Silvester Lear
Death • California, Solano County Genealogical Society, Burial Records
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Name Silvester Lear
Age 37
Death or Burial Place California, United States
Death or Burial Place (Original) Fairfield Suisun
Cemetery Fairfield Suisun
Death Date 20 Oct 1908
Birth Year (Estimated) 1871
**(Handwritten is the following, Burial Permit Found in Courthouse Basement, Book 1904-1910)**
The Napa Daily Journal Oct. 21, 1908 p. 3
S. LEAR DIED
Sylvester Lear, formerly a resident of this city, died at Suisun Tuesday morning.
Deceased was a native of Pennsylvania, aged about 35 years, and leaves a widow.
He was a member of Napa Aerie of Eagles and Otonkah Tribe of Red Men.
Lear was formerly employed at the Cement Works at Napa Junction, and when he left here accepted a position with the cement company near Suisun.
The interment will be at Suisun.
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Solano Republican Oct. 23, 1908
Death of Sylvester Lear
Sylvester Lear died at Cement Tuesday, October 20th, and the funeral and interment took place Thursday at 1:30 o'clock under the auspices of Suisun Aerie, Order of Eagles, deceased being a member of the order, holding membership in Napa Aerie. The remains were laid to rest in the Fairfield cemetery.
Deceased was a native of New Jersey and 37 years of age. He had been in the employ of the Pacific Portland Cement Company about two years, being foreman of the burning department.
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The cemetery has no record of his grave location; however three sources list this cemetery as his burial site: his death certificate and his two obituaries. A fourth source lists him in the Solano Co. Cemeteries, but has question marks in the column where grave location would be. It is unfortunate that my gr-grandfather has no marker or tombstone on his grave. He is most likely buried in the potter's section.
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Sylvester lived in Tinicum Township in Bucks County PA until he moved to Lopatcong Township in Warren County NJ where he married Laura Augusta Margeson on July 4, 1894. They moved out west in the early 1900s where two sons were born; John Nelson Lear, my paternal grandfather, and Elwin Lear. His wife, Laura, was two months pregnant at the time of his death. She apparently returned to NJ before May 1909 when Edward, Sylvester's last child, was born.
Sylvester was a cement foreman at the Pacific Portland Cement Company in Cement CA, Solano County. According to his death certificate he lived in CA for five years.
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According to the Napa City Directory:
1904 p. 20 and 1905 p. 20 1/2
LEAR, S, Cement Works, 318 Grant Ave
Death • California, Solano County Genealogical Society, Burial Records
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"California, Solano County Genealogical Society, Burial Records", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C9RQ-SR2M : 13 February 2020), Silvester Lear
Name Silvester Lear
Age 37
Death or Burial Place California, United States
Death or Burial Place (Original) Fairfield Suisun
Cemetery Fairfield Suisun
Death Date 20 Oct 1908
Birth Year (Estimated) 1871
**(Handwritten is the following, Burial Permit Found in Courthouse Basement, Book 1904-1910)**
The Napa Daily Journal Oct. 21, 1908 p. 3
S. LEAR DIED
Sylvester Lear, formerly a resident of this city, died at Suisun Tuesday morning.
Deceased was a native of Pennsylvania, aged about 35 years, and leaves a widow.
He was a member of Napa Aerie of Eagles and Otonkah Tribe of Red Men.
Lear was formerly employed at the Cement Works at Napa Junction, and when he left here accepted a position with the cement company near Suisun.
The interment will be at Suisun.
________________________
Solano Republican Oct. 23, 1908
Death of Sylvester Lear
Sylvester Lear died at Cement Tuesday, October 20th, and the funeral and interment took place Thursday at 1:30 o'clock under the auspices of Suisun Aerie, Order of Eagles, deceased being a member of the order, holding membership in Napa Aerie. The remains were laid to rest in the Fairfield cemetery.
Deceased was a native of New Jersey and 37 years of age. He had been in the employ of the Pacific Portland Cement Company about two years, being foreman of the burning department.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The cemetery has no record of his grave location; however three sources list this cemetery as his burial site: his death certificate and his two obituaries. A fourth source lists him in the Solano Co. Cemeteries, but has question marks in the column where grave location would be. It is unfortunate that my gr-grandfather has no marker or tombstone on his grave. He is most likely buried in the potter's section.
______________________
Sylvester lived in Tinicum Township in Bucks County PA until he moved to Lopatcong Township in Warren County NJ where he married Laura Augusta Margeson on July 4, 1894. They moved out west in the early 1900s where two sons were born; John Nelson Lear, my paternal grandfather, and Elwin Lear. His wife, Laura, was two months pregnant at the time of his death. She apparently returned to NJ before May 1909 when Edward, Sylvester's last child, was born.
Sylvester was a cement foreman at the Pacific Portland Cement Company in Cement CA, Solano County. According to his death certificate he lived in CA for five years.
