Résumé

Draftsman, City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 1910. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 38, San Francisco, California; Roll: T624_99; Page: 12a; Enumeration District: 0187; FHL microfilm: 1374112, accessed 03/26/2025.)

Architect, F.T. Underhill, Architect, Santa Barbara, CA, 1917-1918. (See Santa Barbara, California, City Directory, 1917, p. 29 and Santa Barbara, California, City Directory, 1918, p. 32.)

Architect, E.H. Seiferle, Architect, Santa Barbara, CA, 1920. (See Santa Barbara, California, City Directory, 1920, p. 34.)

Architect, Soule and Murphy, Architects, Santa Barbara, CA, 1942. On 04/25/1942, the Soule and Murphy office was located at 116 East Sola Street in Downtown Santa Barbara. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147 Source Information: U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, accessed 03/26/2025.)

Relocation

Ralph William Armitage was born in San Francisco, CA, on 04/06/1886.

The 1910 US Census listed Ralph living with his mother Alice and sister Victoria in a rented dwelling at 1321 Octavia Street in San Francisco. His father William was not listed as living at this address. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 38, San Francisco, California; Roll: T624_99; Page: 12a; Enumeration District: 0187; FHL microfilm: 1374112, accessed 03/26/2025.)

By 1918, Ralph had moved to Santa Barbara, CA, where he worked as an architect and he and his wife lived at 1327 1/2 Bath Street in Santa Barbara in 1918. (See Santa Barbara, California, City Directory, 1918, p. 32.)

Two years later, the architect lived with his wife and newborn son at 120 West Islay Street. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California; Roll: T625_146; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 99, accessed 03/26/2025.)

He and his wife Charlotte and son John lived in a house at 235 West Victoria Street in Santa Barbara in 1930. The family owned their house, valued at $10,000 lower than some surrounding residences worth approximately $15,000 to $20,000. The neighborhood was a mix of owned and rented single-family houses. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California; Page: 25A; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 2339949, accessed 03/26/2025.)

The Armitage house at 235 West Victoria had dropped to an estimated value of $3,000 in 1940. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California; Roll: m-t0627-00333; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 42-16, accessed 03/26/2025.) The Armitages continued to live here when Ralph registered for the World War II draft on 04/25/1942. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147 Source Information: U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, accessed 03/26/2025.)

Parents

His father was the San Francisco architect William Henry Armitage (born 01/16/1860 in Sheffield, England-d. 01/30/1944 in San Francisco, CA).

Ralph's mother was Alice Maria (or Marian) Elizabeth Batkin Hardenbrook (born c. 1864 in England -d. 11/22/1929 in CA).

He had a sister Victoria Alice Armitage (born 06/20/1884 in Oakland, CA-d. 1976-07-05 in Monterey County, CA)

Spouse

Ralph Armitage married Charlotte

Children

He and Charlotte had a son John Armitage (born 1919 in Santa Barbara, CA).