Gustavus Lafayette PALMER

1852 - 1941  (~ 89 years)

• Name	Gustavus Lafayette PALMER  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	Apr 1852	Maine   [5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Jul 1941	Tacoma, Pierce, WA   [8]
  Buried	19 Jul 1941	Tacoma Cemetery
  Notes	first warden, US Penitentiary, McNeil Island (see reference to him in Tacoma Public Library Photo Collection for McNeil Island prison] found living in McNeil Island Precinct of Pierce Co, Washington, 1900 from Tacoma City Directories: 1888:PALMER, Gustavus L, land examiner N P R R Land Dept. bds Villard House [Villard House, Robert Mottan Propr 822 A cor S 9th] 1889entry for taxpayers listed in Pierce Co: PALMER G L $1980, Su [Sumner] [assessed valuation] 1890:no entry 1892:PALMER, Gustavus L, civil engineer, res e s Westbrook 2 n of Elmira, Edison 1893-94:no entry 1896:no entry 1897-98:no entry 1899:no entry 1903-07:no entry 1908-09:PALMER, Gustavus L chief clk right of way dept N P Ry, h 4016 N 35th [North Pacific Railway] 1910:PALMER, Gustavus L asst encroachment agt right of way dept N P Ry h 4016 N 35th 1915:PALMER, Gustavus L (Minnie F) watchman T S Co h 1525 N Fife [Tacoma Smelting Co] 1920:PALMER, Gustavus L (Minnie F) acct h 1224 N Steele 1924-5:PALMER, Gustavus L (Minnie F) bkpr Smith-Kinney Co h 1224 N Steele funeral at Tuell's chapel, Elks in charge burial at Tacoma Cemetery oldest member of BPOE no 174 of Tacoma at time of death member AOUW from Athens, Maine came to California 1874 1920 census shows occupation as employment agent, smelter, Tacoma, Washington; living at 1224 N Steele, Tacoma
  Person ID	I0451	Hayward Family Tree
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2007

  
  

  Father	unknown PALMER,   b. Maine
  Mother	unknown UNKNOWN,   b. Maine
  Family ID	F146	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Amelia (Minnie) Frances ATHOL,   b. 10 Apr 1858, Cambridge, Massachusetts ,   d. 23 Oct 1944, Tacoma, Pierce, WA  (Age 86 years)
  Married	1882	San Francisco, CA   [9, 10, 11]
  Children	1. Herbert E PALMER,   b. Jun 1876, Massachusetts   2. Gilbert Sargent PALMER,   b. 13 Nov 1885, South Prairie, Pierce, WA   3. Irene PALMER,   b. Sep 1892, Washington
  Family ID	F145	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S04453] Census, 1900, Washington, Pierce, McNeil Island, ED 146, sheet 7A. [S03988] Obituary, Tacoma News Tribune, 23 Oct 1944. obit for Minnie Palmer [S04453] Census, 1930, Washington, Pierce, Tacoma, Wd 1, ED 27-99, p 12B. Gustavus L Palmer [S03496] Census, 1920, Washington, Pierce, Tacoma, Wd 1, ED 243, p 1a. Palmer, Gustavus L [S04453] Census, 1900, Washington, Pierce, McNeil Island, ED 146, sheet 7A. b Apr 1852, Maine [S04453] Census, 1930, Washington, Pierce, Tacoma, Wd 1, ED 27-99, p 12B. age 78, b Maine [S03496] Census, 1920, Washington, Pierce, Tacoma, Wd 1, ED 243, p 1a. age 67, b Maine [S03988] Obituary, Tacoma News Tribune, 18 Jul 1941, p 20. [S04453] Census, 1900, Washington, Pierce, McNeil Island, ED 146, sheet 7A. married 18 years [S04049] Obituary, Gustavus L PALMER, 18 Jul 1941, Tacoma News Tribune, 18 Jul 1941. ...golden anniversary in 1932... [S04453] Census, 1930, Washington, Pierce, Tacoma, Wd 1, ED 27-99, p 12B. Gus' age at marriage 20; Minnie's age 20