Caleb MORSE(11333) has reference
number 85.4i. Parents: Caleb MORSE Col. and
Polly FAIRBANK.
Carrie
A. MORSE(11334) resided at in 1885
in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts. She has reference number 466.3s.
She was married to John Eaton FAIRBANKS on 28 Feb
1885.
Christine
B. MORSE(11335) has reference number
85.4a. Parents: Caleb MORSE Col. and
Polly FAIRBANK.
Daniel
MORSE(11336) was born on 26 Nov
1776 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He has reference number 25.11j.
Parents: Obadiah MORSE and
Grace FAIRBANKS.
Rev.
Edwin Eugene MORSE(11337) has reference
number 247.4.cs.He was married to Fanny Eliza SEAVEY
on 3 Nov 1863.
Ellen
MORSE(11338) has reference number
85.4g. Parents: Caleb MORSE Col. and
Polly FAIRBANK.
Frank
W. MORSE(11339) has reference number
295.1.ds. He resided at in Hardwick, Caledonia, Vermont.He was married to
Emilie Alma HILL on 1 May 1881.
Grace
MORSE(11340) was born on 16 Mar
1764 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She has reference number 25.11e.
Parents: Obadiah MORSE and
Grace FAIRBANKS.
Hannah
MORSE(11341) has reference number
10.2cs.She was married to John DEATH on 15 May
1729 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Hannah
MORSE(11342) was born on 7 Feb
1758 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She has reference number 25.11b.
She died in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts. Parents:
Obadiah MORSE and Grace FAIRBANKS.She was
married to Josiah WARD in Southborough, Worcester,
Massachusetts.
Hannah
MORSE(11343) was born about 7 Dec
1763. She died on 7 Dec 1783 in Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts. She
has reference number 147s.She was married to Jonathan
FAIRBANK on 28 Feb 1781 in Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts. Children
were: Daniel FAIRBANKS,
Hannah FAIRBANK.
Hannah
MORSE(11344) died before 24 Aug
1825. She was born in Sharon, Norfolk, Massachusetts. She has reference number
274s.She was married to Dea. Benjamin FAIRBANKS
on 28 Oct 1815. Children were: Hannah FAIRBANKS
, Benjamin Albert FAIRBANKS,
Leonard FAIRBANKS.
Joel
MORSE(194) has reference number 25.1.a.1.
Parents: ? MORSE and
Lydia FAIRBANKS.Children were: Polly MORSE
.
John
Edward MORSE(11345) has reference
number 291.1s. He resided at in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts.He was married
to Mary FAIRBANKS on 2 Apr 1835.
Joseph
MORSE(11346) was born about 1767
in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He has reference number 98.7s.
Levi
MORSE(11347) was born on 5 Jan
1762 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He died in 1814 in Union, Knox,
Maine. He has reference number 25.11d. Parents: Obadiah
MORSE and Grace FAIRBANKS.
Mary
MORSE(11348) has reference number
21.9js. Parents: (?) MORSE.She was married to
Willard ELLIS on 1 Jul 1809 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
Mary
MORSE(11349) was born on 8 Jan
1768 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She has reference number 25.11g.
She died in Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Parents:
Obadiah MORSE and Grace FAIRBANKS.She was
married to Phares SERWIN in Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Mary
MORSE(11350) has reference number
57.6sx.Children were: John HOWE.
Mercy
MORSE(11351) was born on 7 May
1756 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She has reference number 25.11a.
Parents: Obadiah MORSE and
Grace FAIRBANKS.
Micah
MORSE(11352) died in 1776 in Revolutionary
War. He has reference number 24.12s.He was married to
Mary FAIRBANKS on 5 Nov 1752.
Obadiah
MORSE(11353) was born on 20 Mar
1732/33 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He died on 7 Jan 1800 in Sherborn,
Middlesex, Massachusetts. He has reference number 25.11s. Parents:
Obadiah MORSE and Mercy WALKER.He was married
to Grace FAIRBANKS on 10 Jul 1755 in Sherborn, Middlesex,
Massachusetts. Children were: Mercy MORSE,
Hannah MORSE, Adam MORSE,
Levi MORSE, Grace MORSE,
Obadiah MORSE, Mary MORSE,
Samuel MORSE, Persis MORSE,
Daniel MORSE.
