Jeffry Joseph Prendergast1

M, #565, b. 31 August 1875, d. 14 August 1962
  • Birth*: 31 August 1875; De Pere, Brown Co., Wisconsin1
  • Marriage*: 1 December 1904; Redlands, San Bernardino Co., California; Spouse=Mary E. Gill2,3
  • Marriage*: 11 September 1948; San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California; Spouse=Muriel Beamer4,5
  • Marriage*: 1 August 1957; Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., California; Spouse=Caroline Mattingly6
  • Death*: 14 August 1962; Redlands, San Bernardino Co., California7
  • Burial*: Hillside Memorial Park, Redlands, San Bernardino Co., California8
  • Note*: Accomplishments:
    - Graduated Redlands High School
    - Graduated University of California at Berkeley
    - Was a licensed civil engineer
    - About 1906 was part owner of the Cyrus Noble Mine, a gold mine, in Searchlight, Nevada, 60 miles south of Las Vegas.
    - Lifetime member of Redlands Masonic Lodge. member of Elks. member of Fortnightly Club.
    - 1908 elected to Redlands City Council for 4 year term
    - 1913 appointed to county road commission
    - Lifetime association with Bear Valley Mutual Water Company which owned Big Bear dam and provided water to citrus growers in Redlands and Highlands, as director starting 1916, as president starting 1929, for life, as general manager 1929 - 1945.
    - 1921 & 1923 elected to California state Legislature
    - On the board of A. K. Smiley Public Library for 30 years
    - 1944 appointed to California Board of Forestry. Served until Jan 1962
    - Elected member of San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District
    - On policy making group for County Flood Control district
    - Active in California Mutual Water Companies Association, president
    - Santa Ana River Water Users Association, president7,9
Last Edited: 11 Dec 2023
Charts:
Descendants of John Patrick Prendergast
Descendants of John Child
Descendants of William Lane

Parents:

Father: Francis Ensor Prendergast1 d. 7 Dec 1897
Mother: Mary Abbie Childs1 b. 29 Aug 1849, d. 28 Feb 1912

Family 1:

Mary E. Gill b. 17 Nov 1876, d. 13 Apr 1946

Family 2:

Muriel Beamer b. 22 Jan 1880, d. 16 Jul 1956

Family 3:

Caroline Mattingly b. 15 May 1893, d. 13 May 1974

Citations

  1. [S104] Prendergast, Caroline Mattingly, The Prendergasts, 1169 to 1969; the 800 year history of a family (Redlands, Calif.: J.S. Prendergast, 1972), p. 119.   Prendergast-Caroline-Mattingly--The-Prendergasts-Study-of-a-Family.pdf
  2. [S42] FindAGrave, online , Memorial ID 24316195.
  3. [S4] Ancestry, online , "California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980."
  4. [S42] FindAGrave, online www.findagrave.com, Memorial ID 35183645.
  5. [S94] Newspapers.com, online , Redlands Daily Facts, 13 Sep 1948, p. 3.
  6. [S94] Newspapers.com, online www.newspapers.com, Redlands Daily Facts, 1 Aug 1957, p. 3.
  7. [S94] Newspapers.com, online www.newspapers.com, Redlands Daily Facts, 15 Aug 1962.
  8. [S42] FindAGrave, online www.findagrave.com, Memorial ID 24316186.
  9. [S94] Newspapers.com, online www.newspapers.com, San Bernardino Sun, 15 Aug 1962.