4.1902 p.6 & p.13; 27.4.1902 p.39];
| (d.1890) both d. in infancy; | b.27.3.1877 San Francisco Co., California; of SF 1910; cashier on steam ship 1930; d.17.4.1934 San Francisco Co.
| they were initially bur. at |
| Calvery Cem., San Francisco |>>Anna Blennerhassett (alias Alma/Elma Hassett); b.c1879 California; of 22 Clary St. (floor 2, room B), San Francisco in 1880 (this renamed Clara St. in 1880); of S.F. 1917; also of Nome, Alaska;
| Co. and later removed to | Anna was partner of John Joseph "J.J." Sesnon of SF & Alaska, who remarried in 1907 but in his Will bequeathed Anna $5,000 "providing that she did not marry before his death";
| Holy Cross Cem., Colma to be | in her mother's death notice [San Francisco Call 3.9.1904, p.14] Anna is named "Mrs J.J. Sesnon"; in 1910 census she is named "Anna Sesnon", residing with her sister Elizabeth Hirleman;
| re-interred with their mother | in the probate of J.J. Sesnon's 1912 Will as reported in ["Seattle Daily Times" 8.11.1912] Anna is named "Alma Hassett of San Francisco, formerly of Nome, Alaska";
| when she died in 1904 | /
| / | of 371 27th Avenue, Richmond, California 1914-17; d.15.3.1917 at home;
| the index to burials at | bur.17.3.1917 as "Elma Wolff" in the Blennerhassett plot at Holy Cross Cem. (RC), Colma, San Mateo Co., California (section B row 18 area 9 grave 6)
| Holy Cross Cemetery | /
| records two burial entries for | m.1st bef.1900 (but probably not married); John James ("J.J.") Sesnon; b.21.11.1860 San Francisco (RC) "of a S.F. society family", clerk at SF 1890; secretary at SF 1894;
| Johanna Blennerhassett | of 937 Golden Gate Avenue, SF 1888-90; of 25 Grant Ave., SF 1890; of Pardee House, Broadway (West side, bet. 14th & 16th), Oakland, Alameda Co. 1892-94;
| on 3.4.1904 - these may be | of the Macdonough Theater, Oakland 1894, residing at "corner of Pacific Avenue & Bay Street", Oakland; also of Nome, Alaska; during Yukon Gold Rush he made
| duplicate entries, or the 2nd | a fortune providing lighterage for ships at Alaska ; there being no harbour at Nome, he installed a cableway to carry freight from ships anchored offshore to the beach;
| Johanna Blennerhassett | prior to Anna he had other relationships; he retired in poor health, subsequently marrying his nurse, Elizabeth Wetzel (see below)
| may perhaps refer to another | /
| child who died young and | J.J. Sesnon d.c26.8.1912 (no issue), bur. Seattle, Kings Co., Washington [SF Call 26.8.1912 p.10], probate reported in ["Seattle Daily Times" 8.11.1912]
| was also moved from Calvary | /
| Cem. to Holy Cross Cem. | J.J. Sesnon m.2nd 30.5.1907 to Elizabeth "Bessie" "Bess" Wetzel; b.30.6.1883 Denton, Texas (dau. of William Riley & Nancy McCurley);
| when Johanna BH d. in 1904 | she was a trained nurse of the German Hospital in San Francisco who had nursed J.J. prior to their marriage;
| | The Sesnon family were deeply unhappy about this marriage, the newspaper [San Francisco Call 2.2.1910, p.1] reporting on the resulting family dispute in which J.J.'s sister
| | Mrs Maimie Austin (widow of Joseph Austin) claimed that "J.J." was legally incompetent and that Elizabeth Wetzel was a gold-digger taking advantage of a sick man;
| | J.J. Sesnon is described as "the Alaska Millionaire and former San Franciscan" [San Francisco Call 2.2.1910, p.1];
| | the greater part of his estate he bequeathed to his wife "Elizabeth Wetzel Sesnon", whose neice (named ) was her heir;
| | NOTE: information on J.J. Sesnon is courtesy of Dale Black, FAMILY RESEARCHER and a descendant of Elizabeth Wetzel Sesnon's neice
| | /
