I have all known relatives on Family Tree Maker, and would be willing to share with anyone who would like the information. This is some partial information about my most immediate family. The Soundex code for hutchings is: H325
Husband: Stanley Alan Hutchings
Date born: November 17, 1942 in Monterey, California
Wife: Kiyomi Yamasaki
Date born: June 22, 1952 in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Marriage date: May 25, 1974
Marriage location: Nagata Jinja, Nagata, Japan
| Children of Stan and Kiyomi | Gender | Birth dates |
|---|---|---|
| Aya Hutchings | F | October 30, 1977 |
| Alan Hutchings | M | July 25, 1980 |
Husband: Howard Thomas Hutchings SSN 557-26-1261
Date born: August 12, 1920 in Galt, California
died: December 28, 1995 in Alameda, California 94501
Wife: Anna Myrtle Hamberg (remarried November 8, 1947 to Wilton Lee Atkinson)
Date born: February 17, 1921 in Quincy, California
Marriage date: ?1941 Divorced: 1946?; Howard divorced 2nd wife 1952?; married current wife, Lupe Navarro (SSN 571-12-2800; Date born: April 27, 1918 in Guadalajara, Mexico) April 30, 1955 in Berkeley, California). Lupe died June 12, 1996.
Husband: Masao Yamasaki
Date born:
died:
Wife: Fujie Muramatsu
Date born:
Marriage date:
| Children of Howard and Anna | Gender | Birth dates |
|---|---|---|
| Stanley Alan Hutchings | M | November 17, 1942 |
| Connie Ann Hutchings | F | September 11, 1945 |
| Children of Masao & Fujie | Gender | Birth dates |
|---|---|---|
| Keiko Muramatsu | F | |
| Yumiko Muramatsu | F | |
| Kiyomi Yamasaki | F | |
| Masayuki Yamasaki | M |
Husband: Olaf "Fred" Hamberg
Date born: 1897 in Sweden
died: 1971 in Loomis, California
Wife: Anna "Ahboo" Peterson
Date born: 1896 in California
died: February 1967 in Berkeley, California
| Children of Olaf "Fred" and Anna | Gender | Birth dates | Died |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nels Arvid Hamberg | M | 1919 | 1965 |
| Barbara Jane Hamberg | F | 1923 | 1975 |
| Anna Myrtle Hamberg | F | February 17, 1921 |
| Children | Gender | Birth dates | Died |
| Leonard Riley Hutchings | M | May 31, 1918 | |
| Howard Thomas Hutchings | M | August 12, 1920 | December 28, 1995 |
| Stanley Hutchings | M | UNKNOWN | (died young) |
| Chester Hutchings | M | UNKNOWN | (died young) |
The Hutchings side of the family previous to my grandfather Leonard Van Hutchings is relatively unknown. I asked his son (my uncle, Leonard Hutchings), but he said his father did not talk much about his past. From stories told by his wife (my grandmother), I gather he was a "black sheep" who left home at an early age, was a cowboy for awhile, drifted around, met and married Tessa E. Riley, who was probably still living with her parents in Missouri. The 1910 census found HUTCHINGS, LEONARD age 23 from Illinois in Jackson county, MO. Previous census do not find him. The 1920 census found him age 34 in Sacramento county, CA. My grandmother said they tried farming near Sacramento (probably in Galt, where my father was born in 1920) for awhile, and also raised turkeys. But things did not work out, so they moved to Berkeley, where he finally ended up working for Colgate, Palmolive, Peet (now Colgate) until he retired. I remember he used to roll his own cigarettes. His sons, my uncle Leonard and father Howard went to Berkeley High, where they met my mother.
If you have any information on Leonard Van and his lineage, please let me know. I have the ancestors of my 3 other grandparents back to the 1700's and before, but the Hutchings line stops at my grandfather.
I use the computer program Family Tree Maker on a PC to organize all the information I have on my relatives.
If you have comments or suggestions, or just want to chat,