spreeleon

Nice pics man! Sounds like you had a hell of a 50 bday up here in the Bay! Great to hear. Glad your ride gets to join in on all the fun.

r911

not to hijack, but where was the birth registered? Oakland? or in a tent in the ruins of the city?

Amber Gramps

In San Francisco. You could also find his brother's name on the national registry of deaths caused by the earthquake up until about 15 years ago when they decided that Typhoid wasn't directly linked to the earthquake.

My father had a tin plate photo of his father in my great grandmother's arms with the city burning in the background. The best we could estimate was that the photo was taken from where the Golden Gate now sits on the Marin county side.