| | Anna (Alma/Elma) m.2nd to: William E. Wolff (Wolfe); living 1917
| |
| |>>William Joseph Blennerhassett >>>>>>> >|>> (Mary) Ellen "Eileen" F. >>>>>>>>>>>> >|>>
| | b.20.12.1881 SF Co., California | Blennerhassett |
| | / | b.2.7.1904 San Francisco; |
| | of 22 Clara San Fran. 1901; | [San F. Call 3.7.1904 p.42] |>>
| | lodger at 1211 Guerrero St., | stenographer for Standard
| | San Francisco 1910; | Gypsum Co. 1925;
| | of 149 27th Street, SF 1920; | of 900 Potrero Ave. SF 1925;
| | of 81 Potero Ave., SF 1930 | d.31.5.1975 San Francisco
| | 900 Portero Ave. SF 1925-34; | /
| | 650 Masonic Ave., SF 1937-42 | Harold J. Vincent; b.19.10.1903 California; d.12.6.1990 San Francisco Co.;
| | / | both bur. Holy Cross Cem. (RC), Colma, San Mateo Co., California (section G2 row 12 grave 30)
| | served in the U.S. Navy during |
| | the Spanish-American War |>>Bernice F. Blennerhassett
| | of 1897-98 (see NOTE below); b.27.9.1913 San Francisco Co., California [San Francisco Call 3.10.1913, p.15]
| | teamster (draying) 1901-1910; of 81 Potero Avenue, San Francisco 1930; of 900 Potero Avenue SF 1932-34;
| | Stevidore, Sherman Stevedore of 650 Masonic Ave. SF 1937-42; of San Mateo, California 2000; clerk 1937;
| | Co. at Pier 54 in SF docks 1918; public school teacher 1938-42;
| | Stevedore with Steamship Co. d.14.7.2000;
| | (Merchant Navy) 1930 bur.19.7.2000 Holy Cross Cem. (RC), Colma, San Mateo Co., California (section ROB row 16 grave 69)
| | / NOTE: there is another Bernice Blennerhassett on p.CAN 21
| | d.21.10.1946 San Francisco;
| | bur.24.10.1946 Holy Cross Cem. (RC), Colma, San Mateo Co., California (section B row 18 area 9 grave 6)
| | /
| | NOTE: William Day Blennerhassett (p.G 60) of New Zealand in a 1934 memorandum of Blennerhassett family history,
| | confused a tale he had been told about this seaman William Joseph Blennerhassett with different man, named
| | Arthur William Blennerhassett (of Waterford & Belfast, Ireland) (p.WB 01) writing in error that Arthur William Blennerhassett:
| | "…joined the American Navy and later on drifted into the Mercantile Marine" & "The last I heard of Arthur (sic) was that
| | he was aboard an American Cruiser bound for Cuba [or] the Philippine Islands during the American-Hispano War 1897..."
SFC 02 | | /

SFC 03 | | /
| | m.c5.6.1902 (date of marriage license)
| | Emma T. MacFaddan (McFadden)
| | ["Reno Evening Gazette", Nevada 25.6.1902];
| | b.25.7.1875 California; both her parents born in Ireland;
| | of San Francisco 1902; of 650 Masonioc Ave., S.Francisco 1937-48;
| | d.21.10.1957 San Francisco, California;
| | bur.23.10.1957 Holy Cross Cem. (RC), Colma, San Mateo Co.,
| | California (section B row 18 area 9 grave 5)
| |
| |
| |>>Lt. Thomas "Tom" Joseph >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>|>> (Thomas) Earle >>>>>>>>>>>> >|>>
| | Blennerhassett | Blennerhassett
| | b.12.2.1884 San Francisco (RC) | b.4.6.1914 Oakland, California
| | Lieut. USNRF | /
| | Stationery Engineer with | butcher's shop errand boy 1930
| | Standard Oil Company 1920-37 | Fence Builder;
| | / | mechanic (Wesix Inc.) 1934;
| | of 22 Clara St. (floor 2 room B), | clerk & serviceman with
| | San Francisco 1884-1900 | Bostioh-Western Inc. 1948-40
| | (with sis. Mary Tiernan 1910); | /
| | of Oakland, Calif. 1914-19 | of San Francisco 1930;
| | of 1217 Arguello Blvd, SF 1920 | of 772 16th Ave. SF 1935;
| | of 1833 Fulton St., SF 1925; | of 1264 Portula Drive SF 1937;
| | of 1845 Fulton St., SF 1930; | of 425 44th Ave. SF 1938;
| | of 440 22nd Ave. SF 1932; | of 425 44th Ave. SF 1938-40;
| | of 772 16th Ave. SF 1934; | of San Rafael, Marin Co., Calif.