Obadiah
MORSE(11354) has reference number
25.10sx.Children were: Obadiah MORSE.
Obadiah
MORSE(11355) was born on 11 Dec
1765 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He has reference number 25.11f.
Parents: Obadiah MORSE and
Grace FAIRBANKS.
Olive
MORSE has reference number 573sx.Children were:
Maria GUILD.
Orsen
MORSE(11356) has reference number
85.4h. Parents: Caleb MORSE Col. and
Polly FAIRBANK.
Pamelia
MORSE(11357) has reference number
85.4d. Parents: Caleb MORSE Col. and
Polly FAIRBANK.
Persis
MORSE(11358) was born on 20 Apr
1772 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She died on 5 Feb 1847. She has
reference number 25.11i. Parents: Obadiah MORSE
and Grace FAIRBANKS.
Persis
MORSE(11359) has reference number
85.4e. Parents: Caleb MORSE Col. and
Polly FAIRBANK.
Polly
MORSE(11360) has reference number
85.4j. Parents: Caleb MORSE Col. and
Polly FAIRBANK.
Polly
MORSE(194) has reference number 25.1.a.1.1.
Parents: Joel MORSE and
Abigail FORCE.Children were: Warren ELLIS
.
Rebecca
MORSE(11361) has reference number
278sx.Children were: Azubah FULLER.
Ruth
W. MORSE(11362) has reference number
85.4k. Parents: Caleb MORSE Col. and
Polly FAIRBANK.
Samuel
MORSE(11363) was born on 3 Jan
1770 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He has reference number 25.11h.
He died in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Parents:
Obadiah MORSE and Grace FAIRBANKS.
Stephen
MORSE(11364) has reference number
85.4f. Parents: Caleb MORSE Col. and
Polly FAIRBANK.
Volentine
MORSE(11365) has reference number
85.4b. Parents: Caleb MORSE Col. and
Polly FAIRBANK.
Volentine
(II) MORSE(11366) has reference
number 85.4c. Parents: Caleb MORSE Col. and
Polly FAIRBANK.
Anne
MORTON(11367) has reference number
453.3.dsx.Children were: Mary Ellen GREEN.
B. MORTON
(11368) died before 1897. He has reference
number 363.4s.
Phineas
MORTON(11369) has reference number
176.6s.He was married to Sarah Ann FAIRBANK.
No children.
Sylvina
Beulah MORTON(11370) was born on
23 Feb 1806. She died on 28 Oct 1859 in Wilton, Franklin, Maine. She has reference
number 415s1.She was married to Jonathan FAIRBANKS
on 30 May 1830. Children were: Charles Wesley FAIRBANKS
, Lewis Houghton FAIRBANKS,
Florinda Amanda FAIRBANKS, Lydia Jane FAIRBANKS
, Marianne Houghton FAIRBANKS,
Emeline Morton FAIRBANKS, Evangeline Melissa FAIRBANKS
, Jonathan Robinson FAIRBANKS,
Sylvina Philophrene Grover FAIRBANKS, Adwina Conella
FAIRBANKS, Elizabeth Adrianna FAIRBANKS.
Henry
Edward MOSELY(11371) was born on
19 Mar 1854. He died as an infant. He has reference number 266.3.b. Parents:
Rev. William Oxnard MOSELY and
Caroline Louisa FAIRBANKS.
Rev.
William Oxnard MOSELY(11372) was
born on 27 Apr 1815. He graduated in 1836 in Harvard College. He has reference
number 266.3s.He was married to Caroline Louisa FAIRBANKS
about 1848. Children were: William Oxnard MOSELY Jr.
, Henry Edward MOSELY.
William
Oxnard MOSELY Jr.(11373) was born
on 30 Oct 1848. He graduated in 1869 in Harvard College. He died after 1869
in Switzerland. Lost his life in the Alpine Glaciers (Matterhorn).
He has reference number 266.3.a. Parents: Rev. William
Oxnard MOSELY and Caroline Louisa FAIRBANKS
.
