Bagai Family in Berkeley, California

Timeline: year / date vs. documented address or location

By PJ Singh

Visual timeline

July 22, 1916
2139 Center Street, Berkeley, California

Bagai’s India Arts and Curios — business / retail location.
Source: Berkeley Daily Gazette, July 22, 1916, evening edition, p. 3, col. 3, “New Art and Curio Curio Store Opened Here.”

1916 (Frohliger household)
1642 Milvia Street, Berkeley, California

Two Bagai’s children were living with a German(?) family: John C. Frohliger and Mrs. Frohliger, at this address.
Source: UK Archives, 1916 FO 115.

August 7, 1916
1610 Edith Street, Berkeley, California

Vaishno Das Bagai purchases the property from Watkins. Described on this site as linked to misappropriated Ghadar Party funds.
Source: Alameda County Assessor’s Office, deed recorded August 7, 1916 (Watkins to V.D. Bagai), 1610 Edith Street, Berkeley.

1917 (WWI registration)
1820 Todd Street, Berkeley, California

The WWI Draft Registration Card for Vaishno Das Bagai (1917, U.S. Selective Service System, World War I) lists his home / permanent address as 1820 Todd Street, Berkeley, California (Alameda County).
Source: Vaishno Das Bagai, WWI Draft Registration Card, 1917 (U.S. Selective Service System, World War I).

June 1918
1734 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, California

Vaishno Das Bagai listed as Laborer at this address.
Source: Local Berkeley Historian.

March 1919
Stuart Street, Berkeley, California

Vaishno Das Bagai.
Source: Local Berkeley Historian.

November 1919 – March 1921
India (Kala Bagai's extended India visit with her 2 of 3 sons — not in Berkeley)

Kala and the two younger boys were on an extended visit to India. They were away from November 1919 until March 1921.
Source: Local Berkeley Historian.