Pooser (Thomas Joseph) Certificate and Job Application, 1912

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Summary

Title:
Thomas Joseph Pooser certificate and job application
Dates:
1912
Abstract:
"Employe's Service Certificate" issued by the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway to Thomas Joseph Pooser, December 20, 1912 and Thomas Joseph Pooser's "Application for situation on the Santa Fe Railroad Company" as a brakeman.
Extent:
.01 Linear Feet 1 folder
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Thomas Joseph Pooser Certificate and Job Application, MS 446, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection is comprised of two items an "Employe's Service Certificate" and an application for employment with the Santa Fe Railroad Company. The "Employe's Service Certificate" issued by the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway to Thomas Joseph Pooser, December 20, 1912, verifying his employment as a brakeman in Galveston, Texas from September 16 to December 20, 1912. Thomas Joseph Pooser's "Application for situation on the Santa Fe Railroad Company" as a brakeman. This application is not dated but lists Mr. Pooser's employment history between 1902 and 1912.

Biographical / historical:

One of five sons, Thomas Joseph Pooser was born in South Carolina to Paul S. and Ellen R. [nee Cummings] Pooser on 23 Feb 1881. Pooser married Mary E. Wade on Oct. 26, 1909, in Bernalillo, New Mexico and at the time that Pooser filled out the job application, they had two children. The couple divorced in 1920.

At the time of Pooser's WWI Draft Registration in 1918, he was employed by the Santa Fe as a brakeman in Needles, California.

On October 24, 1929, Pooser married Bertha M. Byers.

Pooser passed away on Apr. 28, 1966, in Orange, California.

Physical location:
Statewide Museum Collection Center
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Library Archives staff
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-01-22 21:42:39 +0000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Thomas Joseph Pooser Certificate and Job Application, MS 446, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Location of this collection:
111 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814, US
Contact:
(916) 323-8073
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