Samuel Dalve: Missing

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Samuel Dalve was born about 1874, he was married to Lydia Anne Bonar who was born about 1860 in Iowa and died Jan 1926 in San Jose, CA.

On in April of 1919 at around 6pm Sam was last seen at San Pablo & University Aves in Berkley. He was an electrician for San Francisco & Oakland Terminal for Railway for the street cars. There were no troubles at home, but he was suffering from an ear infection. He was a man of high morals and good standing in the community. (Source for this is the Madera County Sheriff's Album, 1919, Felony by Madera County (Calif.) Sheriff) As well as a photo of him.

Here's the link https://archive.org/details/cma_000010/page/n73/mode/2up



I found a few newspaper articles, very strange his disappearance.


Oakland Enquirer
Oakland, California • 
Tue, Apr 15, 1919
Page 11

They found a body and thought it was him but it wasn't.


The Independent
Richmond, California • 
Wed, Apr 16, 1919
Page 1



San Francisco Bulletin
San Francisco, California • 
Mon, Apr 14, 1919
Page 11



Oakland Enquirer
Oakland, California • 
Fri, May 28, 1920
Page 9




The Independent
Richmond, California
Fri, May 21, 1920 · Page 7



In the 1920 Census his wife Lydia is living with her sister in San Jose, CA. I am not sure what happened to either of them after this as the records end with voting records for him in 1928 living in Santa Clara, CA. The last record I found on his wife was her obituary for 1926.



The Independent
Richmond, California
Wed, Jan 27, 1926 · Page 1


Such a strange story, wonder what really happened, where was he all those months? Maybe his story was passed down and someone will share it with us in the comments.




 

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