Lorna Mae Mathews and Robert Elmer Engle
ROBERT ELMER ENGLE, son of ANNA PEARL SEAGOE and BURREL GUY ENGLE, was born May 16, 1907 in Pomona, Los Angeles, California,250, 11070 and died February 3, 1950 in Santa Barbara County, California.250 He is buried in Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara County, California.456
He married LORNA MAE MATHEWS on August 25, 1928 in Ventura, Ventura, California.11071 She was born July 18, 1907 in North Dakota,250 and died December 4, 1978 in Santa Barbara County, California.250
Work History
- Robert Elmer Engle was a cable splicer for the phone company and later wire chief.11070
Marriage Announcements and News
Morning Press, August 26, 192811071
Miss Lorna Mathews and Robert Engle were quietly married yesterday afternoon in Ventura.
Mrs. Engle is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Mathews, of King City. Mr. Engle is employed by the local Telephone company.
May 7, 195111072
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Baker, who were married in a quiet ceremony in San Fernando on April 15, are back from a two-week wedding trip, in which they motored to Ensenada, Palm Springs, Reno and San Francisco. They're at home to their friends at 107 W. Islay, where they're having fun remodeling, painting and modernizing—specially the kitchen which is to be spanking fresh in red and gray. Mrs. Baker was Mrs. Lorna M. Engle before the eventful day. She's lived here since 1926, and her husband is also a long-time resident.
Obituaries
Santa Barbara News-Press, February 4, 195011070
Robert Engle, Telephone Wire Chief, Dies at 42
Robert E. Engle, 42, Associated Telephone Co. wire chief for southern Santa Barbara County, collapsed at his desk yesterday afternoon and died in a hospital of cerebral hemorrhage last evening.
Known as "Bob" to his many friends in this area, he had recently been promoted to the job of assigning all telephone numbers, routing and dispatching telephone trouble shooters, and heading the information department of the company. He lived at 107 W. Islay St.
A native of California, he was born on May 16, 1907, at Pomona. He spent his early years at Reedley, near Fresno.
He had been a telephone man for more than 26 years, and his father, B. G. Engle of Santa Ynez was in the business before him for 32 years. His younger brother George is also with the telephone company here.
First Job
At the age of 16 he took his first job as a cable splicer's helper. In a year he completed the regular four-year advancement to regular cable splicer for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. in Fresno. In 1926 he came to Santa Barbara.
"When I first came here, I was fed up with the telephone business," Engle told a News-Press reporter recently, "but after looking at other jobs I applied for a job with the old Santa Barbara Telephone Co. as a cable splicer's apprentice again."
He was soon back as a regular splicer, and did the job for the next 18 years, being transferred to Long Beach in 1939 when the Associated Telephone Co. acquired the Santa Barbara Co. Meantime, he married Lorna Mathews, a North Dakota native whom he met here.
Transferred
When World War II broke out, he was transferred into the installation and maintenance department at Long Beach, the work he had been doing since. In 1945 he asked for and received a transfer back to the Channel City.
He was a member of the Pioneers of America, a telephone men's group.
His favorite sport was bowling and he and his brother George were both on the Associated's team. On weekends the brothers liked to go up to their parents' ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley.
He is survived by his wife; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Burrel G. Engle; two brothers, Burrel Edwin of Santa Ynez and George Richard of Santa Barbara; and a sister, Mrs. Charles L. Strong.
Funeral services will be held at 3 pm Tuesday at the Welch and Ryce Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow at Santa Barbara Cemetery.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| April 21, 1910352 | Azusa, Los Angeles, California |
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| April 12, 19309501 | Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California |
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| April 6, 19402537 | Long Beach, Los Angeles, California |
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