| | of 525 Kirkham St., SF 1937; | /
| | of 1362 23rd Ave. SF 1938 | d.30.7.1975 Kentfield, Marin Co.
| | / | /
| | d.25.8.1939 San Francisco; | m.13.6.1942 June J. O'Brien
| | bur. San Francisco National |
| | Cem., The Presidio, San Fran. |>>Wayne R. Blennerhassett >>>>>>> >|>>
| | California (plot: OSD site 336) | b.23.5.1916 |
| | / | Oakland,California; |
| | / | of San Francisco 1930 |>>
| | m.1st 1912 (license 22.7.1912) | of 772 16th Ave. SF 1934-35 |
| | Oakland, California | 1264 Portula Drive, SF 1937 |>>
| | [San Fran. Call 23.7.1912 p.4] | of 425 44th Ave. SF 1938-40 |
| | Hazel A. Miller | / |>>
| | b.27.10.1890 California; | butcher's errand boy; |
| | of Oakland 1912; | serviceman with |
| | d.30.10.1973 (issue); | Underwood Elliott Fisher |
| | She was Protestant, her | Co. 1938-40; |
| | children baptised Protestant; | d.2.3.1977 |
| | Hazel's father b. Nova Scotia, | / |>>
| | Can.; mother b. Idaho, USA | m. Donna Ackerman
| | / |
| | m.2nd post 1973; |
| | Regina W. Borrmann |
| | b.27.2.1894 California; |
| | of 1362 23rd Ave. SF 1940-48 |>>Edna "Eda" Jane >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >|>>
| | d.24.2.1986 San Mateo, Calif.; Blennerhassett |
| | bur. San Francisco Nat. Cem. b.13.2.1919 Oakland, Calif. |
| | SF Calif. (plot: OSD site 337) / |
| | / of San Francisco 1920-30; |
| | (her 2nd m.; she previously m. 1264 Portola Drive, SF 1937 |
| | Mr Littlewood, having a of Santa Clara, California |
| | dau. Mary E. Littlewood) stenographer 1937; |>>
| | songwriter of "I Love You
| | More Each Day" No.969
| | [ pt.III, new ser. v.32]
| | d..8.1977
| | /
| | m. Harry Bender
| |
| |
| |>>Sarah "Sadie" Blennerhassett; b.c12.8.1887
| d.20.8.1890 San Francisco (as an infant) [San Francisco Call 21.8.1890 p.8];
| initially bur. at Calvary Cem. (RC), San Francisco Co. (dormitory 5 station 72 area 9 grave 142);
| when her mother died, she and her sister Anne Blennerhassett were removed from Calvary Cem. to be re-interred
SFC 03 | on 3.9.1904 with their mother at Holy Cross Cem., Colma, San Mateo Co., California (section B row 18 area 9 grave 5)

SFC 04 |
|>>John A. Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>|>> Richard John Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>|>> Lawrence Irving >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >|>>
b.c1845/8 Tralee, Co.Kerry b..4.1873 California | Blennerhassett |
/ 5ft 3 3/4 ins; fair complexion; | b.1.2.1901 San Francisco; |
5ft 9 1/4 ins; light complexion; blue eyes; bald 1892; blue eyes; brown hair 1896 | [San Francisco Call |
5ft 10 1/4 ins; fair complexion; blue eyes; brown hair (!) 1896 / | 14.2.1901 p.11]; |
/ of San Francisco, addresses: | of Oakland, Alameda Co., |
emig. to USA; perhaps() first to Boston, Massachusetts 1 Little Russ (floor 2), SF 1893; | California 1920; |
with his brother Richard Blennerhassett who emig. to USA 3515 19th Ave., SF 1896; | of San Marino, Los Angeles |
1864 & settled at Boston; alternatively, he may be identical with 1620 10th Avenue, SF 1901; | Co., California 1930 |
John Blennerhassett who arrived at New York 27.6.1870 on the 170 Henry St., San F. 1907; | / |
ship City of Paris, sailing from Queenstown, Co.Cork, Ireland 5344 Boyd Ave. Oakland 1920 | Mechanical Engineer, |>>
