Notes for Merrit B. HAMMOND

Notes for Merrit B. HAMMOND

Source for date and place of death: California Death Index

1900 Federal Census - Preston, Fillmore Co., MN
with family of George & Mildred Brighthill
Merrit B. Hammond, 14, boarder, at school, b. May 1886 MO, father b. IL, mother b. MN

1905 Wisconsin State Census - Kilbourn, Columbia Co., WI
Joshua T. Seaton, drayman, 38, b. WI, father b. Canada, mother b. Canada
Eva Seaton, wife, 38, b. WI, father b. NY, mother b. OH
M.B. Hammond, stepson, laborer, 19, b. KS, father b. WI, mother b. WI

1910 Federal Census - Portage City, Columbia Co., WI - ED 30, page 14A
Merritt Hammond, 25, laborer-concrete works, mar. 6 yrs., b. KS, father b. MI, mother b. WI
Alma Hammond, wife, 25, mar. 6 yrs., b. WI, father b. WI, mother b. WI
Lynn Hammond, son, 4, b. WI, father b. KS, mother b. WI

1920 Federal Census - Portland, Multnomah Co., OR - ED 66, sheet 2A
Merritt B. Hammond, 35, street car conductor, b. KS, father b. MI, mother b. WI
Alma L. Hammond, wife, 35, b. WI, father b. WI, mother. b. WI
Lynn C. Hammond, son, 14, b. WI, father b. KS, mother b. WI
Ruth E. Hammond, daughter, b. WI, father b. KS, mother b. WI

1930 Federal Census - Portland, Multnomah Co., OR
Dwelling 137, Family 123
Merritt B. Hammond, 45, cab driver, value real estate $6500, age at 1st mar. 20, b. KS, father b. MI, mother b. WI
Ruth Ingram, daughter, 19, age at 1st mar. 18, b. WI, father b. KS, mother b. WI
Leslie P. Ingram, son-in-law, 24, brakeman (railroad), age at 1st mar., 23, b. US, father b. US, mother b. US

U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (electronic database, Ancestry.com)
Name: Merritt Benjamin Hammond
Birth Date: 13 May 1884
Residence: Sacto, California
Birth: Kansas
Race: White
Roll: WWII_1734738

California Death Index::
Hammond, Merritt B.
Date of birth 13 May 1884
Date of death 3 Aug 1961
Birthplace Kansas
Death place San Joaquin
Social Security Number 540034150
Mother's maiden name Sigsbe

1900 Federal Census - Preston, Fillmore Co., MN
(with family of George & Mildred Brighthill - almost none of Merrit's information is correct)
Merrit B. Hammond, 14, boarder, at school, b. May 1886 MO, father b. IL, mother b. MN

1905 Wisconsin State Census - Kilbourn, Columbia Co., WI
Joshua T. Seaton, drayman, 38, b. WI, father b. Canada, mother b. Canada
Eva Seaton, wife, 38, b. WI, father b. NY, mother b. OH
M.B. Hammond, stepson, laborer, 19, b. KS, father b. WI, mother b. WI

1910 Federal Census - Portage City, Columbia Co., WI - ED 30, page 14A
Merritt Hammond, 25, laborer-concrete works, mar. 6 yrs., b. KS, father b. MI, mother b. WI
Alma Hammond, wife, 25, mar. 6 yrs., b. WI, father b. WI, mother b. WI
Lynn Hammond, son, 4, b. WI, father b. KS, mother b. WI

1920 Federal Census - Portland, Multnomah Co., OR - ED 66, sheet 2A
Merritt B. Hammond, 35, street car conductor, b. KS, father b. MI, mother b. WI
Alma L. Hammond, wife, 35, b. WI, father b. WI, mother. b. WI
Lynn C. Hammond, son, 14, b. WI, father b. KS, mother b. WI
Ruth E. Hammond, daughter, 9, b. WI, father b. KS, mother b. WI

1930 Federal Census - Portland, Multnomah Co., OR
Dwelling 137, Family 123
Merritt B. Hammond, 45, cab driver, value real estate $6500, age at 1st mar. 20, b. KS, father b. MI, mother b. WI
Ruth Ingram, daughter, 19, age at 1st mar. 18, b. WI, father b. KS, mother b. WI
Leslie P. Ingram, son-in-law, 24, brakeman (railroad), age at 1st mar., 23, b. US, father b. US, mother b. US

Lastly, in the family of Ephraim and Rachel, there was supposedly a mystery "Davenport Sixbee" that no one knows anything about. I have found one trace of a man who could be Davenport in the U.S. Army Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 (electronic database, Ancestry.com), which shows the following:

Sixbee, Debenport, (age) 24, (eyes) blue, (hair) brown, light, (height) 5'8", (where born) NY, (occupation) farmer, (enlisted date) 1839 - July 15, (where) Ithica, (by whom) Lt. Riell, (for what period) 5 years, (regiment and company) 6? Inf. [letter illegible], (died) 5 June '40, (remarks) At Dixon's, Wisconsin Ter., A Private