The Palmer Tree

Palmer Tree

See Also:

• Mom's side: The Boullet Tree

• Dad's side: the Farrell Tree and the Kempen Tree

• 'Our Ancestry' Home page

• See more really old pics of the Boullet/Palmer family.

The Palmer tree is pretty small, basically only our Great Grandparents.

See Also:

• Mom's side: The Boullet Tree

• Dad's side: the Farrell Tree and the Kempen Tree

Franklin S. Palmer (Nana's Dad; Our Great Grandfather)

• Born: 1880, somewhere in Illinois.

• His father was born in North Carolina.

• First son, Everett, was born in 1901 when Frank was 21. Hopefully at that time he was married to Mary English Palmer.

• He was a baker in ccc camps near Guerneville.

Mary English Palmer (Nana's Mom; Our Great Grandmother)

• Born: 1882, somewhere in Illinois.

• Her father was born in Newfoundland, Canada.

• Her mother was born in Illinois.

Their Story

1910 Census -

Shows:

• They're living in California
• They had four kids (so far): Everett, Ellen, Genivieve, and Iola.

1920 Census -

Shows:

• Frank (husband) was gone.

• Mary Palmer (37 Yrs) is now head of the house,

• They have two more kids (Marie 7 and Evelyn 4).

• Calvin Everett, nephew was living with her.

Sometime in the next few years, Ellen (Nana) and the other kids went to some kind of orphanage in Mission San Jose. Apparently neither parent had the time or money to care for their 6 kids.

1930 Census

Shows:

    Iola (21), Marie (17), and Evelyn (14) living with the Cohen family. They are listed as 'daughters'.

1940 Census

Shows Marie married Frank Callahan and lived on Filmore St. in SF. with their two daughters: Betty (5) and Virginia (3).

Pictures