Herbert “Bert” Henry Hannaford (6/10/1865-10/10/1951), the son of William H and Elizabeth Hannaford, was born in Newton Abbot, Devonshire England. There are conflicting reports as to when the Hannaford’s arrived in America. It is known that three of William’s sons (William E, George and Herbert) settled in Tulare County, California.
Herbert married Eleanor Nellie Wray (11/21/1870-10/31/1943) on 5/10/1891 in Lindsay, Tulare County. Eleanor was born in Placerville, El Dorado County, the daughter of George Washington and Ethelinda Effie Vanderberg Wray (1848-4/30/1925). George Wray (10/27/1831-10/30/1908), born in Illinois, can be found in El Dorado County as early as 1852. George and Ethelinda married in El Dorado County in 1868. He was 37 and she was 20. Wray’s settled in Tulare Country around 1875 where George became active in the community. He served as secretary for the stockholders of the Farmers Ditch Company (Water District).
They were survived by 10 children. George died at age 77 in Tulare County. After George’s death, Ethelinda moved in with her daughter Florence Devericks and family. She died at age 77. They are buried in the Tulare Cemetery.
Herbert, who had a mining claim in Placer County, arrived in Tulare County where his older brother George Hannaford (1863-1905) was established and in partnership with L. A. Pratt in a mercantile business. George also had other business enterprises. Their parents William and Elizabeth Hannaford had also relocated to Tulare County from Iowa in 1882 where Elizabeth died in 1884.
Herbert and Eleanor Hannaford lived in Woodville, Tulare County where they primarily raised livestock. Perhaps persuaded by her brother, Newton Wray, who had moved to Santa Ana, Herbert moved to Tustin on 4/1913 and purchased property on Prospect Ave where he raised apricots. Herbert was 45 years old at the time.
Hannaford, who had an eighth-grade education, was a businessman who bought, developed, and sold real estate including rental property, a ranch in Villa Park and Libby Motor Company (acquired in 2/3/2017 with H. F. Hornstret) in Santa Ana. In 1923 and 1924, with his son Herbert Jr. he subdivided North B and C Streets. They were active in the community. Eleanor busied herself with social activities and gave her time to the Tustin Red Cross gathering goods for the WWI effort. In 1931 they retired to Orange Cove, California near Fresno. They returned in May 1941 to celebrate their 50th anniversary with their children.
Eleanor died at age 72 in Tustin. Herbert moved back to Tustin and was a lodger at a home in Santa Ana where he died at age at age 86. Both had services in Tulare County where they are buried.
Eleanor’s brother, Newton Elmer Wray (3/5/1874-10/19/1945) and his wife Isabel Nicholson (1880-1967) were married on 12/24/1898 in Tulare County. He was 25 and she was 18. They moved to Orange County prior to 1910. He was a realtor and walnut farmer for many years before becoming a Sheriff’s Deputy. Newton and Isabel raised their granddaughter, Charlotte (11/15/1925-6/2/2015). Charlotte never married and died in Santa Ana at age 89.
They had one son, Clayton Elmer Wray (1901-1966) who was a Los Angeles police officer. After divorcing Charlotte’ s mother, Ruth R Magruder, he remarried and eventually moved to Waterloo, Iowa in 1963,
Newton died at age 71. Isabel outlived him by 22 years. They are buried at Westminster Memorial Park.
Herbert and Eleanor Hannaford had eight children born in Tulare County as follows:
Ethelinda “Ethel” Hannaford (4/5/1892-12/20/1980) married Charles Clifton Monroe (1889-5/15/1914) on 6/1/1913. They had been married for less than a year when he passed away. She then married Benton “Ben” McMillan Maddox (2/20/1891-11/7/1972) on 10/5/1919 in Long Beach.
Ben was born in Texas, his father James served in Company C, 4th regiment of the Kentucky Cavalry in the Civil War fighting for the confederacy. He had been a prisoner of war. After the war he married Orlena Tharp from Tennessee. They had three children before she died. James then married Mary Tharp, Orlena’s sister. Ben is the eighth of ten children. The family moved west to Texas and then Oklahoma. Ben came to California in 1909. His draft card confirms he was in Tulare in 1918.
Ben and Ethel’s first home was in Downey California according to the 1920 census. Around 1920, they bought a home in Tustin at the corner of C and 1st and rented rooms to boarders. Among their boarders were Cinderella Phiney, the post mistress and Wilma Rollins, a teacher. Ben was a house painter. They moved to a four-acre ranch in Yucaipa California in 1950. They returned to Orange County and lived in a trailer at Parque de Santiago at 215 So Prospect where they both died.
They had no children. They are both buried at Fairhaven Memorial Cemetery.
