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Jane Dickson Bell
Birth Place: County Tyrone, Ireland
Pioneer Father: Francis Dickson
Birth Place: Ireland
Date of Arrival in California: died in Ireland
Pioneer Mother: Mary Dickson
Birth Place: County Tyrone, Ireland
Date of California Arrival: died in Ireland
Remarks: Mrs. Bell came to California across the Plains (not by way of Salt Lake) arriving here August 15th, 1850 – see account of her journey on page 40
Armstrong, Mary E.
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Pioneer Father: —
Birth Place: —
Date of Arrival in California: —
Pioneer Mother: —
Birth Place: —
Date of Arrival in California: —
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Jessie Alice Riddick
Birth Place: San Francisco
Pioneer Father: Alexander S. Riddick
Birth Place: Somersville, California
Date of Arrival in California: —
Pioneer Mother: Olive Riddick
Birth Place: Antioch, Contra Costa County, California
Date of Arrival in California: —
Remarks: —
Mary Donald Ross
Birth Place: San Mateo, California
Pioneer Father: John Donald
Birth Place: Birmingham, England
Date of Arrival in California: —
Pioneer Mother: Ann Thornton
Birth Place: Calais, Maine
Date of Arrival in California: June 8th, 1850
Death: Father: 1890; Mother: 1895 in Redwood City
Remarks: Mr. and Mrs. Donald came to California in 1850 via Cape Horn.
Jane Adelaide Olmstead
Birth Place: San Francisco
Pioneer Father: Frederick Keuscher
Birth Place: Mecklenburg, Germany
Date of Arrival in California: 1849
Pioneer Mother: [illegible]
Birth Place: Hamburg, Germany
Date of Arrival in California: 1851
Death: Father: 1892; Mother: 1893
Remarks: Mrs. Keuscher arrived in Cal. From [illegible], afterward settling in Sonoma County where she helped make the first American flag raised in that town
Rachel Armstrong Roberts
Birth Place: Buffalo Ranch, Butte County
Pioneer Father: William Armstrong
Birth Place: [illegible]
Date of Arrival in California: 1849
Pioneer Mother: Mary Ann Armstrong
Birth Place: Cincinnati, Ohio
Date of Arrival in California: 1849
Death: Father: 1906 in Biggs, Butte County; Mother: 1909 in San Francisco
Remarks: Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong entered California by the southern trail via Honey Lake, Lassen County.
Mrs. Mary Butler Cole
Birth Place: Dublin, Ireland
Pioneer Father: Andrew Butler
Birth Place: Wicklow, Ireland
Date of Arrival in California: Died in 1853
Pioneer Mother: Anne Byrne
Birth Place: Wexford, Ireland
Date of Arrival in California: Died in Ireland 1850
Death: —
Remarks: Mrs. Cole arrived in California March 1854 via Isthmus of Panama. For details of Mrs. Cole’s history see Page 43.
Kathryn L. Cole
Birth Place: California
Pioneer Father: Jamrs M. Cole
Birth Place: Ireland
Date of Arrival in California: 1849
Pioneer Mother: Mary Butler Cole
Birth Place: Dublin, Ireland
Date of Arrival in California: March 1854
Death: —
Remarks: See page 43
Armstrong, Eva Eliza
Birth Place: —
Pioneer Father: —
Birth Place: —
Date of Arrival in California: 1849
Pioneer Mother: —
Birth Place: —
Date of Arrival in California: —
Death: —
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Emma L. Hyman
Birth Place: Trinity County, California
Pioneer Father: Frederick C. Simonds
Birth Place: New Hampshire
Date of Arrival in California: 1849
Pioneer Mother: Caroline Simonds
Birth Place: New York City
Date of Arrival in California: 1860 via Panama
Death: —
Remarks: Mrs. Simonds joined Col. Collier’s company over land to California