Résumé

Draftman, Charles W. McCall, Architect, Oakland, CA. 09/1918. McCall (1878-1948) had an office in Room #513 in the Central Bank Building in Oakland, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Alameda Source Information U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 01/02/2024.)

Draftsman, Arthur Bridgeman Clark, Designer, Palo Alto, CA, c. 1919. Davis worked with A.B. Clark (1866-1948) and his son Birge M. Clark (1894-1989) on the design of future President Herbert Hoover's House in Stanford, CA.

Associate, Charles W. McCall and Charles T. Davis, Associated Architects, c. 1924. The pair worked on the design of the Alameda Title Insurance Company Building and the Wakefield (aka Physicians') Building, both in Oakland, CA, during 1923-1924.

According to the US Census of 1920, Davis worked as an Architect for Stanford University.

Relocation

Davis was born in CA on the ides of March 1883, and married in 1906.

The 1910 US Census located his wife and him at 834 22nd Street in Oakland, CA. They lived here with their one-year-old son, Charles, Jr. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Oakland Ward 2, Alameda, California; Roll: T624_70; Page: 1b; Enumeration District: 0091; FHL microfilm: 1374083, accessed 01/02/2024.)

In 09/1918, Davis lived at 1158 Francisco Street in Berkeley, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Alameda Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 01/02/2024.)

In 1920, Davis, his wife and son lived at 336 Emerson Street in Palo Alto, CA.

In 1924, he and Hettie dwelled at 490 27th Street in Oakland, CA. (See Oakland, California, City Directory, 1924, p. 616.)

Davis passed away in Alameda, CA, on 10/28/1927, at the age of 44. He was buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, CA.

Parents

His mother was known as Ida M. Rossi in 1918. At that time, she lived at 1528 4th Avenue in Oakland, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Alameda Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 01/02/2024.)

Spouse

He married Hettie M.D. Herr (born c. 1889 in PA) in Alameda County, CA, on 12/25/1906. She was five years younger than her husband. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, accessed 01/02/2024.) Her parents came from Ireland.

Children

Charles and Hettie had at least on child, Charles T. Davis, Jr., (born c. 1909 in CA).

Biographical Notes

His World War I draft registration card of 09/12/1918 listed Davis as being Caucasian with gray eyes and light brown hair. It described him as tall with a medium build. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Alameda Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 01/02/2024.)