/ / | in Manufacturing & Oil |
in California the brothers settled briefly at Oakland, then San machinist & toolmaker | Machinery; |>>
Francisco; both listed in the San Francisco city directory 1869; empl. by Shreve & Co. 1896; | d.24.12.1961 San Marino, |
naturalised US citizen 5.9.1870 San Francisco (4th District), manufacturer of presses, dies, | Los Angeles Co. California |
on the day before his brother Richard Blennerhassett sheet metal, and canning | / |
/ machinery at 222 1st Ave., SF | m.c1923 Phyllis Congdon |
of 555 Mission Blvd, San Francisco 1871-77; under his own name, 1901; | (not Condon); |
of 5 Minna St., SF 1880; of 548 1/2 Mission Blvd (floor 1), SF 1882-3; Rigger 1907 | (her mother's m.n. Goodrich) |
of 431 1/2 Tehama, SF 1888; 431 3/4 Tehama (floor 2); SF1889; / | b.4.8.1899 California; |
of 362 1/4 Clementina St. (floor 3 room F), SF 1890; in 1900 he contracted to have | d.20.2.1980 Orange Co. |
of 1 Little Russ (floor 2), SF 1892-96; of 3515 19th Ave., SF 1896 a "one and a half story frame | California; of Laguna Hills, |
/ cottage" built in San Francisco | Orange Co., California |
shoemaker/bootmaker 1871-1896; / [San Fran. Call 7.7.1900 p.13]; | |>>
employed by Antoine C. Royer at 751 Howard St., San Francisco on 20.5.1903 inherited a lot on |
(his bro. Richard J. Blennerhassett also worked for them 1871-72); SE corner of Willow Ave. & |
employed by E.D. Nolan & Co., shoemakers, San Fran. 1880-81; Stevenson St. in SF from aunt |
employed by P.F. Nolan & Co., shoemakers, San Fran. 1889-96 Cecilia Hite (Mrs John R. Hite) |
(at 322 Brannan St., SF 1890, with bro. Richard J. Blennerhassett) of Virginia who d.10.6.1902 |
/ [San Fran. Call 12.6.1902 |>>Constance M. >>>>>>>>>>>>|>>
d.12.10.1896 San Francisco [San Francisco Call 13.10.1896 p.13 p.13 & 24.6.1902 p.9] Blennerhassett |
& 14.10.1896 p.13] bur.14.10.1896 Laurel Hill Cemetery, SF / b.18.4.1906/7 San Francisco; |
/ oarsman with the Alameda sailed from Hawaii to |>>
/ Rowing Club 1897 California 1928
/ / d.18.12.1997 San Diego
/ d.12.1.1908 Dayton, Nevada /
/ [San F. Call 14.1.1908 p.13] m. McGrath
/ /
/ /
m. Mary FitzGerald m..6.1898 (date of license)
b. Portsmouth, Virginia; [San F. Call 15.6.1898 p.11]
of 3 Lexington Ave. SF 1899; Josephine V. Orth
d.11.11.1899 San Francisco; b.c1875/6 California
funeral Mission Delores Ch.; (dau. of Charles John Orth
bur.13.11.1899
of Denmark; parents b. Germany)
[San Fran. Call 12.11.1899 /
p.18 & 13.11.1899 p.9] in 1908 she, with partner Freda Black,
/ leased a store at 1220 Polk St., San
NOTE: Mary Fitzgerald was Francisco [San Fran. Call 8.2.1908 p.3]
a dau. of Mrs B. Fitzgerald /
(b.c1823 Ireland) & sister of Josephine V. Orth Blennerhassett m.2nd (bef.1920);
1. Mrs J. Housman Lincoln Wallace; b.c1867 Illinois; Traffic Manager
2. Mrs P.T. Nougues
3. Mrs Cecilia Hite
wife of John R. Hite who had
m.1st Lucy
"an Indian woman who
claimed to have been
married to him years ago"
SFC 04

SFC 05
ANOTHER BLENNERHASSETT FAMILY FROM SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
>|>> Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>> >|>> Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>> >|>> John Richard Blennerhassett
