Genealogy of Joseph Samuel Prendergast (1892-1974)

Joseph Samuel Prendergast¹

M, #579, b. 3 February 1892, d. 19 April 1974

Birth*: 3 February 1892; Chula Vista, San Diego Co., California²
Marriage*: 28 April 1918; Redlands, San Bernardino Co., California; Spouse=Gwen Davis³
Death*: 19 April 1974; Redlands, San Bernardino Co., California⁴
Burial*: Hermosa Gardens Cemetery, Colton, San Bernardino Co., California⁵
Note*: Bio
- Graduated Redlands High School 1912
- Graduated University of California at Berkeley
- Attended Univ. of Calif. at Davis, school of agriculture
- In World War I served in Army Coast Artillery
- Engaged in agriculture t Fontana, and near later location of Norton Air Force Base
- 1924-1932 San Bernardino National Bank
- 1935-1941 U.S. Treasury Department, Los Angeles
- San Bernardino Army Air Depot (Norton) chief of civilian payroll
- Retired from federal service 1955
- Family resided in the home of his late mother-in-law, Jenny Davis. Managed the forty acre orange grove for fifty years.⁴

Last Edited: 11 Dec 2023

Charts:

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

Gwen Davis b. 2 Apr 1893, d. 16 Mar 1980

[S104] Prendergast, Caroline Mattingly, The Prendergasts, 1169 to 1969; the 800 year history of a family (Redlands, Calif.: J.S. Prendergast, 1972), p. 136. Prendergast-Caroline-Mattingly--The-Prendergasts-Study-of-a-Family.pdf
[S40] FamilySearch, online , "U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918."
[S94] Newspapers.com, online , San Bernardino Sun, 28 Apr 1918, p. 8.
[S94] Newspapers.com, online www.newspapers.com, Redlands Daily Facts, 19 Apr 1974, p. 4.
[S42] FindAGrave, online , Memorial ID 70399125.