Partner, Shea and Shea; Partner, Shea and Lofquist, San Francisco, ?-1931;

Relocation

The Register of Precinct 10 of Assemby District #41 of San Francisco County in 1890, indicated that William D. Shea lived with his father, Michael Shea, a carpenter, at 2613 Polk Street, Eight years later, the district voter register noted that he resided at 1422 Green Street, another house owned by his father. The register of 1898 also inidicated that William, at age 32, stood 5-foot-9-and-1/2-inches tall, and had a fair complexion, blue eyes and brown hair. This Green Street/Russian Hill neighborhood had many residents of Irish, British and German extraction living in it. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: California State Library, California History Section; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4 - 2A; CSL Roll Number: 74; FHL Roll Number: 977638 and Source Citation: California State Library, California History Section; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4 - 2A; CSL Roll Number: 116; FHL Roll Number: 977277,accessed 09/24/2015.)

According to the 1930 US Census, Shea resided in an apartment building at 1450 Green Street in San Francisco. The apartment building housed 3 other families in addition to Shea's and had a value of $20,000. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 207; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0343; Image: 727.0; FHL microfilm: 2339942, accessed 09/24/2015.)

Parents

His father was Michael Shea, (born c. 1828 in Ireland). Michael had been naturalized in the US 4th District Court, San Francisco, on 08/26/1875.

Spouse

He married his wife, Preciosa, when she was 19 and he 34, in about 1901.

Children

He and his wife had two children when surveyed by the 1930 US Census: Eileen (born c. 1902 in CA) and William D. Shea, Jr., (born c. 1903 in CA).