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John HAMMOND1264,1265,1266 was born on 19 November 1843 in Newport, Newport, RI.987,1267,1268 He appeared in the census in 1850 in Newport, Newport, RI.1029 On 20 August 1850 he was a merchant in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA.1269 John migrated in 1855 to in from Newport, Newport, RI to Stockton, San Joaquin, CA.1140,1270,1271 He lived Registered to vote in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA on 4 April 1867.1272 [Principal] was listed in in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA city directory in in 1870.1273 [Principal] was listed in in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA city directory in in 1871.1274 [Principal] was listed in in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA city directory in in 1871.1275 In April 1871 he was an Established the grocery business in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA.1276 [Principal] was listed in in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA city directory in in 1873.1277 [Principal] was listed in in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA city directory in in 1876.1278 [Principal] was listed in in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA city directory in in 1876.1279,1280 On 10 April 1878 John was a Hammond Moore & Yardley Store in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA.1281 [Principal] was listed in in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA city directory in in 1881.1282 [Principal] was listed in in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA city directory in in 1883.1283 [Principal] was listed in in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA city directory in in 1884.1284 On 10 June 1884 he was a Hammond Moore & Yardley Store in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA.1285 He lived in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA on 19 March 1886.1286 [Principal] was listed in in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA city directory in in 1887. [Principal] was listed in in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA city directory in in 1891.1287 John registered to vote - Ward 2, Pct 3 in 1897 in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA.1288 In 1898 he was a Hammond & Yardley Store in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA.1289 [Principal] was listed in in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA city directory in in 1902.1290 [Principal] was listed in in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA city directory in in 1904.1291 He Registered to Vote in 1906 in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA.1292 In 1908 John was a Hammond & Yardley, grocer in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA.1293 He signed a will on 25 July 1910 in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA.1294 He died on 5 February 1912 at the age of 68 in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA.1295,1296,1297,1298,1299,1300,1301,1302,1303 John was buried on 7 February 1912 in Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, CA.1304,1305,1306 He had his estate probated on 31 December 1925 in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA.1307 He has reference number 412.1308 Handwritten note in family papers: Stockton Record: THE DEATH OF J. HAMMOND John Hammond, an early resident of Stockton, died at 3 o'clock this morning at his residence, 643 North Hunter Street. Mr. Hammond had been in ill health for nearly two years and found it necessary to retire from business. His condition became serious last Monday. His son, Dr. Robert R. Hammond, brought all his professional skill into play to save his father. Saturday evening Dr. Philip King Brown, a specialist from San Francisco, was called in consultation. The case was found hopeless. Death resulted from heart and kidney trouble. He was aged nearly 68 years. John Hammond conducted a grocery business at 233 East Weber Avenue for over forty years. On the same site where the grocery store of Hammond & Yardley is now conducted, John Hammond started in business at the age of 21. The deceased was born in Newport, RI, November 19, 1844. He lived there for eleven years and then in company with his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Moses Hammond, he came to California in 1855. His father had come to California in 1849, but later returned to bring his family out from Newport. Captain John Hammond, Brother of Moses Hammond, also made the trip. The Hammonds made the journey from Newport in their own ship and settled in San Joaquin City. Moses built a cedar shingled house in San Joaquin City, but a few months later when he learned that Stockton was to be the county seat he moved his shingled house to this city. The house now stand on West Market Street. John Hammond attended the old Franklin school on South Center Street. Mr. Hammond first went into the grocery business opposite the Courthouse in partnership with George Nat. In April, 1871, John Yardley bought out Nat's interests and the firm became Hammond & Yardley. About five months later the late Thomas P. Moore bought into the firm and for the next twenty years the firm read "Hammond, Moore & Yardley." Then Moore retired from the firm and opened a fish, poultry, fruit and vegetable store farther west on Weber avenue. Three years ago Mr. Hammond bought Mr. Yardley out and though the store was conducted under the old firm name, Mr. Hammond was the sole owner. About two years ago it became necessary for the successful groceryman to retire owing to his health, and his son, John Hammond, Jr., succeeded to the management. The deceased made many friends during his business life of forty years by his quiet and attentive disposition. His is survived by a wife and six children - John Hammond, Jr., Dr. Robert R. Hammond, Mrs. Robert L. Beardslee, Mrs. G. P. Roberts, Mrs. W. S. Munier and Howard Hammond. Buried at Rural Cemetery, Stockton, CA: Lot W1/2 - 12, Block 29 There is a BLM land patent assigned to John Hammond for about 160 acres in Mariposa and Merced Counties by Elisha B Robertson, dated 1 Aug 1866. Cannot be sure that it is this John Hammond. John HAMMOND and Emma Elizabeth RAY were married on 2 November 1871 at at the home of W F McKee in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA.1267,1309,1310,1311 They1267,1309,1310,1311 appeared in the census in 1880 in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA.1312 They1312 lived in 643 N Hunter St, Stockton, CA in 1897.1313 John and Emma1313 appeared in the census in 1900 in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA.1314 They1314 appeared in the census in 1910 in Stockton, San Joaquin, CA.1315 Handwritten notes:
I, the undersigned, EMMA RAY HAMMOND (a widow), of the City of Stockton, County of San Joaquin, State of California, of the age of about seventy-two (72) years, being of sound and disposing mind and not acting under duress, menace, fraud or undue influence of any person whatsoever, do hereby make, publish and declare this my Last Will and Testament in the manner following, that is to say: FIRST: I most earnestly request of my loved ones me surviving tha upon my death my mortal remains be laid for eternal rest in Rural Cemetery beside those of my dearly beloved husband JOHN HAMMOND. SECONDLY: I direct the Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, hereinafter named, to cause to be paid out of the funds of my estate, the expenses of my last illness, my funeral expenses, and all my just and legal debts. THIRDLY: I give, bequeath and devise unto my children JOHN HAMMOND, EDITH H. BEARDSLEE, ROBERT T. HAMMOND, ABBY M. ROBERTS, HOWARD HAMMOND AND LESLEY MUNIER, in equal shares, share and share alike, all the rest, remainder and residue of my property and estate of every kind, like or description and wherever situated, lying or being. FOURTHLY: I hereby authorize, empower and direct my executors, hereinafter named, to sell or dispose of any or all of my said property and estate as they may deem for the very best interests of my estate without any order of Court, except the confirmatory order now mandatory under the law, and without being required to give or furnish any bond or bonds. FIFTHLY: I nominate, name and appoint my said sons ROBERT R. HAMMOND AND HOWARD HAMMOND, of the City of Stockton, County of San Joaquin, State of California, the Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, to serve and in all cases act as such Executors without being required to give or furnish any bond or bonds. LASTLY: I hereby revoke all former Wills by me made. IN WITNESS WHEREOF: I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 13th day of April, Anno Domini, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty Three, in the City of Stockton, County of San Joaquin, State of California. The 1870 census shows Emma Ray residing with the William Fraeme McKee family at the age of 19. That was one year prior to her marriage. Handwritten note found in genealogy materials from Roberts: "Two or more of Grandma Emma Elizabeth Ray Hammond's relatives were drowned in the Johnstown Flood. They were on her mother's side and of the Tittle -- McKee side. John HAMMOND-103 and Emma Elizabeth RAY-364 had the following children:
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