The Proeger Family · Generation 3 — Earl's grandparents and their siblings

Richard Frederick Proeger

Son of William Leonard Proeger (1876–1955) · born 1913

Richard Frederick Proeger

Confirmed

Son of William Leonard Proeger (1876–1955) · born 1913

Born
19 July 1913
Parents
William Leonard Proeger & Anna Blanche Roberts
Married
Ovalline Mabel Dubuque
Sources
9

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED — added 24 September 2026 from a record that names the parents; entered in the family tree the same day.

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1913
Born 19 July 1913 at 327 Fifth Street, Beaver, Pennsylvania
his birth certificate no. 105903 S193
Note1920
With the family in Cincinnati in 1920 and crossing into Canada at Windsor S269S239
Census1940
In 1940 Richard, 26, was a mould maker at a glass works in Castro Valley, California, his father's trade, with his wife Mable O. and their son Richard F., 3 S353. By 1950 he was a tool and die maker at an electrical-plug factory in Los Angeles S354. He is the uncle of Earl's father William Leonard Proeger (b. 1941), not his son: an earlier version of the site wrongly put these two censuses on that card (corrected 29 September 2026).
Census1921
🆕 Ovalline Mabel's mother was probably Helen (Hélène) Dubuque, née Labutte Probable confirm or correct →: the 1921 census of Canada for Wallaceburg, Kent County, Ontario, read from the image, lists Mabel, 8, daughter, born Ontario, in the household of the widowed Helen Dubuque, 43, with Harvy, Gertrude, Herbie and William S883. An Ontario marriage register, read from the index, records Helene Labutte's marriage to Jules Dubuc and names her parents as Francois Labutte and Agnes Lanzon S884. What is weak: the census gives only “Mabel”, and the parents on her 1913 birth registration have not been read, so nothing yet ties this Mabel to Ovalline by document; no record read names her father. Accepted by Earl on 28 September 2026 pending more evidence. added 28 September 2026.
Census1937
🆕 The 1937 Oakland directory lists him as R. F. Proger, glass moulder, with his wife Mable, at 1364 82nd Avenue Confirmed S1166. The surname is misspelled.

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents
Son of William Leonard Proeger and Anna Blanche Roberts; brother of William Harry Proeger
Marriage1913
Married Ovalline Mabel Dubuque (born 24 April 1913, Kent County, Ontario; died 1 October 1956, Los Angeles); father of Richard F. Proeger Jr., born 1936 S11

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Richard Frederick Proeger · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

9 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S11Social Security Applications & Claims / NUMIDENT for Richard F. Proeger Jr., born 4 September 1936 Oakland, California; parents Richard F. Proeger and Mabel O. Dubuque. Used to validate that Ancestry's field mask preserves character length. Via S2.
  2. S193Pennsylvania birth certificate no. 105903 — Richard Frederick Proeger, Beaver, 19 July 1913. Ancestry record 185160911. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. Born 19 July 1913 at 327 Fifth St., Beaver borough, Beaver County, the second child; father William L. Proeger, 37, mould maker, born Pittsburgh; mother Anna B. Roberts, 22, born Bellaire, Ohio.
  3. S239Canada, Border Crossings from U.S. to Canada, 1908-1935 — The William L. Proeger family entering Canada at Windsor, Ontario. Ancestry record 2652144; Vol 3 p.261. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. Canadian Immigration Service, Windsor, Ont., 2 June 1927 (Vol 3 p.261): William L. Proeger 50, glass worker, bound for the Dominion Glass Co. at Wallaceburg, with Anna B. 36 and children William L. [Harry] 15, Richard F. 13, Julius Carl 9, Queen Ann 7; last residence Lake Worth, Florida. The crossing is dated 2 June 1927 on the entry itself. William L. had been in Canada 1902–1906, at Montreal; his nearest relative is given as a brother, J. H. Proeger, of Tampa, Florida.
  4. S2691920 United States Federal Census — William L. Proeger household. Ancestry record 33883065. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. 1920 U.S. census, Cincinnati Ward 13, Hamilton Co., Ohio, ED 242 sheet 2B, lines 96–100: William L. Proeger, 43, machinist, renting at 6081 Montgomery Road with his wife Anna B., 29, and sons William H., 8, Richard F., 6, and Julius K., 2, all three born in Pennsylvania.
  5. S3531940 U.S. Federal Census — Richard F. Proeger household, 20674 Glen Road, Castro Valley, Alameda Co., California. Ancestry record 67972297. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Richard, 26, mould maker at a glass works, $1,960 in 1939, renting at $28 a month, living in San Francisco in 1935; wife Mable O., 26, b. French Canada; son Richard F., 3. The same trade his father gave on Richard's 1913 birth certificate (S193).
  6. S3541950 U.S. Federal Census — Richard F. Proeger household, 2257½ Ewing St., Los Angeles, California. Ancestry record 264955166. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Richard, tool and die maker at an electrical plug factory; wife Mabel O., 36, b. Canada, naturalised, a shipping clerk; son Richard F., 12. The index's “Richard T” is a misread of F. This census gives Mabel's birthplace as other Canada, the 1940 census French Canada; left open.
  7. S8831921 Census of Canada — Helen Dubuque household, Wallaceburg, Kent County, Ontario (district 93, sub-district 42, page 21, dwelling 239, family 240). Ancestry record 866274 (image 1921_066-e002936157). Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Confirmed Helen Dubuque, head, widowed, 43, born Ontario; Harvy, son, 15; Gertrude, daughter, 12; Herbie, son, 9; Mabel, daughter, 8, born Ontario; William, son, 6. The census gives only “Mabel”; Ovalline Mabel Dubuque was born 24 April 1913 in Kent County.
  8. S884Ontario marriage register — Jules Dubuc and Helene Labutte. Ancestry record 1323956; FamilySearch index FMK8-8RX. Read from the index, read 28 September 2026. Probable Helene Labutte married Jules Dubuc; her parents Francois Labutte and Agnes Lanzon. Index only; the register image has not been read.
  9. S1166Oakland, California, city directory, 1937, p. 703. Ancestry record 250960727. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 25 September 2026. Confirmed “Proger R F (Mable) glass mldr h1364 82d av”: R. F. Proger, glass moulder, and his wife Mable, house at 1364 82nd Avenue. The printer spelled the surname Proger. The trade and the wife’s name fit his 1940 census (S353).

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