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Ancestors

Arthur Hommond

1918-1980 · Orbisonia, Pennsylvania
Born 1918, Orbisonia, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Died 1980
Father: Earl Hamman
Mother: Laura Jane Booher

Arthur Raymond Hamman was born on 25 April 1918 in Pennsylvania. His parents, Earl Gerald Hamman and Laura Jane Booher, had married in June 1917 and lived in Huntingdon County. His middle name was the middle name of his mother's father, Bower Raymond Booher. The family called him Sonny. He had an older sister, Cora Jane, and two younger ones, Margaret and Estall Paul.

His mother died at the hospital in Huntingdon in September 1922, when Arthur was four and his brother Paul less than two months old. His grandmother Jennie Hamman took the baby and raised him. Five months later, in February 1923, his father married Mary Irene Hershey, and twelve more children followed.

Arthur went west to California. On 16 October 1940 he registered for the draft at Pittsburg, in Contra Costa County, east of San Francisco Bay. He was living on Route 1 with his uncle, Elmer Leroy Cupp, a contractor, and working for him. He gave his birthplace as Orbisonia, Pennsylvania, and his birth date as 25 April 1919, a year later than the date on his death record. The registrar described him as five feet nine and 157 pounds, with hazel eyes, brown hair and a ruddy complexion. The card was filled in with the name Hommond, and he signed it Arthur R. Hammond.

Within a few months he had married Lorraine Belville, who had grown up in Pittsburg, where her father worked at the steel works. In California the family name was written Hommond. Their first son, Lloyd, was born on 20 March 1941 and died the next day. Five more children followed: Wilda Jean, 10 March 1942, Wynema Jane, 29 September 1944, Wayne Jerome, 23 December 1945, Wanetta June, 29 March 1949, and Wyman Joseph, 29 June 1955.

Arthur served in the United States Army in World War II.

In April 1950 the census taker found the family in Contra Costa County. Arthur, 32, was a plasterer in the building trade. Lorraine was 28. Wilda was 8, Wynema 5, Wayne 4 and Wanetta 1.

Arthur died on 9 July 1980 in San Francisco County, aged 62. He is buried in Oak View Memorial Park at Antioch, in Contra Costa County. His flat bronze marker spells the name a third way: "ARTHUR R HAMMOND, US ARMY, WORLD WAR II, 1918, 1980."

Parents

Laura Jane Booher 1898-1922

Earl Hamman (1897-1954)

Sources

Find a Grave memorial 29258225, Earl Gerald Hamman, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29258225
Find a Grave memorial 85990853, Laura Jane Booher Hamman, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85990853
California Birth Index, 1905-1995, Wyman Joseph Hommond, born 29 June 1955, Contra Costa County; californiabirthindex.org.
California Birth Index, 1905-1995, entries for Lloyd, Wilda Jean, Wynema Jane, Wayne Jerome and Wanetta June Hommond, Contra Costa County; californiabirthindex.org.
California Death Index, 1940-1997, Arthur Raymond Hammond, died 9 July 1980, San Francisco County, mother's maiden name Boofher, SSN 170-12-8758; californiadeathrecords.com/death/arthur_hammond_born_1918_died_1980_5550223.
Find a Grave memorial 84992895, Arthur R. Hammond, Oak View Memorial Park, Antioch, Contra Costa County, California; photograph added by Wilma Liles, 14 February 2012.
United States Census, 1950, Contra Costa County, California, enumeration district 7-190, page 72, line 3; FamilySearch 1:1:6XGF-GG5W (Arthur), 1:1:6XGF-GG5Q (Lorraine).
United States Census, 1950, Contra Costa County, California, ED 7-190, page 72, line 3 (FamilySearch 1:1:6XGF-GG5W); California Death Index, 1940-1997, Arthur Raymond Hammond, died 9 July 1980 (californiadeathrecords.com); California Birth Index, 1905-1995, the six Hommond children (californiabirthindex.org); Find a Grave memorials 84992895 (Arthur R. Hammond, photograph by Wilma Liles), 29258225 (Earl Gerald Hamman), 85990853 (Laura Jane Booher Hamman).
Organized Labor (San Francisco), vol. 61 no. 7, 17 July 1961, page 4, "Safety Is Watchword on Tunnels". California Digital Newspaper Collection, OLSF19610717.2.15.
1950 United States census, California, Contra Costa County, Judicial Township 17, enumeration district 7-190, sheet image 43290879-California-156504-0064, lines 3 to 8. National Archives, 1950census.archives.gov.
Organized Labor (San Francisco), vol. 61 no. 7, 17 July 1961, page 4. California Digital Newspaper Collection, OLSF19610717.2.15.
California Birth Index 1905-1995, California Department of Public Health; records 19412350777, 19422486600, 19442820910, 19452999264, 19493905908, 19555553572. Read at californiabirthindex.org.
California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947, FamilySearch record 1:1:QGFS-41TC.
United States Social Security Death Index, FamilySearch record 1:1:JBB6-ZY8.
Oakland Tribune, 9 October 1960, page 12; East Bay Labor Journal, 14 October 1960, "Incumbents ousted by C.C. Co. Laborers 324". California Digital Newspaper Collection, OT19601009.1.12 and EBLJ19601014-01.2.35.
Contra Costa Times, 15 January 1961, page 1; Oakland Tribune, 26 January 1961, page 17. California Digital Newspaper Collection, CCT19610115.1.1 and OT19610126.1.17.
Find a Grave memorial 84992895, Arthur R. Hammond, Oak View Memorial Park, Antioch, Contra Costa County, California; photograph added 14 February 2012.
California, World War II Draft Registration Cards 1940-1947 (FamilySearch 1:1:QGFS-41TC); US Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch 1:1:JBB6-ZY8); Find a Grave memorial 84992895 (Arthur R. Hammond), photograph added 14 February 2012; 1950 US census, California, Contra Costa, ED 7-190, sheet image 43290879-California-156504-0064; California Birth Index 1905-1995; Oakland Tribune 9 October 1960 page 12 and 26 January 1961 page 17; East Bay Labor Journal 14 October 1960; Contra Costa Times 15 January 1961 page 1; Organized Labor (San Francisco) 17 July 1961, page 4; Pleasant Hill News 20 December 1961 page 9 (all through the California Digital Newspaper Collection).
California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947, Arthur Raymond Hommond, serial 3767, order 541, Local Board 55, Contra Costa County; FamilySearch 1:1:QGFS-41TC, image 3:1:3Q9M-CS2K-H9J4-F.
California Death Index, 1940-1997, Lloyd Hammond, died 21 March 1941, Contra Costa; FamilySearch 1:1:VP31-PW1.
United States Census, 1950, Contra Costa County, California, ED 7-190, page 72, line 3 (FamilySearch 1:1:6XGF-GG5W); California Death Index, 1940-1997, Arthur Raymond Hammond, died 9 July 1980 (californiadeathrecords.com); California Birth Index, 1905-1995, the six Hommond children (californiabirthindex.org); Find a Grave memorials 84992895 (Arthur R. Hammond, photograph by Wilma Liles), 29258225 (Earl Gerald Hamman), 85990853 (Laura Jane Booher Hamman); California World War II draft registration, Arthur Raymond Hommond, 16 October 1940, Pittsburg (FamilySearch 1:1:QGFS-41TC, image 3:1:3Q9M-CS2K-H9J4-F); California Death Index, Lloyd Hammond, 21 March 1941 (FamilySearch 1:1:VP31-PW1).

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