William (Elmer) Tretheway



S. of Richard Tretheway & Rebecca Arthur

William (Elmer) Tretheway
Born 27.4.1857 at Northfleet, Kent, England
Bap. 16th January 1859 at St. Stephen-In-Brannel, Cornwall
Occ. Pattern Maker/President (Iron Works)
Marr. (1st) Josephine Amelia Wyman c 1879 at Sacramento, California, USA (Divorced)
Died 16th Oct. 1930 at Stockton Ward 4, San Joaquin, California
Buried at San Joaquin, California


Children

William A.
William Elmer
Florence Amy
Lester Emmet
Harriet Isabella
Vera Estelle


Marr. (2nd) Louise Holdsworth 30.11.1905 at Stockton, San Joaquin, California


NOTE

Josephine was born c 1855 at Brooklyn, New York, USA. Her parents were David & Maria Wyman. William & Harriet both died in infancy. Louise was born c 1863 in California.

Also see this newspaper clip from the Sentinal News & also a picture of Harriet shortly before her death. Thank you to Kenny White.

"William Trethewey son of Richard Trethewey and Rachel Arthur was born in Northfleet, Kent, not St Stephen's as you indicate in your website 27.4.1857. His father and uncle John T. were shipyard carpenters there for a short time though he once claimed that they were important executives in a system of docks. His parents took him to California where he adopted the local spelling Tretheway and assumed the all-American name Elmer as his second name to make himself look more American than he was, though I doubt that his American colleagues would have appreciated that the name was exclusively American and that he was thereby doing them an "honour." (From Alan Kent)

"I believe that she wrote the obit herself which explains why the name of her husband is incorrect. Josie divorced William Elmer Tretheway January 31, 1901 and moved to Santa Cruz in 1904 where her mother lived. All of the census records and city directories noted that she was a widow. Additionally, she continually noted incorrect ages for her self as she got older which made it appear that she was younger than she actually was. I believe that she was concerned about protecting her image and possibly the image of her former husband who died in 1930 and that is why she stated the incorrect name in the obit." (From Kenny White)

California Death Index Name: TRETHEWAY, JOSEPHINE Social Security #: 0 Sex: FEMALE Birth Date: 5 Dec 1855 BirthPlace: NEW YORK Death Date: 9 Nov 1943 Death Place: SANTA CRUZ Mother's Maiden Name: Father's Surname:

1880 census of 2nd Ward, Sacramento, Sacramento, California
Willwam TRETHEWAY Self M Male W 23 ENG Pattern Maker ENG ENG Josie TRETHEWAY Wife M Female W 21 NY Keeping House NY NY William A. TRETHEWAY Son S Male W 11M CA ENG NY John P. BAGLEY Other M Male W 25 MA Iron Moulder IRE IRE Ella BAGLEY Other M Female W 22 NY Keeping House IRE IRE Thomas CRANE Other S Male W 29 IRE Brass Moulder IRE IRE James STEWART Other S Male W 29 CAN Brass Moulder Finisher SCO SCO John BOWIE Other S Male W 18 MA Brass Moulder SCO SCO

The family was living at Stockton Ward 4, San Joaquin, California (1900) & later with his second wife & 'step-daughter', Harriet Frances Haas, 1893, California at Stockton Ward 4, San Joaquin, California (1910).

William was living as a widow with his step-daughter Harriet at Stockton Ward 4, San Joaquin, California in 1920 & 1930.

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