From "San Jacinto Valley, Past and Present," Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical Society, 1989:
MCBURNEY, EARL
"Twister Mac"
Earl McBurney, the third eldest child of Justin O. and Bertha Belle McBurney, met Rose Cary of Anza, while attending Hemet High School and they were married in the fall of 1920.
Earl and his brother John build homes on adjoining lot along Park Avenue on the east side of Park Hill. The brothers brought their brides to the new homes.
Earl and Rose raised four children, Betty, Bob, Virginia and Alice, in the valley. All attended kindergarten with Henrietta Birdick as their first teacher. All went to Hemet Elementary School and Hemet Junior High. Betty, Bob and Virginia graduated from Hemet High School. Alice moved to La Mesa, California to complete here education.
Earl worked as a ranch hand for different farmers in the valley herding cattle, pruning apricot and peach trees, harvesting walnuts, picking oranges, apricots, peaches and watermelons in season. At one time he raised pigeons for show as well as for meat. He dressed and packed in ice the young squabs and sold them to such places as Soboba Hot Springs and Eden Hot Springs Hotels. Squabs were a delicacy on their menu in the early 30's. Later he build an apiary of bees, moving them from location for the harvest of honey from the orange blossoms to the alfalfa blossoms to the sage blooms. It was in the wet winter of 1937 that he had his bees located along the San Jacinto river and the rains came, the river overflowed, and he was called in the middle of the night to move his bees as the river was rising. He arose, taking his trailer and son Bob to load the hives and move them to safer grounds south of the valley. They had the first hives loaded when the water broke the banks. They made a scurry to drive out with the flow of water at their tails end. Many hives disappeared in the muddy waters and were found days later several miles downstream in the San Jacinto riverbed near Perris.
After Earl's divorce he was married a second time in 1942 to Marie Brown and she was his helpmate for 46 years.
Earl will be remembered in the valley as a state bee inspector, as well as fruit inspector, and then a poultryman. Upon his retirement, his children presented him with an easel and a beginners oil paint set. He soon began taking lessons from noted artists in the area and before long became known among the local artists as "Twister Mac" because of the way he signed his paintings.
At the time of his passing in 1988 he had four children, twelve grandchildren, twenty-nine great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
By Elizabeth (Betty McBurney) Parker
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The Hemet News, August 24, 1988:
Richard McBurney
Graveside services for Richard "Earl" McBurney, 87, will be Thursday at 11 a.m. in San Jacinto Valley Cemetery with the Rev. George Kreiger officiating. Visitation will be until 3 p.m. today at the Harford Funeral Home.
Mr. McBurney died Monday at Hemet Valley Hospital. He was born June 19, 1901, in Grainfield, Kan., and had been a rancher in the Hemet area for 74 years.
Survivors include his wife, Marie; daughters, Elizabeth Parker of Hemet and Virginia Rose of Idyllwild and Alice Vanni of Anza; a son, Robert of El Paso, Texas; brothers, Wilbur of Bloomington and James of Atascadero; 10 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
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1930 Census - Occupation: Driver, Industry: Tractor (Hemet, Riverside Co., California)
1940 Census - Occupation: Bee-Man, Industry: Owner (Hemet, Riverside Co., California)
MCBURNEY, EARL
"Twister Mac"
Earl McBurney, the third eldest child of Justin O. and Bertha Belle McBurney, met Rose Cary of Anza, while attending Hemet High School and they were married in the fall of 1920.
Earl and his brother John build homes on adjoining lot along Park Avenue on the east side of Park Hill. The brothers brought their brides to the new homes.
Earl and Rose raised four children, Betty, Bob, Virginia and Alice, in the valley. All attended kindergarten with Henrietta Birdick as their first teacher. All went to Hemet Elementary School and Hemet Junior High. Betty, Bob and Virginia graduated from Hemet High School. Alice moved to La Mesa, California to complete here education.