Joseph
M. MOSES(11374) has reference number
304.2.bs. He resided at in Sanbornton, Belknap, New Hampshire.He was married
to Mary Jane TOWLE. Had 4 children.
Mae
Blanche MOSS(66)
(66) was born on 19 Feb 1882 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas. She died
on 9 Nov 1963 in Oakland, Alameda, California. She was buried on 11 Nov 1963
in Sunset Cemetery, Alameda, California. She has Ancestral File number PGFG-S3.
!BIRTH: 1882 Sacto. Children's Home Register; copied by Jill Mayne, Oct 1989
May Moss born Fe b 19 1882, American; came to California June 1890, Sacramento;
Admitted: 6 Dec 1892 by Mrs. J . Moss; Discharged: 4 Aug 1897 to Mrs. Moss, Father:
Nashville, Tenn.; Mother: Richmond, VA ; Married: Galveston, Tex.; Parents Death:
Waco, Texas; Parents Habits: Intemperate. Mrs. Mo ss took May without permission
from the Board.
!RESIDENCE: 1892-1897 Protestant Orphan Asylum currently known as the Sacramento
Childrens Ho me, see BIRTH.
The following notes are from "SUMMARY SACRAMENTO ORPHANAGE AND CHILDREN'S
HOME 1867-1936" com piled by Mrs. B.F. Colton, Superintendent, January 1936,
p. 4.
The year 1893 "The Mary A. Crocker Trust Fund" was started. Mrs.
W.E. Briggs presente d a check for $100. and stated a similar amount would be
received each month hereafter. Als o "Senator Newton Booth", legacy
of $3,000. was received.
A communication was received asking for statistics to be used in representing
charitabl e work at the Columbian Exposition.
Mr. Joseph Steffins started a campaign for subscriptions as the rooms were
badly ventila ted and some improvements had to be made.
In 1894 the "Stingy Club" did much for the children at Christmas
time with gifts of mone y.
A Technical School was started by Mrs. D.N. Rideout for the older boys and
girls so the y could learn some vocation, which would be helpful to them when
they left the Orphanage. Mr s. Bassett being Principal of the school. This
idea did not last long as it took money to ha ve experienced teachers, which
was not available, so it was decided to train the children t o be useful in housework
and garden.
Appended from Sacramento County and its Resources, a souvenir of the
Bee, 1894, p. 100:
The Protestant Orphan Asylum occupies the block bounded by K and L, Eighteenth
and Ninet eenth Streets. In 1894 there were 162 inmates, twenty of whom were
under five years old. Th e oldest were a girl of fourteen and a boy of twelve
years. When the inmates arrive at a sui table age they are provided with good
homes in families, from which the best references are r equired. In the grounds
is a large school building in which the inmates obtain a regular Sac ramento
public-school course of instruction from the kindergarten to the intermediate
grade , the work of instruction being done by the Free Kindergarten Association.
The following is from:
SACRAMENTO CHILDREN'S HOME, AN HISTORICAL AND POLICY SURVEY by Sadie W. Marlin,
Thesis, 1968 , Sacramento State College.
Cal. State Univ. Library, Thesis, M 348, 1968.
pg. 6- Admission policies excluded children who had both parents, even if
the father ha d deserted the family. [This could have lead Annie Moss to lie
about the death of her "husba nd".]
pg. 7- A few years prior to the move to the new premises, the Asylum fence
was damaged b y a storm and repaired, signifying the restriction of the children.
They wore jumpers and ov eralls, which would set them apart as does any uniformity
of dress.
pg. 9- The children were moved to the new facility [on Sutterville Road]
in October of 1 906.
!RESIDENCE: 1892-1897 Sacramento Protestant Orphan Asylum; Admitted: 6 Dec 1892
by Mrs. J. M oss; Discharged: 4 Aug 1897 to Mrs. Moss. The Asylum Board Minutes
from April 1891 to Octobe r 1895 show that Mrs. Moss paid $5 as of 7 Dec 1892
and 12 Jul 1893. She paid $4 on three oc casions 1 Aug 1893(pg 159), 5 Sep 1893(pg.
