Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameElse Josephina BARTH [4291, p 42]
Birth31 Dec 1901, Alameda, Alameda, California [193]
Death3 Dec 1969, Oakland, Alameda, California [193, date only], [217], [8292, p 3] Age: 67
OccupationHomemaker [193]
Education1BA, University of California, Berkeley [193]
ResidenceAlameda, San Francisco, San Gabriel, San Marino, Oakland, Yosemite Nat. Park [232]
FatherHerman A. BARTH (1865-)
MotherLydia HAMM (1870-)
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]
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]
Spouses
Birth15 Dec 1904, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii [193], [201], [232], [6129, p 4]
Bapt MemoEpiscopalian
Death10 Jun 1987, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California [193, date only], [200], [201, date only], [2257, month & year only] Age: 82
Crem Memoashes at Bodega Head, California
OccupationEntrepreneur; Businessman: publishing & recording industries; real estate broker [201], [202]
Education1Stanford University - 3 years - no degree [201], [4695, p 1]
ResidenceSouthern California; last 5 years in Rohnert Park, CA; Cotati, CA [201], [2257]
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, p 3]

• 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]
Marriage16 Jul 1928, San Francisco, San Francisco, California [7444], [173, p 1; approximate year only], [4101]
Div Memodivorce in the 1940s
Birth6 Feb 1895, Alameda, Alameda, California [4214, p 2; date & state only], [8292]
Death1 May 1983, Menlo Park, San Mateo, California [4214, p 2; date & county only], [8292] Age: 88
FatherLudwig D. OEHLMANN (1851-1930)
MotherDorothea HILMER (1858-1929)
Individual Notes
• “Uncle” Hil was Else’s second husband. He was the Mgr/Director of the Yosemite Park and Curry Co. for years and years and so they had a wonderful life in Yosemite and Bob and Chuck were raised there essentially. [4214, p 1]

• Some updated info on the Oehlmann file. My step-father was the President, Chairman and Director of Y. P. & C. Co. [Yosemite Park & Curry Company] during his career in Yosemite. [4217]

• Hilmer Oehlmann has been elected president of Yosemite Park and Curry Co., succeeding Mary Curry Tresidder, who continues as chairman of the board. Oehlmann has been general manager of the company, principal concessioner in Yosemite National Park, since 1943 and executive vice president since 1948. He joined the company in 1926. [8291]
Census
• 1950 Census: Yosemite, Mariposa, California. Age 55, b CA. Executive Vice President, resort industry. [5168]
Marriage1946, California [174], [8292, p 2]
No Children
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