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According to the Napa City Directory:
1904 p. 20 and 1905 p. 20 1/2
LEAR, S, Cement Works, 318 Grant Ave
Silvester Lear
Death • California, Solano County Genealogical Society, Burial Records
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"California, Solano County Genealogical Society, Burial Records", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C9RQ-SR2M : 13 February 2020), Silvester Lear
Name Silvester Lear
Age 37
Death or Burial Place California, United States
Death or Burial Place (Original) Fairfield Suisun
Cemetery Fairfield Suisun
Death Date 20 Oct 1908
Birth Year (Estimated) 1871
**(Handwritten is the following, Burial Permit Found in Courthouse Basement, Book 1904-1910)**
The Napa Daily Journal Oct. 21, 1908 p. 3
S. LEAR DIED
Sylvester Lear, formerly a resident of this city, died at Suisun Tuesday morning.
Deceased was a native of Pennsylvania, aged about 35 years, and leaves a widow.
He was a member of Napa Aerie of Eagles and Otonkah Tribe of Red Men.
Lear was formerly employed at the Cement Works at Napa Junction, and when he left here accepted a position with the cement company near Suisun.
The interment will be at Suisun.
________________________
Solano Republican Oct. 23, 1908
Death of Sylvester Lear
Sylvester Lear died at Cement Tuesday, October 20th, and the funeral and interment took place Thursday at 1:30 o'clock under the auspices of Suisun Aerie, Order of Eagles, deceased being a member of the order, holding membership in Napa Aerie. The remains were laid to rest in the Fairfield cemetery.
Deceased was a native of New Jersey and 37 years of age. He had been in the employ of the Pacific Portland Cement Company about two years, being foreman of the burning department.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The cemetery has no record of his grave location; however three sources list this cemetery as his burial site: his death certificate and his two obituaries. A fourth source lists him in the Solano Co. Cemeteries, but has question marks in the column where grave location would be. It is unfortunate that my gr-grandfather has no marker or tombstone on his grave. He is most likely buried in the potter's section.
______________________
Sylvester lived in Tinicum Township in Bucks County PA until he moved to Lopatcong Township in Warren County NJ where he married Laura Augusta Margeson on July 4, 1894. They moved out west in the early 1900s where two sons were born; John Nelson Lear, my paternal grandfather, and Elwin Lear. His wife, Laura, was two months pregnant at the time of his death. She apparently returned to NJ before May 1909 when Edward, Sylvester's last child, was born.
Sylvester was a cement foreman at the Pacific Portland Cement Company in Cement CA, Solano County. According to his death certificate he lived in CA for five years.
*****************************
According to the Napa City Directory:
1904 p. 20 and 1905 p. 20 1/2
LEAR, S, Cement Works, 318 Grant Ave
Death • California, Solano County Genealogical Society, Burial Records
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"California, Solano County Genealogical Society, Burial Records", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C9RQ-SR2M : 13 February 2020), Silvester Lear
Name Silvester Lear
Age 37
Death or Burial Place California, United States
Death or Burial Place (Original) Fairfield Suisun
Cemetery Fairfield Suisun
Death Date 20 Oct 1908
Birth Year (Estimated) 1871
**(Handwritten is the following, Burial Permit Found in Courthouse Basement, Book 1904-1910)**
The Napa Daily Journal Oct. 21, 1908 p. 3
S. LEAR DIED
Sylvester Lear, formerly a resident of this city, died at Suisun Tuesday morning.
Deceased was a native of Pennsylvania, aged about 35 years, and leaves a widow.
He was a member of Napa Aerie of Eagles and Otonkah Tribe of Red Men.
Lear was formerly employed at the Cement Works at Napa Junction, and when he left here accepted a position with the cement company near Suisun.
The interment will be at Suisun.
________________________
Solano Republican Oct. 23, 1908
Death of Sylvester Lear
Sylvester Lear died at Cement Tuesday, October 20th, and the funeral and interment took place Thursday at 1:30 o'clock under the auspices of Suisun Aerie, Order of Eagles, deceased being a member of the order, holding membership in Napa Aerie. The remains were laid to rest in the Fairfield cemetery.
Deceased was a native of New Jersey and 37 years of age. He had been in the employ of the Pacific Portland Cement Company about two years, being foreman of the burning department.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The cemetery has no record of his grave location; however three sources list this cemetery as his burial site: his death certificate and his two obituaries. A fourth source lists him in the Solano Co. Cemeteries, but has question marks in the column where grave location would be. It is unfortunate that my gr-grandfather has no marker or tombstone on his grave. He is most likely buried in the potter's section.
______________________
Sylvester lived in Tinicum Township in Bucks County PA until he moved to Lopatcong Township in Warren County NJ where he married Laura Augusta Margeson on July 4, 1894. They moved out west in the early 1900s where two sons were born; John Nelson Lear, my paternal grandfather, and Elwin Lear. His wife, Laura, was two months pregnant at the time of his death. She apparently returned to NJ before May 1909 when Edward, Sylvester's last child, was born.
Sylvester was a cement foreman at the Pacific Portland Cement Company in Cement CA, Solano County. According to his death certificate he lived in CA for five years.
*****************************
According to the Napa City Directory:
1904 p. 20 and 1905 p. 20 1/2
LEAR, S, Cement Works, 318 Grant Ave
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Unfortunately, my gr-grandfather is buried in an unmarked grave.
Gravesite Details
MY PATERNAL GR-GRANDFATHER (Harry's Daughter)
***UNMARKED GRAVE/CEMETERY HAS NO RECORDS FOR THIS BURIAL***
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