1940 Census - Where were they?

John Gabriel Bergeron
4 May 1940
24212 Ocean Blvd, Walteria, Calif
John G Bergeron 58, birth Wisconsin, occupation- PWA Landscape Gardener,works 40 hour week, worked 52 weeks year at $1200, Home value $1500, grade completed 8,
Etta M Bergeron 48 grade completed 8,
Richard Bergeron 16, grade completed 8,
Edward Bergeron 12,grade completed 5,
residence in 1935 Long Beach, Calif
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John (Jack) Wallace Bergeron
17 Apr 1940
1386 A East Anaheim, Long Beach City, Los Angeles, Calif
Jack Bergeron 24, truck driver oil refinery, both highest grade H3,
Elizabeth Bergeron 22
Donald Bergeron 1
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Margaret Elzena Bergeron Kettering
1940 2 May
24212 Los Codona, Walteria, Los Angeles, Calif
Ivan R Kettering 24, home value $2000, longshoreman loading cargo, worked 52 weeks, schooling H line drawn through,
Margaret E Kettering 22, school H, 1935 both lived Long Beach,
Geron K Kettering 8/12 (8 months)
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Earl Joseph Bergeron
1940 8 Apr
57 First St, Moorpark,Watsonville, Ventura, Calif
Earl J Bergeron 47, salesman retail grocery,
Elma Bergeron 41 clerk, retail grocery, rent $15.00, residence 1935-Earl in Watsonville, Calif, Elma in Tulare, Calif
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Elzenia Bergeron Hauser
1940 6 Apr
207 West 50th, Los Angeles, Calif
John K Houser 55, owner operator auto repair shop,
Elzena Houser 55
Jack Earl Houser 27, house value $3000, location 1935 same house, highest grade completed for both H2, for Jack C1, Jack married but no spouse, "This area has no farms"
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Gladys Margaret Bergeron Selby
1940 24 May
5614 Valley Glen Way, Venice, Los Angeles, Calif
George Selby 37, auto finance company, own business, 50 weeks worked, School completed H4 for both, house value $5800, address 1935 Los Angeles
Gladys Selby 36
Janet Selby 5
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Mary Maxine Billings Bergeron Perry
1940 13 Apr
3329 Newton, Walteria, Torrance, Los Angeles, Calif
George Billings 36, House value $1800, residence in 1935 Lomita, longshoreman shipping, worked 40 weeks, salary $2500, # hours worked week 36,
Hattie Billings 36
Maxine Billings 14
highest grade completed Leo 8, Hattie 7, Maxine 7 (still in school)
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Bergeron Bible that started with Jacob and Mary Marston

Elzenia Bergeron Houser had the family Bible that she received from her mother, Margaret Ann Winters Bergeron. Elzenia name on cover.

Front page inscription: Bible bought 1791 for the price of 7/0
Jacob & Hannah Marston married 2 June 1763

The Bible is falling apart,as it is at least 260 years old. I took it to the antique show yesterday to ask if they had any preservation ideas. They were not very helpful, only wanted to appraise it.

Mr Appraiser says it isn't worth much because it is literally, disintegrating as we speak. It would be very hard to rebind it as the hand writing with the dates would be lost. He believes it is a Protestant Bible.
As it is, the value is less than $100. I wasn't looking for value so much as how to care for it. There is a book seller in town I will check with next.

There were a few other interesting items in the basket that I will post about later.

McCauley and Maxwell Biographies

Portrait And Biographical record of Buchanan and Clinton Counties, Missouri: containing biographical sketches of prominent and Representative Citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all the Presidents of the United States
Chicago1888 Chapman Bros 1893

page 614

Jacob McCauley
one of largest farmers in Buchanan County
owning 480 acres on sections 22 and 27, Center Township
eldest son of Samuel McCauley
Jacob born 1862
enlisted in Union Army, becoming member of Company B, Third Missouri Volunteers
did much scouting and skirmishing while in the service
Six months later received honorable discharge on account of disability
returned home devoting his entire time to cultivating the soil of his broad acres
Jacob married Pernecey J Yates 1867
Pernecey daughter of Pleasant and Harriet (McCreary) Yates of Buchanan County
parents deceased at time of writing
After marriage Jacob located on his present farm
1888 he remodeled his residence for $2500
Barn at a cost of $1600, is constructed after the most approved patterns and is 38X50 feet
Jacob owned two good dwellings in Willow Brook
Owns a valuable piece of business property in St Joseph
spends time on stock raising, making a specialty of breeding mules
Blessed by the birth of nine children, only one deceased
Those living Samuel P, nancy Belle, Cora May, Maude M, Rosa E, Jacob W, Charles C and Robert H
Ann Louisa died age two
devoted members of methodist Epsicopal Church South
Served as Steward for twelve years

