Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameMary Bua
Birth22 Feb 1910, Camporeale, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Death14 Jul 1989, Contra Costa Co, CA
Misc. Notes
Arrived from Napoli, Sicily on the Regina D Italia in New York on 3 Nov 1921
Most likely the wife of Bert Besio before marrying Lloyd.
Listed as Mary B. Hammond on her death record.
Spouses
Birth13 Aug 1916, Alameda Co, CA
Death7 Jul 1998, Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa Co, CA
MemoCremated
BurialSkyway Memorial Park, Magalia, Butte Co, CA
MemoColumbarium
Occupationmechanic, steelworker
FatherHerbert Mathewson Samuels (1897-1979)
MotherMarie Edna English (1897-1974)
Misc. Notes
He was named after his two uncles who died following the 1906 earthquake. He was adopted by his Aunt and Uncle, and living with them in 1930 as Lloyd Henning.
He is listed as a steelworker in the 1938 Oakland city directory with wife Jean.
Listed with his adoptive parents in 1940 as a mechanic (23, CA) and single with 2 yrs of college.
He listed his mother as a contact when he registered for the WWII draft in 1940.
He enlisted in the Army Corps of Engineers at Ft Lewis, WA on 28 Jan 1946 as a Sergeant for the Hawaiian Dept. He was from California, married with 2 yrs of college, and worked as a foreman in construction.
Retired from the Army in 1953 after the Korean War. He then worked for the Harbor Dept in San Francisco for 22 years (under his Uncle Harold) and retired as Captain of a Tow Boat. He last worked in SF for some company who decides on SSI (disability) benefits. His one daughter died in a car accident, his 9 step-children have many grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.
He had a 5-way heart bypass several years before his death. Died quietly in a chair in his living room.
Marriage25 Jul 1950, San Mateo Co, CA
DivorceMar 1969, Contra Costa Co, CA
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