Person:Richard Flood (1)

Richard Flood

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m. 21 Jul 1879

Facts and Events

Name	Richard Flood
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	11 May 1895	Mara, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
Death`^?`	8 Jan 1946	San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
Reference Number`^?`		15563

References

↑ Church baptism record
St. Columbkille's R. C. Ch., Uptergrove, Simcoe Co., Ontario; LDS film 1305889, part 2, p. 48.

QUAY 3 1895 above entry: "Richard Flood, born Mara May 11th, baptized June 2nd, son of Michael Flood, born Ireland and Rose Anne McVay, born Ontario; ; by James Hogan"
California Deaths.

California, Death Index, 1940-1997," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VPQV-JFD : accessed 24 Mar 2014), Richard Flood, 08 Jan 1946; citing Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento
As early as 1918, Richard was a sailor on the Great Lakes- and in Jan.,1922 he entered the USA and headed to the West coast. Manifest records of the Monterey indicate he joined the crew as an A.B.(Able Seaman) April 15, 1922 in Honolulu- returning to Seattle Washington, he continued to work along the Pacific coast, he applied for US Citizen on Oct. 4, 1929- his personal description was 5' 10", brown hair, blue eyes, 160 pounds. Richard listed his last foreign residence was Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands. In 1942 at the age of 46, Richard enlisted in the US forces, his address at the time was 25 Clay st. S.F., CA.. His death in 1946 was a result of an automobile accident.