Résumé

Partner, Howard, Train and Williams, Architects, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1901. Partner, Train and Williams, Architects, Los Angeles, CA.

Relocation

Robert Farquhar Train was born in Nottingham, Nottinhamshire, England on 12/04/1869. By 1881, when the Census of England was taken, he and his widowed mother, Elizabeth, resided in Ashborne, Derbyshire, England, the region in which his mother was raised. (She had been born in Derby.) Ashborne was only about 28 miles from Nottingham. According to the 1881 Census of England, Robert shared this house with his elder brother, Frank, his maternal aunt Susanna Hood, (born c. 1839 in Ashborne, Derbyshire, England), a dressmaker, his paternal aunt, Elizabeth Train, also a dressmaker, (born c. 1844 in Scotland), and a servant, Gertrude Wood, (born in 1867 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England).

Train immigrated to the US in 1884, and was naturalized as a US citizen, 1895.

In 1896, he resided at the Hotel Baltimore, on the northeast corner of 7th and Olive Streets in Downtown Los Angeles, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4-2A; CSL Roll Number: 21; FHL Roll Number: 976930, accessed 08/07/2020.)

He and his wife had a residence at 1974 Santee Street in Los Angeles between 1900 and 1926. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Los Angeles Ward 6, Los Angeles, California; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0052; FHL microfilm: 1240090 accessed 08/07/2020 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation: California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968, accessed 08/07/2020.)

They dwelled at 132 North Catalina Street in Los Angeles between 1930 and 1934, at least, and between 1936 and 1950, at least, at 120 North Catalina Street. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4-2A; CSL Roll Number: 21; FHL Roll Number: 976930, accessed 08/07/2020.)

He died in Los Angeles County, CA, at the age of 81.

Parents

His mother, Elizabeth Hood, (born c. 1830 in Ashborne, Derbyshore, England), who had been widowed by 1881. She earned a living as a "fancy wool dealer" in that year.

He had a brother, Frank Train, (born c. 1867 in Nottingham, England).

Spouse

He wed Vera May Creeth (born 01/26/1869 in IL-d. 01/12/1954 in Los Angeles, CA) on 09/02/1897 in Los Angeles County, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images, accessed 08/07/2020.)

Biographical Notes

Los Angeles voter rolls of 1896 indicated that, at age 25, Train stood 6-feet tall, and had blue eyes, light-colored hair and a light, Caucasian complexion. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4-2A; CSL Roll Number: 21; FHL Roll Number: 976930, accessed 08/07/2020.)

Train was a lifelong Republican, having registered with that party for the elections of 1908, 1910, 1920, 1922, 1926, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, and 1950.

• Nottingham, UK (Architect's Birth)
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