Résumé

Private/Corporal, US Army, Company I, 3rd NJ Volunteers, Freehold, NJ, and other locations, 1898-1899. His military service began while he lived in Malvern, PA. He enlisted back in his hometown of Freehold, NJ, where he stayed between 04/27/1898 until 05/02/1898. The Army sent him to Camp Voorhees at Sea Girt, NJ, where he remained between 05/02/1898 until 05/25/1898. He then was assigned to Pompton Lake, NJ, between 05/26/1898 through 11/11/1898. Finally, he spent his last period in the military at Camp Haskell, in Athens, GA, from 11/13/1898 until 02/11/1899. He attained the rank of corporal on 08/01/1898.

Draftsman, Malvern, PA, c. 1905.

Draftsman, Howard and Galloway, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1907-1908. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1907, p. 1319 and San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1908, p. 1465.)

Draftsman, John Galen Howard, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1908-1909. Raiguel was not listed in the San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1911, as he traveled in Europe during this year.

Office Manager/Architect, John Galen Howard, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1910-1918, 1920 (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1910, p. 1405, San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1918, p. 1398, and San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1920, p. 1313.)

Raiguel worked on commissions on his own, outside of the office of John Galen Howard, c. 1911. He made alterations to officers’ cottages at the Angel Island Station of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in 01/28/1911- 02/21/1911. The INS paid him $200 per month on a temporary basis for this work. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information: U.S. Subject Index to Correspondence and Case Files of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1903-1959 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Subject Index to Correspondence and Case Files of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1903-1952. NARA microfilm publication T458, 31 rolls. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85. National Archives, Washington, D.C., accessed 05/05/2020.)

Manager, Gladding, McBean and Company, Los Angeles, CA, 1921. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1921, p. 2035.)

Salesman, possibly with Gladding, McBean and Company, Los Angeles, CA, 1922, 1926.

Extimator, Los Angeles, CA, 1924. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968, accessed 05/05/2020.)

Principal, William O. Raiguel, Architect, Del Monte, Monterey, CA, c. 1930-1940. (See R.L. Polk and Company’s Monterey County Directory, 1930, p. 483.) The 1940 US Census continued to list Raiguel as an architect working in independent practice. He collaborated with the California State Parks Commission on the restoration of an historic adobe in Monterey, CA, during the 1930s.

Professional Activities

Certified Architect in the State of California, Certificate #B 476. (See State of California, Sixth Report of the Board of Architecture, [Sacramento: State Printing Office, 1920), p. 35.)

College

The 1940 US Census recorded that William Raiguel had attended college for four years.

Relocation

Born in Freehold, NJ, Raiguel spent his childhood in that town.

By 1898, he resided in Malvern, PA, when he entered the US Army. He spent time in the military between 04/1898 until 02/1899, where he served at bases in NJ and GA.

His US passport application of 06/09/1905 indicated that Raiguel lived in Malvern, PA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Roll #: 683; Volume #: Roll 683 - 12 Jun 1905-15 Jun 1905, accessed 05/05/2020.)

Following his travels in Europe during 1905, Raiguel moved to San Francisco, CA, to become a draftsman for the San Francisco architectural firm of Howard and Galloway. In 1907 and 1908, he resided at 2257 Green Street in San Francisco, CA, as per voting records and city directories. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1907, p. 1319 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968, accessed 05/05/2020.) He lived at 641 O'Farrell Street in 1909. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1909, p. 1309.)

At age 35 in 1910, Raiguel resided at 641 O’Farrell Street in San Francisco, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968, accessed 05/05/2020.) Raiguel and his wife, Flora, lived in an apartment building at 1152 Sacramento Street in San Francisco, CA, in 1912-early 1914. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1914, p. 1539.) By mid-1914, they had switched their San Francisco habitation to 1644 Taylor Street, and remained there in 1918. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1918, p. 1398.)

Raiguel was also not listed in the San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1919, suggesting that he may have been working in a military capacity during World War I. He was listed as living at 1335 Washington Street in 1920. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1920, p. 1313.)

Raiguel worked as a manager for Gladding, McBean and Company, in Los Angeles, CA, beginning in 1921. He and Flora resided at 1500 West 9th Street in Los Angeles, between 1921 and 1926. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968, accessed 05/05/2020.)

Salesman, Los Angeles, CA, 1922. Raiguel worked as a salesman in Los Angeles, CA, in 1922.

The San Francisco City Directory, 1923, placed Raiguel’s residence at 830 Powell Street. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1923, p. 1385.)

