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Dallas, Lydia Mathis
Birth Place: Hollister
Pioneer Father: George Valentine Mathis
Birth Place: Sacramento
Date of Arrival in California: Native Son
Pioneer Mother: Helen Rogers Patterson
Birth Place: San Jose
Date of Arrival in California: Native Daughter
Death: Father: Oct. 15, 1903
Remarks: Granddaughter of James J. and Cynthia Rogers pioneers of 1850 also granddaughter of Joseph and Margaret Mathis pioneers of 1852
Didier, Florida Frances
Birth Place: San Francisco
Pioneer Father: James H. Conway
Birth Place: St. Joseph, Mo.
Date of Arrival in California: 1849
Pioneer Mother: Annie E. Conway
Birth Place: New Orleans
Date of Arrival in California: Via Panama
Death: Mother: 1914
Remarks: John Rector Conway with his wife and family of twelve children crossed the Plains to California in 1849 and settled in San Jose later moving to San Francisco where the family of children grew to man and womanhood. They in turn raised large families who are to day [sic] scattered over the State of California
Watson, Elizabeth C.
Birth Place: Folsom, Calif.
Pioneer Father: William Giblin
Birth Place: Ireland
Date of Arrival in California: Apr. 16, 1853
Pioneer Mother: Amanda E. Fletcher
Birth Place: Danville, Ky.
Date of Arrival in California: October 1899
Death: Father: October 1899; Mother: September 1916
Remarks: William and Amanda Giblin came to Ca. via Isthmus of Panama They were married in Springfield Ill. March 3, 1851. Abraham Lincoln a close friend was present at the wedding. In 1853 Mr and Mrs Giblin came to San Francisco They subsequently went to the mining town of Folsom. They were passengers on the first R R trains run in California between Sacramento and Folsom.
Luhs, Annie Herlitz
Birth Place: San Francisco
Pioneer Father: Herman Herlitz
Birth Place: Weimar, Germany
Date of Arrival in California: July 1850
Pioneer Mother: Caroline Herlitz
Birth Place: Germany
Date of Arrival in California: 1857
Death: Oct. 15
Remarks: Overland route
Hodgkins, Nettie A.
Birth Place: Stockton
Pioneer Father: James H. Farwell
Birth Place: New Hampshire
Date of Arrival in California: 1858
Pioneer Mother: Henrietta Farwell
Birth Place: Illinois
Date of Arrival in California: Sept. 1853
Remarks: Overland
Hunt, Ida Lorena
Birth Place: Vallejo
Pioneer Father: William Burton
Birth Place: England
Date of Arrival in California: —
Pioneer Mother: Emma Stevens
Birth Place: —
Date of Arrival in California: —
Remarks: —
Sullivan, Sylena
Birth Place: San Francisco
Pioneer Father: Sylvester Sullivan
Birth Place: Massachusetts
Date of Arrival in California: —
Pioneer Mother: Mary Lee Sullivan
Birth Place: San Francisco
Date of Arrival in California: —
Death: Father: 1883; Mother: 1905
Remarks: My maternal grandmother Mrs Jane Lee was born in Sydney Australia and arrived in California in 1851. My grandfather James Lee was born in Australia and arrived in San Francisco July 1851
Duncan, Margaret H.
Birth Place: San Francisco
Pioneer Father: Edward Charles Housley
Birth Place: England
Date of Arrival in California: 1848
Pioneer Mother: Margaret D. Housley
Birth Place: Scotland
Date of Arrival in California: 1863
Death: Father: 1906; Mother: 1914
Remarks: Via Cape Horn
Stevens, Harriet Osborn (75)
Birth Place: New York
Pioneer Father: H.P. Osborn
Birth Place: New York
Date of Arrival in California: 1849
Pioneer Mother: Harriet Folger Osborn
Birth Place: New York
Date of Arrival in California: 1852
Death: Father: 1883; Mother: 1879
Remarks: Mrs Stevens joined The Association Pioneer Women in 1916. Always taking an active part in the Historical section of the Society
Laura Rogers Smith
Birth Place: Fresno, California
Pioneer Father: James Rogers
Birth Place: Illinois
Date of Arrival in California: 1850
Pioneer Mother: Cynthia Stevens Rogers
Birth Place: Illinois
Date of Arrival in California: 1850
Death: Father: 1904; Mother: 1921
Remarks: —