Sidney Boswell Otter

b. 26 November 1876, d. 24 August 1957
  • Sidney Boswell Otter was born on 26 November 1876 in Kentucky.
  • He married Frances Langston Goree, daughter of Robert Daniel Goree and Frances Rebecca Campbell, on 17 July 1913 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California.
  • Sidney Boswell Otter registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Fresno County, California, while living with his wife Frances in Fresno, and self-employed there as a rancher.
  • Sidney Boswell Otter and Frances Langston Goree appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Raisin, Fresno County, California, at Braley Avenue. Other members of the household included Robert Hartwell Otter and John Delaware Otter.
  • He was a farmer/rancher, according to the 1920 census.
  • On 21 Oct 1924, Mrs. Frances G. Otter was appointed Postmaster of Bonny Doon, Santa Cruz County, and on 23 Dec 1927, Sidney B. Otter succeeded her as Postmaster.
  • Sidney Boswell Otter appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Santa Cruz Township, Santa Cruz County, California. Other members of the household included Robert Hartwell Otter and John Delaware Otter. Robert also was enumerated in 1930 in the Santa Cruz household of his mother, who was living in town teaching school.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1930 census.
  • Sidney Boswell Otter (and Frances Langston Goree) appeared in the 1933 Oakland, California, City Directory at 2880 Hopkins Sidney was listed as a nursery worker.
  • Sidney Boswell Otter became a widower at the 22 November 1939 death of his wife Frances Langston Goree.
  • Sidney Boswell Otter died on 24 August 1957 at age 80 in Los Angeles County, California.
  • Last Edited: 25 Jun 2017

Family: Frances Langston Goree b. August 1889, d. 22 November 1939