Evelyn Erickson

  Research Notes:

NOTE: there is no indication that Evelyn or her sister, Helen, had on-going contact with their father, August Erickson b 1866.

I have not found a lot of information on Evelyn. However, she had married in 1921 [and later divorced, before 1930] Samuel Deliott Moss. He was born in 1898 in Tennessee. They had 2 children, Robert and Howard. However, I have not found any information on Robert. Howard is mention in her obituary, but I haven't found any further information on him.

Written by Rueben Grue, 28 May 2021
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RE; Evelyn Moody; marriage; CA, Marriage Records, Select Counties, Alameda Co, image 444
married 7 May 1921 at Oakland
Evelyn Moody; from San Franciso; age 25; single; bookeeper; born in MO
- her father E Moody b in Sweden; mother Hulda Isaacson b in Swe
married to Samuel Moss, age 23 born in Tennessee; mechanic; single; father R Moss born in TN and mother Anna Ragan,
b in MO
[the link from the above record is from Andrew_Wilhem_2020 FT on Ancestry [andjwil] accessed 21 May 2021;
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8797/images/42292_1020601537_1327-00444?pId=2161040
- notes August Erickson but no further information
- records the above marriage:
Sam Deliott Moss, b 4 May 1898 at Newport, Cocke Co, TN; died 29 Apr 1961 at Mona Co, CA
[abt 450 km east of San Franciso, nearer to Nevada border, main town, Mono City or Lee Vining ???
[ there are a few articles using newspapers.com; maybe died from a heart attack launching his boat with his brother in law;
Sam Moss, 63, from Bakersfield; anglers prowl lakes streams in the High Sierra; but there doesn't seem to be an obit
- Sam Moss likely remarried in 1936 to Ruth Gerry age 27 [b abt 1909] ; both are recorded on findagrave id for Sam, 8888901
and link to her: name, Ruth Lee Guerry, b 13 Feb 1909 in Oklahoma; died 24 June 1996, Bakersfield
- Sam (and Ruth) are recorded in US Cities, Bakersfield, 1949
1925, Barber at 1319 Fremont (im 91)
1930, Barber at D A Shively (this could be the shop)
1935, Barber at beauty shop (im 142)
1945, Barber and wife Ruth, 286 Hermosa
1944, as above, along with Howard ...

nothing at Turlock, 1975 [starts in 1964]

- Evelyn died 3 Apr 1976 at Stanislaus Co; CA Death Index
findagrave, Turlock; id 55784867

likely: Howard Moss
WW 2 Draft; registered 18 Dec 1944, and then discharged 16 Dec 1944 Navy
Howard James Moss of 286 Hermosa Dr, Bakersfield, CA
- born 25 Jul 1924 at Bakersfield
- contact, Sam D Moss, same address
- CA birth index; b 25 Jul 1924, Kern Co; mother's maiden Moody [but no - Sam Moss, 1930 US Census, ED 0026 \endash index as Sam Mass; age 31 b in TN married but he is a roomer and he works in a barber shop, so this might be him

??? 1930, Union, Kern Co, CA; ED 0064 sheet 22B
Howard Moss, age 6, ward with household of Davis Fuller \endash starts with line 69
but also Robert Moss, age 7, ward CA Birth index: b 9 Jun 1922, Stanislaus Co, CA; mother's maiden, Moody

?? 1940 US Census, Stockton, San Joaquin Co, CA; Ward 4, ED 39-54; Sheet 55A
Stockton State Hospital for Insane
line 37; Evelyn Moss, age 44 b in MO; divorced
- if this is the right person, then she had some mental health problems and was hospitalized - the length of stay is not known
- this would possibly explain why her 2 children were recorded as "wards" in the 1930 US Census in Kern Co, and that Davis Fuller and his wife were like foster parents. I have not been able to find Evelyn's 2 sons in the 1940 Census, but they may have used a different surnames [I did use given names and births, but nothing; I also reviewed the 1940 US Census for Bakersfield looking for Sam Moss on both Ancestry and FamilySearch, but nothing]


her OBIT The Modesto Bee (Modesto, Ca) issue 5 Apr 1976, p 62
- died 3 Apr 1976 at a Modesto rest home at the age of 80
- native of St Louis MO moved to Turlock in 1907 and then moved to Bakersfield in 1923; lived in Empire since 1961
- survived by a son, Howard Moss of Vallejo [Solano Co, San Franciso]; brother Gilbert of Turlock, sister Ellen Fikenberry [spelling ?] of OR; one grandchild
[does this mean that the oldest son, Robert, had died ????]