Hi Steve,
I believe that Thatcher (we always called him Thatch) used to work at an ice
cream parlor in Union City where my daughter worked as a teen. You can
email her at werner(a)bright.net if you'd like.
Nancy Rush
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Heimerle" <sheimerle(a)yahoo.com>
To: <INRANDOL(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 6:22 PM
Subject: [INRANDOL] A Union City question from San Francisco
Hello!
I just discovered that one of my relatives died in Union City on April 18,
1992. His name was Thatcher W. Soule. He had been born in San Francisco in
1908, and lived for most of his life in Alameda, which is on the other
side of the Bay from San Francisco. After his parents died in the 1950’s
and he divorced his wife, he set up a picture framing, art gallery and art
supply business in another city in the East Bay. I had been researching
him - his ads all of a sudden stopped in 1972, when he would have been 64
years old or so. Then I cannot find him in California. But I just found
his Social Security death notice and a phone directory listing on
ancestry.com. He was living at 406 Cedar Court in Union City.
My great, great, great grandfather was Thatcher’s great, great
grandfather. That is how we are related - although we never knew each of
us even existed and I did not know of him until after I discovered his
grandfather had moved to California in 1860. (It's a long story...)
He represented the end of one thread of a family line and was a potential
source of family photos and history (where did this go after his death?).
So I would appreciate any advice about how I could find such things as his
death certificate, obituary, probate/will record and the like. Since Union
City seems to be a small town, I wonder also if there might be someone
still there who remembers him. Is there a local or regional for a
freelance researcher who would dig some of this up for me, knowing that I
am quite open to paying for this help?
I have some background information on Thatcher that I would be happy to
forward.
By the way, I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and moved to California in
1982. I had been to many corners in Indiana over time – among my favorites
being Columbus (because I was trained as an architect), and Brown County
and New Harmony. As an apprentice architect I worked on a project for
Bloomington Hospital.
I would greatly appreciate your help!
Steve Heimerle
640 Polk Street, Apt. 301
San Francisco, CA 94102
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