Earl worked as a ranch hand for different farmers in the valley herding cattle, pruning apricot and peach trees, harvesting walnuts, picking oranges, apricots, peaches and watermelons in season. At one time he raised pigeons for show as well as for meat. He dressed and packed in ice the young squabs and sold them to such places as Soboba Hot Springs and Eden Hot Springs Hotels. Squabs were a delicacy on their menu in the early 30's. Later he build an apiary of bees, moving them from location for the harvest of honey from the orange blossoms to the alfalfa blossoms to the sage blooms. It was in the wet winter of 1937 that he had his bees located along the San Jacinto river and the rains came, the river overflowed, and he was called in the middle of the night to move his bees as the river was rising. He arose, taking his trailer and son Bob to load the hives and move them to safer grounds south of the valley. They had the first hives loaded when the water broke the banks. They made a scurry to drive out with the flow of water at their tails end. Many hives disappeared in the muddy waters and were found days later several miles downstream in the San Jacinto riverbed near Perris.
After Earl's divorce he was married a second time in 1942 to Marie Brown and she was his helpmate for 46 years.
Earl will be remembered in the valley as a state bee inspector, as well as fruit inspector, and then a poultryman. Upon his retirement, his children presented him with an easel and a beginners oil paint set. He soon began taking lessons from noted artists in the area and before long became known among the local artists as "Twister Mac" because of the way he signed his paintings.
At the time of his passing in 1988 he had four children, twelve grandchildren, twenty-nine great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
By Elizabeth (Betty McBurney) Parker
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The Hemet News, August 24, 1988:
Richard McBurney
Graveside services for Richard "Earl" McBurney, 87, will be Thursday at 11 a.m. in San Jacinto Valley Cemetery with the Rev. George Kreiger officiating. Visitation will be until 3 p.m. today at the Harford Funeral Home.
Mr. McBurney died Monday at Hemet Valley Hospital. He was born June 19, 1901, in Grainfield, Kan., and had been a rancher in the Hemet area for 74 years.
Survivors include his wife, Marie; daughters, Elizabeth Parker of Hemet and Virginia Rose of Idyllwild and Alice Vanni of Anza; a son, Robert of El Paso, Texas; brothers, Wilbur of Bloomington and James of Atascadero; 10 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
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1930 Census - Occupation: Driver, Industry: Tractor (Hemet, Riverside Co., California)
1940 Census - Occupation: Bee-Man, Industry: Owner (Hemet, Riverside Co., California)
From "San Jacinto Valley, Past and Present," Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical Society, 1989:
MCBURNEY, EARL
"Twister Mac"
Earl McBurney, the third eldest child of Justin O. and Bertha Belle McBurney, met Rose Cary of Anza, while attending Hemet High School and they were married in the fall of 1920.
Earl and his brother John build homes on adjoining lot along Park Avenue on the east side of Park Hill. The brothers brought their brides to the new homes.
Earl and Rose raised four children, Betty, Bob, Virginia and Alice, in the valley. All attended kindergarten with Henrietta Birdick as their first teacher. All went to Hemet Elementary School and Hemet Junior High. Betty, Bob and Virginia graduated from Hemet High School. Alice moved to La Mesa, California to complete here education.
Earl worked as a ranch hand for different farmers in the valley herding cattle, pruning apricot and peach trees, harvesting walnuts, picking oranges, apricots, peaches and watermelons in season. At one time he raised pigeons for show as well as for meat. He dressed and packed in ice the young squabs and sold them to such places as Soboba Hot Springs and Eden Hot Springs Hotels. Squabs were a delicacy on their menu in the early 30's. Later he build an apiary of bees, moving them from location for the harvest of honey from the orange blossoms to the alfalfa blossoms to the sage blooms. It was in the wet winter of 1937 that he had his bees located along the San Jacinto river and the rains came, the river overflowed, and he was called in the middle of the night to move his bees as the river was rising. He arose, taking his trailer and son Bob to load the hives and move them to safer grounds south of the valley. They had the first hives loaded when the water broke the banks. They made a scurry to drive out with the flow of water at their tails end. Many hives disappeared in the muddy waters and were found days later several miles downstream in the San Jacinto riverbed near Perris.
After Earl's divorce he was married a second time in 1942 to Marie Brown and she was his helpmate for 46 years.
Earl will be remembered in the valley as a state bee inspector, as well as fruit inspector, and then a poultryman. Upon his retirement, his children presented him with an easel and a beginners oil paint set. He soon began taking lessons from noted artists in the area and before long became known among the local artists as "Twister Mac" because of the way he signed his paintings.
