Résumé

Engineer. A.J. Blaylock and Associates, San Diego, CA, c. 1962-1968. (See San Diego, California, City Directory, 1968, p. 128.)

Principal, Robert K. Burkett and Associates, Engineers, San Diego, CA.

Principal, Burkett Engineers, San Diego, CA.

Partner, Burkett and Wong, Engineers, Structural and Civil Engineering, Land Planning and Surveying. In 1975, partners of the firm included Robert K. Burkett, Structural Engineer; Raymond H. Flores, Structural Engineer; Poy Low, Structural Engineer; Frank C. Wong, Civil Engineer. The firm had its office at 2359 4th Street in San Diego in that year. (See Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Directory, 1975, p. 388.)

Relocation

Robert K. Burkett was born in GA, likely in Savannah, in 1936. The 1940 US Census recorded that he and his mother lived with her mother Ethel Speight and her family in Savannah, GA, occupying rented accommodations in a multifamily dwelling at 2310 Bull Street. The census indicated that Mahala Burkett, Robert's mother, had been divorced from his father by this time. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia; Roll: m-t0627-00650; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 25-42B, accessed 06/22/2022.) Robert continued to live with his grandmother and mother in Savannah at 117 West Charlton Street in 1950. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia; Roll: 3283; Sheet Number: 74; Enumeration District: 164-83, accessed 06/22/2022.)

Between 1962 and 1968, Burkett resided at 4909 Mount La Platta Drive in San Diego, CA. (See San Diego, California, City Directory, 1962, p. 158 and San Diego, California, City Directory, 1968, p. 672.)

By 1988, he lived in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego.

Parents

He was raised by his mother Catherine Mahala Speight (born 12/21/1915 in Richmond County, NC-d. 04/29/2004 in La Jolla, San Diego, CA). According to the 1940 US Census, Mahala worked as a clerk in a laundry in Savannah, GA. A decade later, Mahala was employed in a laundry as an assistant office manager. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia; Roll: m-t0627-00650; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 25-42B, accessed 06/22/2022 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia; Roll: 3283; Sheet Number: 74; Enumeration District: 164-83, accessed 06/22/2022.)

Her father was Americus Vespucius "Mack" Speight (born c. 1892 in NC-d. 03/29/1947 in Chatham County, GA), her mother Roxie Ethel Milliken (born 07/12/1896 in Richmond County, NC-d. 05/05/1975 in Chatham County, GA). They wed on 08/24/1912 in Richmond County, NC. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, accessed 06/22/2022.)

She later married Kenneth W. Healy, an employee of the Karlson Trucking Company in Modesto, CA. (See Modesto, California, City Directory, 1969, p. 270.)

His father was John Horace Burkett (born 12/19/1910-d. 04/05/1964). They wed in Jasper County, SC, on 05/09/1936. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation South Carolina Department of Archives and History; Columbia, South Carolina, USA; Country Marriage Records, accessed 06/14/2022.) He achieved the rank of Major in the US Army and served during World War II. John H. Burkett married at least twice. Another wife was Willie Mae Burkett (born 11/19/1914-d. 02/05/1996), with whom he was buried in the Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, GA.

Spouse

He wed Caroline Louise Fluegler (born 07/21/1939 in Imperial County, CA) on 06/21/1958 in Stanislaus County, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1949-1959 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013, accessed 06/14/2022.) They divorced in San Diego, CA, in 12/1968. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007, accessed 06/14/2022.)

Caroline's parents were were Ferdinand "Fred" Fluegler (born 03/07/1899 in San Luis Obispo, CA-d. 01/08/1975 in San Diego, CA) and Maude Fowler (born 01/31/1901 in CA-d. 02/20/1993 in San Diego, CA). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Place: San Diego; Date: 20 Feb 1993; Social Security: 564529231 Source Information Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000, accessed 06/22/2022.) While living in Lodi, CA, Fred Fluegler worked as a salesman for the Smith-Enten Bag Company in 1950. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Lodi, San Joaquin, California; Roll: 63; Sheet Number: 27; Enumeration District: 39-39, accessed 06/22/2022,)

He married Yuko Ogami on 04/10/1971 in Carson City, NV. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Nevada, U.S., Marriage Index, 1956-2005 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007, accessed 06/14/2022.)