David Arthur Owens, the second child of David D and Francis Owens, was born in Missouri on December 3, 1872. By 1900 he was living in Santa Cruz, California, and working as a driver for the fire department. He married Ida Saloma Doane around 1905, and by 1910 he is the proprietor of an express company that he co-owns with his brother James Bertram. He continues to own and run that business until at least 1944. His wife Ida painted china. They didn’t have any children of their own, but raised Ida’s niece Beverly. I have not been able to find out when they died.
It just dawned on me that driver for the fire department at that time would have been horse drawn equipment, and his business, as well, when it was started, would have been wagons pulled by horse or oxen or the like. Interesting. I have found the business listed in Santa Cruz in the 1970’s, but now I can only find what may be that business operating in Truckee, California and Northern Nevada.
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David Arthur OWENS died 24 SEP 1947 in Santa Cruz County and his wife Ida S. OWENS died 27 FEB 1972 in Santa Cruz County. On 12 FEB 1896 in Alba, Jasper, Missouri, D. A. OWENS and B. I. (Bertha) SPONABLE married. Any chance D. A. and David Arthur are the same person? I am unable to find anything on Bertha after she is married in 1896 so I believe she must have died.
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