Résumé

Principal, John K. Branner, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1917- . Branner's name was first listed in the "Architects" section of the Crocker-Langley San Francisco City DIrectory in 1917 (p. 2188). His address was at 519 California Street.

In 1925, Branner had his office in Room #805 at 251 Kearney Street in San Francisco.

In 1942, Branner maintained his office at 210 Post Street in San Francisco's Union Square neighborhood.

Relocation

John K. Branner was born in Bloomington, IN, the location of the University of Indiana, where his father received his Ph.D. in geology and where he taught for the first five years of his teaching career (c. 1885-1891).

In 1917, he resided at 13 Alvarado Row, Stanford, CA.

Branner traveled to Europe during 1912-1913 and 1917-1919. He applied for a US Passport in 04/1924 to enable him to travel to France, Italy and Spain in that year. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 2488; Volume #: Roll 2488 - Certificates: 401350-401849, 26 Apr 1924-26 Apr 1924, accessed 01/03/2017.)

In 1942, he continued to reside with his mother at 560 Alvarado Row on the Stanford University campus. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Fourth Registration for California, 04/27/1942 - 04/27/1942; NAI Number: 603155; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 01/03/2017.)

He died on 09/11/1968 and was buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA, where his parents were also laid to rest.

Parents

His father was the noted academic geologist John Casper Branner (1850-1922), his mother, Susan Kennedy Branner (1856-1953). He married her on 06/22/1883 at Oneida, NY. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Biographical Files,accessed 01/03/2017.)

She was buried in the Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA.

Biographical Notes

Until 01/03/2017, PCAD erroneously referred to John Kennedy Branner as "John Winford Branner."

According to his 04/18/1924 US Passport Application, at age 37, Branner stood 5-feet, 11 and 1/2-inches tall, had a high forehead, straight nose, round chin, fair complexion and oval face. He sported a moustache and had thin hair and blue-gray eyes.

John K. Branner returned with his mother aboard the S.S. Lurline from Honolulu, HI, to San Francisco, CA, between 11/19/1937 and 11/24/1937. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Passenger Lists of Vessels Departing from Honolulu, Hawaii, compiled 06/1900 - 11/1954; National Archives Microfilm Publication: A3510; Roll: 121; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: RG 85, accessed 01/03/2017.)

Branner sailed aboard the Dutch ocean liner, M.S. Garoet, betweeen Marseilles, France and New York, NY, between 08/17/1953 and 08/31/1953.

SSN: 550503231.

• Bloomington, IN (Architect's Birth)
  Bloomington, IN

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

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