Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NamePearl Gwyneth Alcorn 
Birth1902, Idaho
Census15 Apr 1910, Gold Hill, Storey Co, NV
Memoroll#859, pg 6
Census6 Jan 1920, Mad River, Humboldt Co, CA
Memoroll#98, pg 4
Census9 Apr 1930, San Francisco, CA
Memoroll#205, pg 15
Anst File#L2GC-63C
FatherWilliam Alcorn (1868-1958)
MotherJosephine “Josie” Alkern (1881-1943)
Misc. Notes
Name also listed as Alchorn, Alkern
She was in Nevada in 1910 at age 8, with her mother Josie (24, CA), sister Ida (13, CA) and brother Philip (10, OR). Her mother is listed as married, but her father isn’t listed with them. Living with them is her mother’s sister May Muldoon (17, NV) and husband Edward (25, NV).
Listed with her brothers Philip Alcorn (19, OR) and Thomas Hoad (6, CA) and her remarried mother, Josie Hoad (38, CA) back in northern Calif in 1920. Her stepfather isn’t listed, but he is Edward William Hoad (1878-1936, CA).
She is the second wife in Herbert Samuel’s bigamy case in San Francisco in 1924, six months after their marriage in Oct 1923. And she filed for an annulment immediately on April 19, 1924 awhich was granted on May 3rd.
By 1925 she is listed in the San Francisco city directory as a stenographer, then in 1927 thru 1930 as a book keeper.
She is listed as single (28, ID) in the April 1930 San Francisco census, with a lodger living with her. It appears that she legally (re)married Herbert in June 1930 at Carson City, NV. And she is listed in a 1935 Oakland City Directory as Pearl G. Samuels, living with Herbert.
She worked as an executive secretary and traveled regularly with her boss to New York.
[Oakland Tribune - 23 Sept 1937, pg 8] Blow in Eye Killed Love, Wife Asserts
A blow killed her love for Herbert M. Samuels, master mariner, Mrs. Pearl Samuels alleges in a divorce complaint she filed in the Superior Court today. She says he landed it on her eye last August 4, and the next day she left him. They were married on June 9, 1930 in Carson City, Nev., according to her complaint, which alleges her husband earns $295 a month. She asks the court for $300 of his money for attorney’s fees, and “other relief in reason”.
In 1939 and 1940, she is listed as Pearl Samuels, a bookkeeper for the Sam Bates Co, living in Oakland. Then in the 1941 Oakland City Directory, she is listed as Pearl A. Bates, wife of Sam C. Bates Jr, owner of Sam Bates Co - Contractors and Mining Machinery.
When her mother died in 1943 her married name was "Bates".
She was later living with (married to?) Arthur Karl Uecker (1910-1955), brother of her half-brother Tom Hoad’s wife Edna. She came home from work one day and found him dead in their Oakland home, and Pearl was never heard from again.
In 1958, according to (her father) William Alcorn’s obituary, her married name was "Nelson" and she was living in Oakland.
She is not mentioned in the 1968 obit of her sister Ida, and may have been deceased by then.
She was in Nevada in 1910 at age 8, with her mother Josie (24, CA), sister Ida (13, CA) and brother Philip (10, OR). Her mother is listed as married, but her father isn’t listed with them. Living with them is her mother’s sister May Muldoon (17, NV) and husband Edward (25, NV).
Listed with her brothers Philip Alcorn (19, OR) and Thomas Hoad (6, CA) and her remarried mother, Josie Hoad (38, CA) back in northern Calif in 1920. Her stepfather isn’t listed, but he is Edward William Hoad (1878-1936, CA).
She is the second wife in Herbert Samuel’s bigamy case in San Francisco in 1924, six months after their marriage in Oct 1923. And she filed for an annulment immediately on April 19, 1924 awhich was granted on May 3rd.
By 1925 she is listed in the San Francisco city directory as a stenographer, then in 1927 thru 1930 as a book keeper.
