Seeking information on Clifford Wilson, b Feb/Mar 1903 in Alameda County, CA

Question

I am seeking any information as to the life and family of a man named Clifford Wilson. He was 1 year and 9 months old in January 1905 when he was placed in the Oakland Children’s Home operated by the Oakland Ladies Relief Society. His parents were Meta D Niemeyer (1873-?) and Frederick John Wilson (1860-1903). The death of his father resulted in the removal of all children from the home. He had a full sister named Ione. He had two half sisters named Mildred and Frances, and one half brother named Fred from Frederick’s previous marriage. In 1910, Clifford is found on the US Census in the home in Oakland, CA. Records show he is still there in 1918. Then ... he disappears. His mother remarried, but disappears around 1913. Hoping to find descendants or at least what happened to Clifford. 

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There is a record for Fred Clifford Wilson born April 5 1903 in San Francisco, registering for the WW2 draft, giving his residence on February 16 1942 as Alameda.

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Meta Wilson married Jacob Drum August 1906.

From find a grave bio

Meta D (Niemeyer) Wilson Drum was born in July of 1873 to German parents. On January 10,1900 she married Frederick John Wilson in San Rafael, CA. He was a widower with three children (Mildred, Frances & Freddy). They lived in Eden Township in Alameda County, CA in a home Meta owned prior to her marriage. On July 25, 1901, in order to validate the legality of their marriage, they were remarried. Their daughter Ione Marie Wilson was born on the third of September that year, and their son Clifford was born around March of 1903. Frederick died from tuberculosis on September 9, 1903, leaving Meta responsible for the care of all five children, the oldest one being 8. It is unknown why, but Meta was not the guardian or caregiver for any of the children, not even her own. The three girls ended up in the Mary R Smith Home for Friendless Girls and the son (Freddy) was fostered out of the family. Clifford was in the Oakland Children's Home from 1905 until at least 1918. In 1906, Meta married Jacob Drum, a soldier. There were no known children of this marriage. They were still married in 1910, but by 1915, Jacob has remarried and had a son. It is unknown if her last marriage ended in divorce or if she passed away. In 1913, there was a series of advertisements in the Oakland Tribune (Oakland, CA) requesting Mrs. Meta Drum or anyone knowing her whereabouts contact Mrs. M at a numbered box in care of the newspaper. Meta D (Niemeyer) Wilson Drum disappeared at some point between 1910 and 1913.

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There is a marriage record for Frederick C. Wilson Apr 1947 to Marcella Tobeck . They resided in Stockton & Lodi where he worked as city treasurer in both cities. The last listing is 1969 Lodi

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Thank you! I actually created her Find A Grave. 

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Eddie, thank you! I will check that out. My only hesitation would be that there was already a son named Frederick Henry (b 1896), but with German naming customs, I suppose it’s entirely possible that he could have named both of his sons Frederick. 

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Marion, thank you! This is the census I referred to where he is in the Children’s Home, I think. I wish I knew where he went from there ....

Answer 1

Census for Clifford (part1)

