Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameCharles Gorham ECKART 
Bapt MemoEpiscopalian
Crem Memoashes at Bodega Head, California
FlagsMayflower Descendant
FatherCharles Franklin ECKART (1875-1934)
MotherEdith Morgan CROCKETT (1877-1953)
Individual Notes
• At 1921 Thanksgiving dinner, 3014 Clay Street, San Francisco.172
• Signed guest book at wedding of Joy Folger Matteson and Eleanor Carlisle Eckart.6302
• The birthdate is recorded in the family Bible (whereabouts unknown). A birth certificate was never issued. The date on his passport came from the family Bible. Rita Dar has his passport. He was also visiting San Francisco during the 1906 earthquake when he was two years old.232
• Charles Eckhart [sic] Jr. will continue his studies at Hitchcock Military Academy in San Rafael.4018
• Many island friends of the C. F. Eckarts will be interested in the news that their son, Charles Gorham Eckart, was married on July 16, to Miss Josephine Barth, daughter of Mrs. Hermann Barth at San Francisco.
Charles G. Eckart is known to many of the younger set in the islands. His father, C. F. Eckart, was form many years with the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ experiment station, later manager of Olaa Sugar Co., and widely known as the inventor of the paper mulch process used here in sugar and pineapple agriculture. The son has for several years been connected with R. J. Bidwell Co., Pacific coast newspaper advertising representatives.7444
• His biographical sketch of Eckart included such facts as that he was born in Hawaii, helped to manage the Stanford football team, went into outdoor advertising before turning to processing records, and enjoys sailing as a hobby.7506
• Signed guest book at wedding of Joy Folger Matteson and Eleanor Carlisle Eckart.6302
• The birthdate is recorded in the family Bible (whereabouts unknown). A birth certificate was never issued. The date on his passport came from the family Bible. Rita Dar has his passport. He was also visiting San Francisco during the 1906 earthquake when he was two years old.232
• Charles Eckhart [sic] Jr. will continue his studies at Hitchcock Military Academy in San Rafael.4018
• Many island friends of the C. F. Eckarts will be interested in the news that their son, Charles Gorham Eckart, was married on July 16, to Miss Josephine Barth, daughter of Mrs. Hermann Barth at San Francisco.
Charles G. Eckart is known to many of the younger set in the islands. His father, C. F. Eckart, was form many years with the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ experiment station, later manager of Olaa Sugar Co., and widely known as the inventor of the paper mulch process used here in sugar and pineapple agriculture. The son has for several years been connected with R. J. Bidwell Co., Pacific coast newspaper advertising representatives.7444
• His biographical sketch of Eckart included such facts as that he was born in Hawaii, helped to manage the Stanford football team, went into outdoor advertising before turning to processing records, and enjoys sailing as a hobby.7506
Census
• 1910 Census: Honolulu, Hawaii. Age 5, b HI. Parents b CA.1760
• 1920 Census: Olaa, Puna District, Hawaii, TH. Age 16, b HI. Parents b CA.4810
• 1930 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 25, b HI. Salesman, Newspaper. Parents b CA.4101
• 1940 Census: San Marino, Los Angeles, California. Age 35, b HI. President, Advertising.7445
• 1920 Census: Olaa, Puna District, Hawaii, TH. Age 16, b HI. Parents b CA.4810
• 1930 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 25, b HI. Salesman, Newspaper. Parents b CA.4101
• 1940 Census: San Marino, Los Angeles, California. Age 35, b HI. President, Advertising.7445
Spouses
Individual Notes
• Mom was living in Yosemite but died in a hospital in Oakland, Ca. where her doctors practiced.217
• The same week Else Eckart Oehlmann died...Chuck and Bob’s mother...so Dec. 1969 wasn’t much fun for me, I can tell you.4213
• The same week Else Eckart Oehlmann died...Chuck and Bob’s mother...so Dec. 1969 wasn’t much fun for me, I can tell you.4213
Census
• 1930 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 28, b CA. Father b Germany; mother b MO.4101
• 1940 Census: San Marino, Los Angeles, California. Age 38, b CA.7445
• 1950 Census: Yosemite, Mariposa, California. Age 48, b CA.5168
• 1940 Census: San Marino, Los Angeles, California. Age 38, b CA.7445
• 1950 Census: Yosemite, Mariposa, California. Age 48, b CA.5168
Individual Notes
• Her name shortened from Gospodar.202
• According to brother Chuck, Rita’s last name was Gospodar (Russian), but her father’s employer couldn’t pronounce it; asked if he could call him DAR. That stuck. (I think that’s the story.)218
• According to brother Chuck, Rita’s last name was Gospodar (Russian), but her father’s employer couldn’t pronounce it; asked if he could call him DAR. That stuck. (I think that’s the story.)218