Household 758: Edward S. Barnes & Dorothy A. Matthews

Household Record 758

Res.1/Male/Husb} Barnes, Edward S.

Family History} Olson

Res.2/Fem./Wife} Matthews, Dorothy A.

HH Type} Historic household

Address/Location:
Name(s)}	Edward S. & Dorothy A. Barnes
Optional}	Los Angeles County
Str./Apt.}	2116 La Mesa Drive
City/etc.}	Santa Monica, California

Household Dates:

Source} Exa 25 Apr 1940

Move-In} Aft 1935

Move-Out} Aft 1940

Source 1}	994 = Passenger ls
Source 2}	1852=1940 USA cen
Source 3}	1849=S.S. record

Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock

Date Updated} 28 Nov 2015
Date Created} 23 Nov 2015

Notes: Edward S. Barnes was born in 1888 in Sea Bright,Monmouth, New Jersey. His wife Dorothy A. Matthews was born in 1898 in Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey. The couple's two children were John Barnes, born in 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Meriel Barnes, born in 1932 in Gloucester, Essex, Massaschusetts. The family traveled to Bermuda in 1936, returning to New York from Hamilton, Bermuda on 8 Sep 1936 aboard the S.S. Queen of Bermuda. Traveling with them was Angela Zarfl. At that time their residence was at 7 Bryn Mawr Ave., Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.

In the 1940 U.S. census, Edward Barnes, 52, and his wife Dorothy Barnes, 42, were living at 2116 La Mesa Drive, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California. They were renting the residence for $128. per month. Their home in 1935 had been Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Edward had completed five years of college, was the musical director for a church, and had earned $1800. in the previous year. Dorothy had completed four years of high school. Their children were John, 9, who had completed 4th grade, and Meriel, 7, who had completed 1st grade. Also in the household was their housekeeper Angela Zarfl. Angela, 40, born in Austria, was a naturalized citizen, had completed two years of high school, and had earned $780. in the previous year.

Total # of Residents} 5

Other Residents:

Household	His Last HH} ___	His Next HH} ___
Links =>	Her Last HH} ___	Her Next HH} ___

3rd Res.}	Barnes, John	___
4th Res.}	Barnes, Meriel Matthews (Mel)	___
5th Res.}	Zarfl, Angela	___

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