Résumé

Member, National Guard of California, 2nd Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade, Company F. Dodge joined Company F of the 2nd Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade of the National Guard of California on 01/20/1891. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information: California, Military Registers, 1858-1923 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, accessed 04/07/2020.)

Draftsman, P.R. Schmidt, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1887. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1887, p. 409.) In 1887, Schmidt had an architectural office at 103 Post Street in San Francisco. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1887, p. 1278.)

Draftsman, San Francisco, CA, 1891. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1891, p. 464.)

Draftsman, Moses J. Lyon, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1898. (See Crocker-Langley San Francisco City Directory, 1898, p. 1058.)

Draftsman, San Francisco, CA, 1900.

Principal, George A. Dodge, Architect, San Francisco, CA, c. 1901-1903.

Partner, Dodge and [James Walter] Dolliver, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1903-c. 1917.

While Dodge remained a named partner of the Dodge and Dolliver, it seems that he stopped the practice of architecture about the time the US entered into World War I, in about 1917. The Architect and Engineer said in a brief obituary: ““Mr. Dodge was formerly associated with Mr. J.W. Dolliver. Among the buildings which the firm designed is the Redwood City Court House and the Odd Fellows hall in San Francisco. For the past two or three years, Mr. Dodge has been connected with the Building Material Exhibit at 77 O’Farrell street, first as assistant manager. He worked indefatigably to make the Exhibitor a success and his efforts had just begun to show signs of achievement when his death arrived.” (See “Geo. A. Dodge,” Architect and Engineer, vol. LVIII, no. 2, 08/1919, p. 112.)

Assistant Manager/Manager, Building Material Exhibit, San Francisco, CA, c. 1917-1919. In 1919, William Hughson was the President of the Building Material Exhibit in San Francisco. (See “In the Wake of the News,” Brick and Clay Record, 08/12/1919, p. 328.)

Relocation

George Andrew Dodge was born in CA, and he spent his youth in this state. His family moved to CA from RI in early 1864 according to writer David Dodge. In 1870, the Dodges resided in Grass Valley, Nevada County, CA, where George's father, Frederick D. Dodge, operated a retail clothing store. The household included George's parents, Frederick and Catherine, three siblings and two others, Lorenzo D. Adams, (born c. 1845 in MI), a clerk in the Dodge Family store, and Maggie McCarty, (born c. 1842 in Ireland), a domestic servant. The 1870 Census indicated that the Dodges owned $1,000 worth of real estate and a personal estate of $3,500, a modest fortune. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Grass Valley, Nevada, California; Roll: M593_75; Page: 157A; Family History Library Film: 545574, accessed 04/06/2020.)

The 1880 US Census listed George Dodge living with his family at 529 Ellis Street in San Francisco. The Dodges had three boarders: Margaret Bryan, a seamstress, (born c. 1849 in NS, Canada), Charles A. Wright, an office clerk, (born c. 1858 in WI), and Ella B. Wright, presumably his wife, who did not have a profession listed, (born c. 1860 in NY). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 75; Page: 344B; Enumeration District: 091, accessed 04/06/2020.)

George Dodge appears not to have lived in San Francisco during the period c. 1883-1886. Neither he nor his father, was listed in the San Francisco, California, City Directory of 1883(pp. 384-385.) In 1883-1887, a George A. Dodge worked as a clerk at the Corliss Steam Engine Company in Providence, RI. Given his family’s roots in RI, it is possible that this was the same person. This George A. Dodge lived at 101 Smith Street in 1883 and 55 South Angell Street two years later. (See Providence, Rhode Island, City Directory, 1883, p. 125 and Providence, Rhode Island, City Directory, 1887, p. 165.)

He worked as an architect in San Francisco, by 1887, and had a residence at 26 Laurel Place in San Francisco, CA, from at least 1889 until 1892. (See Langley’s San Francisco, California, City Directory, p. 442 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation: California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4-2A; CSL Roll Number: 79; FHL Roll Number: 977643, accessed 04/07/2020.)

Dodge, his wife and daughter lived at 3911 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, in 1900. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0241; FHL microfilm: 1240106, accessed 04/06/2020.)

As per San Francisco voter records, George A. Dodge resided at 27 Jordan Avenue in 1907, 1748 Green Street in 1908 and 1140 Masonic Avenue in 1913. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968, accessed 04/06/2020.)

The US Census indicated that he and his family rented a house at 2006 Cedar Street in Berkeley, CA, in 1910. The family had one servant, Elizabeth Daly, (born c. 1884 in CA), and a boarder, Augustus S. Haskell, (born c. 1866 in MA), a widower and civil engineer. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Berkeley, Alameda, California; Roll: T624_72; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0045; FHL microfilm: 1374085, accessed 04/06/2020.)

He died in a traffic accident near French Camp, San Joaquin County, CA, at the age of 56 on 07/31/1919. Dodge was a passenger in a car driven by Robert C. Oliphant, (1868-1943), Manager of the Ralston Iron Works, on a business trip at the time, Oliphant attempted to beat a Southern Pacific passenger train to an automobile crossing, but failed to judge the speed and distance accurately. The train impact killed Dodge and seriously injured Oliphant. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information: Ancestry.com. San Francisco Area, California, Funeral Home Records, 1850-1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, accessed 04/06/2020.)

Parents

His father, Frederick D. Dodge, (born c. 1830 in MA), was a dealer in general merchandise in 1880, his mother, Catherine Gentner Dodge, (born c. 1838 in NY), managed the household. The family, in 1880, included four children: David F. Dodge, (born c. 1861 in RI), Arthur B. Dodge (born c. 1862 in RI), George, and Mary Dodge, (born c. 1871 in CA). David worked as a painter according to the census, Arthur, a wood engraver. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 75; Page: 344B; Enumeration District: 091, accessed 04/06/2020.)

Spouse

He wed Maude E. Bennett, (born 06/1873 in CA), on 06/15/1892 in Alameda County, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information: California, Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, accessed 04/06/2020.)

In 1929, Maude Dodge lived in Inglewood, CA, with her son, David Dodge, a bookkeeper, at 616 Aerick Street. (See the Los Angeles Directory Company’s Inglewood, California, City Directory, 1929, p. 106.) A year later, they moved to Pasadena, where they had a house at 1062 North Mentor Avenue. (See Pasadena, California, City Directory, 1930, p. 237.)

Children

He and Maude had four children together, three of whom were alive in 1910. Those surviving children included: Catherine Dodge, (born 04/1899 in San Francisco, CA), Frances Dodge (born c. 1905 in CA), and Marian E. Dodge (born 1907 in CA) A son, David F. Dodge, (born 1910 in CA), was born in 1910 after the census was taken.

Biographical Notes

The birth date for George Dodge was recorded as 09/1865 in the US Census of 1900.

According to an 1892 San Francisco County voter’s list, George Andrew Dodge stood 5-feet, 11-and-½-inches tall, and had brown eyes, black hair and medium Caucasian complexion. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4-2A; CSL Roll Number: 79; FHL Roll Number: 977643, accessed 04/07/2020.)

Dodge was a registered Republican in 1908 and 1913. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968, accessed 04/06/2020.)