Résumé

Principal, Joseph and W.H. Bayless, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1865. He and W.H. Bayless had an office at 20 Montgomery Street. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, Business Directory, 1865, p. 485.)

Carpenter, San Francisco, CA, c. 1872. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4-2A; CSL Roll Number: 41; FHL Roll Number: 977097, accessed 03/05/2022.)

Draftsman, San Francisco, CA, 1880.

Draftsman, Dewey and Company, San Francisco, CA, 1887. Dewey and Company operated as American and foreign patent agents and wood and photo engravers in 1887. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, Business Directory, 1887, p. 211 and 403.)

Relocation

According to the 1880 US Census and San Francisco County voter records, Joseph A. Bayless was born in New Orleans, LA, around 1844. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4-2A; CSL Roll Number: 41; FHL Roll Number: 977097, accessed 03/05/2022.)

He dwelled at 2216 Mission Street in San Francisco, CA, between 1880 and 1887, at least. At this time, he lived with his parentes William and Emma Bayless. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, Business Directory, 1887, p. 211.)

Parents

His mother was Mary Emma Quarrier (

She wed William Henry Bayless on 01/30/1848 at Saint Matthews Mission Church in New York, NY. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The Episcopal Diocese of New York; New York, New York Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New York Church Records, 1767-1970 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017, accessed 03/05/2022.)