Mary Curtis Head Female 55 England

Eliza Botting Boarder Female 60 England

Carlie G Patterson Boarder Female 43 Massachusetts

Marie L Hibbs Boarder Female 42 Virginia

Inez L Elsworth Boarder Female 44 Ohio

Nellie Cullity Boarder Female 34 Illinois

Mary Stockdale Boarder Female 31 Canada

Claire Harvey Boarder Female 37 Missouri

Lulu Giles Boarder Female 27 Wisconsin

Mary Wakeland Boarder Female 31 Iowa

Bertha Rastila Boarder Female 26 Finland

Maud Ruddell Boarder Female 31 Indiana

James S Neptune Boarder Male 37 Iowa

Frances H Taylor Inmate Female 95 New York

Josephine Graham Inmate Female 89 Switzerland

Mary A Ellis Inmate Female 85 Vermont

Mary A Silva Inmate Female 87 New Hampshire

Hannah Estey Inmate Female 83 New York

Fannie Phelps Inmate Female 82 Maine

Myra Crawford Inmate Female 84 Canada

Emily F Jones Inmate Female 80 Massachusetts

Sallie P Poole Inmate Female 78 Virginia

Harriet L Libby Inmate Female 73 Massachusetts

Agnes Warrington Inmate Female 73 Scotland

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Part 2

Kate Mcpherson Inmate Female 73 Canada

Susan A Granger Inmate Female 82 New York

Caroline Reeves Inmate Female 77 New York

Lucinda Reeves Inmate Female 81 New York

Susan Sumner Inmate Female 73 Michigan

Alice Hunter Inmate Female 76 England

Mary A Pulver Inmate Female 70 Connecticut

Eleanor Stockey Inmate Female 77 England

Sophia A Gallie Inmate Female 66 Canada

Delight Rhodes Inmate Female 77 New York

Anna Mayon Inmate Female 73 England

Elizabeth Gwynnett Inmate Female 78 Massachusetts

Elizabeth Woods Inmate Female 77 Scotland

Jane Lorland Inmate Female 71 England

Kate Stirling Inmate Female 70 Louisiana

Jane Symington Inmate Female 68 Ireland

Ann Woodley Inmate Female 77 England

Bertram Goddard Inmate Male 15 California

George Goddard Inmate Male 13 California

Harold Goddard Inmate Male 12 California

Charles Andreani Inmate Male 13 Italy

Louis Hanson Inmate Male 15 California

Ellwood Overly Inmate Male 12 California

Ewald Northman Inmate Male 12 California

Warren Loucks Inmate Male 11 Canada

Louis Reali Inmate Male 12 California

Charles Reali Inmate Male 10 California

Harold Reali Inmate Male 6 California

Frank Hopper Inmate Male 12 California

Allen Boyd Inmate Male 9 California

Donald Boyd Inmate Male 12 California

Alfred Olsen Inmate Male 10 Norway

Harvey Long Inmate Male 10 California

Robert Wallace Inmate Male 10 California

Robert Binson Inmate Male 8 South Carolina

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Part 3 (final)

Euguene Binson Inmate Male 6 South Carolina

Kathleen Favella Inmate Female 12 United States

Cecil Favella Inmate Male 8 United States

Marguerite Favella Inmate Female 6 United States

Adele Merrill Inmate Female 11 California

Chester Merrill Inmate Male 8 California

Adolph Ferguson Inmate Male 9 California

Lillian Ferguson Inmate Female 7 California

Elton Mueller Inmate Male 7 California

Willus Buisee Inmate Male 8 New York

George Baddish Inmate Male 8 California

Selina Northman Inmate Female 9 Germany

Leo Dolchibella Inmate Male 7 California

Florence Jones Inmate Female 10 California

Lillian Jones Inmate Female 9 California

William Jones Inmate Male 6 California

Clifford Wilson Inmate Male 7 California

Andrew Sears Inmate Male 6 California

Kathleen Sears Inmate Female 5 California

Mary Murra Inmate Female 13 Italy

Elsie Murra Inmate Female 10 Italy

Marguerite Murra Inmate Female 7 Italy

Joseph Murra Inmate Male 5 California

Hannah Okada Inmate Female 12 California

Lucile Zimmerman Inmate Female 13 California

Adele Story Inmate Female 13 California

Frances Story Inmate Female 11 California

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV2S-VJ2 : accessed 26 August 2019), Clifford Wilson in household of Mary Curtis, Oakland Ward 1, Alameda, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 83, sheet 2B, family 28, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 69; FHL microfilm 1,374,082.

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This might be a possibility- from findmypast 

Anna S Bergman Head Widowed Female 73 1857 Sweden

Florence Bergman Daughter Single Female 40 1890 Michigan

Clifford Wilson Roomer Married Male 27 1903 California

Anna Wilson Roomer Married Female 25 1905 Montana

Hannah Johnson Aunt Single Female 86 1844 Sweden

Hazel F Bergman Granddaughter Single Female 14 1916 Missouri

Esther E Bergman Granddaughter Single Female 12 1918 Missouri

Clifford

Last name Wilson

Relationship Roomer

Sex Male

Race White

Age 27

Birth year 1903

Birth place California

Marital status Married

Father's birth place California

Mother's birth place California

City/township Kansas

County Jackson

State Missouri

NARA series T626

NARA roll 1196

Record set Us Census 1930

Category Census, land & surveys

Subcategory Census

Collections from Americas, United States