Partner, Porter and Steinwedell, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1953- ;

In 1930, Robert lived with his family in a rented house at 58 Aberdeen Place in Clayton, MO. The house cost $100 per month to occupy; the family had sufficient finances to employ a servant in 1930, 29-year-old Margaret Gausepohl. His last residence was in the 94010 zip code of Burlingame, CA, an affluent suburb bordering on Hillsborough, CA.

His father was George Steinwedell, Sr., (born c. 1876 in IL), who, in 1930, worked as an engineer for a power and light company. His father had come from Germany, his mother had been born in LA. His mother, Ruth Bjornstad Steinwedell (born c. 1886 in MN), kept house. Robert had an elder brother, George, Jr., (born c. 1911 in MN.

John Robert Steinwedell and his partner Charles Porter were gay.

SSN: 472-22-4459.