Capturing Beauty
by
John Presco
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
On this day, July 19, 2024….I John Presco lay claim to all land described in this document signed by the Mayor of Belmont on March 8, 1975. This document has the Seal of Belmont City attached. It shows a succession of women down to Doris Vannier, who is dead. I claim this succession for myself, and my daughter. The Mayor decreed
CARL JANKE DAY
It describes the boundaries of the Janke property that he purchased from Governor McDougall. I am composing a letter to Governor Newsom wherein I bid him to investigate all archives and history for one of the First Governors of California. I bid him, and Stanford, where Jenny Newson attended, investigate all these matters, and conduct an archeological dig under the “fabulous Bay tree”. I suspect the Janke grave markers were moved in the middle of the night – but not their remains! Therefore, they were not re-interred in the Union Cemetery – where another dig should take place.
I suspect Carl Janke and a previous Mayor of Belmont dedicated the Janke graves, and chartered another Janke Day. Stanford should conduct a genealogical and DNA record – just in case!
My grandmother Melba looks like the women in the pics. They have thin hair. Now add my grandfather, Royal Rosamond, who was the father-in-law of Victor Presco, then, we own the history of Belmont – and beyond! Royal was the publisher of Gem magazine and author of several books. The Hub – fits in!
Royal Reuben Rosamond
Posted on November 25, 2011 by Royal Rosamond Press
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Ernest L “Ernie” Vannier
BIRTH 18 Aug 1920 Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, USA DEATH12 Jul 2008 (aged 87) California, USA BURIALBurial Details Unknown MEMORIAL ID132867279 · View Source
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Ernest L. Vannier
Ernie was born to Lewis and Adelia Johnson Vannier in Palo Alto on August 18, 1920 and left this world peacefully on July 12, 2008.
He was raised in Belmont and spent the remainder of his life in San Carlos. Ernie leaves behind his loving wife and best friend of 62 years, Lois Virginia (nee Walter). He will be dearly missed by numerous nieces, nephews and friends who loved him so much. A Veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, he was also a talented musician. He played the saxophone and clarinet and was a member of the Musicians Union of SF Local #6. An avid outdoorsman, Ernie was happiest when he was hunting, fishing and camping, especially at Klamath Falls and Gold Beach, Oregon. Ernie and Lois were always on the go, taking countless trips in their travel trailer with family and friends.
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Elizabeth D Janke Johnson
BIRTH 14 Nov 1844 Hamburg, Germany DEATH20 Jan 1929 (aged 84) San Francisco County, California, USA BURIALCypress Lawn Memorial Park Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA PLOTSection: D Lot: LOT 212 MEMORIAL ID107490423 · View Source
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Elizabeth D Janke Johnson
Elizabeth D Janke from Germany was married to Amasa Parker Johnson from New York in 1863.
Elizabeth is buried here with her Granddaughter.
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On the 1910 US Census it shows Elizabeth living with her son-in-law, daughter, and two Granddaughters. Her daughter’s married name is Adelia Vannier (married to Lewis Vannier). The census also has the country Elizabeth was born in as Germany. In 1920 it has Adelia, husband Lewis, and their two daughters living in Belmont, San Mateo County.
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Brief Life History of Eva Adelia
When Eva Adelia Johnson was born on 27 February 1880, in California, United States, her father, Amassa Parker Johnson, was 43 and her mother, Elizabeth Dorothy Janke, was 35. She married Lewis Charles Vannier on 19 October 1901, in Marin, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Judicial Township 2, San Mateo, California, United States in 1940 and Belmont, San Mateo, California, United States in 1969. She died on 21 December 1974, in San Mateo, California, United States, at the age of 94.
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Brief Life History of Elizabeth Dorothy
When Elizabeth Dorothy Janke was born on 14 November 1844, in Hamburg, Germany, her father, Carl August Janke, was 24 and her mother, Dorothea, was 24. She had at least 1 son and 6 daughters with Amassa Parker Johnson. She lived in Belmont, San Mateo, California, United States in 1880. She died on 20 January 1929, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.
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Brief Life History of Lewis Charles
Lewis Charles Vannier was born on 7 November 1878, in California, United States as the son of Vannier and Priest. He married Eva Adelia Johnson on 19 October 1901, in Marin, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in San Francisco, California, United States in 1910 and Belmont, San Mateo, California, United States for about 10 years. He died on 1 November 1946, in San Mateo, California, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in San Bruno, San Mateo, California, United States.
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Brief Life History of Lewis Charles
Lewis Charles Vannier was born on 7 November 1878, in California, United States as the son of Vannier and Priest. He married Eva Adelia Johnson on 19 October 1901, in Marin, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in San Francisco, California, United States in 1910 and Belmont, San Mateo, California, United States for about 10 years. He died on 1 November 1946, in San Mateo, California, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in San Bruno, San Mateo, California, United States.
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Brief Life History of Ernest L.
