Conrad Rasmussen [5158]

  General Notes:

1. -Birth Certificate had no name. Supplemental Birth Cert. file 9-30-1954 entering name of Conrad as first name.
2. -Name of Birth Certificate of daughter, Joan, was listed as Conrad Carl Rasmussen.
3. -Application for Social Security number shows name as Carl Conrad Rasmussen. (March 1937)
4. -Records from Ellis Island show that Conrad returned from Denmark with Mother and sister, Maryen, on May 14, 1913 after leaving the US in 1912. They indicate they are returning to Oakland California to be with Conrad's father, Carl. This confirms stories from family that as young child, Conrad traveled to Denmark and back with family.
5. -During research, information shows name used by parents was both Conrad and Carl. When his older brother was born and given the name Carl, Conrad became the name used.
6. -Notes from second wife, Phyllis, regarding Conrad: Attended Piedmont Avenue Grammar school. This school was a wooden structure that burned down in the mid 1930''s. He attended Oakland Technical High School. He didn't graduate, apparently cut too many classes. Conrad was always involved in sports. He played basketball at Plymouth Church in Oakland. The same church that Phyllis and her sister use to attend. This building is now gone. He caddied at Claremont Country Club where he developed his love for golf.

In 1912, Conrad Rasmussen journeyed to Denmark with his mother and sister. He was about four years of age. The purpose of the trip, apparently, was to visit relatives. The return trip was aboard the Scandinavian American Line, United States - a 515 foot passenger vessel built in 1903. The families return, ironically, was through Ellis Island, having to prove they were already U. S. Citizens.

Conrad Rasmussen worked, for a time, in the Weaverville, California gold mines. Later, he became a plastering contractor and was a major sub-contractor on the Frank Lloyd Wright Marin County Center Building and the Pacific Gas and Electric building in San Francisco. (C & R Plastering, Oakland, California).

Sources:
1. Ellis Island Immigration Records - 1 May 1913
2. Social Security Administration
3. Birth Certificate - County of Alameda, California
4. Birth Certificate, Joan Rasmussen, County of Alameda, California
5. Family Legend.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Name. At times he has been referred to as "Carl" on official documents.

• Source:. 1. Ellis Island Immigration Records - May 1, 1913.
2. U. S. Social Security Administration.
3. Birth Certificate - County of Alameda.
4. Birth Certificate Joan Rasmussen, County of Alameda.
5. Family Legend - Phyllis Rasmussen.

Conrad married Roberta Bailey [5161] [MRIN: 1785], daughter of Austin Watson Bailey [5173] and Lucy Mary May [5174], on 17 Jan 1936. (Roberta Bailey [5161] was born on 4 Sep 1907 in Berkeley, California, died in Sep 1967 in Oakland, California and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California.)

Conrad next married Phyllis Ruth Watson [19166] [MRIN: 6580] in 1968. (Phyllis Ruth Watson [19166] was born in 1916 and died on 10 May 2002.)