Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameRobert CROCKETT
Birth18 Jul 1852, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky [271], [272], [8031], [2171, p 2]
Death26 Dec 1887 [8289] Age: 35
OccupationLawyer [3489]
FatherHon. Joseph Bryant CROCKETT (1808-1884)
MotherCaroline Matilda BRYAN (~1816-1891)
Individual Notes
• I know literally nothing about my great grandfather - no pictures or anything. I believe he was an attorney and died young & I think he may have been a bit of a philanderer! - there are a couple of stories. [2265]
Census
• 1880 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 27, b KY. Lawyer. Parents b KY. Listed as Other in boarding house of Andrew J. Coffee. [3489]
Spouses
Birth25 Oct 1856, Smithflat, El Dorado, California [3903], [8030]
Death9 Jan 1941, Alameda County, California [3903] Age: 84
NicknameMinta [281], [3644]
FatherAmbrose ROBINSON (-<1870)
MotherSarah A. GALEHOUSE (1838-<1870)
Individual Notes
• Kept a boarding house in San Francisco after Robert died (hearsay). [280]

• Name given as Minta Robinson Clay on Death Record. Mother’s maiden name is given as Galehouse. [3903]

• On Thursday Mrs. Robert Crockett, well known in society on this side of the bay, was married to Mr. Clay at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in San Francisco. The wedding, though elegant, was very quiet, only relatives of the bride and groom being present. Mr. Clay is an attache of the Bank of California and is very popular among his large circle of acquaintances. After a wedding tour Mr. and Mrs. Clay will go to live in Alameda. [8288]
Census
• 1870 Census: Long Valley Township, Lassen, California. Age 13, b CA. Living in household of Wm. Riley, farmer, with her brother, F. Robinson. [5063]
• 1880 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 22, b CA. Parents b OH. [3489]
• 1900 Census: Alameda, Alameda, California. Age 41, b Oct 1858, CA. Mother of 2 children, both living. Father b NY; mother b OH. [4026]
• 1910 Census: Berkeley, Alameda, California. Age 50, b CA. Father b NY; mother b OH. Mother of 2 children, both living. [4027]
• 1920 Census: Piedmont, Alameda, California. Age 61, b VA, widow. Parents b United States. Mother-in-law in household of William J. Gardner. Enumerated as Minta R. Clay. [4028]
• 1930 Census: Oakland, Alameda, California. Age 71, b CA. Widow. Both parents b US. Living in household of Charles F. Eckart as mother-in-law. Enumerated as Minta R. Clay. [3644]
Marriage1876, San Francisco?, San Francisco, California [271, marriage only], [4844, p 2]
ChildrenEdith Morgan (1877-1953)
 Roberta F. (1881-1927)
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