Résumé

Draftsman, Weeks and Day, Architects, San Francisco, CA, c. 1917. Partner, Starks and Flanders, Architects, Sacramento, CA, 1925-1941.

Professional Activities

Edward Flanders served as the Vice-President of the San Francisco Architectural Club in 1918. (See Architect and Engineer, vol. LVI, no. 1, 01/1919, p. 112.)

Relocation

Born in Butte, MT, Flanders lived in San Francisco, CA, rooming with the Bond Family at 141 Chattanooga Street, according to the 1910 US Census. He would later marry Edna Bond, daughter of the Lottie Bond (born c. 1865 in TX), who owned the residence. Lottie worked as an office stenographer at the time.(See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 35, San Francisco, California; Roll: T624_98; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0132; FHL microfilm: 1374111, accessed 10/13/2016.)

He lived in Burlingame, CA, at 1355 Cortez Avenue ten years later. At the time, his mother-in-law, Lottie Bond, and brother-in-law, Leland Bond (born c. 1889 in CA), a plumber, also shared the Cortez Avenue dwelling. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Burlingame, San Mateo, California; Roll: T625_145; Page: 40B; Enumeration District: 69; Image: 418, accessed 10/13/2016.) He resided in Sacramento, CA, by 1925, when he partnered with Leonard Frank Starks (1891-1986).

From at least 1930 through 1940, Flanders lived at 641 33rd Street in Sacramento with his wife, Edna, and daughter, Peggy. The residence had an estimated value of $10,000 at the time, substantially above the CA average. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Sacramento, Sacramento, California; Roll: T627_282; Page: 61B; Enumeration District: 34-47B, accessed 10/13/2016.)

Parents

Both of Flanders's parents had immigrated from Ireland.

Spouse

He married Edna M. Bond (born c. 1885 in LA). her mother's father was from Alsace, the contested territory between France and Germany.

Children

He and Edna had a daughter, Peggy Aileen Flanders (1918-1990)

Biographical Notes

Documents disagreed as to the date of Flanders's birth. His World War I Draft Registration Card indicated that he was born on 11/03/1887. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: San Mateo; Roll: 1544325, accessed 10/13/2016.) The California Death Index for Edward F. Flauders [sic] indicated the date was 11/03/1888. (See Source Citation Date: 1941-04-29, Source Information Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000, accessed 10/13/2016.)

• Sacramento, CA (Architect's Death)
  Sacramento, CA

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• Butte, MT (Architect's Birth)
  Butte, MT

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