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From: D&J Tunison-Campbell <>
Subject: Re: Stockton State Hospital & Sonoma State Home
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 11:31:19 -0700


Elaine Waiters wrote:
>
> As infants, my father-in-law, William WAITERS, and his 2 brothers were
> placed in an orphanage somewhere in northern CA. In 1909, their father
> remarried and brought the 3 boys home. One brother, Leland WAITERS, aged
> about 5, apparently had some kind of brain damage. He was placed in "some
> institution" and never seen again by his brothers. They never knew where
> he was or what happened to him after that.
>
> Leland WAITERS is listed as a 15-year-old inmate in the Somoma State Home
> in the 1920 census. His death certificate shows he died aged 75, 3 Aug
> 1980, at 315 South Avenue, Sacramento. It states he never married, had no
> occupation, and had as his "usual residence":
>
> Stockton State Hospital
> 510 E. Magnolia Street
> Stockton, CA
>
> A phone search did not turn up a "Stockton State Hospital."
>
> The informant was "Public Administrators, 4400 V Street, Sacramento.
>
> An autopsy was performed by Coroner George L. Nielsen.
>
> He was buried at the Sunset Lawn Memorial Park by the Sacramento Memorial
> Lawn Mortuary. I couldn't find addresses for these places either!
>
> Any suggestions how to get more information about him? No one in the
> family knows his diagnosis, how severe his disability was, or what kind of
> life he had. Would there be any records we could get as closest relatives?
> My father-in-law died before Leland did, talking about his younger brother
> frequently and wondering what had happened to him. The rest of the family
> still wonders.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Elaine Waiters
>
>
> or

Elaine: More likly was the Sonoma Stae Hospital, in the "Vally of the
Moon" area. Contact: State of California, Department of Mental Health,
1600 9th Street, Sacramento, California 95814. (916) 654-3565.

Regards,

Don Tunison-Campbell
Eureka, Humboldt County

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