She is listed as single (28, ID) in the April 1930 San Francisco census, with a lodger living with her. It appears that she legally (re)married Herbert in June 1930 at Carson City, NV. And she is listed in a 1935 Oakland City Directory as Pearl G. Samuels, living with Herbert.
She worked as an executive secretary and traveled regularly with her boss to New York.
[Oakland Tribune - 23 Sept 1937, pg 8] Blow in Eye Killed Love, Wife Asserts
A blow killed her love for Herbert M. Samuels, master mariner, Mrs. Pearl Samuels alleges in a divorce complaint she filed in the Superior Court today. She says he landed it on her eye last August 4, and the next day she left him. They were married on June 9, 1930 in Carson City, Nev., according to her complaint, which alleges her husband earns $295 a month. She asks the court for $300 of his money for attorney’s fees, and “other relief in reason”.
In 1939 and 1940, she is listed as Pearl Samuels, a bookkeeper for the Sam Bates Co, living in Oakland. Then in the 1941 Oakland City Directory, she is listed as Pearl A. Bates, wife of Sam C. Bates Jr, owner of Sam Bates Co - Contractors and Mining Machinery.
When her mother died in 1943 her married name was "Bates".
She was later living with (married to?) Arthur Karl Uecker (1910-1955), brother of her half-brother Tom Hoad’s wife Edna. She came home from work one day and found him dead in their Oakland home, and Pearl was never heard from again.
In 1958, according to (her father) William Alcorn’s obituary, her married name was "Nelson" and she was living in Oakland.
She is not mentioned in the 1968 obit of her sister Ida, and may have been deceased by then.
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.
Marriage17 Jun 1930, San Francisco, CA
Annulment3 May 1924, San Francisco, CA
Annul MemoDept 3, Case# 146012
Birth19 Oct 1892, San Francisco, CA
Death2 Jan 1976, San Francisco, CA
BurialVeteran’s Memorial Cem, Crescent City, Del Norte Co, CA
MemoNorth Lawn, Row V
Misc. Notes
Son of Samuel Claghorn Bates and Rosella Coakley
Was living in Clark Co, NV when he registered for the WWI draft. SFC US ARMY World War I (15 Dec 1917-23 Aug 1919)
Living in Oakland, married to Pearl for his WWII draft registraton.
Later married to Ellen Louise Meader (1900-1995) on 20 Mar 1952 in Del Norte Co, CA where they lived.
Was living in Clark Co, NV when he registered for the WWI draft. SFC US ARMY World War I (15 Dec 1917-23 Aug 1919)
Living in Oakland, married to Pearl for his WWII draft registraton.
Later married to Ellen Louise Meader (1900-1995) on 20 Mar 1952 in Del Norte Co, CA where they lived.
Marriageabt 1940
Divorce
Birth13 Aug 1910, Oakland, Alameda Co, CA
Death22 Oct 1955, Oakland, Alameda Co, CA
BurialEvergreen Cem, Oakland, Alameda Co, CA
MemoGarden of Devotion
FatherGottfried Uecker (1879-1963)
MotherMinna Schwarz (1883-1960)
Misc. Notes
Son of Gottfried and Minna (Schwarz) Uecker.
Married to Florence D Scanlon (1911-1945) on 18 Nov 1933 in Alameda Co, CA.
He was later married a second time to June E. Kittner (1905-1962), who was first married to Mark E. Kistner about 1925.
He was living with Pearl Alcorn at the time of his death, who came home and found him dead in the house.
[Obituary]
Husband of June; father of Carlotta and Gail; stepfather of Norman Kistner. Brother of William Uecker and Mrs. Edna L. Hoad.
Married to Florence D Scanlon (1911-1945) on 18 Nov 1933 in Alameda Co, CA.
He was later married a second time to June E. Kittner (1905-1962), who was first married to Mark E. Kistner about 1925.
He was living with Pearl Alcorn at the time of his death, who came home and found him dead in the house.
[Obituary]
Husband of June; father of Carlotta and Gail; stepfather of Norman Kistner. Brother of William Uecker and Mrs. Edna L. Hoad.
Unmarried