1.  First-hand knowledge:  Lavernia (THOMPSON) JOSEPH was my great-aunt, whom I knew and loved as "Auntie Lou."  I'm too young to have any memory of Charles, but I'm told he was very handsome and personable and quite the "ladies' man."

2.  Marriage Record:

3a.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find and I really looked.  I can't find any of his siblings, either, except his youngest sister, Hilda, who is still living with their parents.

3b.  1900 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com):  can't find, and I scanned all index entries beginning Ja, Jo, or Ju, for anything likely.

4.  1910 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 29):  807 Isabella St., Oakland City (Ward 2), Oakland Twp., Alameda Co., CA, Roll T624_70 (Part 1), p. 74A, SN 2A, SD 3, ED 91, enumerated 23 Apr 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1910:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	17	18	19	20	23	24	26	28
*	807	36	36	Joseph Chas	Head	M	W	33	M2	5			CA	Russ-Polish	Ger-German	Eng	Merchant	Grocery	Emp	Y	Y	R	H
				______ Luverna	Wife	F	W	30	M1	5	1	1	CA	Missouri	Missouri	Eng	None			Y	Y
				______ Georgia K	Dau	F	W	2 5/12	S				CA	California	California		None
*Isabella St

5.  1920 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #9 of 24):  1510 Verdi St., City of Alameda, Pct. 33, Alameda Co., CA, p. 240A, SN 5A, SD 5, ED 17, enumerated 5 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

16

17

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28

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1510

98

110

Joseph Chas

Head

O

M

M

W

40

M

Y

Y

CA

Poland

Eng

Germany

Eng

Y

St. Merchant

Butter & Eggs

Emp

______ Luvirnia

Wife

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W

38

M

Y

Y

CA

Missouri

Missouri

Y

None

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Daughter

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12

S

Y

Y

Y

CA

California

California

Y

None

*Verdi St.

6.  1930 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #43 of 45):  1500 Verdi St., Alameda City, Alameda Co., CA, p. 147A, SN 22A, ED 1-227, SD 8, enumerated 16/17 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
*	1500	402	411	Joseph Charles	Head	O	2000	R	M	M	W	50	M	27	N	Y	CA	Poland	Germany	Y	Merchant	Dairy Products	O	N	57	N
				______ Luvernia	Wife					F	W	49	M	25	N	Y	CA	Missouri	Missouri	Y	None
*Verdi St.

7.  Death Certificate: Charles Joseph.  Office of Recorder, County of Alameda, Oakland, California.

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

Name	Birth	Death	Last Residence	SSN	Issued
Louvernia Joseph	13 Mar 1879	Aug 1973	95688 (Vacaville, Solano, CA)	547-80-4172	California

9.  California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online at RootsWeb.com; missing columns contained no data; in the database, given names are truncated after eight characters):

Last Name	First Name	Birth Date	Mother Maiden	Father Last	Sex	Birth Place	Death Place (County)	Death Date	SSN	Age
Joseph	Charles	04/10/1877	Calender	Joseph	M	CA	Alameda	05/28/1947		70 yrs
Joseph	Louverni	03/13/1879			F	CA	Solano	09/01/1973	547-80-4172	94 yrs
Arnault	Georgia	11/26/1907	Thompson		F	CA	Solano	11/01/1969	551-44-3075	61 yrs

There is a Samuel JOSEPH in the database who could be Charles's brother, but no others seem likely as his siblings — and no others gave mother's maiden name CALENDER (or variation).

10.  California Birth Index, 1905-1995 (formerly online at RootsWeb.com):

Last Name	First Name	Middle	Date	Sex	Mother	County
Joseph	Georgia	K	11/26/1907	female	Thompson	Alameda