3324~28 Twenty-Fourth Street @ Osage
In-Progress Repository of Found Documents
Thanks for following the link…
These two short videos tell a few anecdotal stories about the two families that lived at this address. Also included are PDFs (of the Keynote and Numbers files used to catalog the documents) available for download for those with a similar curiosity.
My own is ongoing and I use this page to keep track of possible leads to follow.
Quick Look Videos
Part 1 • The Home And Families • 6:20
Part 2 • The McKee Family Woes • 5:13
Coming Soon • The Murder Next Door
A Closer Look
24th & Osage • PDF
All transcribed documents with their source links and imagery used in 2-part video.
24th & Osage • PDF
The full collection of McKee family information to organize and silo the found and collected research..• Available soon.
Newspaper Clippings • PDF
McKee Family checklist spreadsheet with links to newspaper sources.
The Gnott Family • PDF
Everything collected on The Gnott family… so far. In residence: 1920-1972
The Murder Next Door • PDF
All transcribed documents gathered and linked to their sources.
aka The Carr Murder Suicide
Newspaper Clippings • PDF
Murder Next Door checklist spreadsheet with links to newspaper sources.
8•17•22 • This Just In…
Trigger Warning
Man Out of Work,
Sick, Ends His Life
While his wife, Elizabeth, was preparing dinner last night, Charles Brown stepped into the bathroom of his home, 3328A Twenty-fourth street, and cut his throat. Mrs. Brown heard the noise of the falling body, and rushing to the bathroom, discovered her husband in the bathtub dead. Brown was a grocery clerk and had been out of employment for four months. This with illness, had made him despondent.
SF Chronicle • August 30, 1922
[ via a tip ]
Charles L Brown:
b.1881? • d. August 29, 1922
Resident @ 3328A: 1920 – 1922
Wife: Elizabeth, Bessie
Follow up
Married Elizabeth • December 2, 1920
@ 18, lived at 1535 Jackson Street
Illness?
Grocery Clerks Union, Local No. 648
Obituary – Funeral Notice
Elizabeth Brown:
b.?, d.?
Other: Bessie Gelber
Follow up
1914-1918? @ 3328A with Samuel Gelber
@ 204 San Jose Avenue previous to marriage to Charles
1907 – 410 Pierce Street
2 children : Lloyd and Helen
Occupation
Maiden name: Tomsky?
Hard at Work
Watch the
100 Year Anniversary
~ Zoom Wake Honoring ~
Charles Lloyd Brown
• Monday, August 29, 2022 •
6:00 - 6:40pm PT
In Happier Times
Zoom Wake
Virtual Tour
Latest Research & Possible Leads • McKee's @ Holy Cross
With my trusty guide in hand, I traipsed out to Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma to search for the physical location of the McKee family grave markers… only to find another name I've never seen affiliated with the family… engraved below the family name.
McMullin?
Jessie shares the McKee headstone and plot.showing up in Holy Cross indexes, as a McMullen. [December 30, 1912] Still to be unraveled: Her brother, Rev. Orison McMullen, assigned to St. Mary’s church, arranged to have her included in the McKee plot. Curious about that negotiation, since St. Mary’s was not the McKee’s home church (St. James), although they were Paulists. He was also near the end of his 5 year assignment in San Francisco and their family lived back East.Did the McKees have a connection to either of the siblings? Was it a donation or was the payment a headstone to be shared? Was her tuberculosis death a consideration for burial or long-distance transport? Was the availability of a grave and sharing with Eva, a spinster?
The Morning Union • Nevada City • December 29, 1912
Paulist's Sister Yields to Death
Miss Jessie McMullen Dies After Long Illness With Dread Tuberculosis.
Miss Jessie McMullen, who has been making her home in this city with Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Ridge of Boston Ravine since last June, died yesterday after a protracted illness with dread tuberculosis. Miss. McMullen was born in New' York State and was about 29 years of age. Her parents died when she was quite young and several months ago she came west to join her brother, Rev. Orrinson AleMullen, a Paulist father of San Francisco, who has been at her bedside for several days and will accompany the remains to San Francisco today. Miss McMullen was of a sweet type of womanhood, intelligent and winsome, and during her stay here made numerous acquaintances. Immediately upon the arrival of the remains in San Francisco they will be taken to Paulist church, where services will be held.