At the time of his passing in 1988 he had four children, twelve grandchildren, twenty-nine great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
By Elizabeth (Betty McBurney) Parker
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The Hemet News, August 24, 1988:
Richard McBurney
Graveside services for Richard "Earl" McBurney, 87, will be Thursday at 11 a.m. in San Jacinto Valley Cemetery with the Rev. George Kreiger officiating. Visitation will be until 3 p.m. today at the Harford Funeral Home.
Mr. McBurney died Monday at Hemet Valley Hospital. He was born June 19, 1901, in Grainfield, Kan., and had been a rancher in the Hemet area for 74 years.
Survivors include his wife, Marie; daughters, Elizabeth Parker of Hemet and Virginia Rose of Idyllwild and Alice Vanni of Anza; a son, Robert of El Paso, Texas; brothers, Wilbur of Bloomington and James of Atascadero; 10 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
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1930 Census - Occupation: Driver, Industry: Tractor (Hemet, Riverside Co., California)
1940 Census - Occupation: Bee-Man, Industry: Owner (Hemet, Riverside Co., California)
MCBURNEY, EARL
"Twister Mac"
Earl McBurney, the third eldest child of Justin O. and Bertha Belle McBurney, met Rose Cary of Anza, while attending Hemet High School and they were married in the fall of 1920.
Earl and his brother John build homes on adjoining lot along Park Avenue on the east side of Park Hill. The brothers brought their brides to the new homes.
Earl and Rose raised four children, Betty, Bob, Virginia and Alice, in the valley. All attended kindergarten with Henrietta Birdick as their first teacher. All went to Hemet Elementary School and Hemet Junior High. Betty, Bob and Virginia graduated from Hemet High School. Alice moved to La Mesa, California to complete here education.
Earl worked as a ranch hand for different farmers in the valley herding cattle, pruning apricot and peach trees, harvesting walnuts, picking oranges, apricots, peaches and watermelons in season. At one time he raised pigeons for show as well as for meat. He dressed and packed in ice the young squabs and sold them to such places as Soboba Hot Springs and Eden Hot Springs Hotels. Squabs were a delicacy on their menu in the early 30's. Later he build an apiary of bees, moving them from location for the harvest of honey from the orange blossoms to the alfalfa blossoms to the sage blooms. It was in the wet winter of 1937 that he had his bees located along the San Jacinto river and the rains came, the river overflowed, and he was called in the middle of the night to move his bees as the river was rising. He arose, taking his trailer and son Bob to load the hives and move them to safer grounds south of the valley. They had the first hives loaded when the water broke the banks. They made a scurry to drive out with the flow of water at their tails end. Many hives disappeared in the muddy waters and were found days later several miles downstream in the San Jacinto riverbed near Perris.
After Earl's divorce he was married a second time in 1942 to Marie Brown and she was his helpmate for 46 years.
Earl will be remembered in the valley as a state bee inspector, as well as fruit inspector, and then a poultryman. Upon his retirement, his children presented him with an easel and a beginners oil paint set. He soon began taking lessons from noted artists in the area and before long became known among the local artists as "Twister Mac" because of the way he signed his paintings.
At the time of his passing in 1988 he had four children, twelve grandchildren, twenty-nine great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
By Elizabeth (Betty McBurney) Parker
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The Hemet News, August 24, 1988:
Richard McBurney
Graveside services for Richard "Earl" McBurney, 87, will be Thursday at 11 a.m. in San Jacinto Valley Cemetery with the Rev. George Kreiger officiating. Visitation will be until 3 p.m. today at the Harford Funeral Home.
Mr. McBurney died Monday at Hemet Valley Hospital. He was born June 19, 1901, in Grainfield, Kan., and had been a rancher in the Hemet area for 74 years.
Survivors include his wife, Marie; daughters, Elizabeth Parker of Hemet and Virginia Rose of Idyllwild and Alice Vanni of Anza; a son, Robert of El Paso, Texas; brothers, Wilbur of Bloomington and James of Atascadero; 10 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
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1930 Census - Occupation: Driver, Industry: Tractor (Hemet, Riverside Co., California)
1940 Census - Occupation: Bee-Man, Industry: Owner (Hemet, Riverside Co., California)
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