Person:Robert Palmer (50)

(Research):Robert Buzz Palmer http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=ce29e99d-a17d-4c3a-955a-03bee387fdac&tid=3095803&pid=-1776224183

ROBERT PALMER............. .................................................UNCLE "BUZZ"............................................... Was one of the last of the OLD TYME Farriers and Blacksmiths of his time.I can remember him coming to our house in the early 1960's with a small trailer behind his old ford car. It held everthing a man needed to shoe and trim horses. He made his own horseshoes with a old hand cranked forge.He was one of the few people that were allowed to trim and shoe the Trotting Horses in the San Jaoquin Valley. When you do Trotters their step is so crucial to their feet. He would get his calipers out and true all four feet up!!! He handed this knowledge down to my father and older brother Tracy. I remember him welding with the forge which is no small feat. I never saw him strike a horse out of anger. He had a way of gaining their respect and KEEPING it...Example if a horse was laying on him as he was shoeing, he would keep the leg up and step aside letting it down close to the ground and letting go. When the horse tried to grab itself it was too late, It would put weight on the end of hoof and cause enough pain that it didn't want to lean that way anymore... He also would float teeth without putting them to sleep. My point is I never saw anyone that did their job with such ittle effort and it being one tough job as his tade He used to say"This country went to pot when they came out with the throw away razors"With out fail he would load all of us kids in his old car with horse shoes chaps and the smell of horses, and him and take us to the Carnation Ice Cream parlor on Union Ave. for Ice Cream..... He is missed by all... Robert Palmer Rhoads

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service)
   Number: 558-22-6529; Issue State: California; Issue Date: B efore 1951.

   Birth date: 14 Nov 1905 Birth place: Death date: Feb 1996 Death place: Hanford, Kings, California, United States of America Reference number: 1,3693::47130002

   http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ssdi&h=47130002&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624)
   Year: 1910; Census Place: Township 1, Kern, California; Rol l: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .

   Birth date: 1906 Birth place: California Residence date: 1910 Residence place: Township 1, Kern, California Reference number: 1,7884::181462040

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3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625)
   Year: 1920; Census Place: Township 1, Kern, California; Rol l: T625_100; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 77; Image: .

   Birth date: abt 1906 Birth place: California Residence date: 1920 Residence place: Township 1, Kern, California Reference number: 1,6061::53246

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4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T626)
   Year: 1930; Census Place: Weldon, Kern, California; Roll: 1 21; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 7.0.

   Birth date: abt 1906 Birth place: Residence date: 1930 Residence place: Weldon, Kern, California Reference number: 1,6224::89376653

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5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 California, United States. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. (Sacramento, CA, USA: California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.)
   Birthdate: 14 Nov 1905; Birth County: Los Angeles.

   Birth date: 14 Nov 1905 Birth place: Los Angeles, California Reference number: 1,5247::8571

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6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Find A Grave.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} California. Department of Public Health. Bureau of Vital Statistics. Death Index, 1940-1997
   Date: 1996-02-04.

   Reference number: 1,5180::17259472

8. ↑ ^8.0 8.1 United States. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
   National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland , United States; Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations , and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949; Reco rd Group.

   24, Records of t he Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007; Series ARC ID Reference number: 1,1143::45942228

9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3} United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T627)
   Year: 1940; Census Place: Kern, California; Roll: T627_214 ; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 15-65.

   Reference number: 1,2442::69368777

10.   Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source)
    Ancestry Family Trees.

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