Herbert Henry “Budd” Hannaford (12/19/1893-1964) did not finish high school and was found working for the Tustin Lemon Association when he was 22. He married Mabel R Riehl (8/2/1983-9/16/1974) in January 1918. Mabel graduated from Santa Ana High School. His family purchased 10 acres on W. Washington Street in Santa Ana where they made their first home, and he raised walnuts and oranges.
Mabel was the fifth of six children of Adam (3/7/1845-3/21/1917) and Lucinda Elizabeth Conner Riehl (1/2/1859-1/1/1933). Born in Ohio, Riehl married Lucinda in New Mexico. Lucinda’s twin brother, John, was killed by Apache Indians in 1878 in Silver City, New Mexico. The Riehl’s came to Tustin in 1906. Adam was a butcher by trade. Adam died eleven years later. Lucinda was a widow for fifteen years,
Lucinda lived with her son Grover at their home at 400 W 1st St in Tustin until her death at age 73. Grover remained in the house until his death in 1955.
Budd joined the Walnut Growers Association in August 1919 and worked with his father in the real estate business. According to the 1930 census the family lived at 420 W 1st where Budd operated a nursery. This is around the time he opened the Tustin Auto Camp, which was located just west of the home. The motor court consisted of seven small cabins used for short-term rentals.
Budd ran for but was not elected to Tustin’s first City Council. Budd did serve on the Tustin Elementary Board from 1932 to 1934 and was appointed deputy City Assessor in 1954. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias where he was a past Chancellor. Budd was also an avid hunter and fisherman. Mable, a deaconess at the Tustin Presbyterian Church, was a member of the sisters of Pythias and the American Legion Auxiliary.
Budd died while on a hunting trip to Craig, Colorado at age 70. He had just killed an eight-point buck. Mabel remained in the home before moving to a convalescent home where she died 10 years later. Both are buried in Fairhaven Memorial Cemetery.
They had two children: Bettie Lou (Meek) and Homer Howard.
Bettie Lou Meek (4/28/1920- 5/12/2017) graduated from Tustin High School in 1938. She attended Santa Ana Junior College and Johnson’s Business School. She married Vincent Clarence Meek from Cornelius, Oregon on 5/22/1942. They were both 22. They were introduced by Bettie’s sister Bessie Appleton. They lived in Oregon until their daughter Cindy was born. They built their home on 6th St in Tustin.
He became Assistant Manager of the Motor Court. He tore down the cabins and laid pads for the trailers. The name was changed to the Hannaford Trailer Courts which catered to long-term renters. The Meek’s inherited the trailer court which was closed in 1966.
Meeks full time job was working for Holly Sugar as a fieldman advising farmers on crop management.
Meeks served in the Army Air Corp during World War II training in Lubbock Texas. He was a member of the Tustin American Legion, serving in several offices.
Bettie was active in the American Legion Auxiliary, served as secretary of the Tustin Elementary School, was a member of the PTA and was active in raising funds for the March of Dimes.
In 1976, they moved to Tracy, CA when Holly Sugar closed its Santa Ana plant. 1982, they retired to Copperopolis CA. where they built a home by a lake. They passed away there, and their ashes were spread in the lake.
They had daughters: Lucinda “Cindy “, Susan, Nancy and Becky.
Cindy married Bill Burge on 9/3/1965. They had both attended Tustin High School (Class of 1962 and 1961) and made their home in Tustin.
Homer Howard Hannaford (2/22/1922-10/24/2003) graduated from Tustin High School in 1940 where he played football (Guard) basketball (Guard) and baseball (first Baseman). He attended Santa Ana Junior College where he also played Football as a guard for two years becoming Co-Captain. He was class president his second year. After college, he became a civilian glider instructor for the U. S. Army at Candon Field in Twenty-Nine Palms, California.
He married High School classmate Virginia Marie “Ginny” Pollard (11/7/1922-9/28/2006), daughter of George and Rosa Pollard, on 11/29/1942 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. The Pollards came to the Tustin area in the early 1900’s. Ginny, having attended Santa Ana College and Business School, worked for the Board of Education at the time of the wedding. They made their home in Twenty-Nine Palms. He enlisted in the Army Air Corp. on 2/15/1945 at Fort McArthur, San Pedro, California. After he was discharged from service, he leased 82 acres from the Irvine Company and raised sugar beets. They lived at 14521 Culver Dr. in Irvine housing.
Homer was elected to the San Joaquin School Board in 1955 and was a member of the Santa Ana College Alumni Association and the American Legion. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias. He also was a hunter and served as president of the Tustin Gun Club.
Ginny was a member of the Junior Ebell’s, President of the St Joseph’s Auxiliary and President of the Alter Society of St. Cecelia’s Parish
They spent their later years in the home they purchased in Mission Viejo. Homer died at age 81 and Ginny died at age 83. Both are buried in Ascension Cemetery in Lake Forest.
