Dorothy Marion DAVIS

Notes:

Dorothy Davis of Modesto died at Dale Commons. Mrs. Day was a native of Venice, California and had lived in Modesto since 2004. She previously lived in Vacaville. She was a hospital administrator for Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara. She is survived by her stepson, Ronald J. Day of Oakdale. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Felix Day. No services. Entombment will be at Fairmont Memorial Mausoleum, Fairfield. Salas Brothers Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements.

Dorothy — Walter Felix DAY. Walter was born 29 Jan 1917, Lewistown, Fergus, Montana; died 6 Oct 1996, Solano, California. [Group Sheet]

1. Ronald James DAY was born 24 Jul 1946, Oakland, Alameda, California; died 23 Mar 2022, Oakdale, Stanislaus, California; was buried Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson, Stanislaus, California.

Guy married Gladys C. STRAHORN 19 May 1914, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Gladys (daughter of Frank Kellogg STRAHORN and Sallie Virginia WESSON) was born 2 Jan 1895, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; died 30 May 1984, Vacaville, Solano, California; was buried Grants Pass Masonic Pioneer Cemetery, Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon Plot 37-8-5. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Thomas, his second wife Rebecca Jane, and their son Frank Kellog Strahorn are all buried in the same plot in Rosedale Cemetery, just west of downtown Los Angeles. I suspect the headstone was installed by his son Robert Edmund Strahorn after he became wealthy, since Thomas was a man of modest means. A much more modest stone can be seen in front of the larger one, which reads, "T.F.S. Husband." No headstone is in evidence for Frank.



Recorded in Voter Registrations as 5' 9 1/2" tall.

Frank married Sallie Virginia WESSON 15 Oct 1893, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona. Sallie (daughter of Lorenzo WESSON and Wilhelmina Salome SULZER) was born Abt 1869, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1850 Census in Haines Twp., Centre Co., Pennsylvania
1852 to 1855 worked in Hartleton, Union, Pennsylvania as a Millwright
1856 to Stephenson Co., Illinois
1865 to Sedalia, Missouri
1870 Census in Washingtom Twp., Pettis Co., Missouri
1876 St. Louis Missouri City Directory, City Hotel, a Foreman
1880 Census in Ruby Valley, Madison Co., Montana, a Millwright
1882 Voter Register, Los Angeles, California
1882 A founding elder, 2nd Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, California
1884 Voter Register, Los Angeles, California, a Carpenter
1884 Spring - Suffered a stroke in Hailey, Idaho

"My father was a rare combination of mechanic, who could build anything from a clock or engine to flouring mills or steel works; he was a fine vocal and instrumental musician, teaching music and leading a brass band, and was an exceptional country school teacher. He was a full six feet, of fine build, in rough-and-tumble athletics feared nothing. He was also a splendid shot, in the country rifle matches of those days always bringing home a quarter of beef or a brace of turkeys. He ruled us mischievous boys by merely pointing at the hickory ramrod that reposed over the fireplace." -Robert E. Strahorn, from his autobiography Ninety Years of Boyhood.

Thomas married Rebecca Jane KELLOGG 07 Aug 1864, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois. Rebecca was born 17 Mar 1842, Mifflin, Juniata, Pennsylvania; died Feb 1913, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, Section O, Lot 74, #2SW. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Thomas, his second wife Rebecca Jane, and their son Frank Kellog Strahorn are all buried in the same plot in Rosedale Cemetery, just west of downtown Los Angeles. I suspect the headstone was installed by his son Robert Edmund Strahorn after he became wealthy, since Thomas was a man of little means. A much more modest stone can be seen in front of the larger one, which reads, "T.F.S. Husband." No headstone is in evidence for Rebecca Jane, but she was not Robert's mother.



1894 City Directory living at 907 Mozart St., Los Angeles
1895 City Directory living at 907 Mozart St., Los Angeles
1900 Census living with Retta Strahorn and Arthur Strahorn
1902 City Directory, living at 2619 Manitou Ave., Los Angeles
1910 Census living with Waldo and Retta Strahorn Scott

Notes:

Occupation - Civil Surveyor

Lorenzo — Wilhelmina Salome SULZER. Wilhelmina was born 28 Sep 1849, Bodersweier, Baden, Germany. [Group Sheet]