Individual Record 44

Name}   Whitthorne, Robert Campbell (Bob)		Family History} Hancock
Title}   Jr.	Race} White	Sex} Male
Birth:   Date} Exa 12 Dec 1918	Place} Vallejo, Solano, California
Marr.: Date} Exa 28 May 1941	Place} Reno, Washoe, Nevada     (Link)
Marr.: Date} Bef                1950	Place}                                             (Link)
Death: Date} Exa 28 Mar 1995	Place} Queen of the Valley Hospital, Napa, California
Burial: Date} Exa 31 Mar 1995	Place} Cremated
	Grave Marker}	Source 1}   848 = Birth record Source 2}   872 = 1920 US cen Source 3}   853 = 1930 US cen Source 4} 1587 = 1940 US cen Source 5} 1187 = Military rec Source 6} 1771 = Newspaper Source 7}   382 = Marriage Source 8}   845 = Military Source 9} 1770 = Divorce rec Sourc 10} 1586 = 1950 US cen Sourc 11} 1594 = Public rec Sourc 12} 1600 = City direct Sourc 13} 1697 = Death record Sourc 14} 1599 = S.S. record Sourc 15}   521 = Death record Sourc 16}   529 = Obituary Sourc 17}   913 = Obituary Sourc 18}   751 = Photograph Sourc 19}   Sourc 20}
Parents: } Robert Campbell Whitthorne & Thomas Edwina Triplett    Relationship No.} 625
1st Household No.}
Occupation 1} Diver, underwater        Occupation 2} Pattern maker        Occupation 3} Ship fitter
Religion/Church}
Spouses:   Prime} Williams, Ruby Lorraine                Second} Grable, Louise Blanche  Total Number of} 2
Notes:  Robert Cambell Whitthorne, Jr., was born 12 Dec 1918 in Vallejo, Solano County, California.  His parents were Robert Campbell Whitthorne and Thomas Edwina Triplett.  He had three older sisters, Marie, who lived with her paternal grandparents, Edwina Clair, and Dora Lee. In the 1920 U.S. census, Robert Whitthorne, Jr., 1, was living with his family at 921 York Street, Vallejo, Sonoma County.  His parents, Robert C., 32, and Edwina, 30, owned their home with a mortgage.  His father was a ship draughtsman, working at the US Navy Shipyard.
His sisters were Edwina C., 8, attending school, and Dora Lee, 6.  Also in the household was his maternal grandmother, Gertrude Triplett, 48. In the 1930 U.S. census, Robert Whitthorne, 11, was living with his family on Sonoma, Road, Carneros Precinct, Napa County.  His parents, Robert C., 42, and Edwina, 40, owned their farm home and had a radio set.  His father was still a drafstman working on Mare Island.  His sisters were Edwina, 18 and Dora Lee, 16.  All three children were attending school.  Also in the household were Gertrude Triplett, 66, his maternal grandmother and Chas Trudell, 74, a lodger, and a fruit ranch farmer. According to family members he attended school at the University of Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1934. In the 1940 U.S. census, Robert Whitthorne, Jr., 21, was living with his sister, Dora Lee Locatell, 26, and her husband, Frank Locatell, 27, and their two sons, Frank, 4, and Lavie, 3.  Their address was a rented home at 1735 Laurel Street, Napa, Napa County.  Robert was a ship fitter helper for the government, had completed 4 years of high school, and earned $1,560 in the last year.  Frank was a furnace salesman. Robert Campbell Whitthorne, 21, registered for the World War II draft on 16 Oct 1940 in Napa, California.  He was living at 405 Jefferson St., Napa, and listed his mother, Mrs. Edwina Thomas Whitthorne as the person who would always know his address.  She was living at 1327 Oxford St., Berkeley, California.  Robert was working for the U.S. Government at the Mare Island Navy Yard.  He was described as 5'9", 158 lbs., with a light complexion, brown hair and blue eyes. On February 1, 1941, Robert Whitthorne and Lorraine Williams announced their engagement at a large party given at the Carneros club house in Napa.  In a surprise elopement, they were married 28 May 1941 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada.  They returned to their newly purchased home in the Alta Heights area of Napa. Robert C. Whitthorne enlisted in the U.S. Army on 16 May 1944 at the Presidio of Monterey, California.  By this time he had two years of college, and was a skilled pattern and model maker (not paper).  His marriage to Lorraine did not last long, and they obtained a Reno divorce in May 1947.  They had one daughter, Gayle. During World War II, he served as a hard-helmut diver for the Navy.  He was discharged 1 May 1946, and returned to the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, where he worked for 30 years. Sometime before 1950, Robert married Louise Blanche Grable McClure.  In the 1950 U.S. census, Robert C. Whitthorne, 44, and Louise B. Whitthorne, 33, were living at 3014 Old Sonoma Rd., Napa, Napa, California.  Robert was a ship fitter at Mare Island Navy Yard, and was listed as a WWII veteran.  Living with them were Shirley L. McClure, 14, and William H. McClure, Louise's children from her prior marriage.  Robert and Louise adopted his 4-year old niece Candace after his sister Dora Lee Whitthorne Locatell died in November 1959. In the 1956 and 1961 Napa City Directories, Robert and Louise Whitthorne are listed as living at 3015 Sonoma Rd, Napa.  In public records, Robert and Louise Whitthorne are listed in 1991 at 1230 Milton Rd, # A, Napa; and in 1992 at 1637 Santiago Ave., #A, Napa. Robert died 28 Mar 1995, at age 76, at the Queen of the Valley Hospital, Napa, California.  A memorial service was held Friday, 31 Mar 19951 at Richard Pierce Funeral Service, with Pastor David Crone officiating.  Inurnment was private.
Time of Birth}	Time of Death}	Fraternal/Social}
Baptism Date}	Place}
Confirm. Date}	Photo} Bob in 1941
Immigr'n Date} N/A	Port} N/A
Education: Grade} Junior college      Top Degree}
Military: Service} U.S. Navy
Health Condition}     Cause of Death}	Last Updated by} Karen Hancock Date Updated} 30 Jul  2024 Date Created}  20 Nov 1995
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