Bernadette Vivian Ozburn Sternberg's father, William Robert Ozburn Jr., was born in Fulton County, GA, on 13 July 1898 to William Robert Ozburn Sr and Vivian F. Cline. (See "Three Generations" pedigree chart, in Pages, in the left hand column of this page.) They were married September 7th of the previous year. William Ozburn senior probably worked as a railroad baggage handler at the time, since that was his occupation in 1899, when he lived in Macon, GA. Here is the listing in the Macon City Directory for that year:
Central Georgia Railway is the company he worked for as a "bagmn," probably bag man. The asterisk by his name meant that he was married. This was before the directories started listing the first name of the wife in parentheses next to the man's name.
In the 1900 census, William and his family were living in Atlanta and William was one year old. His father was working for Georgia Central Railway as a baggage master by that time, so it looks like he got a promotion when he moved to Atlanta. The Atlanta City Directory also shows him as being a baggage master in 1900.
The 1910 census has the Ozburn family living in Richmond, GA. William Sr., aged 33, was working as a manager in a beef company. Vivian was aged 29. By this time, William Jr., who was 11, had two siblings: a brother, Forest, age 9; and a sister, Norwood, age 4.
The 1910 Savannah City Directory, however, lists the Ozburns as living in Savannah, as does the 1908 Savannah Directory. So it's not clear why the census would show them living in Richmond county in April of 1910.
By 1916, when William Jr. was 18, William Senior apparently owned a business called W. R. Ozburn & Co. At this time, the Ozburns were living at 217 W 38th St in Savannah. Here is an excerpt from that listing:
And below is a photo of what the house looks like today. It sold last year for $198,000.
According to the real estate listing, it was built in 1910 and currently has 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. I guess that would've been enough room for a family of five back in 1916. The interior is quite attractive now, but whether it looked like that in 1916 is unknown. The below picture came from the Zillow website.
Central Georgia Railway is the company he worked for as a "bagmn," probably bag man. The asterisk by his name meant that he was married. This was before the directories started listing the first name of the wife in parentheses next to the man's name.
In the 1900 census, William and his family were living in Atlanta and William was one year old. His father was working for Georgia Central Railway as a baggage master by that time, so it looks like he got a promotion when he moved to Atlanta. The Atlanta City Directory also shows him as being a baggage master in 1900.
The 1910 census has the Ozburn family living in Richmond, GA. William Sr., aged 33, was working as a manager in a beef company. Vivian was aged 29. By this time, William Jr., who was 11, had two siblings: a brother, Forest, age 9; and a sister, Norwood, age 4.
The 1910 Savannah City Directory, however, lists the Ozburns as living in Savannah, as does the 1908 Savannah Directory. So it's not clear why the census would show them living in Richmond county in April of 1910.
By 1916, when William Jr. was 18, William Senior apparently owned a business called W. R. Ozburn & Co. At this time, the Ozburns were living at 217 W 38th St in Savannah. Here is an excerpt from that listing:
And below is a photo of what the house looks like today. It sold last year for $198,000.
According to the real estate listing, it was built in 1910 and currently has 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. I guess that would've been enough room for a family of five back in 1916. The interior is quite attractive now, but whether it looked like that in 1916 is unknown. The below picture came from the Zillow website.
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