/ b. California | b..12.1884 California (RC); date from 1900 census;
m. / | of 786 Harrison Street, San Francisco 1900-11
/ | (living with his g.mother Katherine Kearny 1900);
/ | of Assembly District 29, San Francisco 1910;
/ | of 735 Elizabeth St., San Francisco 1917; registered Republican 1916;
Michael Kearney (Karny) >>>>>> >|>> Mary E. Kearney (Karny) / | shirtcutter 1900-01; packer at US Federal Depot 1910; inspector 1917
b.c1832 Ireland; | b.c1862/3 Washington DC; / | /
hack driver 1870; | servant 1880 / | d.24.8.1917 San Francisco;
of 366 Street, | / | bur. Mount Olivet Catholic Cem., San Rafael, Marin Co., California
district 3, ward 10, SF 1870 |>>John F. Kearney (Karny) / | /
d.bef.1880 | b..2.1868 (1900/1910 cen.) / | m.1.1.1912 (license 30.12.1911) San Francisco
/ | or b.c1864 (1870/1880 census) / | [San Francisco Call 31.12.1911 p.21 & 3.1.1912 p.4];
m. Maryanne | Washington DC / | Frieda E. Laye; b.c1887 Oregon;
b.c1832 Ireland | / / | of 3 Seward Street, San Francisco 1911;
(re:1870 census) | laborer 1880; / | of 735 Elizabeth Street, San Francisco, California 1920;
or | harness maker in shop / | Bookeeper at a Printing Store 1920;
m. Katherine | 1900-10; / | dau. of
b..12.1839 Ireland | of 784A/6 Harrison Street, / | Laye (b. Germany) and Emma (b. Germany c1858);
emig. to USA c1845 | San Francisco 1900-1910 / | her mother Emma Laye m.2nd bef.1902 to Seifried
(re:1900 census) | (with his mother) / | /
or | / | In 1920 Freda was living at San Francisco with:
m. Mary | m. (probably) | 1. her mother Emma Laye Seifried;
b.c1844/5 Ireland |>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >|>> Maggie Kearney (Karny) | 2. her bro. Carl Laye (b.c1889 Oregon), printer in a Printing Store;
emig. to USA c1850 | b.c1867/8 | 3. her sister Annie Seifried (b.c1902 California),
(re:1880 & 1910 census) | at Washington DC | book-keeper with Gas & Electric Co.
/ | (re: 1870 census); |
"laboring woman" 1880 | or in Pennsylvania |>>Phillip "Phil" Edward >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>|>> Phillip (not Philip) Robert >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>|>>
/ | (re: 1880/1900/1910 census) Blennerhassett Sr | Blennerhassett Jr |
of 366 Street, | or in California b.3.11.1887 | b.30.6.1914 California |
district 3, ward 10, SF 1870 | (re: 1930 census for San Francisco, California (RC) | / |
261() Jessie St., SF 1880 | her son Philip) / | chauffeur 1934 |
/ | / of 786 Harrison St. SF 1900-10 | warehouseman 1942; |
of 784A/786 Harrison St. | of 261() Jessie Street, (with g.m. Katherine Kearny); | steel worker 1948; |
San Francisco, California | San Francisco 1880; of San Francisco 1918-30; | of 670 Mores St., SF 1934 |>>
1900-1920 | d.est.c1888() of 233 Clara St., SF 1918; | (with parents);
(where she resided with | of 682 Morse St., SF 1920; | of 257 Lowell, SF 1940-48;
her son John F. Kearney, |>>Agnes E. Kearney >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >|>> Joseph Worthsmith of 670 Morse St., SF 1925-52; | of San Francisco 1993;
dau. Agnes E. Worthsmith | b.c1873 (re: 1910 census); | b..11.1888 California; of 114 Florentine Ave. SF 1961 | d.19.5.1993 San Mateo, Calif.;
her two Blennerhassett | or b.c1869/70 | driver (delivery Co.) 1910; / | bur.24.5.1993 Holy Cross Cem.
