Webb Family Tree - Person Sheet
Webb Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameVerna Isabel Hotchkiss 830
Birth1 Mar 1892, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA, USA18,831,9,830
Death23 Mar 1964, Oakland, Alameda County, CA, USA831,9,830
Burial26 Mar 1964, Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda County, CA, USA831,832
MemoPlot 75, Grave # 2299. Funeral at the East Oakland Chapel of Grant Miller Mortuaries, 2372 East 14th Street, Oakland, CA at 10 am.
Census1900, 8th Ward of Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA, USA1068
MemoLine 14: Verna Hotchkiss, age 8, born in March 1892 in California.
Census1910, 8th Ward of Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA, USA825,1069
MemoLine 93: Verna Hotchkiss, age 18, born in California as were both parents. Single living with her father and sisters.
Census1920, Niles, Alameda County, CA, USA1070
MemoLine 77: Verna Sturm, age 26. Living in a boarding house.
Census1930, Oakland, Alameda County, CA, USA1071
MemoLine 42: Verna Hanson, age 35. Born in California. First married at age 17.
Census1940, Oakland, Alameda County, CA, USA1072
MemoLine 64: Verna Hanson, age 46, born in California. Divorced. Lived in same house five years ago.
OccupationSinger in dance halls
FlagsDeceased
FatherFrederick Spencer Hotchkiss Jr. (1867-1951)
MotherEmma Louisa Simmermacher (1869-1902)
Spouses
1Albert Ludwig Sturm
Birth30 Oct 1889, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA, USA814,815,816,817,818,819,820
Death28 Jun 1951, Modesto, Stanislaus County, CA, USA8,9,821
Burial2 Jul 1951, Modesto Pioneer Cemetery, 905 Scenic Dr., Modesto, Stanislaus County, CA, USA822,823,821,824
MemoServices at 3:30 pm Monday at Salas Brothers-Moore Funeral Chapel
OccupationBaker828
FatherLudwig Friederich Sturm (1857-1931)
MotherFrieda Bammerlin (1866-1944)
Marriage24 Oct 1911, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA, USA833
Marr MemoPerformed by Judge J. W. Hughes and witnessed by J. H. Moore and F. S. Smith
Divorceca 1916
ChildrenEvelyn Alverna (1912-2018)
 Norman Albert (1914-1982)
2Hartvig “Harvey” Harold Hanson 1073,1074,9,1075
Birth22 Jul 1901, Dayton, Waupaca County, WI, USA1071,1074,9,1075
Death11 Feb 1982, Oakland, Alameda County, CA, USA9
BurialChapel of the Chimes Columbarium and Mausoleum, Oakland, Alameda County, CA, USA1076
FatherJohannes “John” Hanson (1862-)
MotherAnna M Petersen (1867-)
Marriage6 Feb 1920, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, CA, USA1073,1077
Divorceaft 19301072
ChildrenHarvey Harold (1920-1999)
3William Henry Lavigne 831
Birth29 Mar 1897, Richmond Independent City, VA, USA8,1078
Death23 Mar 1964, Oakland, Alameda County, CA, USA9
MemoCommitted suicide
Burial26 Mar 1964, Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda County, CA, USA1079
MemoPlot 75, Grave # 2298. Funeral at the East Oakland Chapel of Grant Miller Mortuaries, 2372 East 14th Street, Oakland, CA at 10 am.
OccupationNurse
Marriage19 Sep 1940, Oakland, Alameda County, CA, USA1080
No Children
Notes for Verna Isabel Hotchkiss
Verna was a night club singer. She often entertained men at home while her husband was out of town working. She did not want her consorts to know that she had two children so she made them hide under the porch while she was entertaining the men.
Last Modified 17 Sep 2025Created 11 Feb 2026 using Reunion for Macintosh
All sources of data are documented on the “Person Sheet” for each individual. My early data often came from less-than-reliable sources (e.g., “Sarah’s genealogy pages”). If the only sources for a person is something like that or worse there is no listed source for data, please take the information as only a suggestion and not a fact.

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