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Jacob McCauley
Trustee the past sixteen years
Class-leader and Superintendent of Sunday school
Prominent Mason - has filled two chairs
Grange member - holds office
Farmers' Alliance was Chaplain for some time
votes Democratic and represented party at county and state conventions
Popular in community
Was offered county judge and representative positions, but refused
School Director of District No 4 for past 15 years
By appt of Board built new schoolhouse at a cost of $1,850
Giving children good education
Nancy B and Cora students in Howard Payne Female College, Fayette, Mo
Samuel P in Central College, Fayette, Mo

Samuel McCauley
father of Jacob
Came to county in an early day
death February 12, 1888
one of wealthiest farmers and largest land-owner in this portion of state
Wife followed in death the next year
Wife Death January 7, 1889
Samuel born Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 15 October 1819
sixth of nine children, 7 boys, 2 girls
His grandfather (Samuel's ?)emigrated from Ireland to America
Father George McCauley
Mother Catherine Schroyer
1825 George moved with children to Lebanon County in Penn.
Samuel hired out on farm until he was 17
Began to learn the trade of a tin and copper-smith in Lebanon,PA
Was in an apprencticeship 3 years
went to Huntingdon County, Pa and then headed west where he intended settling
Went by canal to Pittsburgh where we worked for a short time
Then went to Cincinnati
Worked also for short periods at
Dayton, Ohio
Miamisburg, Ohio
Then went to Indiana
Then back to Cincinnati
Decided to emigrate to Missouri
Proceeded to St Louis with supply of tin and tools
came up the Missouri by steamboat to Weston
Weston to Center Township, Buchanan County
Stayed their ever afterward
No town of Sparta then
Sparta had log court house and a few other buildings southwest of McCauley
residence
Located at Sparta and opened a tin shop in a little frame shed adjoining the court house.
The first tinner who started business in Buchanan County

Louisa Maxwell
married May 22, 1841 to
Louisa Maxwell
Louisa born 11 Feb 1823, Fulton County, Ill
father Hugh Maxwell

Hugh Maxwell
Hugh emigrated with family to Missouri in 1840
first settled mile south of Sparta
Sold goods for a short time in Sparta
Then went to framing four miles east of St Joseph
Preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church south
well known throughout the county
death occurred in Doniphan County, Kan

Samuel McCauley continued
1841 went to farming a mile and a half south of Sparta
preempted a claim there and made a large farm
Lived there until 1867
hard work and perseverance
Went to farming, it was his custom to work hard through the day and every night spent some hours in work at his tinner's trade
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page 616

as land was put on market he bought land and paid for it in installments
1867 purchase farm which covers the site of the old town of Sparta
owned over 1200 acres
paid $75 acre for some of it
seven whole quarter sections join each other
Mr and Mrs McCauley (Samuel and Louisa?)
had eight children now living
Jacob McCauley married Pernecey J Yates
Alexander McCauley marriage Margaret Gibson
George Bell McCauley married Elizabeth Gann
Mary , the eldest now living married Adolph Houseman
Samuel McCauley married Adaline Harness
William McCauley next to youngest, unmarried
Emma McCauley married Samuel Gann
Henry McCauley is the youngest, unmarried
all live in Center Township
Samuel McCauley attached to Democratic party
first time voted after coming to Missouri in 1840, at the Presidential
campaign when Harrison was the Whig and Van Buren the Democratic nominee
Cast vote for Van Buren and continued to vote Democratic
At his death, oldest settler of the county
(A lot of praise)
Largest taxpayer in Buchanan county outside the city of St Joseph

Etta Manda Gann Bergeron

Etta Manda Gann
Birth 25 Feb 1892 St Joseph, Missouri
Marriage to John Gabriel Bergeron
4 August 1914 Los Angeles, California
Death 24 Aug 1970 Lakeside, Oregon

Children of Etta Gann and John G Bergeron

John (Jack) Wallace 1915-1999
Margaret Elzena 1917-1997
Richard L 1923
Edward Samuel 1928

Parents of Etta Gann

Samuel D Gann 1851-1929
B: 8 Jan 1851 Trinity County, Calif
D: 21 Jan 1929 Long Beach, CA

Emeline Lavina McCauley 1856-1938
B: 6 May 1856 Buchanan, Missouri
D: 25 May 1938 Long Beach, CA

Children of Samuel and Emeline Gann

James Wilson Gann 1875-1959
Ransome W Gann 1877-1945
Charles Franklin Gann 1879-1949
Hugh Gann 1881
Myrtle Agnes Gann 1883-1960
Etta Manda Gann 1892-1970