grandsons & three | (re: 1870 & 1880 census) | ship engineer 1920 Registered WWI draft 1918 | (RC), Colma, San Mateo Co.,
Worthsmith grandsons) | San Francisco, California | living with his grandmother Registered WWII draft 1942 | Calif. (sect. L row 22 grave 72)
/ | / | Katherine/Mary Kearney at Registered Democrat 1938 | /
NOTE: | of SF 1880; labourer 1880; | 786 Harrison St., SF 1900-20 / | m. Annette "Anita" Hartje
in 1900 census she reports | of Assembly District 29, | Teamster (drayage Co.) 1910; |
5 ch., 2 still living 1900; | San Francisco, Calif. 1910 |>>David Worthsmith Chauffeur 1918; Shipping |>>David P. Blennerhassett; DKC
in 1910 census she reports | / | b..10.1890 California; Clerk at Plumbing Supply Co.; | Served in U.S. Navy WWII;
4 ch., 2 still living 1910 | m. Joseph Worthsmith | driver for liquor store 1910; packer/plumber 1920; | b.2.8.1916 California;
| (Warthsmith) | living with his grandmother laborer 1934; | of San Francisco 1930;
| d.bef.1900 California | Katherine/Mary Kearney at warehouseman 1937-38; | of 670 Morse St., SF 1938-40
| | 786 Harrison St., SF 1900-10 employed by Kortick | (with his father);
| | Manufacturing Co. 1942; | clerk with Borden Printing Co.
perhaps... |>>Frank A. Worthsmith driver 1948 | 1938-1940
| b.2.5.1893 San Francisco (RC); / | /
|>> Kearney teamster; driver for liquor store mem. of Teamsters Union | d.20.1.1952 Santa Clara,
d. bef.1900 1910; working on railroad, 1920 (Local No.85) | California;
see NOTE to left >Dorothy Hazel >>>>>>>>>>>>> >|>>
bur.c18.8.1954; bur.18.8.1954 bur.18.10.161 Holy Cross Cem. Blennerhassett |
Holy Cross Cem. (RC), Colma, (RC), Colma, San Mateo Co., b.c1921 California; |
San Mateo Co., California Cal. (section 5 row 1 grave 78) of San Francisco 1930 |>>
(section H row 94 grave 33) / /
SFC 05 / / m. Carmen

SFC 06 / /
m. Caroline M. Phillip Edward Blennerhassett
m.1st 4.8.1910 Marin Co., California
(or m.10.8.1910 San Rafel, California)
/
>|>> James Berry >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >|>> Margaret Berry
b. England | b.6.4.1891 California;
of Fife, Scotland; | of San Francisco
emig. to USA (California) | /
of San Mateo Co., California | d.10.1.1952 Santa Clara Co., California;
/ | (cremated) Olivet Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo Co., California
m.24.1.1889 San Francisco | /
Jamesina Fife (Fyfe) | subsequently Phillip Edward Blennerhassett
b. Scotland; | m.2nd post.1952 to his sister-in-law
of Fife, Scotland; | Bessie Berry (her 2nd. marriage)
emig. to USA (California) |
of San Mateo Co., California |
/ |>>Elizabeth "Bessie" Berry >>>>>>> >|>> William Linharris Berry >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>|>>
d.27.1.1913 San Francisco | b.10.1.1895 San Francisco (RC) b.15.7.1919 San Francisco |
[San Francisco Call | / (in 1920 census "William |
28.1.1913 p.11] | Bessie had c1920 resided for Linharris", boarder, 5 mths) |
/ | a time with her sister Margaret following his adoption was |
they had three daughters: | (& Margaret's husband named Phillip Yuille Black |
1. Margaret Berry | Phillip Blennerhassett) / |
2. Elizabeth "Bessie" Berry | working as a "candy packer" aged 5 months lived with |
3. Grace Berry | and "...as a butter wrapper his mother at the home of |
/ | for $12 a week"; her sister Margaret and |>>
Jamesina may have had sister | laborer at a Can Co. 1920; Margaret's husband Phillip |
named: Edith Fyfe Beaton | of Benicia, Solano, California Edward Blennerhasett |
