CARRICK, Willard Philip

1865 - 1933  (67 years)

• Name	CARRICK, Willard Philip
  Born	24 Mar 1865	Dayton, Lyon County, Nevada
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Feb 1933	Susanville, Lassen County, California
  Person ID	I12646	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	CARRICK, Benjamin H.,   b. 14 May 1836, Bangor, Maine ,   d. 18 Jul 1892, Rail Road Tracks Near Berkeley, Alameda County, California  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	MCDANIEL, Harriett Augusta,   b. 21 Oct 1844, Michigan ,   d. 15 May 1875, Dayton, Lyon County, Nevada  (Age 30 years)
  Married	Bef 1862	Probably California
  Family ID	F4025	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	GERKING, Sarah Jessie,   b. 23 Dec 1884, Lassen County, California ,   d. 19 Feb 1933, Susanville, Lassen County, California  (Age 48 years)
  Married	Bef 1916
  Children	1. CARRICK, Edgar,   b. Abt 1911, California ,   d. Abt 23 Dec 1927, Lassen County, California  (Age ~ 16 years)   2. CARRICK, James   3. CARRICK, Jessie A.   4. CARRICK, Alta M.,   b. 18 Jul 1918, Lassen County, California ,   d. 7 Apr 2005, 404805 Scott Road, Chilcoot, Lassen County, California  (Age 86 years)   5. CARRICK, Harriet Eleanor,   b. 25 Feb 1923,   d. 22 Mar 1990, Fenley, Nevada  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F3937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  An unusual event at the time of Willard and Jessie's deaths prompted the following front page story in the Nevada State Journal (Feb. 22, 1933) : DEATH STRIKES Man, Wife Die Within 12-Hour Period SUSANVILLE, Cal., Feb. 21 - Within a space of 12 hours Willard P. Carrick, 60, and his wife Mrs. Jessie Carrick, 43, died without hearing that the other was ill. Mrs. Carrick died Sunday night after an attack of influenza, and her husband, ill of the same disease, passed away in Susanville hospital early yesterday morning. He had not been told of his wife's death. Carrick came to Lassen county 25 years ago from Yolo county, where he was born, and Mrs. Carrick was a native of Lassen county. Five children survive the couple. NOTE: Willard was born in Nevada, not Yolo Co. CA as stated above. - On March 3, 1933 the Nevada State Journal reported that one William Carrick was killed at a restaurant in Santa Rosa durring a holdup. He was a policeman. The paper stated he was a brother of Willard. - 1880 Census: Pitt River, Lassen, California Film Number T9-0066 Page Number 109A Terry Wright Self M Male W 23 MO Stock Raiser --- --- Fannie Wright Wife M Female W 18 CA Keeping House --- --- Eva J. Wright Dau S Female W 1 CA MO CA Willard Carrick Cousin S Male W 17 NV At Home ME MI - The 1920 census shows Willard and family living in Leavit District, Lassen Co., California, south east of Susanville. Willard, age 53, stated he was a farmer, and with the family was Willard's father-in-law David Gerking, now widowed. - Bureau of Land Management shows Willard purchasing 160 acres of land near Susanville, Lassen Co., CA on March 18, 1921. (BLM Serial # CASU 0006087). - Willard purchaed another160 acres of land near Susanville, Lassen Co., CA on December 12, 1922. (BLM Serial # CASU 0007214). - Willard purchased another 160 acres of land in Lassen Co., CA on April 26, 1929, for the purposes of raising stock. (BLM Serial # CAS 0016440). - Willard's obituary was posted in the Lassen Advocate, Susanville, California on February 24, 1933.