Résumé

Office Boy, Savings Union Bank, San Francisco, CA, 1918. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington, D.C.; The National Archives and Records Administration; Application for Seaman´s Protection Certificates; NAI: 2788575; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation; Record Group Number: 41; Box Number: 022 - San Francisco, accessed 03/23/2023.)

Merchant sailor, S.S. Biloix, San Francisco, CA, 1918. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington, D.C.; The National Archives and Records Administration; Application for Seaman´s Protection Certificates; NAI: 2788575; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation; Record Group Number: 41; Box Number: 022 - San Francisco, accessed 03/23/2023.)

Principal, Mario Corbett, Architect, San Mateo, CA, 1930-c. 1965. Corbett had an office in San Francisco, CA, in 1950 at 801 Post Street. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 5591; Sheet Number: 8; Enumeration District: 38-283, accessed 03/23/2023.) He later relocated his practice to Marin County.

After his education at California School of Fine Arts, Corbett traveled in Europe.

Corbett won honors in a small house competition sponsored by a national magazine in 1926.

Coursework, California School of Fine Arts;

Relocation

Born in Manhattan, NY, Corbett lived in there for a short time during the 1900s, before his parents relocated to Southern CA before 1910. In 1910, the Corbetts made their home in Ballona, a section of the town of Ocean Park, near Santa Monica, CA. The household included Mario's parents, brother Noel and a household servant Ann A. Gilbert (born c. 1889 in IA). Their dwelling was on "Ocean Spray" which may correspond to Ocean Avenue in Ocean Park today. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Ballona, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T624_79; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0009; FHL microfilm: 1374092, accessed 03/22/2023.) The Corbetts remained in the Los Angeles area until at least 1913.

By 1918, at age 16, Corbett lived with his family at 1492 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco, CA. This information came from his "Application for Seaman's Certificate of American Citizenship, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation, 07/02/1918." (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington, D.C.; The National Archives and Records Administration; Application for Seaman´s Protection Certificates; NAI: 2788575; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation; Record Group Number: 41; Box Number: 022 - San Francisco, accessed 03/23/2023.) Corbett was imminently going to ship out on the S.S. Biloix as a cadet in 1918.

The Corbett Family relocated to San Francisco, CA, by 1920. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 1275; Volume #: Roll 1275 - Certificates: 59626-59999, 29 Jun 1920-30 Jun 1920, accessed 03/22/2023.) In that year, they lived in an apartment house at 1492 Pacific Avenue in the city's fashionable Pacific Heights neighborhood. Benjamin worked as a 48-year-old draftsman in an architect's office at that time. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 32, San Francisco, California; Roll: T625_137; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 184, accessed 03/22/2023.)

In 1938, Corbett resided in the same building as his office was maintained, 72 East 3rd Avenue in San Mateo, CA. (See San Mateo, California, City Directory, 1938, p. 110.)

In 1948, he and his wife, June, lived in Sausalito, CA. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1948, p. 424.) The 1950 US Census listed Corbett as being at 801 Post Street in San Francisco. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 5591; Sheet Number: 8; Enumeration District: 38-283, accessed 03/23/2023.)

He died in Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo County, CA, on 07/25/1977 two days before his 76th birthday.

Parents

Corbett was a second-generation architect. His father Benjamin Cooper Corbett (born 01/16/1873 in VA-d. 06/21/1957), was a Beaux-Arts-educated architect and friend of Stanford White (1853-1906) of the famed firm McKim, Mead, and White in New York, NY.

His mother was Frances Maud Fernandez (born 12/27/1880 in Ahmedabad, India-d. ), whose father was of Portuguese descent and worked as a magistrate in Ahmedabad, India. She wed Benjamin Corbett on 10/20/1900 in England. Frances lived from her birth until 1900 in India, and resided in Europe from 1905 until 1911.

Frances traveled back to the British Isles on family business during the month of 07/1920. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 1275; Volume #: Roll 1275 - Certificates: 59626-59999, 29 Jun 1920-30 Jun 1920, accessed 03/22/2023.)

His siblings included Noel John Corbett (born 11/30/1906 in Pasadena, CA-d. 01/11/1963 in Los Angeles County, CA)and Leona Emily Corbett Ludwig (born 04/10/1913 in Los Angeles, CA-d. 12/31/1987). Noel worked in the publicity department of the National Broadcasting Company in Los Angeles from at least 1938 until 1940. (See Los Angeles A-L, California, City Directory, 1938, p. 487 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 370, accessed 03/23/2023.)

Spouse

The architect married at least four times. In 1939, Corbett wed Martha Conant Newhall in San Mateo County, CA.

He then married June Corbett, from whom he was separated in 1950.

He then married Mary Gloria Masterson, on 09/06/1951 in Carson City, NV. This marriage ended in divorce c. 1960.

On 05/04/1962, he wed Dorothy Drew in San Mateo County, CA.

Children

He and Mary Masterson had a son Peter Masterson Corbett (born 11/22/1956 in San Francisco, CA-d. 06/20/1995 in Livingston, MT). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services; Helena, Montana; Montana Death Records, accessed 03/22/2023.)

SSN: 569-24-3350; Corbett liked to sketch and do watercolors as a hobby, and had been exhibited in galleries including the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, CA.