Barack OBAMA, 44th President of the United States
descendant of Johann Pieter STRAUB, 1733 immigrant to Philadelphia, PA
"We are and always will be the United States of America." (4 Nov 2008, Grant Park, Chicago, IL)
William J. DREISCHMEYER
Lila J. __?__
Husband:  William J. DREISCHMEYER
Birth:  21 May 1872, Gilroy, Santa Clara Co., CA
Death:  18 Jul 1941, San Jose, Santa Clara Co., CA
Disposition:  buried Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara Co., CA
Occupations:  Deputy Sheriff, janitor, detective
Historical Note:  first Detective for the District Attorney's office for Santa Clara County
Father:  Frederick Henry DREISCHMEYER
Mother:  Catherine ASHEMAN
Marriage:  1896/7
Wife:  Lila J. __?__
Birth:  8 May 1875, Canada
Death (æ 100!):  17 Mar 1976, Montery Co., CA
Last Residence:  Salinas, Monterey Co., CA
Half-Sister:  Mrs. Minnie (__?__) HARDY, b. 1872/3, NE
Parents:  born in England or English-speaking Canada
Children — born in San Jose, Santa Clara Co., CA:
1.  Alice C. DREISCHMEYER, b. 1903/4
2.  Mildred B. DREISCHMEYER, b. 1907/8
Keywords for search engines:  UK, United Kingdom; USA, United Staes, California, Nebraska

Sources:

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #42 of 47 — indexed "Freischinger"):  138 S. Market Street, San Jose City, San Jose Twp., Santa Clara Co., CA, Roll T623_111, p. 171B, SN 21, SD 2, ED 72, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1900:  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 19 20 22 23 24 25 27
* 138 436 500 Dreischmeyer William Head W M May 1872 28 M 3     California Germany Germany     Deputy Sheriff 0 Y Y Y R H
      ____________ Lila Wife W F May 1875 25 M 3 0 0 Canada E England Canada E 1880 20 Keeping House   Y Y Y    
*S Market Street
This enumerator had a peculiar way of making capital "D," which becomes evident when you look at his occupation.

3.  1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #20 of 117 — indexed "Dreichmeyer"):  458 Mission Ave., San Jose Twp., Santa Clara Co., CA, Roll T624_105, p. 198B, SN 10B, SD 5, ED 89, 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 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28
* 458 248 256 Dreischmeyer William Head M W 37 M1 13     California Ger-German Ger-German   Eng Janitor Hall of Records W N N Y Y O F H
      ____________ Lila Wife F W 34 M1 13 2 2 Can-English Can-English Eng-English 1881 Eng None         Y Y      
      ____________ Alice Dau F W  6 S       California California Can-English     None                  
      ____________ Mildred Dau F W  2 S       California California Can-English     None                  
*Mission Ave

4.  1920 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 22):  55 Willow Street, San Jose City (Ward 4), Precinct #58, Santa Clara Co., CA, Roll T625_148, p. 194A, SN 1A, SD 7, ED 185, enumerated 2/3 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 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
* 55 55 Dreischmeyer William J Head O F M W 47 M   Y Y New York Germany German Germany German Y Detective State Employ S
    ____________ Lila Wife     F W 41 M   Y Y California California   New York   Y None    
    ____________ Alice Dau     F W 16 S Y Y Y California New York   California   Y None    
    ____________ Mildred Dau     F W 12 S Y Y Y California New York   California Y None    
    Hardy Minnie Half-sister     F W 47 Wd   Y Y Nebraska England English Wales English Y None    
*Willow Street

5.  1930 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #29 of 55):  55 Willow St., San Jose City, San Jose Twp., Santa Clara Co., CA, Roll 219, p. 83A, SN 15A, ED 43-64, SD 10, enumerated 14 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1930:  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 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30
* 55 336 360 Dreischmeyer William J Head O 5000 R N M W 56 M 24 N Y Calif Germany Germany       Y Detective County W Y N
      ____________ Lila Wife         F W 53 M 21 N Y Can-Eng Can-Eng England English 1880 N Y None        
      ____________ Alice C Dau         F W 25 D 20 N Y Calif Calif Can-Eng       Y Cosmetician Cosmetics W Y  
      ____________ Mildred B Dau         F W 22 S   N Y Calif Calif Can-Eng       Y None        
*Willow St

6.  California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online at RootsWeb.com; missing columns contained no data):
Last
Name
First
Name
Middle Birth
Date
Mother
Maiden
Father
Last
Sex Birth
Place
Death Place
(County)
Death
Date
SSN Age
DREISCHMEYER WILLIAM J 05/21/1872 ASCHMANN DREISCHMEYER M CALIFORNIA SANTA CLARA 07/18/1941   69 yrs
DREISCHMEYE LILA J 05/08/1875     F CANADA MONTEREY 03/17/1976 567-72-5738 100 yrs

7.  Social Security Death Index (online at RootsWeb.com; missing columns contained no data):
Name Birth Death Residence SSN Issued
LILA DREISCHMEYER 08 May 1875 Mar 1976 93901 (Salinas, Monterey, CA) 567-72-5738 California

8.  WorldConnect (online at RootsWeb.com), where files cite the following:  Obituary, dated 19 Jul 1941, San Jose Mercury, p. 1, 2.

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