Elbert Gann 1828-1902

Gann Family Genealogy Forum
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Re: Oregon Gann Families
Posted by: Peggy Gann In Reply to: Oregon Gann Families by David F. Reynolds
Date: July 28, 1998
Generation No 2
Samuel D. Gann, born January 08, 1851 in California; died January 21, 1929 in Long Beach, California. He was the son of 4. Elbert Sevier Gann and 5. Belle G. Ferrill.
He married 3. Emma Lavina McCauley 1874 in Missouri. 3. Emma Lavina McCauley, born May 06, 1856 in St Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri; died May 25, 1938 in Long Beach, California. She was the daughter of 6. Samuel B. McCauley and 7. Louisa Maxwell.
Notes for Samuel D. Gann: Listed on the 1880 Federal Census, Buchanan County, Missouri Samuel D. 39 born California, Emma 22, James W. 4, Ranson 2, Charles F. 10 months, all born in Missouri.

Children of Samuel Gann and Emma McCauley are:
i. James Wilson Gann, born 1876 in Missouri; married Margaret ?.

ii. Ransom Gann, born 1878 in Missouri; married Emma ?.

iii. Charles F. Gann, born 1879 in Missouri; died 1949 in Missouri; married Margaret H. Vandeloe.

iv. Hugh Gann, born 1881 in Buchanan County, Missouri.

v. Myrtle Agnes Gann, born April 11, 1883 in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri; died June 13, 1960 in Buchanan
County, Missouri; married Robert Thomas Vestal October 04, 1906 in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.
Notes for Myrtle Agnes Gann: Myrtle was a member of the Sparta Baptist Church, which was across the road from the Methodist Church. When the Baptist church burned, she joined the Methodist and became a charter member of the Methodist Ladies Aid. Notes for Robert Thomas Vestal: Rober lived in Crawford Township, Buchanan County, Missouri near the southwest Buchanan line, on an 80 acre farm, l mile east of the Sparta Church, throughout his married life. Robert served as a school board member from 1932 until his death. He was an active Democrat in his ward in Center Township. There is information about this family in the newest History of Buchanan County.

vi. Etta Amanda Gann, born February 25, 1892 in Reedsport, Douglas County, Oregon; died September 01, 1970 in Lakeside, Coos County, Oregon; married Jack Gabriel Bergeron in Long Beach, California.

vii. Samuel E. Gann, born 1897 in Buchanan County, Missouri.

viii. Marion Gann, born 1899 in Buchanan County, Missouri.

Generation No. 3

4. Elbert Sevier Gann, born May 03, 1828 in Cocke County, Tennessee; died August 08, 1902 in St. Joseph, Buchanana County, Missouri. He was the son of 8. Isaac Reuben Gann and 9. Anna Clark.
He married 5. Belle G. Ferrill June 17, 1849 in St Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. 5. Belle G. Ferrill, born 1832 in Clay County, Missouri; died August 01, 1864 in St Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. She was the daughter of 10. Samuel D. Ferrill and 11. ? Lewis.

