Résumé

President, Luther T. Mayo, Incorporated, Construction Company, Los Angeles, CA, c. 09/07/1918-1942. In 09/1918, Mayo had an office in Room #53 of the Black Building in Los Angeles. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Los Angeles Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 08/09/2023.) His office was located at 29th Street and Walnut Street in Signal Hill, CA, in 1942. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (4th Registration) For the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 08/09/2023.)

Partner, Mayo-Wright Properties, Incorporated, Los Angeles, CA.

Relocation

Building contractor Luther Towns Mayo was born in Albany, GA, on 01/20/1884. At age 16, the 1900 US Census listed 16-year-old Luther living with his maternal grandmother Mary Towns (born c. 01/1840 in GA) and his sister Jennie Mayo (born c. 03/1882 in GA) on Broad Street in Albany, GA, about 182 miles south of Atlanta.

He and his wife lived at 946 South Arapahoe Street in Los Angeles on 09/07/1918. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Los Angeles Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 08/09/2023.) He continued to dwell on Arapahoe Street in 1920, when the US Census was taken. Residents of the Mayo household included his first wife Marguerite, their children Littleton, Jane and Robert, sister Jennie M. Haggard, and her daughters Cordelia Haggard (born c. 1906 in GA) and a maid whose name was recorded as "Beulah Haggard" (born c. 1896 in MO), although her surname may have been inaccurate.

In 1923, Mayo's reported his residence to have been in San Francisco, CA, at the time of his marriage to Marguerite Maloney. (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 09/08/2023.)

He resided at 8706 Sunset Plaza Place in Los Angeles on 04/25/1942. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (4th Registration) For the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 08/09/2023.)

Parents

Luther T. Mayo's father was Littleton Mayo (born in GA). His mother was Cordelia Towns (born in GA).

Spouse

Mayo married more than once. Oddly, his first two wives were both named Marguerite. He wed Marguerite "Margot"Madeleine Schmitt (born 09/27/1889 in Paris, France-d. 05/19/1984 in Los Angeles County, CA) in Worcester, MA, on 05/03/1910. According to a US passport application of 06/05/1924, Marguerite lived in Paris between 1889 and 04/1907.Her parents were Jules T. Schmitt and Marie Carron.

Marguerite Schmitt had divorced Mayo by the time of this passport application.

On 08/24/1923, he wed Marguerite Maloney Bridwell (born 10/04/1901 in GA-d. 05/04/1993 in Los Angeles County, CA) in Oakland, CA. As per their marriage certificate, Marguerite Maloney's parents were Thomas J. Maloney (born c. 1868 in AL), a printer for a newspaper in 1910, and Ida Marie Sheehey (born 06/22/1875 in MO-d. 02/06/1968 in Los Angeles, CA). (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 09/08/2023.) This marriage also ended in divorce. Marguerite remarried James D. Kneen (born c. 1875 in England) on 04/18/1940 in Yuma, AZ, and lived with him and her three children with Mayo in Santa Monica, CA, as per the 1940 US Census. (See See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Arizona, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1865-1972 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016, accessed 09/08/2023 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00257; Page: 65A; Enumeration District: 19-778, accessed 09/08/2023.)

Children

With Marguerite Schmitt, he had Littleton Maurice Mayo (born 01/29/1911 in CA-d. 06/06/1964 in Los Angeles County, CA), Jane Mayo (born 10/06/1912 in Los Angeles County, CA), and Robert Guy Mayo (born 09/01/1914 in Los Angeles County, CA-d. 10/19/2003 in CA).

He and Marguerite Maloney had three children: Betty Mayo (born c. 1924 in CA), Sally Mayo (born c. 1925 in CA) and Luther T. Mayo, Jr., (born c. 1924 in CA).

Biographical Notes

In 1942, Mayo's World War II draft registration card listed him as Caucasian with a light complexion, blue eyes and brown/gray hair. It also noted he was balding. He stood 5-feet, 9-inches tall and weighed 170 pounds. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (4th Registration) For the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 08/09/2023.)

SSN: 563667626.