1868 - 1940

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• Birth	29 Jun 1868	San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Jan 1940	Oakland, Alameda Co., California
  	Cause: myocardial infarction 5 Jan & 16 Jan. Contributory arterio schlerosis and arterial hyperte
  Buried	20 Jan 1940	Mountain View Crematory, Oakland, Alameda Co., California
  Person ID	I79835	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2004 00:00:00
  Family	Adelina BUNNELL, b. 7 Dec 1868, Fruitvale, Alameda Co., California
  Married	9 Jun 1894	Martinez, Contra Costa Co., California
  Children	> 1. Alice Bunnell "Honey" ELLIOT, b. 19 Oct 1895, Oakland, Alameda Co., California > 2. Albert Howell "Bill" ELLIOT, Jr., b. 4 Jun 1902, Oakland, Alameda Co., California
  Family ID	F34840	Group Sheet

• Notes

  ! (1) Mariage license, Contra Costa Co., CA, dtd 9 Jun 1894. (2) Marriage certificate, Contra Costa Co., CA, recorded 12 Jun 1894. (3) Death certificate #196, 430-E 3177, Alameda Co., CA. Informant was Dr. Albert H. Elliot (son). (4) Mountain View Cemetery Assn., Ledger 11/1483 B. (5) Personal knowledge of Adelina Hodgkin Davidson, Steptoe Ranch, McGill, NV, granddaughter. (6) San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle, 110 5th St., San Francisco, CA 94103. (a) 19 Oct 1916. (b) 1 Mar 1922. (c) 20 Jul 1922. (d) 15 Dec 1921. (e) 15 Feb 1921. (f) 23 Sep? 1932. (7) "Greater Oakland, 1911", p.392, LDS library #979.465/01 H2B. (8) Obituary, Oakland Tribune (The Tribune Pub. Co., 401 13th St., Oakland, CA 94612) 20 Jan 1940. (9) Great Registers, San Francisco Co., CA, 1866-1890, at California State Library, Sacramento, CA. LDS film #1,001,551. (10) Birth record of son Albert H. Elliot Jr., Alameda Co., CA, No.487. (11) 1923 Oakland, CA City Directory, p.70. LDS Lib. #979.465/E4p. (12) Probate record of George W. Bunnell, CA Superior Court, Alademda Co., No. 38370, for which Albert H. Elliot was attorney for his wife and brother-in-law. (13) "Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory" (F.M. Husted, San Francisco). FHL #1,000,836. (a) 1892-3 (1 Dec 1892) p.787. (b) 1894 (1 Jan 1894) p.496. (c) & Gazette of Greater Alameda Co., 1899 (Enquirer Pub. Co.) p.176. (d) 1901 (Oakland, CA) p.151. (e) 1895, p.475. (f) 1896, p.171. (g) (Enquirer Pub. Co., San Francisco, 1897) p.191. (h) (Enquirer Pub. Co., San Francisco, 1898) p.182. (14) 1870 census, 4th ward, Sacramento, Sacramento Co., CA, p.384. Household of C.W. Elliot. FHL #545,576. (15) George Barclay Hodgkin, Cambria, CA (1999). (16) 1880 census, Sacremento, CA.FHLS film #1,254,071. ED 84, sheet 5, line 41. ! Birth: (1,2) Age 25 on 9 Jun 1894 (b. 1869). (1,2,9,14,16) CA. (3) 29 Jun 1868, s/o Charles Wesley ELLIOT/Emmagine CONVIS. (8) Age 72 at death in 1940 (b. 1868). (3,8) San Francisco, CA. (9) Age 22 on 11 Oct 1890 (b. 1868). (14) Age 2 in 1870 (b. 1868). (16) Age 12 in 1880 [b. 1868]. s/o Chas. W. ELLIOT. Marriage to Adelina BUNNELL: (1,2) 9 Jun 1894. (2) Martinez, Contra Costa Co., CA, by Eugene W. STODDARD, Pastor Cong. Church. (5) (7) 6 Jun 1893, Martinez, CA. Death: (3) 18 Jan 1940, age 71 yrs, 6 mo, 19 dys, from myocardial infarction on 16 Jan 1940 and 5 Jan 1940. Contributing causes arterio schlerosis and arterial hypertension occurring for years. At Peralta Hospital, Oakland, Alameda Co., CA. Burial: (3,4) Cremation at Mt. View Crematory, 20 Jan 1940. Funeral Director, Albert Brown Und. Co., ?476 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA. (8) Funeral 20 Jan 1940, Albert Brown Mortuary. (8) Spent childhood in San Francisco, CA. (16) 1880: Albert ELLIOT, age 12, b. CA, living in household of father Chas. W. ELLIOT, 3rd Ward, Sacramento, Sacramento Co., CA. (8) Worked his way through the University of California by teaching at the old Boon School in Berkeley, CA. (9) 1890, 11 Oct: Registered as a voter in San Francisco Co., CA. Residing at 1720 Clay, San Francisco, 41st Aeembly Dist., 7th precinct. (8) 1890: (7) 1891: (7,8) Graduated from the University of California. (7) Graduated with rank of Lt. Col.. (8) After graduation, lived in Oakland, Alameda Co., CA. (7) After graduation, studied law privately. (13a) 1892: Albert H. ELLIOT, teacher, Boone's University School. Residence, north side Durant Ave. near Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA. (7) 1892: (8) 1890: (7,8) Admitted to the bar. (7) In his first case in court, he was the plaintiff, tried his own case, and won it. (1,2) 1894, 9 Jun: Residing in Alameda, CA. (13b) 1894: Attorney, San Francisco. Residence 1821 Clinton Ave., Alameda, CA. Also living at that address: C.M. ELLIOT, C.W. ELLIOT, M.F. ELLIOT, W.E. ELLIOT. (13e) 1895: Oakland City Directory lists him as "moved to S.F." (13f) 1896: Attorney, San Francisco. Residence 573 Albion, Oakland, CA. (13g) 1897: Attorney, San Francisco. Residence 573 Albion, Oakland, CA. (7) 1898: Fought in the Spanish-American War. Was Mate on the USS Iroquois, third officer in command. (13h) 1898: Attorney, San Francisco. Residence 1305 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA. (13c) 1899: Attorney. Residence 1305 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA. Mrs. Adelina