1.  Both my father and I remember Elmer as being a bachlor (we could be wrong).

2.  1900 Census Index/Microfilm (online at Genealogy.com):  548 Benton Street, Santa Clara town, Santa Clara Township, Santa Clara Co., CA, p. 289A, SD 2, ED 77, Sh 18, enumerated 20 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen).  For an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data). 

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359

367

Rose, Manuel J.

Head

W

M

Oct 1867

32

S

CA

Portugal

Portugal

Farmer

0

Y

Y

Y

O

F

F

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____, Joseph R.

Brother

W

M

May 1870

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S

CA

Portugal

Portugal

Farmer

0

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Y

Y

Dreshmire, Anna R.

Sister

W

F

Nov 1865

34

M

8

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CA

Portugal

Portugal

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Y

Y

_________, Fred P.

B in Law

W

M

Feb 1851

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M

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IL

IL

IL

Brick Maker

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Y

Y

_________, Clarence G.

Nephew

W

M

Dec 1893

6

S

CA

IL

CA

At School

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_________, Elmer S.

Nephew

W

M

Aug 1895

4

S

CA

IL

CA

3.  California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online at RootsWeb.com; missing columns contained no data.):

Last Name	First Name	Middle	Birth Date	Mother Maiden	Sex	Birth Place	Death Place (County)	Death Date	SSN	Age
DREISCHMEYER	ELMER	S	08/18/1896	ROSE	M	CALIFORNIA	SANTA CRUZ	09/30/1981	564-01-0412	85 yrs

4.  Social Security Death Index (online at RootsWeb.com; missing columns contained no data):

Name	Birth	Death	Residence	SSN	Issued
ELMER DREISCHMEYER	18 Aug 1895	Sep 1981	95060 (Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA)	564-01-0412	California

5.  Records of the Mission City Memorial Cemetery (formerly Santa Clara City Cemetery), Santa Clara, Santa Clara Co., CA (photocopies courtesy of A. Robert Matthiesen):

INTERMENT NUMBER 24267	CHRISTIAN NAME ELMER SIMON SURNAME DREISCHMEYER CREMAINS
ACCOUNT NUMBER 17078
DATE OF DEATH Sept. 30, 1981			AGE - YEARS 85	MONTHS -	DAYS -	COLOR -	SEX male
PLACE OF DEATH Santa Cruz			FUNERAL DIRECTOR Arnolds Funeral Home, Santa Cruz
DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH Aug. 18, 1896
NAME OF SPOUSE OF OTHER INFORMANT Edna Houston ADDRESS 319 Younglove, Santa Cruz						RELATIONSHIP cousin
DATE OF INTERNMENT INURNMENT ENTOMBMENT CREMATION Oct. 7, 1981	GRAVE 172/3	LOT -	BLOCK -	SECTION D	NICHE -	CRYPT -	TIER -
ENDOWMENT CARE -		SPECIAL CARE -		ANNUAL CARE -		TYPE OF BOX cremain vlt.

Graves 172 and 173 are his parents' grave numbers.