Veterans of World War I, Kern County, California
Kern County Library, 1984, page 17
Bianchi, Frank Joe
Current Address (1919): 809 Owens Street, Bakersfield, Kern County, California.
Birthplace: Bakersfield, March 13, 1894. Race: White. Years in California: 23.
Father: Henry Bianchi. Birthplace: Italy.
Mother: Lena Bianchi. Birthplace: Italy.
Occupation: Farmer.
Nearest Relative: Louis Bianchi.
Selective Service Board Registered: 118th Engrs., 150th Company, B. R. B. Assigned to: France.
“Frank Bianchi was sent to school to the eighth grade and then helped his father work his farm for a couple of years then was hired out as a fireman by the S.P. Company (Southern Pacific Railroad) and is now serving his country in France. By: Louis Bianchi, 809 Owens Street, April 6, 1919, Bakersfield.”
Contributor: ladisatt (46614911) 7/8/2020
OBITUARY
Last rites for Frank Bianchi, 33, Bakersfield victim of the St. Francis Dam disaster, will be conducted here Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock in St. Joseph's church, where mass will be solemnized by the Rev. Father John Galvin. Following the church services, uniformed American Legion men will form an escort to the grave, and American Legion burial rites will be conducted at Union cemetery.
Bianchi, an employee of the Edison camp near Piru, served overseas with the American forces in France during the World War, and was a member of Frank S. Reynolds Post, American Legion.
Source: The Bakersfield Californian, Monday, March 19, 1928, pg 9∼33 year old victim of the St. Francis Dam disaster. The dam was built between 1924 and 1926 under the supervision of William Mulholland, chief engineer and general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, then called the Bureau of Water Works and Supply. Three minutes before midnight on March 12, 1928, the dam catastrophically failed, and the resulting flood killed more than 450 people. The collapse of the St. Francis Dam is one of the worst American civil engineering failures of the 20th century and remains the second-greatest loss of life in California's history, after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and fire. The disaster marked the end of Mulholland's career. Many bodies were never recovered. Some were found as late as the 1970's.
Kern County Library, 1984, page 17
Bianchi, Frank Joe
Current Address (1919): 809 Owens Street, Bakersfield, Kern County, California.
Birthplace: Bakersfield, March 13, 1894. Race: White. Years in California: 23.
Father: Henry Bianchi. Birthplace: Italy.
Mother: Lena Bianchi. Birthplace: Italy.
Occupation: Farmer.
Nearest Relative: Louis Bianchi.
Selective Service Board Registered: 118th Engrs., 150th Company, B. R. B. Assigned to: France.
“Frank Bianchi was sent to school to the eighth grade and then helped his father work his farm for a couple of years then was hired out as a fireman by the S.P. Company (Southern Pacific Railroad) and is now serving his country in France. By: Louis Bianchi, 809 Owens Street, April 6, 1919, Bakersfield.”
Contributor: ladisatt (46614911) 7/8/2020
OBITUARY
Last rites for Frank Bianchi, 33, Bakersfield victim of the St. Francis Dam disaster, will be conducted here Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock in St. Joseph's church, where mass will be solemnized by the Rev. Father John Galvin. Following the church services, uniformed American Legion men will form an escort to the grave, and American Legion burial rites will be conducted at Union cemetery.
Bianchi, an employee of the Edison camp near Piru, served overseas with the American forces in France during the World War, and was a member of Frank S. Reynolds Post, American Legion.
Source: The Bakersfield Californian, Monday, March 19, 1928, pg 9∼33 year old victim of the St. Francis Dam disaster. The dam was built between 1924 and 1926 under the supervision of William Mulholland, chief engineer and general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, then called the Bureau of Water Works and Supply. Three minutes before midnight on March 12, 1928, the dam catastrophically failed, and the resulting flood killed more than 450 people. The collapse of the St. Francis Dam is one of the worst American civil engineering failures of the 20th century and remains the second-greatest loss of life in California's history, after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and fire. The disaster marked the end of Mulholland's career. Many bodies were never recovered. Some were found as late as the 1970's.