162) and 7 Nov 1893(pg. 167). Two months later th e minutes show $3 received
as 2 Jan 1894(pg. 176). No further receipts were listed in the mi nutes through
October of 1895. One more payment appears in the Minute Book of Nov 1895-Apr
1 900. On page 33, the minutes of 7 Apr 1896 state that $3 was received from
Mrs. Moss.
At a Special Meeting held on 10 Apr 1895 (pg. 262) a motion was made that parents
or guardian s of children maintained in the Asylum receive monthly printed forms
stating the amount of th eir indebtedness. The gaps in payments are from Jan
1893 to Jul 1893 and from Feb 1894 to Ma r 1896. It is possible that these gaps
in payment of six months and two years also represent ed periods when Mae was
not visited by her mother. Mae was in the orphanage for a period o f four years
and nine months. She entered at age 10 and was removed at age 15 without permis
sion from the board. Perhaps the lack of permission was due to indebtedness
or intemperanc e because she certainly was old enough to be removed.
!CENSUS:1900;CA Soundex; T1034-111; Vol 28; E.D. 36; Sheet 1; Line 11; born May
1882 in CA [c onflicts with birthdate & place from Children's Home records
but Mae did not know her actua l birthdate & place until she wrote for her
records much later]; age 18; 579 Minna St., San F rancisco; enumerated with Mary
M. Merry; relationship to above is lodger.
!RESIDENCE:1903; SF City Directory; Moss, Miss May A, dressmaking, 139 Post,
resides 459 Guer rero
!PHOTOGRAPH: About 1905. The picture of Mae in a big fancy hat was taken by
a photographer b oyfriend; Vivian McGrath, 10 Nov 1989.
!BIOGRAPHY: 1906 Vivian McGrath, Interview by N. Cimino 10 Nov 1989 Mae Moss
was working a s a cashier or a bookkeeper for Mr. Gedding who had a wholesale
produce company at the foot o f California Street. Mae and her mother were living
in a flat on a little narrow street righ t behind the Fairmont Hotel. They put
their possessions in a big trunk, got the trunk down th e stairs of the place
and pushed it out to California Street but they could not get the trun k up the
hill because it was too steep. Mae smiled at two strong men coming up the hill
an d they pushed the trunk up the hill for her. She and her mother then push
it down the hill . They got out to Golden Gate Park somehow. Everyone was camping
in the park. Ernest Coffma n found them in the park and brought Mae and her
mother back to Oakland to the house of Viol a Coffman Hughes at 742 46th St.
Mae got to work at Owl Drug by walking up to Grove Street and taking the
street car an d later the bus. She also would catch it on Market street.
!BIOGRAPHY: 1906 Elaine Coffman Kelly, Interview by Nick Cimino 4 Nov 1989
Mae and her mother lived in San Francisco on the street below the Fairmont
Hotel. Goin g up California Street it was the first street before you hit the
top. The rooming house wa s down there in the middle of the block. Mae worked
on California and Montgomery at a fanc y fruit and vegetable market for Mr. Gedding
and she apparently knew the family. She was a c ashier. When the fire broke
out after the earthquake in 1906 some of the people went to th e Golden Gate
Park. Elaine remembers her mom telling about her father pulling this trunk dow
n California Street one block below the Fairmont all the way down to the ferry
boat which wen t over to Oakland. They assume that Ernest took Mae and her mother
to Aunt Viola Coffman Hug hes house at 742 46th Street.
!MARRIAGE: 1907 See husband's notes for complete record.
!CENSUS:1910; 110 W. 138th Street; Manhattan Borough, NY, NY;16 April 1910; E.D.
528, p.225.
!BIOGRAPHY: About 1915 Elaine Coffman Kelly, Interview by Nick Cimino 4 Nov 1989
Mae's mother came to visit Ernest and Mae when they lived in New Jersey.
Elaine had jus t started school. Her family owned a flat in Edgewater, New Jersey.
The family lived downst airs and some friends of theirs lived upstairs. Vivian
was born in New Jersey. Elaine brough t her kindergarten teacher home for lunch
one day. Vivian was in a basket and she did someth ing to embarass Elaine in
front of her teacher. Elaine remembers going to a Halloween part y at a beautiful
big house. The kids walked along side of and on top of a low brick wall.
