Walter is located directly behind where it says "Gibbens" on the coping. The graves begin behind the back of Nannie's headstone. Mother, Nancy, is located to his right.
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Walter Gibbens was born in Hot Springs Township, near St. Helena in Napa County.
He was married to Nettie E. Dunning on 17 May 1898, but it ended in divorce sometime before 1900.
He was the Head Porter at the St. Francis Hotel from at least August of 1905 to 1910. He may have helped open the hotel, but the original records were lost in the fire that occured after the San Francisco Earthquake in 1906. According to family stories, he and wife Jennie Estella (Grote) Gibbens spent the night on a park bench after the earthquake, possibly in Golden Gate park. He spent the last years of his life as an Inn Keeper at the Perramont Hotel at 2162 Market Street in San Francisco. The establishment is still run as a hotel today(August 2014.)
He died from a cerebral hemorrhage at John Scott Barker Hospital in Oakland, Alameda, California at aged 39, 4 mo and 7 days. He'd been in the hospital three days. Listed complications include 20 years of alcoholism. The informant on the death certificate is a J. Hagen, and he misspelled Walter's name as "Walter Gibons." Death Certificate: Index 598 147, certificate 1034.
He was buried on June 7, 1915.
His obituary was published in the Cloverdale Reveille - 12 Jun 1915 - Page 1 (available at Newspapers.com)
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Walter Gibbens was born in Hot Springs Township, near St. Helena in Napa County.
He was married to Nettie E. Dunning on 17 May 1898, but it ended in divorce sometime before 1900.
He was the Head Porter at the St. Francis Hotel from at least August of 1905 to 1910. He may have helped open the hotel, but the original records were lost in the fire that occured after the San Francisco Earthquake in 1906. According to family stories, he and wife Jennie Estella (Grote) Gibbens spent the night on a park bench after the earthquake, possibly in Golden Gate park. He spent the last years of his life as an Inn Keeper at the Perramont Hotel at 2162 Market Street in San Francisco. The establishment is still run as a hotel today(August 2014.)
He died from a cerebral hemorrhage at John Scott Barker Hospital in Oakland, Alameda, California at aged 39, 4 mo and 7 days. He'd been in the hospital three days. Listed complications include 20 years of alcoholism. The informant on the death certificate is a J. Hagen, and he misspelled Walter's name as "Walter Gibons." Death Certificate: Index 598 147, certificate 1034.
He was buried on June 7, 1915.
His obituary was published in the Cloverdale Reveille - 12 Jun 1915 - Page 1 (available at Newspapers.com)
Walter is located directly behind where it says "Gibbens" on the coping. The graves begin behind the back of Nannie's headstone. Mother, Nancy, is located to his right.
***
Walter Gibbens was born in Hot Springs Township, near St. Helena in Napa County.
He was married to Nettie E. Dunning on 17 May 1898, but it ended in divorce sometime before 1900.
He was the Head Porter at the St. Francis Hotel from at least August of 1905 to 1910. He may have helped open the hotel, but the original records were lost in the fire that occured after the San Francisco Earthquake in 1906. According to family stories, he and wife Jennie Estella (Grote) Gibbens spent the night on a park bench after the earthquake, possibly in Golden Gate park. He spent the last years of his life as an Inn Keeper at the Perramont Hotel at 2162 Market Street in San Francisco. The establishment is still run as a hotel today(August 2014.)
He died from a cerebral hemorrhage at John Scott Barker Hospital in Oakland, Alameda, California at aged 39, 4 mo and 7 days. He'd been in the hospital three days. Listed complications include 20 years of alcoholism. The informant on the death certificate is a J. Hagen, and he misspelled Walter's name as "Walter Gibons." Death Certificate: Index 598 147, certificate 1034.
He was buried on June 7, 1915.
His obituary was published in the Cloverdale Reveille - 12 Jun 1915 - Page 1 (available at Newspapers.com)
***
Walter Gibbens was born in Hot Springs Township, near St. Helena in Napa County.
He was married to Nettie E. Dunning on 17 May 1898, but it ended in divorce sometime before 1900.
He was the Head Porter at the St. Francis Hotel from at least August of 1905 to 1910. He may have helped open the hotel, but the original records were lost in the fire that occured after the San Francisco Earthquake in 1906. According to family stories, he and wife Jennie Estella (Grote) Gibbens spent the night on a park bench after the earthquake, possibly in Golden Gate park. He spent the last years of his life as an Inn Keeper at the Perramont Hotel at 2162 Market Street in San Francisco. The establishment is still run as a hotel today(August 2014.)
He died from a cerebral hemorrhage at John Scott Barker Hospital in Oakland, Alameda, California at aged 39, 4 mo and 7 days. He'd been in the hospital three days. Listed complications include 20 years of alcoholism. The informant on the death certificate is a J. Hagen, and he misspelled Walter's name as "Walter Gibons." Death Certificate: Index 598 147, certificate 1034.
He was buried on June 7, 1915.
His obituary was published in the Cloverdale Reveille - 12 Jun 1915 - Page 1 (available at Newspapers.com)
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