Owen Kidd

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 27 Feb 1864, Dansville, Livingston County, New York; American Civil War (North) 126th NY Infantry Regt., K Company Battle of Wilderness Prisoner of War - Andersonville Died of disease as a POW

Family/Spouse: Mary Margaretha Lander. Mary (daughter of Johannes Justus Lander and Maria Katherina Bleymehl) was born on 19 Nov 1825 in Wiebelskirchen, Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany; died on 8 Oct 1909 in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Albert S. Kidd, the Santa Fe man whose back was broken while at work in the yards 10 days ago, died at the Sister's hospital in Los Angeles yesterday. Kidd was an employee of the stare (sic) department at the Santa Fe shops, and it was while unloading heavy poles in the yards, that he met with the accident which has terminated fatally. While a broken spinal column offers little hope for effort on the part of surgeons, the company took Kidd to Los Angeles at once, and in the Sister's hospital he had the best skill and attention that could be afforded, but after lingering 10 days, he expired. Several days ago the surgeons thought if he could stand the shock of being placed in a plaster cast, he might recover, but the suggestion was unavailing.
(The Weekly Sun Friday Mar 15, 1901 P1)

Family/Spouse: Melissa E. Hovey. Melissa was born on 9 Jan 1850 in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois; died on 31 Jul 1920 in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Albert Irving Kidd, 92, of Victorville, died Saturday ,April 12, 1980, in an Apple Valley hospital after an illness. He was born in Rockford,Illinois, and lived in Victorville for 20 years. Kidd , a former cattle rancher in the Victor Valley was also a Los Angeles County forest ranger and caretaker at an Ontario kennel. Survivors include a niece, Ellen Kidd of San Bernardino. There will be no public services. Private interment will be in Mountain View Memorial Park, Pasadena . Dudley Mortuary, Victorville is in charge of arrangements.

Forest Ranger for Los Angeles County

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Ellen was a school teacher for forty years.
After normal schooling in San Bernardino, she lived with family in Pasadena to obtain her teaching certificate.
She started teaching the 4th & 5th grade at I Street School in San Bernardino in 1912-1914 and then to Metcalf 1915-1919, F Street 1919-1920, Baseline 1921 and spent many years teaching penmanship at Sturges Junior High.
She was very active in the San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society, holding several offices over many years. Loved to host the Bridge Club. Was a staunch advocate for the wildlife refuge in the Inland lake area of San Bernardino.
"Teaching was her greatest reward".
She was a Charter Member of the San Bernardino Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution(Jehias Harmon (1762-1845) CT PVT)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Abt 1918; World War I US Army

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In 1914, Mr. Kidd was a Director of the "Cemeteries Improvement Corporation", the precursor to today's Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California. Other directors were M. Drlscoll, J.B. Roney, B.A. Aldrich, and F.E. Crew.