Donald Lorenzo Campbell

1891 - 1955  (63 years)

• Name	Donald Lorenzo Campbell  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	13 Oct 1891	Sonoma County, California, United States   [4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  Gender	Male
  FSID	L6QF-7Y2
  Death	14 Apr 1955	Alameda, California, United States   [4, 10, 14]
  Burial	Oakland, Alameda, California, United States
  Person ID	I37	footsteps | Beaufort, Campbell, Bruce, Mayflower-JC, Smith, Lady Godiva, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II, William Wallace
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Franklin Campbell,   b. 12 Jul 1849, Polk, Iowa, United States d. 31 Dec 1931, Oakland, Alameda, California, United States (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Esmerelda Eramantha Smith,   b. 10 Dec 1857, Sonoma County, California, United States d. 9 Mar 1895, Sonoma County, California, United States (Age 37 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F58	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Birdsall Bangs,   b. 20 Apr 1894, Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States d. 12 Jan 1951, Alameda, California, United States (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	13 Nov 1919	Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States
  Children	+ 1. Donald Bangs Campbell,   b. 3 Apr 1923, Oakland, Alameda, California, United States d. 27 Nov 2016, Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States (Age 93 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Elizabeth Campbell,   b. 29 Oct 1925, Santa Clara, California, United States d. 4 Sep 2011, Colorado, United States (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F36	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Oct 1891 - Sonoma County, California, United States Marriage - 13 Nov 1919 - Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States Death - 14 Apr 1955 - Alameda, California, United States Burial - - Oakland, Alameda, California, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  		Donald Lorenzo Campbell b. 1891
  		DonaldLorenzoCampbell wedding clip... talks of him in war Nov 1919
  		Donald L Campbell

  
  

• Notes

  Donald was born to Benjamin and his second wife, Esmarelda Smith. Esmarelda was the sister of Benjamin's first wife, Mary M. Smith. He was raised in Sonoma on a prune-farm ranch. While young he was close friends with the children of Don Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. Don Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was a Californio general, statesman, and public figure. He was born a subject of Spain, performed his military duties as an officer of the Republic of Mexico, and shaped the transition of Alta California from a territory of Mexico to the U.S. state of California. Donald L. Campbell graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1916 with a BA in Agriculture. He was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity He spent 1917-18 in Europe during WWI, serving with the First Ambulance unit of the University of California and later was transferred to Paris, where he was chief of Transportation in the Red Cross. Donald returned from Europe in 1919, departing from Le Havre in 1919 on board the SS France. His draft registration card lists his address as 2520 Durant, Berkeley, Ca. with his trade listed as agriculturist. Donald and Jane Bangs announced their engagement as soon as he returned from Europe.

  
  

• Sources

  [S97] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975; Record Group Number: 147. [S98] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration State: California; Registration County: Alameda; Roll: 1530663; Draft Board: 2. [S110] U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 944; Volume #: Roll 0944 - Certificates: 125250-125625, 06 Oct 1919-07 Oct 1919. [S111] California, Death Index, 1940-1997, Date: 1955-04-14. Record for Donald Lorenzo Campbell [S7] Corr. with Barbara Baker, (bdocbaker@comcast.net). [S98] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration State: California; Registration County: Alameda; Roll: 1530663; Draft Board: 2. Record for Donald Lorenzo Campbell [S99] Honolulu, Hawaii, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1900-1959, Repository Name: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). [S110] U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.;Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; CollectionNumber: ARC Identifier 583830 / MLR Number A1 534; NARA Series: M1490;Roll #: 944. [S110] U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, Database online. [S111] California, Death Index, 1940-1997, Database online. Place: Alameda; Date: 14 Apr 1955; Social Security:548032035. Record for Donald Lorenzo Campbell [S112] U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Database online. Roll: WWII_2394525; Local board: Alameda ,California. Record for Donald Lorenzo Campbell [S14] 1930 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Oakland, Alameda,California; Roll: 104; Page: 29A; Enumeration District: 124; Image:612.0. Record for Donald L Campbell [S42] 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 32, SanFrancisco, California; Roll: T625_138; Page: 8B; Enumeration District:196; Image: 163. [S111] California, Death Index, 1940-1997, Date: 1955-04-14.