They had five children: Sharon, Patricia” Patti Ann”, Debbi, Sandra and a son Dennis Howard.
Bessie “Betty” Elizabeth Hannaford (8/9/1895-2/22/1978) married Ray Leland Appleton (1/2/1893-9/12/1972) of Portland on 10/23/1920. He was age 27 and she was 25. He enlisted in the Army on 7/7/1918 obtaining the rank of Sergeant and was discharged from service on 3/10/1919. They lived in Oregon where he was a trucker and worked in the logging industry. They moved to Tustin in 1969 and lived at the Parque de Santiago mobile home park at 215 So Prospect. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Eastern Star. They had no children. They are both buried in Fairhaven Memorial Park.
Elsie Rae Hannaford (7/22/1898-6/22/2001) was 21 when she was found living with her aunt Ruby Hicks in Visalia, Tulare County, California. She was a piano teacher. She moved to Whittier.
Rufus Elmer Hannaford (5/22/1900-10/17/1971) married Katherine Ellen “Cassie” Appleton (4/22/1901-4/17/1986) on 3/15/1924 in Vancouver, Washington. Katherine was the younger sister of Ray Leland Appleton who married Bessie Hannaford. They divorced on 12/15/1947 and remarried on 11/25/1953. They lived their entire married life in Oregon, in the Portland area, then in Lincoln City. He was a trucker and a mechanic. They had a son Richard, and two daughters, Diane, and Dolores.
Teddy “Ted” Roosevelt Hannaford (2/6/1905-11/1982) married Dorothy Arlene Duran (1905-3/21/1965) in May 1927 in Orange Ca. They moved to Escondido in 1940. He worked as an assistant water supervisor for the Escondido Mutual Water Company. He was an avocado grower and served as a director of the Calavo Growers Association. He was a member of the Escondido City Safety Committee.
In 1960 he worked for the city parks department and was responsible for the maintenance of all the city grounds, parks and recreational facilities. Ted outlived Dorothy by seventeen years. He died in Greenwood, Sabastian, Arkansas where his son lived. They are buried at Oak Hill Memorial Park in Escondido, California
They had children: Richard L (5/27/1929-1/6/2017) Doris Mae Hoffman, Lois Marie Bennett, and Edna Mae St Clair.
Eleanor “Ruth” Hannaford (1909-) graduated from Tustin High School in 1927. She married Albert Farnsworth (10/7/1907-7/23/1996) on 7/17/1931, who graduated in 1926. Albert was the son of Rueben Lafayette Farnsworth (8/1/1876-4/23/1944) and Mary Frances Winn Farnsworth (5/5/1887-9/5/1978). Rueben and Mary Farnsworth moved to a home on Newport Blvd. between Irvine Blvd and 17th St. shortly after 1920 and grew oranges. They had previously lived in Beaumont Township, California and owned a 60-acre ranch in Huntington Beach and later acquired a cabin in Big Bear. Albert was the oldest of three brothers that lived in Tustin.
After High School graduation, Albert took classes at Santa Ana Business College and attended Santa Ana Junior College. Albert and his parents were also very involved in the fundraising and groundbreaking for the New Tustin Presbyterian Church in 1928-29. Albert moved to his parents’ ranch on Talbert Avenue in Huntington Beach where he and Ruth made their first home.
In June 1935, Albert and Ruth moved to Mountain View Street in Tustin. In 1936, Albert began studying the Jewelry business from Frank Judson. He operated the business out of their home until opening his first store in 1940 at First and B Street. In 1942 he bought Hibbet Jewelry and moved to 130 East Main leasing space from the Cox Family. In 1962 they relocated to a new store on 1st Street. They sold the business in 1964.
Ruth became active in the PTA and served as President of the Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Society.
Albert served as the Public Information Officer for the Redhill Volunteer Fire Department. He was an Elder in the Tustin Presbyterian Church and a charter member to the Tustin Lions club and was active in the Chamber of Commerce. During this time, they lived at 12632 SW Newport Ave.
Their daughter, Nancy Joan, attended The University of California-Berkley and Reno’s Beauty College in Long Beach. She married Gerald Carl Mack of Kenosha Wisconsin on 7/12/1953. Gerald was a Sergent in the Marines stationed at El Toro. The couple settled in Tustin and Gerald joined her father in the Jewelry business.
Albert died in Palm Springs where they retired and is buried in Fairhaven Memorial Park.
Lawrence Leonard Hannaford (1911-1940) was 19 years old when he worked in a nursery balling trees. He moved to Orange Grove, California with his parents. He never married and died at age 29.
Created 3/5/2025. Researched by Vicki Gray and Lucinda “Cindy” Burge, Granddaughter of Bud Hannaford Jr.
