Ruth Marie Schamber

Family/Spouse: Bob Chase. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Chester Hill. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Tom Hill
2. Jim Hill

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Stockton, California; Voter's registration (1920-1924) shows he is a student, and a Republican.; Address:
  445 North California
  Stockton, California
• Social Security Number: 554-05-1243
• Occupation: 1926-1928, Stockton, California; Occupation shown as "embalmer"; Address:
  405 East Main
  Stockton, California
• Occupation: 1928-1934, Honolulu, Hawaii; "Managed the Williams Mortuary in Honolulu"
• Residence: 1936, San Jose, California; Occupation is shown as "Mortician," not shown as living with wife. Married between 1936 and 1938?; Address:
  932 Willow
  San Jose, California
• Residence: 1938, San Jose, California; Occupation shown as "Mortician." Living with wife, Peggy, shown as a "Hswf."; Address:
  932 Willow
  San Jose, California
• Occupation: 1938-1945, Ukiah, Mendocino County, California; "take over the ownership of Cleland-Schamber Mortuary which he operated until 1945."
• Occupation: 1948-1965, Ukiah, Mendocino County, California; "He was a realtor in Ukiah from 1948 to 1965 and past president of the Mendocino County Board of Realtors."

Eugene married Winefred Elizabeth Roberts on 21 Dec 1928 in Central Union Church, Honolulu, Hawaii. Winefred (daughter of William Arthur Roberts and Amy Winifred) was born on 14 Sep 1908 in Vallejo, California; died on 05 Apr 1942 in San Francisco, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 21 Jun 1928; Secretary

Notes:

Name:
First name spelled Winnifred and Winifred on various documents. For example, Winnifred is used on death index and 1920 census report. I have used Winifred as that is spelling used on her birth certificate.

Emil married Matilda Frank. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Amy Winifred. Amy (daughter of Ida Alice Wyser) was born on 02 May 1887 in Sydney, Australia; died on 08 Apr 1963 in Mendocono, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 576-18-9519
• Occupation: 21 Jun 1928; Bookkeeper

Notes:

Birth:
Birth certificate shows date of birth as 2 May 1887 (Monday).

Other Events and Attributes:

• Newspaper Article: 28 Feb 1941, Sydney, Australia; Sydney Morning Herald Friday, 28 February 1941 FUNERALS BOYD. - The Relatives and Friends of Mr. TOM BOYD (Honolulu) are kindly invited to attend a Requiem Mass for the Repose of the Soul of his dearly beloved WIFE, Edith, which will be celebrated at the Sacred Heart Church, Darlinghurst, THIS FRIDAY, at 7 a.m. CHARLES KINSELA, PTY. LTD. A.F.D.A. A.F.D.A. = Australian Funeral Directors Association. Courtesy of Martin (melliget) at the Ships Nostalgia website: http://www.shipsnostalgia.com
• Biography: 26 Jul 2004; From an interview with Loretta Mary O'Berg (daughter of Gilbert Charles Burns) on 26 Jul 2004 - kindly provided by Cathy Key: "[The Wyser sisters] were Actresses dancing in Australia. Edith [Ida Alice Wyser Boyd - known as Aunt Edie] use to reminisce about their days in Australia. And how they were actresses I believe dancing in Australia. "Uncle Tom [Joseph Thompson Boyd] put her on a ship to Australia and she died in route. They brought her remains back to Hawaii. [Death certificate shows she was cremated in Australia, but ashes could have been returned to Hawaii.] "We lived in a cottage on their estate for about six months. Their house was a mansion. They had 200 dogs - Pekingese - they were all over the house. Aunt Edith had very long hair and she used to let me comb it. "Aunt Ida was very wealthy she had the money before she married Tom Boyd. Tom inherited her money but died shortly after her death. He left everything to the Masonic Order. He was not a nice man, he hated the sisters and didn't want any of the family around. He made the sisters feel very unwelcome and under any circumstance they were not allowed to stay. "Aunt Ida had a room full of beautiful dolls. Uncle Tom would not let me touch the dolls. One day Aunt Edith said go upstairs to the attic and I could chose a doll to have but not to let Uncle Tom know and take it home. "Gilbert [Gilbert Charles Burns] insisted she was trying to smuggle money out to him. Edith and Gilbert were very very close, Tom tried to keep them apart. Daddy wanted to crack the head but my mother wouldn't let him and she undid the stitching but there was no money in the doll."

Notes:

Died:
The information about Ida's death aboard the S.S. Mariposa was found in Helen Wilkinson's diary by Carolyn Wikinson.

According to Melliget on the www.shipsnostalgia.com website, who kindly searched the Sydney Morning Herald website for information about the arrival of the S.S. Mariposa in Australia: "Couldn't find a mention of the arrival of Mariposa back in Sydney unfortunately (shipping news may have been restricted by that stage) but did notice the following advertisement in the same issue:

SHIPPING
MATSON LINE
S.S. MARIPOSA, S.S. MONTEREY
TO AMERICA, via. Auckland, Suva, Pago
Pago, and Honolulu. Regular Monthly
sailings. Normal conditions."



New South Wales Death Certificate (issued 3 Mar 1941) indicates place of death at sea at Latitude 14° 48" S, Longitude 172° 15" W, late of Honolulu. Death from bronchopneumonia, myocarditis with heart failure, atherosclerosis, hypertension, chronic nephritis, arthritis deformans.

Father: Bruno Wyser - Occupation: Tanner
Mother: Eliza Schoenholz
Informant: Joseph Tom Boyd, widower
Married in Oakland, California
Married 26 years, no issue
Residence: 1554 Palolo Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii
Cremated at Northern Suburbs Crematorium