Notes for Elbert Sevier Gann:
From History of Buchanan & Clinton Counties, Missouri, 1893 Elbert S. Gann. The life of this gentleman, of which we give a brief outline, affords an illustration of power, of courage, and industry in enabling a man to overcome difficulties of no ordinary kind.
He was 10 years of age when he came to this county and as his father was in limited circumstances he was not allowed to attend school (there being no schools or churches), but thus early in life began making his own way in the world.
He labored untiringly, undaunted by the many obstacles that beset his path, and as the years went by, invested his earning, and now as a reward of his efforts has gained prosperity. He owns considerable real estate and is numbered among the most successsful farmers of Washington Township, Buchanan County, his home being located on Section 28.
His parents, Isaac and Annie (Clark) Gann, were natives of Tennessee, the father's birth occurring in 1782.
Isaac Gann, during the Seminole War, enlisted as a soldier and with his company was engaged in service in the swamps of Florida.
In his native state he met and married Miss Clark and made his home there until 1834, when they removed to this state and for a short time resided in LaFayette County, a short distance from Greentown.
Later they made their way to Davis Creek, in the same county, and in 1838, became identified with the residents of Buchanan County, their home being situated within one mile of Pottawatomie village. His new claim consisted of raw prairie land upon which he erected a log cabin and began the work of improvement and cultivation, being enabled before his death to place 35 acres under the plow.
The parents died within 2 months of each other, the father passing away in August 1846, and the mother in October of that year.
Of the twelve children born to Isaac and Annie Gann, three are now living, the brother and sister of our subject being Samuel A. and Susan, the latter of whom makes her home in Bolen, Kansas.
Elbert S. Gann was the youngest of the large family, his birth occurring May 3, 1828, in Cocke County, Tennessee. As before stated, he was unable to attend school but remained at home assisting his father in clearing their new land until reaching his seventeenth year when he offered his services to the Government as a teamster in the Mexican War, starting from Fort Leavenworth June 7, 1846, his destination being Fort Bentz, New Mexico. Later, returning to Fort Leavenworth, he was discharged the following year, and entering the Oregon Battalion as a teamster, went to Table Creek, Nebraska, where the train went into winter quarters.
The following spring, the soldiery being ordered against the Indians in North Dakota, young Gann accompanied them as far as Fort Vermillion, where they were engaged in conflict until December. Again taking up their quarters at Table Creek, Elbert was discharged, together with his fellows, and returned home.
The two succeeding years following his return to civil life Elbert was engaged in farming, but in 1850 made his way across the plains with an ox team to Sacramento City, the trip consuming four and one half months. After working in the mines a short time he found that business was not a paying one in that locality, and opening up a small farm in the valley sought to try his fortunes in cultivating the soil. Finding that venture unsuccessful, he engaged to work in the extreme northern mines of the Trinity and Shasta Rivers, where he remained for eight months.
Returning home at the expiration of that time, the vessel on which he embarked was wrecked between Sacramento and Acapulco. Elbert and 25 others left the ship and made their way from Acapulco to Mexico City and thence through the mountains on horseback to Vera Cruz, where they engaged passage to New Orleans and were again wrecked, lying out 13 days and nights. Finally, reaching Crescent City, Elbert came home by way of St. Louis.
The following year however, he went tot Texas, Mississippi and Louisana with a drove of horses. This trip ended his desire for travel, and since that time he has been engaged in farming.
Purchasing the property adjoining the state of his father, Elbert mad his home there until 1863, when he took up his abode in Center Township. After a residence there of 12 years he located on Section 28. He has 500 acres of splendidly improved land in Canter and Washington Townships.
The lady who in 1849 became the wife of Elbert as Miss Polly, the daughter of Samuel D. Ferrill, who had the honor of being Colonel of the first regiment ever mustered in Buchanan County.
Mrs. Gann was born in Clay County, this state in 1832, and having become mother of 5 children, departed this life August 1, 1864.
The family included the following named:
Samuel D, married Emma McCauley, is the father of seven children;
S. Ellen, married W. P. Samson, has six childrn;
Bettie J. (deceased) married George G. McCauley, was the mother of two children; George I. married Emma Montgomery;
William T. married Alice Roberts has four children.

Elbert is prominent in Masonic circles, having been a member for the past 28 years. He is one of the best known members of the farming community in this section and enjoys the respect and esteem of all who know him. He takes little interest in politics, but during the Civil War was a member of the Paw Paw Militia.

St. Joseph Daily News, St. Joseph, Missouri, Friday, August 8, 1902
Elbert S. Gann is Dead. He came to Buchanan County about 40 years ago. Elbert S. Gann, a pioneer settler of Buchanan County, died at 3:30 this morning at his home near the southwest city limits, where he had lived for many years.
Mr. Gann came to this county from Tennessee, his native state, more than forty years ago and was widely known thought the country. He was without school privileges in his youth and was lacking in education, but managed large business interest admirably.
He is survived by three sons, George, William and Samuel, all of whom live in this county, being a member of the commission firm of Trower & Company, doing business at the south St. Joseph Exchange.
Children of Elbert Gann and Belle Ferrill are:

i. Samuel D. Gann, born January 08, 1851 in California; died January 21, 1929 in Long Beach, California; married Emma Lavina McCauley 1874 in Missouri.
ii. Sarah Ellen Gann, born 1854 in Missouri; died Aft. 1874; married W. P. Sampson 1874 in Missouri.
iii. Elizabeth Jane Gann, born June 21, 1854 in Buchanan County, Missouri; died 1890; married George Bell McCauley in Missouri.
iv. George I. Gann, born 1856 in Missouri; married Emilie Montgomery January 12, 1879 in Buchanan County, Missouri.
v. William T. Gann, born 1857 in Missouri; married (1) Alice B. Roberts 1881 in Missouri; married (2) Susie E. ? 1892.

Samuel B. McCauley, born 1819 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died 1888 in Buchanan County, Missouri. He was the son of 12. George McCauley and 13. Catharine Schreyer.
He married 7. Louisa Maxwell. 7. Louisa Maxwell, born 1824 in Tennessee; died 1889.