ELLIOTT at same address. (13d) 1901: Attorney, San Francisco. Residence 1305 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA. (10) 1902, 4 Jun: Living at 1305 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, Alameda Co., CA. Son Albert H. Jr. was born at 540 29th St., Oakland. (7) 1903: Elected to the Oakland City Council on the Republican ticket. Served until the new city charter went into effect in 1911, practically eliminating the City Council. He acted as President for the Council one year, served as chairman of the Ordinance and Judiciary Committee for 7 years. Advocated municipal ownership of the city water supply. Helped form the city's new charter. (5) 1906, 18 Apr: The family had a cabin in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Mt. Herman. They were at the cabin when the earthquake struck San Francisco. (NOTE: Per Barbara SARGENT, the cabin was on Zianti Creek, which is now on Presbyterian Church Conference Grounds near Felton, CA. Niece Marion BUNNELL, Barbara's mother, would sometimes accompany them to the cabin to keep daughter Alice company.) (7) 1911: His law offices were at 34 Ellis St., San Francisco, CA, apparently very lucrative and busy. (6a) 1916, 18 Oct: Resigned his state position as Assistance Inheritance Tax Attorney for the San Francisco District, which included the bay counties. He would not discuss his resignation with the newspaper, but "there have been rumors that all has not been serene in the relations existing between himself and John S. CHAMBERS, State Controller, who appointed him... The resignation caused considerable comment in Progressive circles." He is described as a prominent Progressive Republican and a staunch JOHNSON supporter. Living at 2001 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA. (6e) 1921, 15 Feb: A warning issued to northern California cities by Stanley Benedict of the State Board of Control charged that Albert H. ELLIOT, "one of the hired speakers employed by certain public service corporations to fight the raise of tax rates on corporations, is attorney for the Japanese Association of America." The letter intimated that citizens should put little faith in utterances of "one who betrayed the people of California on the Japanese issue and can be expected to do the same on the tax question." (5) He did much legal work for Japanese and Chinese clients, and greatly admired them. (6d) 1921, 14 Dec: Addressed the Mutual Business Club at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, CA. Called the Cartwright law and Sherman anti-trust act unfair to the business man. "In the next 20 years, the business man will take charge of the government." (6b) 1922, 28 Feb: Addressed the San Francisco Business League at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, CA. Repeated the idea of businessmen taking an active part in government in the future. "It's better to die playing the game straight than to die worth a million but without good will of your fellow men. Your friends are wished on you, but you make your enemies." (6c) 1922, 19 Jul: Addressed the Mutual Business Club at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, CA. His subject was "Playing the Game Straight," in which he set forth a code of ethics for the business man in accord with the Golden Rule. (11) 1923: Living at 2901 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA. (12) 1926, 12 Jan: Office was at 502 Flatiron Bldg., San Francisco, CA. (15) His firm's name was Elliot and Calden. He commuted via electric train and ferry from Oakland to San Francisco for many years. (6f) 1932, 22 Sep?: While visiting son-in-law George HODGKIN in Altadena, CA, Albert H. and Adelina ELLIOT escaped injury when the home "was wrecked by a mysterious explosion and fire." (5) A leaking gas furnace exploded in the middle of the night and the resultant fire destroyed the house. Albert H. ELLIOT had been reading "Hamlet" from a set of volumes of Shakespeare's plays, and remarked as he set the book down and went to dinner that if ever there were a fire, he would save that set of books. That night, in the fire, the set was saved, with the exception of the "Hamlet" volume. (5,8) 1936: Tourned China and Japan as a representative of the Japanese Association of the U.S.. (8) One of the organizers and the secretary of the Electrical Jobbers' Credit Assoc.. (5) Granddaughter Adelina HODGKIN DAVIDSON had a crush on him when she was small. In the mornings, he would take the train to the Bay, where he would catch the ferry to San Francisco, where his office was. When she visited, the women and children would then drive into San Francisco and meet him for lunch before going to the zoo. She remembers him coming home from work and sitting in his big leather chair. He would burn incense because he didn't like the smell of dinner cooking, and would play "The Mikado" or "H.M.S. Pinafore." He loved opera. She called him "Papa'". (3,8) 1940, Jan: Living at 540 29th St., Oakland, Alameda Co., CA. (3) 1940, 2 Jan: His last day of work as an attorney. Please do not claim our work as your own. You are free to use it, but please document your sources.