Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameGudny Knudsen 
Birth28 Oct 1901, Bergen, Vestland, Norway
Immigration3 Sep 1913, New York City, NY
Memoaboard Oscar II
Census5 Jan 1920, Oakland, Alameda Co, CA
Memoroll#90, pg 5
Census4 Apr 1940, Oakland, Alameda Co, CA
Memoroll#436, pg 1
Census15 Apr 1950, Oakland, Alameda Co, CA
Memoroll#5646, pg 14
Death25 Feb 1985, Alameda Co, CA
BurialEvergreen Cem, Oakland, Alameda Co, CA
MemoMasoleum Evergreen Chapel, Begonia Alcove
Misc. Notes
Daughter of Frederick Knudsen and Lena Fredericksen
Appears to have immigrated and arrived on 3 Sep 1913 in New York aboard the Oscar II which sailed from Christianssand, Norway on 23 Aug 1913. The passenger list shows her mother Lina (44, NOR) destined for her husband Fred in Oakland, CA with children Frederick (17), Edith(15), and Gūdny (11).
She is listed as Taugny (18, NOR) with her family on E. 19th St in Oakland in 1920, naturalized. Her name appears to have been edited, and looks as if it originally was written starting with a "G". It shows her mother Lena (Fredriksen) as age 50, born in Norway and naturalized in 1914. Also listed are brothers Otto (25) and Frederick (23).
She was first married to Rudolf Frederick Anderson on 14 Apr 1923 in Alameda Co, CA, who died in 1936.
So in the 1940 census she is listed as his widow (38, NOR), head of household with his sons Rudolf Fred (15, CA) and Gordon Robert (13, CA).
By 1949 she was remarried to Herbert Samuels and going by the name of Samuelson. Listed in the 1950 census as Gudny Samuels (47, NOR) and head of household with her son Gordon R. Anderson (23, CA).
California death record lists as Gudny Samuelsen, while SSDI lists her as Gudny Samuels.
Appears to have immigrated and arrived on 3 Sep 1913 in New York aboard the Oscar II which sailed from Christianssand, Norway on 23 Aug 1913. The passenger list shows her mother Lina (44, NOR) destined for her husband Fred in Oakland, CA with children Frederick (17), Edith(15), and Gūdny (11).
She is listed as Taugny (18, NOR) with her family on E. 19th St in Oakland in 1920, naturalized. Her name appears to have been edited, and looks as if it originally was written starting with a "G". It shows her mother Lena (Fredriksen) as age 50, born in Norway and naturalized in 1914. Also listed are brothers Otto (25) and Frederick (23).
She was first married to Rudolf Frederick Anderson on 14 Apr 1923 in Alameda Co, CA, who died in 1936.
So in the 1940 census she is listed as his widow (38, NOR), head of household with his sons Rudolf Fred (15, CA) and Gordon Robert (13, CA).
By 1949 she was remarried to Herbert Samuels and going by the name of Samuelson. Listed in the 1950 census as Gudny Samuels (47, NOR) and head of household with her son Gordon R. Anderson (23, CA).
California death record lists as Gudny Samuelsen, while SSDI lists her as Gudny Samuels.
Spouses
Birth4 Jan 1897, San Francisco, CA
Death6 Apr 1979, San Francisco, CA
Burial10 Apr 1979, Evergreen Cem, Oakland, Alameda Co, CA
MemoCremated -Mausoleum Evergreen Chapel, Begonia Alcove
OccupationSeaman, Ship Captain
FatherWilliam Charles Samuels (1859-1934)
MotherElizabeth Jane Young (1861-1951)
Misc. Notes
He was listed with his parents in 1900 and 1910 census. Listed as a driver in the 1919 City Directory. In 1920 he was living at 474 Fell St, renting and working as an auto mechanic. They had their third son, Leslie in March 1920. The birth certificate lists him as Capt. on the Laurel at Angel Island in a civil service position. And he seems to also be listed there renting a room on Angel Island and single in the 1920 census. When Ken was born in 1923 they were living at 181A 14th St. The birth certificate lists Herbert as the father.
