Tuesday, November 6, 2012

California Voter Registration Records for My Carringer and Auble Females

It's Election Day (again), and I thought it would be interesting seeing when and how my female Carringer and Auble ancestors registered to vote.

Ancestry.com has California Voter Registration records for 1900 to 1968, but not all years are available for all counties.  Here is the list for San Diego County:


There are records for 1900-1906, 1908-1912, 1914, 1916, and every two years until 1944.

1)  The first mention of my great-grandmother, Della A. (Smith) (1862-1944) is in the 1908-1912 listing:



Interestingly, she is listed as Male in the record above...a housekeeper, residing at 2105 30th Street in San Diego, registered as a Republican.  Della is listed in:

*  1908-12:  Mrs. Della A. Carringer, a housewife, residing at 2105 30th Street, a Republican
*  1914:  Mrs. Della A. Carringer, a housewife, residing at 2105 30th Street, a Republican
*  1916:  Mrs. Della A. Carringer, a housewife, residing at 2105 30th Street, a Republican
*  1918*:  Mrs. Della A. Carringer, a housewife, residing at 2105 30th Street, a Republican
*  1922*: Mrs. Della A. Carringer, a housewife, residing at 2105 30th Street, a Republican
*  1924*: Mrs. Della A. Carringer, a housewife, residing at 2105 30th Street, a Republican
*  1926*: Mrs. Della A. Carringer, a housewife, residing at 2105 30th Street, a Republican
*  1928*: Mrs. Della A. Carringer, a housewife, residing at 2115 30th Street, a Republican
*  1930: Mrs. Della A. Carringer, a housewife, residing at 2115 30th Street, a Republican
*  1934: Mrs. Della A. Carringer, a housewife, residing at 2115 30th Street, a Republican
*  1936: Mrs. Della A. Carringer, a housewife, residing at 2115 30th Street, a Republican
*  1938:  Mrs. Della A. Carringer, a housewife, residing at 2115 30th Street, a Republican

She is not listed, and neither is her husband, Henry A. Carringer, in the 1920, 1932 and 1940 listings.

2)  The first mention of my great-grandmother, Georgia (Kemp) Auble (1868-1952) is in the 1914 listings.  She and her husband, Charles Auble (1849-1916) moved to San Diego in about 1911.  She is listed as:

*  1914:  Mrs. Georgia K. Auble, a housewife, residing at 767 14th, a Republican.
*  1918:  Mrs. Georgia K. Auble, a housewife, residing at 2100 First, a Democrat
*  1922*:  Mrs. Georgia K. Auble, a housewife, residing 2130 Fern Street, a Republican
*  1924:  Mrs. Georgia K. Auble, a housewife, residing 2130 Fern Street, a Republican
*  1926:  Mrs. Georgia K. Auble, a housewife, residing 2130 Fern Street, a Republican
*  1928:  Mrs. Georgia K. Auble, a housewife, residing 2130 Fern Street, a Republican
*  1930:  Mrs. Georgia K. Auble, a housewife, residing 2130 Fern Street, a Republican
*  1934:  Mrs. Georgia K. Auble, a housewife, residing 2130 Fern Street, a Republican
*  1936:  Mrs. Georgia K. Auble, a housewife, residing 2130 Fern Street, a Republican
*  1938:  Mrs. Georgia K. Auble, a housewife, residing 2130 Fern Street, a Republican
*  1942:  Mrs. Georgia K. Auble, a housewife, residing 2130 Fern Street, a Republican
*  1944:  Mrs. Georgia K. Auble, a housewife, residing 2130 Fern Street, a Republican

She is not listed in the 1916, 1920, 1932 and 1940 listings.

3)  The first mention of my grandmother, Emily (Kemp) Carringer (1899-1977) is in the 1922 listings:

*  1922:  Mrs. Emily K. Carringer, housewife, residing at 2130 Fern Street, Republican
*  1924*:  Mrs. Emily K. Carringer, housewife, residing at 2130 Fern Street, Republican
*  1926:  Mrs. Emily K. Carringer, housewife, residing at 2130 Fern Street, Republican
*  1928:  Mrs. Emily K. Carringer, housewife, residing at 2130 Fern Street, Republican
*  1930:  Mrs. Emily K. Carringer, housewife, residing at 2130 Fern Street, Republican
*  1934:  Mrs. Emily K. Carringer, housewife, residing at 2130 Fern Street, Republican
*  1936:  Mrs. Emily K. Carringer, housewife, residing at 2130 Fern Street, Republican
*  1938*:  Mrs. Emily K. Carringer, housewife, residing at 2130 Fern Street, Republican
*  1942:  Mrs. Emily K. Carringer, housewife, residing at 2130 Fern Street, Republican
*  1944:  Mrs. Emily K. Carringer, housewife, residing at 2130 Fern Street, Republican

She is not listed in the 1920, 1932, and 1940 listings, and neither is her husband, Lyle.

4)  The only listing for my mother, Betty V. Carringer (1919-2002) is in the 1942 listings:

*  1942:  Betty V. Carringer, student, residing at 2130 Fern Street, Democrat

I looked in the 1944 listings for her as Betty Seaver, but did not find her.

I noted that the indexing for these records was imperfect - every one of the persons searched above was not indexed for several years, but they were in the listings.  I noted the missing index listings above with an * next to the year.  The only way I found them all was to search for other family members who were indexed.

The images linked to the 1920 San Diego county listings are from 1907 and San Francisco County for some reason.

I searched in the 1932 and 1940 listings for the addresses, and did not find a listing.  I did not go page by page to see if the indexing missed all of the people in those years.  My guess is that the listings are incomplete.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/11/california-voter-registration-records.html

Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver

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