| / / |
| d.2.2.1968 aged 9 months taken on |>>
| / 6.4.1920 to an orphanage
| m.2nd post.1952 in SanFrancisco and given
| Phillip Edward Blennerhassett up for adoption; adopted by
| (her brother-in-law) Charles & Mary Black
| / /
| / m. Matilda May See
| /
| The father of Bessie Berry's child William Linharris Berry was
| recorded as "William Linharris, a sailor in the U.S. Navy,
| b.c1896/9 California (Portuguese; RC)"
| /
| The family believe this William Linharris Sr did not exist and that
| Bessie's brother-in-law Phillip Edward Blennerhassett, who she
| later married, was the father of William Linharris Berry
| /
| Phillip Edward Blennerhassett worked at the orphanage in
| San Francisco where, in 1920, William Linharris Berry was taken
| for adoption through the "Native Sons and Native Daughters of
| California"
| /
| Bessie Berry had married 1st
| Paul M. (Edward ) Gama >>>>>|>> (June) Madeline Gama
| b.25.1.1902 | b.12.6.1922;
| d.24.9.1957 San Francisco | of Solano, California
| | /
| | m. Truscott
| |
| |>>Paul Gama
| | b.18.3.1925; of California
| |
| |>>Edward Michael Gama
| of Solano
| b.17.12.1926 d.5.2.1995
| /
| m.
|
|>>Grace Berry >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >|>> Dorothy Wilson
/ b.c1920 California;
m. Wilson of 670 Morse Street, SF 1930
(home of her aunt Margaret
SFC 06
Berry Blennerhassett)

SFC 07
DISCONNECTED BLENNERHASSETTS FROM SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
James B. Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>> >|>> James Blennerhassett Jr >>>>>>>>>> >|>> James Blennerhassett Jr.
b.c1856/7 | (alias B. Hassett) (alias B. Hassett)
New York (or England); | b.9.5.1891 California; (alias Blenner Hassett)
perhaps() of Kansas City, | of Alameda Co. Calif. 1900; b.3.1.1917 Alameda Co., California;
Jackson, Missouri 1930 | of San Francisco, d.30.8.1992 San Francisco
/ | California 1910-30
m. Edith L. Clothier | Carpenter;
b.c1873 Utah | Book-keeper 1918
or b.California | Registered for WWI draft 1918
or b. England | d.10.6.1968 Alameda, California
| /
| m. Adele Madeline Biess
| b.27.1.1899 California;
| d.4.10.1948 San Francisco;
| (his sis-in-law Margaret Walker,
| b.1901 California, was living with them 1920)
|
|>>John "Jack" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >|>> John S.() Hassett;
| Blennerhassett b.c1918 California
| (alias B. Hassett) b.c1893
| /
| b.16.12.1892 Harshfield(), Oregon; d.6.10.1966 Santa Clara, California
| of Marin Co., California 1918-20; Registered for WWI draft 1918;
| Buyer() with Electric Co. (Great Western Power Co.), San Francisco
| /
| m. Gladys V. b.c1894 California
|
|>>Bess B. Hassett b.c1894
|
|>>Lucile B. Hassett c.1899/1900
Arthur Blennerhassett; of San Francisco, California 1895
/
m. Catherine ; b.c1857 Co.Westmeath, Ireland;
d.25.8.1895 San Francisco, California; funeral St.Brendan's Church;
bur.26.8.1895 Holy Cross Cem. (RC), Colma, San Mateo Co., California
(section F row 8 area 27 grave 6 - no inscription) [San Francisco Call 26.8.1895 p.11]
Stephen Blennerhasett; cook "stm hattie ficket" () 1877;
of Golden Eagle Hotel, San Francisco 1877
Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>|>> Blennerhassett b.3.5.1939
of California
Santa Clara Co., California
/
m. Herrfeldt
Edward Blennerhassett;
director of the San Francisco Toboggan Co. 1894 [San Francisco Call 25.3.1894 p.20]
company still in existance 1897
SFC 07

SFC 08