The family moved to Philadelphia. The houses were all together and Elaine
remembers climb ing from one porch to another. One of their homes their had
a bay window that looked out o n the street.
!BIOGRAPHY: 1920-1928 Jill Mayne, Interview by Nick Cimino Oct 1989
After Mae and Ernest Coffman lived in New York, Otis Coffman brought Mae, Elaine
and Vivia n back to California on the train and they stayed with Aunt Volie (Viola
Coffman Hughes).
Grandma Mae did not want Elaine to marry Mac because of the age difference.
Mae made El aine go to business school and she was unable to get her high school
diploma. Grandma Mae's m other worked in a miner's camp and in Sacramento.
!BIOGRAPHY: About 1921 Elaine Coffman Kelly, Interview by Nick Cimino 4 Nov 1989
Mae got a job at the Owl Drug Co. The family moved out of Aunt Viola's
house to a littl e house on 46th Street. They then bought the house at 885 Aileen
Street. Ernest lived ther e for a short time before the divorce. Mae did not
go to church.
There was a grocery store on the corner by Grandma Mae's house. An Italian
couple owne d the store and lived in the flat above. Mae would catch the bus
on the corner of Market an d Aileen to go to the Owl Drug Store on the corner
of 14th and Grove. It was a block over fr om Broadway. Elaine's cousin, Leslie
used to take care of Elaine and Vivian after school unt il 9 pm when Mae got
home from work. Leslie was only a year older than Elaine.
!OCCUPATION: 1921-1950? Vivian McGrath, Interview by N. Cimino 10 Nov 1989
Doc and Mae both worked at Owl Drug location at 14th and Washington and
16th and Telegra ph. Doc also worked at 12th and Broadway and in Berkeley.
Mae was a cashier. There was a c hute to put the money in next to the cashier
stand. When Vivian was a youngster the Owl Dru g Co. employees would have their
Christmas parties and families would attend and there were a lways gifts and
candy for the children. Mae worked for $16 per week, raised her two girls an
d saved up and bought the Aileen Street house by herself.[Money to purchase the
house possibl y came from the sale of a house in the east.] Owl Drug Co. was
purchased by United Drug Co . owned by Mr. Dart of Ronald Reagan's kitchen cabinet.
Company policies changed after that.
!LAND: 1921-1925 Various documents in the possession of Vivian McGrath Deed-
Maurice Stanfor d and Rae Stanford, his wife deeded to Mae B. Coffman, a married
woman, dated November 2, 192 1, alameda County Title Insurance Co. Recorded Nov.
3, 1921 Alameda County.
Declaration of Homestead- Mae B. Coffman May 2, 1923. A.B. Coffman, notary public
Alameda Cou nty.
Quitclaim Deed- From Ernest E. Coffman to Mae B. Coffman, dated Feb. 24, 1925
in volume 904 o f Official Records Page 392 Alameda County records, __ Bacon,
recorder.
!RESIDENCE-NEIGHBORS: 1921-1963 885 Aileen St. Oakland, CA Vivian McGrath, Interview
by Nic k Cimino Oct 1989
The house had a living room in the front, a dining room almost as big as
the living roo m with sliding doors in the hallway and a bathroom between the
first and second bedroom. Th e third bedroom was off of the dining room and
the sleeping porch was off of that. Lou redi d the kitchen and pantry, installing
all new tile. They used to burn coal which was stored i n the basement. A gas
floor furnace was added and when Vivian went to work in 1934 they adde d a telephone
on the wall which was $2.50 per month. Grandma Mae had the artificial brick
si ding added.
Mrs. Bush lived at 887 Aileen. Doc cemented the front lawn and had the
single car garag e installed under the house after they were married and he got
the Dodge car. Grables live d across the street. Effie Smith lived next door.
She was a widow and had a daughter and fou r boys. The Glahn sisters that lived
around the corner lost their father at an early age. H e worked at Dairy Made
Butter Co. Mrs. Edna Glahn found a job at MJB Coffee in San Francisc o after
moving to Mill Valley. Her daughters were Winifred and Virginia and they came
to Lo u and Vivian's 50th wedding anniversary celebration. Mrs. Glahn used to
keep her eye on Vivi an.