Raiguel resided back in Southern CA in 1924 and lived here until about 1926, before relocating to Monterey County. In 1928, he and Flora Raiguel lived at 203 Cedar Street in Pacific Grove, CA. (See R.L. Polk and Company’s Monterey County Directory, 1928, p. 367.) The 1930 US Census, reported that William and Flora lived in Pebble Beach, CA, where they owned a residence. It had a value estimated at $12,000 in that year. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Monterey, Monterey, California; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0031; FHL microfilm: 2339914, accessed 05/05/2020.)

In 1934, Raiguel lived in Del Monte, CA, near Monterey. Voter's records indicate that Bema L. Raiguel lived at the Monterey Peninsula Country Club (MPCC). The US Census of 1940 located William and Bema Raiguel as living on Laurel Lane in Pebble Beach, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Monterey, Monterey, California; Roll: m-t0627-00268; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 27-36, accessed 05/06/2020.)

Raiguel passed away in Monterey County, CA, in 05/1941.

Parents

His mother's maiden name was Freeman.

Spouse

Raiguel married Flora L. Irwin, (born c. 09/1872 in PA), on 10/24/1900 in Philadelphia, PA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016, accessed 05/05/2020.) In 1900, a Flora Irwin, born in 1872 in PA, boarded with the Jefferies Family in Philadelphia, PA, and worked as a housekeeper. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 36, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0938; FHL microfilm: 1241478, accessed 05/06/2020.)

Voter’s records for Monterey County, c. 1928, indicated that Flora I. Raiguel lived in Pacific Grove, CA, while William lived in Del Monte. It appears that he divorced Flora in the early 1930s.

He wed Bema Barton Lyon (born 04/15/1893 in La Grange, IL-d. 05/16/1941 in Monterey, CA) on 08/12/1933 in Monterey, CA. Bema's father, Joseph Lyon, (born c. 0/1858 in NY), had been, in 1900, a chocolate manufacturer in Lyon, IL. This was her second marriage. She had wed Edward N. Haag, Jr., in Chicago, IL, on 04/25/1916. She returned alone on a cruise from Oslo, Norway, to Los Angeles beginning on 04/06/1932, still using the name Bema Haag. She traveled aboard the Pacific Line ship. M.S. Laurits Swenson, launched in 1930. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at San Pedro/Wilmington/Los Angeles, California; NAI Number: 4486355; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85, accessed 05/06/2020.)

The 1940 US Census indicated that Bema Lyon had completed two years of college.

Biographical Notes

Raiguel applied for a US passport in 1905 in Philadelphia, PA, in order to travel in Europe for 6 months. As noted by the University of Californa, Berkeley, College of Environmental Design Archives, "Raiguel traveled extensively in western Europe, the United States, and Canada in 1905 and again in 1911." It appears that he also made a third extensive trip in the US, Canada and Europe, on which he produced three travel diatries held by the CED Architects. Its web site continued: "The William Otis Raiguel collection includes correspondence, contractual agreements, and travel diaries. The correspondence, dated from 1909-1920, is between Raiguel and John Galen Howard and documents some of their financial arrangements. Three travel diaries completed on his trip to England, France, and Italy include sketches of architectural plans, buildings, and architectural details. The diary from his later trip around the United States, Canada, and Europe contains small photographs, itineraries, and a few articles and brochures." (See University of California, Berkeley (UCB), College of Environmental Design Archives.edu, "Raiguel, William Otis," accessed 05/05/2020.)

At 29 years of age, Raiguel stood 5-feet, 8-and-½-inches tall. His US passport application of 1905 indicated that he was Caucasian with a fair complexion, with a “high, sloping forehead,” blue or gray eyes, “pointed” nose, wide mouth, square chin, light hair, and oval face. His US passport application of 06/09/1905 indicated the Raiguel lived in Malvern, PA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Roll #: 683; Volume #: Roll 683 - 12 Jun 1905-15 Jun 1905, accessed 05/05/2020.)

According to voting records of 1910, 1912, 1922, and 1926, Raiguel was a registered Republican. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968, accessed 05/05/2020.) In 1912, Flora Raiguel also was a registered Republican voter, as women got theright to vote in CA on 10/11/1911. By 1914, the Raiguels identified as members of the Progressive Party.

• Freehold, NJ (Architect's Birth)
  Freehold, NJ 07728

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• Del Monte, Monterey, CA (Architect's Death)
  Del Monte, Monterey, CA 93940

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