When Ernest L. Vannier was born on 18 August 1920, in Santa Clara, California, United States, his father, Lewis Charles Vannier, was 41 and his mother, Eva Adelia Johnson, was 40. He lived in Belmont, San Mateo, California, United States in 1930 and Judicial Township 2, San Mateo, California, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 12 July 2008, in San Mateo, California, United States, at the age of 87.
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ERNEST VANNIER OBITUARY
1920 – 2008 Resident of San Carlos, CA Ernie was born in Palo Alto on August 18, 1920 and left this world peacefully on July 12, 2008. He was raised in Belmont and spent the remainder of his life in San Carlos. Ernie leaves behind his loving wife and best friend of 62 years, Lois. He will be dearly missed by numerous nieces, nephews and friends who loved him so much. A veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, he was also a talented musician. He played the saxophone and clarinet and was a member of the Musicians Union of SF Local #6. An avid outdoorsman, Ernie was happiest when he was hunting, fishing and camping, especially at Klamath Falls and Gold Beach, Oregon. Ernie and Lois were always on the go, taking countless trips in their travel trailer with family and friends. A celebration of Ernie’s life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the National Parkinson Foundation, Inc., Office of Development, 1501 NW 9th Avenue/Bob Hope Road, Miami, FL 33136-1494. Arrangements by: Redwood Chapel, Redwood City, CA.
PRINTING OF HERITAGE Eve Sterry ~ a letter material attached,to the City Council, Barbara Johnson, request their support with supportive signed by Secretary in the r Heritage. ———– PUBLISHING BOTH BOOKS be a research enough assistance in SUMMER MEETINGS A motion was made by Russel Estep and seconded by Doris Vannier not to have a General Meeting for July or August, but a Directors meeting may be called if urgent. LOGO Doris Vannier reported “Hub of the Peninsula” no longer used for Belmont, per spokesman. Doris said we are restoring other things in Belmont why not “The Hub”? Recommend Doris talk to City Clerk about Restoration of “The Hub” . fo~ storage aud museum Torn to follow up on our securing a place/ana ~veto fo~Iow up on publication of Heritage
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Elizabeth D Janke Johnson
Elizabeth D Janke Johnson
Brief Life History of Elizabeth Dorothy
When Elizabeth Dorothy Janke was born on 14 November 1844, in Hamburg, Germany, her father, Carl August Janke, was 24 and her mother, Dorothea, was 24. She had at least 1 son and 6 daughters with Amassa Parker Johnson. She lived in Belmont, San Mateo, California, United States in 1880 and San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States in 1900. She died on 20 January 1929, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.
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“Originally Carl and Dorthea were buried under a huge Bay tree, and their bodies later moved to the Union cemetery “during the dark of the night” as my mother used to tell us.”
Doris is my kin. Why didn’t Cathryn McCarthy, and other members of the Belmont Historical Society, tell me Doris wrote a history book, titled “Belmont” – As We Remember It. It is obvious MY FAMILY feels the oppression of OUR HISTORY and wants to make sure OUR VERSION is recorded. This is – AN OUTRAGE! My attorney is going to make this FACT very clear; Doris prayed one of her kin would take an interest in the history she compiled – and add to it! I posted on the Union Cemetery and that post was removed in a vile act of desecration and censorship. I only found Doris’s letters – yesterday! This is a COVERUP. Members of the BHS dug a fresh grave – and threw me and my history in it. They tried to bury me – alive! The trauma I feel – is extreme! I have been in therapy for the same thing being done to I and my famous sister’s history.
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Royal Reuben Rosamond
Posted on November 25, 2011 by Royal Rosamond Press
Royal was my mother’s father. He wrote several novels. He is a self-publisher. He owned Gem Publishing which I hereby revive under my banner Rosamond Press.
John Presco
President: Royal Rosamond Press Co.
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Title
Ozark moonshiners
Humor of the states series, Royal Rosamond
Author
Royal Rosamond
Publisher
Gem, 1946
Length
54 pages
Subjects
American wit and humor
Title
Bound in this clay: a story of the Ozarks
Author
Royal Rosamond
Publisher
Gem Publishing Co., 1945
Length
161 pages
Title
Ravola of Thunder Mountain
Author
Royal Rosamond
Publisher
Gem Pub. Co., 1947
Length
93 pages
Title
Bad medicine
Author
Royal Rosamond
Publisher
Gem Pub. Co., 1948
Length
173 pages
Title
The ripsnorter
Humor of the states series: Kansas, Royal Rosamond
Author
Royal Rosamond
Publisher
The author, 1945
Length
12 pages
Subjects
Kansas
2. Frank Wesley “Royal” Rosamond1,2, born 18 Dec 1881 in Missouri3; died Abt. 26 Nov 1953 in Prob Oklahoma. He was the son of 4. William Thomas Rosamond and 5. Ida Rose. He married 3. Mary Magdalene Weineke Abt. 1911 in California4.