Brother to Jessie
Findagrave.com lists a Jessie McMullin sharing the McKee family plot. June '23:A clever friend found records to verify her death and public existence in newspaper obituaries… as well as a brother/Paulist father
Hagerty??? Ryan???
Further searching reveals the McKee’s plot (Section B Area 35, Row 12) is also the final resting place for 2 other neighboring families.Hagerty family of 6 [deaths: 1890, 1892, 1893, 1897, 1933, 1940]
Ryan family of 4. [deaths: 1923, 1929, 1988, 2000]
Families
McKee Family • 1867 - 1920
Patriarch, Canadian, Carpenter, Alcohol-challenged, Divorced
Other: Mary McKee
Matriarch, Canadian, Housewife, Divorced
Cause of death: Heart Disease – Atheromatous Degeneration of Arteries at base of brain [coroner]
Infant deaths
In Canada – 5 unknown?
In San Francisco
Alice Isabel – 2 months – 1873
Cause of death: Dibility
William J – 12 days – 1876
Cause of death: Tetanus
Married Names • Wiltz / Witz / Wilz
- Wedding announcement or marriage license
- Cause of death: Cerebral Meningitus
- Infant death of 1st daughter, Clara M: – 3 months – 1891 – Cholera Infection
- Birth announcement of daughter Marie T
- Theodore Wiltz – 82 years – 1943 – Bronchial Pneumonia
Other: James Jr., Thomas J, Thomas Joseph
- Married?
- Children?
- X-reference Death of Thomas Joseph McKee of Typhoid Fever
- Troubled beneficiary of Eva’s will
Other: Eva M, Evalyn, Ellen,
- “Miss Eva” moniker as a 1st grade teacher
- Yearbooks or class portraits from 1892-1919
- LaConte School info
- Columbia Cosmopolitan School Info
- Cause of death in mortuary or church records
- Follow-up on shooting arrest – Hospital record
- Cause of Sadie’s death: Suicide by hanging
- Richard’s COD?
- Acting pursuits – Pandora
- Marion G cause of death – Lansdale (San Anselmo)
Maried Names:Arguello, Fitzgerald
- Real estate scams
- Separate Clara L Hart vs Clara L Arguello /Fitzgerald
- Teacher firing disputes
- Cause of death in mortuary or church records
- Piano polisher husband – Geo Fitzgerald
- Chronology of jobs
- Carpenter skills- bldg superintendent, contractor
- wife: Hattie / Hannah Morris? Inurnment @ Cypress Lawn
- 8th grade education – same as Hattie
- Infant son death on Xmas eve 1918 – Tetanus
- Actual world travel itinerary & map
Grand Children
Other: Claire
Spouses: James Cortelyou, Miguel deCordoba
- Birth Announcement or christening
- Marriage in Santa Clara or SF to Cortelyou
- Death of James Cortelyou
- Death of Miguel deCordoba
- Children?
- Track theatre career (The Thief)
- Home in Oakland with James?
- Home in Fresno City
- Popularity of name Clara besides her familial connection
Other: Witz, Wilz
- Married?
- Children?
- Cause of Death: Short Illness
Gnott Family • 1920 - 1972
Other: Gnot
Spouse: Wanda
Daughter: Genevieve
Step Children: Helen & Stanley Krozak
- Hometown in Austria Poland
- Parents?
- Life in Austria Poland pre-immigration
- Passenger Lists
- Naturalization Papers
- Original Shop location(s)
Other: Szerudtswski (birth), Gnot
Spouses: Bronislaw “Bruno” Kroczak, John Gnott
- Marriage to Bronislaw “Bruno” Kroczak
- Death of Bruno
- Passenger lists
- Soprano…
- Mathmatician, Berkeley education
Just a divider from parents above
Other: Helen
Spouse: Marion G Hanson
- Marion G Hanson • 1899-Jun 2, 1964 [Bondsman]
- Graduated UC Berkeley, Mathematics & Polish
- Children: Audrey H Hanson Hutchinson, Millicent E Hanson Tomkins
- Sister Marion Strudlowski in Lwow Poland
Other: Stanley Krozak
- Married to Doris
- Daughter Beverly
- Sells Bonds
- Lived in Santa Rosa
Other: Genieve, Jennie, Gnot
Spouse: Cerruti?
