Notes for: Elmer Sweeney Berdine
From Ronny Bodine:
City directories for Alameda, California show Elmer S. Berdine a resident there from 1913. It appears the couple was separated as they were married in 1920, yet living apart.
From California Federal Census Records:
1920 (7 Jan) Oakland, Alameda Co.: Elmer S. BERDINE 52 NJ married proprietor-bakery.
1920 (23 Jan) Alameda, Alameda Co: Archibald C. PYE 26 IL draftsman, Clara 27 NJ wife, Rose L. BERDINE 48 NJ mother-in-law.
1930 (10 April) Alameda, Alameda Co.: Archibald C. PYE 37 IL married@27 mechanical engineer, Clara B. 35 NJ wife married@25, Rose L. BERDINE 55 BJ widowed mother-in-law.
Funeral Notice, Oakland Tribune (Oakland, Calif.), 3 June 1949.
BERDINE--In Oakland, June 1, 1949, Rose Lewis Berdine, beloved mother of Mrs. Clara L. Pye. A native of New Jersey. Private services were held this Friday afternoon, June 3, 1949. (Albert Brown Co.)