Résumé

Principal, Arthur T. Ehrenpfort, Architect, San Francisco, CA, c. 1909. In 1917 and 1918, Ehrenpfort's office was located in Room #373 of the Russ Building in San Francisco. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968, accessed 07/07/2020.) His office remained in the Russ Building in 1924. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1924, p. 514.)

High School

The 1940 US Census indicated that Arthur Ehrenpfort had completed two years of high school.

Relocation

Born in San Francisco to recent German immigrants, Arthur Ehrenpfort resided in a house at 47 Russ Street as per the 1880 US Census. Arthur's father manufacturef candy. The Ehrenpfort household had seven children in 1880. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 76; Page: 337B; Enumeration District: 141, accessed 07/09/2020.)

The family relocated to a dwelling at 926 Eddy Street in San Francisco from at least 1892 until 1903. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968, accessed 07/07/2020 and Crocker-Langley Directory Company's San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1903, p. 624.) In 1900, the US Census listed the inhabitants of 926 Eddy: Emma, his mother, Augusta Kaufman, his sister, his brother-in-law, Armiel Kaufman, (born c. 05/1876 in Germany), Arthur and his brother, Paul.

After the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906, the family moved to Oakland, CA, where they remained in 1910. They had a residence at 597 Alcatraz Avenue in that year, with siblings, Hugo, Louis, Arthur and Paul all living with their widowed mother at the time. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Oakland, Alameda, California; Roll: T625_88; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 59, accessed 07/09/2020.) A decade later, Emma lived with her sons, Arthur and Paul at 675 Alcatraz Avenue.

By World War I, in 09/1918, Ehrenpfort lived with his mother at 675 Alcatraz Avenue in Oakland, CA. By 1920, only Arthur and Paul remianed at home with Emma. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Oakland, Alameda, California; Roll: T625_88; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 59, accessed 07/09/2020.)

His mother continued to live at 675 Alcatraz, but Arthur had designed and built a new residence next door at 671 before 1930. He lived there with his wife, Johanna, in 1930. Both Arthur's house and that of his mother had estimated values of $5,000. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002, accessed 07/09/2020.)

The architect resided in a house he owned at 671 Alcatraz Avenue in 1940, living here with his wife, Johanna. The house next door at 675 Alcatraz, may have remained in his possession, as it was rented according to the 1940 US Census. 671 Alcatraz had a value of $4,000, a modest estimate for the Bay Area at the time, but on par with other buildings in the neighborhood. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Oakland, Alameda, California; Roll: m-t0627-00445; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 61-20, accessed 07/09/2020.)

The architect died in San Francisco, CA, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA.

Parents

His mother was Emma Dellwig Ehrenpfort, (born 04/1842 in Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany-d 02/22/1937 in San Francisco, CA), who had had seven children as recorded in the 1900 US Census and managed the busy household. According to the 1910 and 1920 US Censuses, Emma came to the US from Germany in 1864.

His father, Frederick “Fritz” Ehrenpfort, (born 04/23/1837 in Osterode am Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany-d. 08/13/1894 in San Francisco, CA), worked in a candy manufacturing partnership, Bernheim and Ehrenpfort, in San Francisco. He arrived in the US from Germany in 1864 and had migrated to San Francisco, by about 1866. He wed Emma on 11/17/1867 in San Francisco.

Their children included: George Friedrich Ehrenpfort, (born 03/25/1867 in San Francisco, CA-d. 10/31/1913 in San Francisco, CA), Augusta A. Ehrenpfort Kaufman, (born 08/18/1868 in San Francisco, CA-d. 02.28/1957 in Alameda, CA), Hugo Rothschild Ehrenpfort (born 1871 in San Francisco, CA-d. 01/01/1917 in Alameda County, CA), William C. Ehrenpfort, (born 10/08/1872 in San Francisco, CA-d. 02/10/1947 in Agnew, CA), Louis August Ehrenpfort, (born 1874 in San Francisco, CA-d. 01/25/1912 in San Francisco, CA), Arthur, and Paul Eric Ehrenpfort, (born 11/19/1878 in San Francisco, CA-d. 02/09/1943 in Burlingame, CA).

Spouse

He wed Johanna Caroline Wolters Ehrenpfort (born 01/30/1869 in San Francisco, CA-d. 09/17/1965 in Mountain View, CA), in about 1920. He first married at 42, she at 24 to his brother, George F. Ehrenpfort. George died in 1913, and Arthur wed his widow about seven years later.

Johanna had two children, presumably with George Frederick, George A. Ehrenpfort and Elmer W. Ehrenpfort.

Biographical Notes

His World War I draft registration card listed Ehrenpfort as being Caucasian,tall, with a stout build, blue eyes and gray hair. Under physically disqualifying conditions for war duty, Ehrenpfort wrote: “Dislocation of organs in abdomen. Deaf left ear 15 yrs.”