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Chalford Loy Somerville

Birth
Death
10 May 1967 (aged 82)
Burial
Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
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In 1910 he and his mother and two sisters lived in a house on Main Street in Rimersburg, PA. Nancy was a seamstress for a private family, Matilda was a public school teacher, and he was a clerk in a shoe store.

In 1920 he and his wife and her father lived in a house they were renting on the Hobbs Lease in Pine Grove Precinct, Santa Barbara County, CA. He worked as a boiler maker helper for Union Oil Company, and his father-in-law as a carpenter for Union Oil Company.

In 1930 he and his wife and their daughter lived in a house at 6918 Stafford Avenue in Huntington Park, CA. They owned their home, which was valued at $8000, and did not have a radio. They also rented out three apartments. He was an operator of a gasoline plant.

In 1940 the three of them lived in the same house, which was valued at just $3500 after the Great Depression. They also rented out three apartments. He worked as a stationary engineer in the oil fields, with an income in 1939 of $2000 for 52 weeks of work.

In 1950 just he and his wife lived there. He worked as a stationary engineer at a gas main plant, with an income in 1949 of $4200 for 52 weeks of work. In 1949 he also had $1000 of interest or other income, most of which was no doubt from renting out the three apartments.
In 1910 he and his mother and two sisters lived in a house on Main Street in Rimersburg, PA. Nancy was a seamstress for a private family, Matilda was a public school teacher, and he was a clerk in a shoe store.

In 1920 he and his wife and her father lived in a house they were renting on the Hobbs Lease in Pine Grove Precinct, Santa Barbara County, CA. He worked as a boiler maker helper for Union Oil Company, and his father-in-law as a carpenter for Union Oil Company.

In 1930 he and his wife and their daughter lived in a house at 6918 Stafford Avenue in Huntington Park, CA. They owned their home, which was valued at $8000, and did not have a radio. They also rented out three apartments. He was an operator of a gasoline plant.

In 1940 the three of them lived in the same house, which was valued at just $3500 after the Great Depression. They also rented out three apartments. He worked as a stationary engineer in the oil fields, with an income in 1939 of $2000 for 52 weeks of work.

In 1950 just he and his wife lived there. He worked as a stationary engineer at a gas main plant, with an income in 1949 of $4200 for 52 weeks of work. In 1949 he also had $1000 of interest or other income, most of which was no doubt from renting out the three apartments.


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