Background
Whitaker, Herman was born on January 14, 1867 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. Son of James and Annie (Walton) Whitaker.
Whitaker, Herman was born on January 14, 1867 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. Son of James and Annie (Walton) Whitaker.
Educated French’s Academy and Crossley’s Boarding School, Halifax, England. Came to America, 1886.
Served in 2d Battalion, West Riding Regiment, British Army, 1883-1886. Instructor fencing and gymnastics to the regiment, 1884-1885. Purchased discharge and went to Canadian Northwest.
Pioneer in Hudson Bay Company’s territory, 1887-1895.
Removed to California, 1895. Spent 1905-1906 in Mexico.
Agnostic. Author: The Probationer, 1905.
The Settler, 1907; The Planter, 1909. The Mystery of the Barranca, 1912.
Cross Trails. 1913; Over the Border, 1917.
Contributor to Harper’s Monthly, Harper’s Weekly, Century, American Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Everybody’s, Ainslie’s, Munsey’s, Youth’s Companion, Overland Monthly, et cetera Special war correspondent for San Francisco Examiner, The Independent, Sunset Magazine, with General Villa’s forces in Central Mexico, 1914.
War correspondent with American forces in France, September since 1917. Home: Piedmont, California.
Served in 2d Battalion, West Riding Regiment, British Army, 1883-1886.
Married Margaret Ann Vandecar, March 21, 1888 (died 1905). Married second, Alyse Lourdes Hunt, August 12, 1907.