DISCONNECTED BLENNERHASSETTS FROM OTHER PARTS OF CALIFORNIA
Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>> >|>> Allen Edward Scott; b.30.12.1940 Los Angeles, California Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>|>> David B. Hassett (B. = Blenner)
/ | (alias Hassett) | b.30.1.1896 West Virginia;
m. Scott |>>Bonnie Marie Scott; b.28.3.1945 Alameda, California / | of Arizona bef.1951;
| m. Barker | d.29.11.1987
|>>Linden Harman Scott; b.30.12.1940 Los Angeles, California | Sacremento, California
|
|
|>>Blennerhassett (sic); male
b.22.8.1908 Arizona;
d.24.5.1987
Mayfield >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >|>> Robert E. Mayfield >>>>>>>>>>>> >|>> Robert J. Mayfield; b.c1904 Oklahoma Sacremento, California
b. Tennessee, USA b.c1876 Texas |
/ / |>>William L. Mayfield; b.c1909 Oklahoma
m. m. Lena J. Mayfield |
b. Misouri, USA b.c1880 Texas |>>Marshal Mayfield; b.c1905 Texas
(father b. Illinois; |
mother b. Missouri) |>>Mr Mayfield >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >|>> Blenna Hassett (or Blena Hassett)
(probably one of the above) | Mayfield (sic)
/ | male; b.3.4.1924 Arizona
m. Malone | d.24.10.1981 Riverside, California
|
|>>Bobbie L. Mayfield
Julia Blanquelbauvst (sic)
b.c1925 Arizona
b.19.8.1943 at 650 West 6th Street, Apt.109, San Bernardino, California
Janet B. Hassett (B. = Blenner)
b.13.1.1925 d.11.7.2000; of Sonoma, California
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>|>> Kate Blenderhist (sic)
/ | b.c1817; census No.430
m. |
|>> Hosler >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >|>> Ben Hosler >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >|>> (stepson) Thomas Carpenter
/ b.c1846; census No.428 b.c1875; census No.431
m. /
m. Fannie
from the Hoopa Valley, California Indian Census of 30.6.1892 b.c1848; census No.449
Hooper or Hupa Indians
Joseph B. Hassett (B. = Blenner) Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>> >|>> Mary "May" Anne Blennerhassett; b.19.10.1912 "outside USA"
alias Joseph Burke; of California; / of New York; of Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., California
/ m. Burke d.5.4.1995 Los Angeles
Served in the Indian Wars;
Lieut.; Company "M", 22nd US Infantry 1870-75; and
Company "D", 22nd US Infantry;
>|>> Abraham Blennerhassett >>>>>>|>> Agnes L. Palmer; of Analy;
filed for a US War pension from California 25.2.1926) Palmer; emig. to USA; | b.c1870/74 New York;
d.1.8.1923 Santa Monica, California; of Analy (a farm) | Schoolteacher
/ Sonoma Co., California | /
m. Rosanna B. Hassett (B. = Blenner) 1880-1900; Farmer; | m. Delos D. Downie
b.c1842/4 Ireland; | b.c1876; Carpenter
d.1899; |
bur. Sebastopol Cem. |>>Mary E. Palmer b.c1873
/ |
Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>|>> Sandra Dianne Ponchetti m. Agnes ; living 1920 |>>Flora B. (Blennerhassett)
/ b.23.1.1945 Riverside, California b..4.1849 Ireland | Palmer; b.c1879/80
m. Ponchetti |
|>>Joseph Palmer b.c1881/2;
| Farmer; of Analy
Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>|>> Leslie Hearn |
/ b.8.5.1870 (outside USA) |>>Eva Palmer b.c1884
m. Hearn d.8.6.1942 Alameda, California
SFC 08
Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>> >|>> from whom descends >>>>>>>>> >|>> Hassett d. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >|>> Dennis C. Powers of Gilroy, California
late18th/early 19th centuries / has traced his Hassett ancestry
m. Powers and is looking for a Blennerhassett connection (2007)