A month later her was married again to Pearl Alcorn. A San Francisco Examiner article about him on April 9th, 1924 is titled "Man Charged With Bigamy" and reads: "The blighted romances of two young women who put implicit faith in their husband, but later discovered he had married one without divorcing the other, was revealed yesterday with the issuance of a bigamy warrant for Herbert M. Samuels, mariner. The warrant was sworn to by Mrs. Marie Samuels, wife No. 1, who declared that the first she knew of her husband's double life was when she surprised him several days ago living with Pearl Alcorn, wife No. 2, in an apartment house on Leavenworth street. At that time wife No. 2 explained that she did not know Samuels was married before. She quit him on the spot. Since then Samuels has disappeared. Wife No. 1, an actress, married Samuels nine years ago (1916) and has four children by him, the eldest being six." Within 10 days, Pearl filed for an annulment which was granted on May 3rd.
Herbert subsequently filed for a divorce from Marie on 5 April 1927 in San Francisco. There were a series of cross complaints, responses and amended responses up thru Sept 20th, when the divorce was paused; and on Sept 21 the judge denied Interlocutory of Divorce to either party. That is the last record for the action until 1959 when the expired case was closed. Due to the fact that both Herbert and Marie later remarried, it is obvious that they were either divorced in another County or at a later date in San Francisco.
He was listed as attending his parents 50th wedding anniversary in 1929, but is not shown in the photo which was printed in the Chronicle.
He legally married Pearl again on 17 June 1930 in Carson City, NV and they lived in Oakland until she divorced him in 1937 on the basis of cruelty.
He is listed as Herbert Samuels, a barge Captain for an Oil company and divorced (43, CA) in 1940, living with his divorced sister, Ruth.
He married Gudny Knudsen about 1949, but is not listed with her in the 1950 census and was most likely on a voyage at the time.
Son "Bud" says he retired as a ship Captain for the Branson Line. He apparently went by the name of Samuelsen in deference to his later wife, Gudny, who was Scandinavian. Social Security Death Records list his birth as 4 Jan 1897 and death as April 1979 in Oakland, CA. His death certificate lists Samuelson as an AKA and says he died in USPHS Hospital, on 15th & Lake St in San Francisco, and that he lived at 3023 Hyde St, Oakland, CA. He died of lung cancer and was cremated at the Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland. It also says he was a Seaman for 35 years, and worked for Marine Traders of Baltimore. The data was all supplied by his wife, Gudny who lived at their house in Oakland.
A month later her was married again to Pearl Alcorn. A San Francisco Examiner article about him on April 9th, 1924 is titled "Man Charged With Bigamy" and reads: "The blighted romances of two young women who put implicit faith in their husband, but later discovered he had married one without divorcing the other, was revealed yesterday with the issuance of a bigamy warrant for Herbert M. Samuels, mariner. The warrant was sworn to by Mrs. Marie Samuels, wife No. 1, who declared that the first she knew of her husband's double life was when she surprised him several days ago living with Pearl Alcorn, wife No. 2, in an apartment house on Leavenworth street. At that time wife No. 2 explained that she did not know Samuels was married before. She quit him on the spot. Since then Samuels has disappeared. Wife No. 1, an actress, married Samuels nine years ago (1916) and has four children by him, the eldest being six." Within 10 days, Pearl filed for an annulment which was granted on May 3rd.
Herbert subsequently filed for a divorce from Marie on 5 April 1927 in San Francisco. There were a series of cross complaints, responses and amended responses up thru Sept 20th, when the divorce was paused; and on Sept 21 the judge denied Interlocutory of Divorce to either party. That is the last record for the action until 1959 when the expired case was closed. Due to the fact that both Herbert and Marie later remarried, it is obvious that they were either divorced in another County or at a later date in San Francisco.
He was listed as attending his parents 50th wedding anniversary in 1929, but is not shown in the photo which was printed in the Chronicle.
He legally married Pearl again on 17 June 1930 in Carson City, NV and they lived in Oakland until she divorced him in 1937 on the basis of cruelty.
He is listed as Herbert Samuels, a barge Captain for an Oil company and divorced (43, CA) in 1940, living with his divorced sister, Ruth.
He married Gudny Knudsen about 1949, but is not listed with her in the 1950 census and was most likely on a voyage at the time.
Son "Bud" says he retired as a ship Captain for the Branson Line. He apparently went by the name of Samuelsen in deference to his later wife, Gudny, who was Scandinavian. Social Security Death Records list his birth as 4 Jan 1897 and death as April 1979 in Oakland, CA. His death certificate lists Samuelson as an AKA and says he died in USPHS Hospital, on 15th & Lake St in San Francisco, and that he lived at 3023 Hyde St, Oakland, CA. He died of lung cancer and was cremated at the Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland. It also says he was a Seaman for 35 years, and worked for Marine Traders of Baltimore. The data was all supplied by his wife, Gudny who lived at their house in Oakland.