Grandma Mae lived in the house until she went in the Hillhaven Convalescent
Hospital. E laine and George lived in the house when Mae was in the hospital.
After Mae died the house w as sold. The piano and bedroom set were left in
the house.
!MARRIAGE: 1936 Original Marriage Certificate in the possession of Vivian McGrath,
El Cerrit o, CA. State of Oregon Marriage Certificate based on license issued
the 18th day of August 1 936 by the County Clerk of the County of Josephine.
Married same day at the Court house, Ern est Forbes and Mae B. Coffman. Performed
by G.W. Matthews, County Judge.
"Ernest Forbes and Mae Blanche Moss were married in Oregon so that
they could conceal th eir marriage since spouses could not work together at Owl
Drug. When I was married in 1937 m y picture was taken by the newspaper and
I gave my mother's name as Mae Forbes and let the ca t out of the bag."
Vivian McGrath, Interview by Nick Cimino, 10 Nov 1989.
!OCCUPATION: 1937 Owl Drug Stores; Oakland-Valley District; Store Bulletin;
Oakland No. 94 9 4 June 1937; WEARERS OF THE SERVICE EMBLEM; Oakland-Valley People
Presenting Mae B. Coffman ; Mae has spent most of her Owl life at 14th and Washington
store in Oakland. ** Mrs. Coffm an, or "Coffee" as her co-workers
call her, has been with Owl over 18 years. She is an excel lent saleswoman and
one who takes a proprietorship interest in her work.** Always on time, st eady,
loyal and faithful-- what more can be said of ones qualifications? She has a
ready smi le for all-- and that embraces a host of friends for old 2B.** Her
pride and joy are two love ly daughters, Elaine and Vivian--young ladies if you
please.** Some one asked Mrs. Coffman ho w old she is-- the ready reply was "Just
passed sixteen"! A spirit and personality with tha t ready answer means
youth-- young in spirit-- but ripened in good loyal Owl service. MRS. C OFFMAN--
WE SALUTE YOU! WALTER SEDGELEY
!BIOGRAPHY: 1940-1950 Jill Mayne, Interview by Nick Cimino 1 Oct 1994
Grandma Mae worked at Owl Drug. There was an eccentric old lady that used
to come int o the drugstore clutching her bed doll to her bosom. She was the
daughter of Joaquin Miller . Grandma Mae took Jill to visit this lady's home
in the Oakland Hills. It is now a State H istoric Monument.
JOAQUIN MILLER HOME- Joaquin Miller, "Poet of the Sierras," resided
on these acres, whic h he called "The Hights," from 1886 to 1913.
In this building, The Abby, he wrote `Columbus ' and other poems. He planted
the surrounding trees and he personally built, on the eminenc e to the north,
the funeral pyre and the monuments dedicated to Moses, General John C. Fremon
t, and Robert Browning. "The Hights" was purchased by the City of Oakland
in 1919.
Joaquin Miller Rd and Sanborn Dr, Oakland
Grandma Mae would often be working when Gram Elaine would visit with Jill.
Her home mad e a convenient rendezvous for Joan and Jill. Mac would rarely bring
Joan all the way to Sacr amento but the short trip across the bay made it convenient
for Joan to see her mother and si ster.
Food often seemed prominent in the events at Grandma Mae's house in Oakland.
Turkey i n the oven for a holiday meal. Meats fried with lots of pepper added.
Fruit pies and tart s tempting Jill and Joan. Mae and Doc would set up their
card table and eat commercially can ned fruits.
Doc seemed the more talkative of the two. Mae was quiet and reserved. They
would liste n to the radio and read the Reader's Digest magazine. Doc would
say: "Look at my happy fami ly and I did not have to do a thing!"
He would take the children to Lake Merritt but his dri ving was what left the
lasting impression. He would slam on the brakes and jerk the heads o f his grandchildren.
He had a prediliction for Dodges one of which became Jill's first car.
Sewing was a talent that Mae acquired at the Sacramento Orphan Asylum.