3. Mary Magdalene Weineke, born Abt. 1882 in Iowa.
Notes for Frank Wesley “Royal” Rosamond:
From: Jon Presco <braskewitz yahoo.com>
Subject: Rosamond
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Date: 2004-05-31 12:28:27 GMT
My grandfather, Royal Rosamond, authored several books, numerous short stories, and countless poems that were published in ‘Out West’ ‘Liberty Magazine’, and several Romance magazines. He was good friends of Dashiel Hammet according to my mother Rosemary, and my Aunt Lillian recalls falling asleep to the sound of her father, and the author Earl Stanley Gradner, typing away in their home in Ventura California, they honing up on their literary skills. Dashiel and Earl were members of the ‘Black Mask’ a society of mystery writers.
Royal was born in a log cabin on the Missouri River, the only known child of William Rosamond and Ida Louisiana Rose. He met my grandmother, Mary Magdalene Wienke while working in Brakey’s Cash Bizaar in Ojai, and would later own the first general store in Ventura. A short biography of Royal is found in my link to my newspaper ‘Royal Rosamond Press’.
Royal was a good friend of Otto Rayburn, the Ozark historian, they meeting when Royal returned to the Ozarks to become a Regional writer. Royal published in Rayburn’s ‘Arcadian Magazine’ “A Journal
of the Well-flavored Earth” printed in Eminence Missouri. Royal would later found ‘Gem Publishing’ in Oklahoma City, and publish his books ‘Bound in Clay’ and ‘Ravola of Thunder Mountain’.
I have corespondence between Royal and Otto. I wonder if he met the Regional artist, Thomas Hart Benton, who was also good friends of Otto Rayburn, there photographs of both men in Volume 1. of
Rayburn’s ‘Enchanted Ozarks’ an archives of Ozark Folk Life found at the University of Arkansas.
Interment Record for ROYAL ROSAMOND
Name: ROSAMOND, ROYAL
Born: 12/18/1881
Died or Buried: 11/26/1953
Buried: Sunny Lane Sec. 13
Section: lot S13-RN-7
City: Del City
County/State: Oklahoma, OK
Notes: Son of Ida & William
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More About Frank Wesley “Royal” Rosamond:
Burial: 26 Nov 1953, Sunny Lane Sec. 13, lot S13-RN-7, Del City, Oklahoma
More About Frank Rosamond and Mary Weineke:
Marriage: Abt. 1911, California4
Children of Frank Rosamond and Mary Weineke are:
i. June E Rosamond, born Abt. 1914 in California.
ii. Bertha M Rosamond, born Abt. 1916 in California.
1 iii. Rosemary Rosamond, born 26 Sep 1922 in California.
iv. Lillian J Rosamond, born Abt. 1924 in California.
Generation No. 3
4. William Thomas Rosamond5,6,7,8,9, born 1860 in Mississippi10. He was the son of 8. Samuel Rosamond and 9. Frances C. Morrison. He married 5. Ida Rose 16 Feb 1881 in Bates County, Missouri11.
5. Ida Rose, born in Louisiana; died Abt. 1890.
More About William Thomas Rosamond:
Name 2: William Thomas Rosamond12,13
Date born 2: Abt. 1860, Mississippi
Residence: 1900, Duke, Greer, Oklahoma14
More About William Rosamond and Ida Rose:
Marriage: 16 Feb 1881, Bates County, Missouri15
Child of William Rosamond and Ida Rose is:
2 i. Frank Wesley “Royal” Rosamond, born 18 Dec 1881 in Missouri; died Abt. 26 Nov 1953 in Prob Oklahoma; married Mary Magdalene Weineke Abt. 1911 in California.
Generation No. 4
8. Samuel Rosamond16, born 1815 in Abbeville District, SC. He was the son of 16. Benjamin Rosamond and 17. Susannah Hill. He married 9. Frances C. Morrison.
9. Frances C. Morrison17, born Abt. 1822 in South Carolina.
More About Samuel Rosamond:
Occupation: Farmer
Children of Samuel Rosamond and Frances Morrison are:
i. Benjamin F. Rosamond, born Abt. 1844 in Mississippi.
ii. John J. Rosamond, born Abt. 1846 in Mississippi.
iii. Frances J. Rosamond, born Abt. 1852 in Mississippi.
iv. Nonimus Nathaniel Rosamond, born Jul 1854 in Lowndes County, Mississippi; died 01 Jan 1908 in Lurton, Newton County, Arkansas; married Rosalie A. Bennett Abt. 1875 in Chicago, Illinois.
More About Nonimus Rosamond and Rosalie Bennett:
Marriage: Abt. 1875, Chicago, Illinois
4 v. William Thomas Rosamond, born 1860 in Mississippi; married (1) Ida Rose 16 Feb 1881 in Bates County, Missouri; married (2) Mildred A. ? Abt. 1898.
vi. Laura Rosamond, born Abt. 1862.
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