MASTERSON - San Fran Earthquake 1906

[NellyB]

Please could somebody help?
I'm trying to find details of a Denis (Dennis) Masterson, b. circa 1879 of Kinsale, Ireland who travelled to San Francisco from Australia in 1904.
Family opinion is that he perished in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.

Is there any way to discover if this is true?

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[aghadowey]

There's a list of people killed here although probably not complete-
http://www.sfmuseum.org/perished/index.html

[NellyB]

There's a list of people killed here although probably not complete-
http://www.sfmuseum.org/perished/index.html

Thanks so much - unfortunately my ancestor isn't listed.

[Lisa in California]

There may be something helpful on this site:
http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/index.htm

[Lisa in California]

I don't see his name in the 1905 or 1906 San Francisco Directories (found on the above site).

[Hollander]

No Denis or Dennis Masterson seems to appear in the 1910 Federal Census.

[NellyB]

Thanks for your help but no luck - I guess I'll have to keep digging

[merjones]

Name: Dennis Masterson
Arrival Date: 6 Apr 1904
Age:   23
Birth Date: abt 1881
Gender: Male
Ship Name: Wm H Smith
Port of Arrival: San Francisco, California
Port of Departure: Newcastle, Australia
Last Residence: Ireland

[merjones]

Here is a Masterson who was enumerated as living in a fire station house with 9 other men in 1910.  Since the last name and first inital is the only information given on the census page isn't it possible that whoever was interviewed for the info or the enumerator themself could have made a mistake in recording the first initial?

1910 San Francisco Assembly District 44, San Francisco, California

J Masterson age 29 born abt 1881 Ireland, parents Ireland, single, unknown immigration date, fireman, lodger at firehouse