She would sew flannel pajamas as gifts for her grandchildren. Cross stitch was
another hobb y that produced tea towels for each day of the week. Jill still
has some that her grandmothe r made. Care packages also became a family tradition
still carried on by Elaine and Vivian . Mae had a dresser filled with soap,
stationery and other odds and ends that went into a ca re package for a visiting
grandchild.
!BIOGRAPHY: 1940-1950 Jill Mayne, Interview by Nick Cimino 7 Aug 1991
Grandma Mae's house had a crawl space and Jill would crawl under there to
play. Jill ha s a vivid memory of a doll's head that she found under the house.
The soil in the yard was ve ry black and apparently had been brought in by Doc.
One of Doc's talents was his ability to g ive "adjustments" like a
chiropractor. Mae kept all her makeup in a cigar box. Her bedroom s et was made
of birdseye maple and the mattress had a big hump in the middle.
The piano in the parlor had a round seat that spun and was a source of entertainment
fo r Jill. She would play with Johnnie, the Italian boy next door. Joan and
Jill put on a pla y with dolls for Mae and Elaine. They used the curtain between
the rooms as their stage curt ain.
!BIOGRAPHY: 1940-1950 Jill Mayne, Interview by Nick Cimino Oct 1989
Mae and Doc took George and Elaine and Joan and Jill to Camp Sacramento
This seemed to c oincide in Jill's mind with the beginning of George's love of
the Sierras and his move to Lak e Tahoe.
!DEATH: 1963 Death Certificate, District 6015, Cert.# 6855; Name Mae Blanche
Forbes; Date o f Death 9 Nov 1963; Hour 6:30 pm; birthplace Texas; date of birth
19 Feb 1882; age 81; name s and birthplaces of parents unknown; citizen USA;
SS# 559-01-4134; last occupation clerk, 3 5 yrs. Owl Drug Co.; Marital status
widow; place of death Hillhaven Convalescent Hospital, 30 30 Webster St., Oakland,
Alameda Co.; length of stay in county of death 75 years; length of s tay in California
75 years; last usual residence 885 Aileen St., Oakland, CA; name and addres s
of informant Mrs. Vivian McGrath, 738 Colusa Ave., El Cerrito, CA; physician
or coroner Pau l Flynn M.D. 3330 Webster St. Oakland; Cremation 13 Nov 1963 by
Sunset View Crematory; Caus e of death atherosclerotic heart disease, failure
2 week prior, ascutes due to metabolic mali gnancy 4 weeks prior, carcinoma of
breast 2 years prior.
FORBES MAE B 02/19/1882 F ALAMEDA 11/09/1963 559-01-4134 81 yrs
Add
!BURIAL: Sunset Cemetery, Heian gardens Lot 50B Row 15, Berkeley, CAShe was
married to Ernest Ellsworth COFFMAN on 5 Feb 1907
in Oakland, Alameda, California. She was divorced from Ernest Ellsworth COFFMAN.
Children were: Elaine Blanche COFFMAN,
Male COFFMAN, Vivian Lucile COFFMAN.
Dolly
MOSSMAN(11375) was born in Ashburnham,
Worcester, Massachusetts. She has reference number 163.3as2.She was married
to Jonathan Fairbank HAPGOOD. 11 children
Charlotte
MOULTON(11376) has reference number
931sx.Children were: Nellie Irene BATES.
Francis
Maria MOULTON(11377) was born on
23 May 1821 in Center Harbor, Carroll, New Hampshire. She has reference number
617s. Parents: Jonathan Smith MOULTON and
Deborah NASH.She was married to Moses FAIRBANKS
on 27 Apr 1840 in Merideth, MA. Children were: Mary
Frances FAIRBANKS, Helen Maria FAIRBANKS,
Helen Louise FAIRBANKS, Ella Abra FAIRBANKS
, Hon. Henry Orlestus FAIRBANKS,
William Moses FAIRBANKS, Carrie Deborah FAIRBANKS
, Maria Moulton FAIRBANKS.
Jonathan
Smith MOULTON(11378) has reference
number 617sx. He resided at in Center Harbor, Carroll, New Hampshire.Children
were: Francis Maria MOULTON.
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