NameLeo Joseph (Lee J.) Rothgery
Birth3 Aug 1892, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio3,5,4,8
Death21 Nov 1978, Merced County, California
OccupationBookkeeper--1910; U.S. Army WW I; civil engineer--1922; extension engineer--1930; engineering professor--1940.
FatherFrank A. Rothgery (1867-1940)
MotherAnna Sophia Gaeb (1867-~1895)
Spouses
Birth25 Jul 1899, Michigan, United States of America6,4,8
Death10 Mar 1954, San Francisco County, California
OccupationBookkeeper--1920; clerk--1922.
FatherEdwin J. Veeder (~1873-)
MotherAgnes A. Segner (~1875-)
Marriage7 Jun 1922, Hillsdale, Hillsdale County, Michigan
Birth11 Jul 1898, New Jersey, United States of America
DeathJul 1985, Stockton, San Joaquin County, California
Marriage22 Apr 1956, Sonoma County, California
Notes for Leo Joseph (Lee J.) Rothgery
Source: Ancestry.com—U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959; Oakland Tribune (September 16, 1959 and February 4, 1960); U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; and Merced County, California Deaths, 1852-1999.
In 1917 he lived in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio and was a student at “M.A.C.” In 1930 he lived in East Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan. In 1935 and 1940 he and his wife lived in Meridian, Ingham County, Michigan.
In 1959 he was the head of the University of California research bureau at Richmond,and became the president of the Northern California Chapter of the American Public Works Association. He and his wife lived in Richmond, Contra Costa County, California in 1960.
He resided in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California and died in Merced County, California. The Merced County, California Deaths document gives April 10, 1978 as the date of his death.
Notes for Leta Jeanette (Spouse 1)
Source: Ancestry.com—Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; and California, Death Index, 1940-1997.
Notes for Beatrice (Spouse 2)
Source: Ancestry.com—California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959; U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; and California Death Index.
Her mother’s maiden name was Shafer.
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