- Marriage to Cerruti @ 20
- Cause of Death
- Children?
Building • 1867? - Present
- Water Tower and Tank • 1889
- Interior ornaments • lincrusta mismatch, dining room wallpaper, provenance of cast insets of butterfly-catching nymphs in fireplace cabinetry, found leaded glass window
- Sanborn Maps Legend
Sources to Pursue
- St. James church records/artifacts
- Train museum for x-over in Mission
- BART surveying & excavation photos
The Murder Next Door
Spouse: Anne Boucher
Daughter: Lizzy Haley
- British passport? Photo?
- sort collected immigration records for match
- Arrives at U.S. Hotel -Marysville, Aug 14, 1860
- Oroville stake – silver
- court records for previous trial
- previous addresses: 36 Eddy
Other: Carr, Maiden Name?
- born in New York
- previous husband? status = not widow
- Occupation (dissolute life?)
- Marriage license(s)
- Notice in paper, week before murder, Nicholas’ disclaimer of any debts incurred
Other: Elizabeth. Healy
Spouse: Charles J Maurer?
Children:Ralph, Frederick, William C
- After Murder Suicide
- Fair Oaks residence
- Husband member of Excelsior Lodge, No. 38
- 1878 marriage to Lizzie [22]
- birthplace Illinois?
- How orphaned?
Boarders • Renters
McKee Boarders • 1901, ‘07, ‘08, ‘10
Bottom flat @ 3328 Twenty-Fourth
1901
– Hug, Henry butcher r. 3328 24th
– Mary T widow, r. 3328, 24th
– William A carpenter, r. 3328, 24th
– James G, carpenter r. 3328 24th
– Nesbitt, Mary J Mrs. r. 3328, 24th
– Housley, John H. Laundryman r. 3328 24th
– Bergstrom, William, millhand, r. 3328 24th
– William A, bldr. 3328 24th
– Miss Eva M teacher Pub schools 3328 24th
– William A. Bldr r. 3328, 24th
1908
– Daly, Frank J teamster r. 3328 24th
– Daly, Mary A. widow r. 3328 24th [3 similar listings, different address]
– Frazer, James fireman r. 3328 24th
– Marion, Harry, marine engr, r. 3328 24th
The next half decade shows only Eva and William in the 3328 residence. Were they remodeling to monetize the top flat?
McKee Boarders • 1910 - 1921
Top flat @ 3328A Twenty-Fourth
1914 – Gelber, Samuel (Bessie) – 3328a
1915 – Gilber, Sam salsn 3328a
Albert di Vecchio r. 3328a 24th
1915 – Cole, Jas salsn r. 3328a 24th
1916 – Cole, Jas porter r. 3328a 24th
1920 – Chas Brown cl 3328a, 24th
1920 – William & Hattie move to 2201 California
1921 – Chas L (Bessie) Brown r. 3328a, 24th
1921 – John Gnott & Wanda – 3328 24th
1922 – William & Hattie live at 951 Eddy
Gnott Boarders • 1920 - 1972
1920 – Chas Brown cl 3328a, 24th
1920 – WM & Hattie move to 2201 California
1921 – Chas L (Bessie) Brown r. 3328a, 24th
1921 – John Gnott & Wanda – 3328 24th
1922 – Wm & Hattie move to 951 Eddy
1922 – Chas L (Bessie) Brown r. 3328a, 24th until August 29
1924-1940 – John Gnott (Wanda) shoe repr 3326 24th
1925 – Stanley Krozak clk Dunham Carrigan Havden Co
1938-40 – Frank J [John] Hallenbarter family, printer, Carmel R, Joy, Gloria -3328A [census]
1951 – Mrs Nora I Keating orderly SFH
Noreen Keating tel opr Holtemann Ord & Smith
Thos Keating
1957, 60, 62, 69 – Mrs. Marie Dulmage
1960 – Mission Shoe Shop
1962 – 3326 vacant
1969 – John Gnott
Mrs. Marie Dulmage
3326 Marian’s Beauty Salon
Sources
All information comes from the shared SFPL and Internet Archive online versions of the SF City Directories. (may require SF Library Card)