Résumé

Machinist, San Francisco, CA, 1897. (See 1897 Crocker-Langley San Francsico City Directory, p, 1182.) Principal, R. McLeran and Company, San Francisco, CA, c. 1910-1930. A notice in a 1932 issue (month unknown) of the Architect and Engineer (vols. 108-109) on page 83, indicated that the firm's name had been changed to "R. McLeran Company."

Relocation

Ralph T. McLeran was born in CA to parents with Scottish and Irish ancestries, and appears to have remained in the Bay Area throughout his whole life. At age two, he lived with his parents and seven brothers and sisters in Santa Clara, CA. The 1870 US Census indicated that the family owned $2,000 worth of real estate and maintained $300 in other assets. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1870; Census Place: Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California; Roll: M593_88; Page: 156B; Image: 314; Family History Library Film: 545587) The McLerans lived on Harrison Street in Santa Clara in 1880. McLeran rented a room in Madeline Corcoran's rooming house at 1554 McAllister Street in San Francisco in 1910-1911. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation, Year: 1910; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 38, San Francisco, California; Roll: T624_99; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0199; FHL microfilm: 1374112and the 1911 San Francisco City Directory, p. 1171.) Acccording to the 1920 US Census, he and Madeline lived alone at 2474 Fulton Street in San Francisco's Richmond District. (See Ancestry.com,Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 28, San Francisco, California; Roll: T625_141; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 285; Image: 67.)

In 1931, McLeran's widow resided at 1980 Washington Street. (See 1931 San Francisco City Directory, p. 844.)

Parents

His mother, Honora (born c. 1835 in Ireland) had many children and maintained the large household. As listed in the US Census of 1870, his brothers and sisters included John (born c. 1854 in CA), Charlotte (born c. 1855 in CA), Julia E. (born c. 1858 in CA), Byron J. (born c. 1860 in CA), Mary Anne (born c. 1862 in CA), Susan J. (born c. 1864 in CA) and Etta (born 05/1870 in CA). His father, T.G. McLeran (born c. 1827 in VT) worked as a laborer, according to the US Census of 1880. Ralph's sisters mentioned in the 1880 Census were Julia (age 19), Mollie (age 15), Susie (age 13), and Belle (age 9). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California; Roll: 81; Family History Film: 1254081; Page: 224D; Enumeration District: 250; Image: 0678.)

Spouse

He married Madeline Corcoran McLeran (born 06/04/1870), who, in 1931, worked for Ralph McLeran and Company, General Contractors. In 1910-1911, Ralph, a 40-year-old bachelor lived in the widow Madeline Corcoran's rooming house. She had at least two children prior to their marriage.

Biographical Notes

Ralph and Madeline vacationed in Hawaii in 1922; they returned to San Francisco via the steamship S.S. H.F. Alexander from Honolulu between 06/27/1922 and 07/01/1922. (Source Information Ancestry.com. California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.)

• San Francisco, CA (Architect's Death)
  San Francisco, CA

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