Veterans of World War I, Kern County, California
Kern County Library, 1984, page 17
Bianchi, Frank Joe
Current Address (1919): 809 Owens Street, Bakersfield, Kern County, California.
Birthplace: Bakersfield, March 13, 1894. Race: White. Years in California: 23.
Father: Henry Bianchi. Birthplace: Italy.
Mother: Lena Bianchi. Birthplace: Italy.
Occupation: Farmer.
Nearest Relative: Louis Bianchi.
Selective Service Board Registered: 118th Engrs., 150th Company, B. R. B. Assigned to: France.
“Frank Bianchi was sent to school to the eighth grade and then helped his father work his farm for a couple of years then was hired out as a fireman by the S.P. Company (Southern Pacific Railroad) and is now serving his country in France. By: Louis Bianchi, 809 Owens Street, April 6, 1919, Bakersfield.”
Contributor: ladisatt (46614911) 7/8/2020
OBITUARY
Last rites for Frank Bianchi, 33, Bakersfield victim of the St. Francis Dam disaster, will be conducted here Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock in St. Joseph's church, where mass will be solemnized by the Rev. Father John Galvin. Following the church services, uniformed American Legion men will form an escort to the grave, and American Legion burial rites will be conducted at Union cemetery.
Bianchi, an employee of the Edison camp near Piru, served overseas with the American forces in France during the World War, and was a member of Frank S. Reynolds Post, American Legion.
Source: The Bakersfield Californian, Monday, March 19, 1928, pg 9∼33 year old victim of the St. Francis Dam disaster. The dam was built between 1924 and 1926 under the supervision of William Mulholland, chief engineer and general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, then called the Bureau of Water Works and Supply. Three minutes before midnight on March 12, 1928, the dam catastrophically failed, and the resulting flood killed more than 450 people. The collapse of the St. Francis Dam is one of the worst American civil engineering failures of the 20th century and remains the second-greatest loss of life in California's history, after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and fire. The disaster marked the end of Mulholland's career. Many bodies were never recovered. Some were found as late as the 1970's.
Kern County Library, 1984, page 17
Bianchi, Frank Joe
Current Address (1919): 809 Owens Street, Bakersfield, Kern County, California.
Birthplace: Bakersfield, March 13, 1894. Race: White. Years in California: 23.
Father: Henry Bianchi. Birthplace: Italy.
Mother: Lena Bianchi. Birthplace: Italy.
Occupation: Farmer.
Nearest Relative: Louis Bianchi.
Selective Service Board Registered: 118th Engrs., 150th Company, B. R. B. Assigned to: France.
“Frank Bianchi was sent to school to the eighth grade and then helped his father work his farm for a couple of years then was hired out as a fireman by the S.P. Company (Southern Pacific Railroad) and is now serving his country in France. By: Louis Bianchi, 809 Owens Street, April 6, 1919, Bakersfield.”
Contributor: ladisatt (46614911) 7/8/2020
OBITUARY
Last rites for Frank Bianchi, 33, Bakersfield victim of the St. Francis Dam disaster, will be conducted here Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock in St. Joseph's church, where mass will be solemnized by the Rev. Father John Galvin. Following the church services, uniformed American Legion men will form an escort to the grave, and American Legion burial rites will be conducted at Union cemetery.
Bianchi, an employee of the Edison camp near Piru, served overseas with the American forces in France during the World War, and was a member of Frank S. Reynolds Post, American Legion.
Source: The Bakersfield Californian, Monday, March 19, 1928, pg 9∼33 year old victim of the St. Francis Dam disaster. The dam was built between 1924 and 1926 under the supervision of William Mulholland, chief engineer and general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, then called the Bureau of Water Works and Supply. Three minutes before midnight on March 12, 1928, the dam catastrophically failed, and the resulting flood killed more than 450 people. The collapse of the St. Francis Dam is one of the worst American civil engineering failures of the 20th century and remains the second-greatest loss of life in California's history, after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and fire. The disaster marked the end of Mulholland's career. Many bodies were never recovered. Some were found as late as the 1970's.
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