Children of Samuel McCauley and Louisa Maxwell are:
i. George Bell McCauley, born January 14, 1849 in Buchanan County, Missouri; died December 24, 1908; married Elizabeth Jane Gann in Missouri.
ii. Samuel B. McCauley , Jr., born December 18, 1852; died October 1912; married Adeline Harness. 3
iii. Emma Lavina McCauley, born May 06, 1856 in St Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri; died May 25, 1938 in Long Beach, California; married Samuel D. Gann 1874 in Missouri.
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Loved your story.

I have visited the Joseph Oregon Museum in the Wallowa's. They have a lot on SEVIER. My friend is a Serier but no relation.

There is a spot called SEVIER outside Enterprise Oregon. It shows up on www.mapquest.com
Laura
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My great great grandfather was William T. Gann a brother to Elbert Sevier Gann. I believe that they must have kept in touch through the years, as some of this story has been passed down for several generations in my family. Also my great great grandfather had a son that he named Elbert born 1857 in Texas. Probably Elbert's son William T. was named for his brother and my great great grandfather.

I have a cardboard picture looks to have been made in late 1800's, maybe early 1900's in Eastman Studio Seattle, Washington. The picture is of two women and two men. They were among my grandparents belongings. My great grandmother Mary Gann Griffin lived with them for some time. Could this picture be some of your Ganns?
G Fowler
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Thanks for posting the information on your line of Gann. I descend from Nathan Gann, the brother of your Isaac Reuben Gann. I will gladly add your information to my Gann file, and credit you with the information. This is what makes genealogy so much fun. It's amazing how far some of our ancestors traveled! Can't you just imagine the hardships they endured?
Patsy Ford Childs
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Thanks Peggy for all the help with the Gann family.
Charles F. Gann had 3 sons.
Leland C. Gann--St. Joseph, MO
Louis F. Gann --Sexton, MO
Theodore W. Gann --Easton, MO
wife Edna Pearle Wheeler
They had 14 children--7 sons and 7 daughters
I'm from their first child daughter Betty Jo Gann
their first 13 children are still living near the Buchanan Co, Missouri area.
P.S. is Johannes Gann the start of this long Gann line?
And where does the Cherokee blood come in this line.
My mom remembers her grandfather Charles F telling her a story of one of the Gann grandfathers married to an indian but she was only around six and can't remember who and where.
Thanks for all your work on the Gann line.
Sherry
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Peggy
I am not related to your Ganns, but Elbert Sevier Gann caught my eye. He is the fourth Elbert Sevier I have found from TN. The others were an Elbert Sevier Fraker, and the other two were both Smiths. One of which was my g-grandfather, Elbert Sevier Smith b. 1831, Knox Co., TN. The E. S. Fraker was a 1st cousin him.
I know that the Sevier name was taken from Col. John Sevier, Rev. War hero and the first Gov. of TN. Sevier Co, is also named for him, but do you have any idea where Elbert originated?
Barry F. Smith
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Etta Manda Gann was born 25 Feb 1892 in St Joseph, Missouri--
she DIED 24 Aug 1970 in Reedsport, Oregon in a nursing home. She lived in Lakeside, Oregon with her husband Jack Gabriel Bergeron.
Thanks
Tanya

City Directories

Random info: Samuel Gann directory for St Joseph lists him as business owner moved to Long Beach Calif Harbec brothers listed in Lonqueil directory Canadian directories list several Bergeron's as hotel/innkeepers

Margaret Ann Winters Bergeron

Margaret Ann Winters
my great grandmother
Birth: 15 August 1857 Canada West, Prescott County, Canada
Marriage: 13 May 1876 to George Gabriel Bergeron Hawkesbury, Prescott Co, Canada
Death: 29 Oct 1911 147 W Ave 34 St, Balboa, California
Burial: unmarked grave, Angeles Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, California

Children of Margaret Ann Winters and George Gabriel Bergeron

George Denis Bergeron 1877-1901
John Gabriel Bergeron 1882-1973
Elzenia Victoria Bergeron 1884-1978
Earl Joseph Bergeron 1894-1987
Gladys Margaret Bergeron 1903-1943

Parents of Margaret Ann Winters

Edouard Thomas Winters
Birth 2 May 1822 Quebec, Canada
Death 9 April 1883 Canada

Hannah Seybold
Birth 26 Dec 1821 Canada West, Prescott County
Death unknown

Children of Edouard Thomas Winters and Hannah Seybold
Ebenezer 1841-
Frederick 1844-
Hannah E 1847-
Mary Maria 1852-
Margaret Ann 1857-1911
Elizabeth 1862-1933