The Bakersfield Californian
4 March 1944, page 2
Pioneer of Kern Dies at Tehachapi
Tehachapi Rites Scheduled for Lucinda Caroline Brite
Lucinda Caroline Brite, 83, resident of Tehachapi and Brite's Valley since 1870, died yesterday at her home, 203 South Curry street in Tehachapi.
Final rites for Mrs. Brite will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Community Congregational Church with the Reverend Isaac Flemming officiating. Interment will be in Tehachapi Cemetery. Payne & Son Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Brite was born in El Monte in 1860, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Wiggins, moving to the old town of Tehacahpi with her family in 1870.
In 1877 she married James M. Brite, a member of the first family to settle in the Tehachapi district known as Brite's Valley. Her husband died in 1927.
Mrs. Brite is survived by a brother F.M. Wiggins of Arroyo Grande; a sister, Mrs. C.N. Higdon of Mountain View; a daughter, Mrs. Olive Kimberly of Long Beach; four sons, Walter L. and Jesse D. Brite of Porterville and Frank M. and Clyde Brite of Tehachapi; seven grandchildren.
CADI:
BRITE LUCINDA CAROLINE 03/28/1860 DIRCKS WIGGINS F CALIFORNIA KERN 03/03/1944 83 yrs
Wife of James Moore Brite. Daughter of Francis M. Wiggins and Elizabeth Durks/Diercks/Dircks.
Death: BRITE, Lucinda Caroline
Author: Don Stowell Date: 10 Oct 2004 1:22 PM GMT
Classification: Death
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Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society
Courtesy of Mojave Desert News
California City, Kern, CA
Published: 09 Mar 1944
Lucinda Caroline Brite
Mrs. Brite of Tehachapi, mother of Mr. Clyde Brite, recently appointed Juvenile Officer for the Mojave District, died this week and was buried on Tuesday. Although we tried to obtain further details no one gave them to us so we are publishing only what we know.
The notice as transcribed above without full name.
Calif Death Index indicates Lucinda Caroline Brite
Dob 28 Mar 1860
Dod 03 Mar 1944
MMN – Dircks
FN - Wiggins
1870 United States Federal Census about Caroline Wiggins
Name: Caroline Wiggins
Age in 1870: 10
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: California
Home in 1870: Julian, San Diego, California
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: San Diego
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Francis Wiggins 40
Elizabeth Wiggins 32
Wilkinson Wiggins 15
Julia Wiggins 13
Harriet Wiggins 12
Caroline Wiggins 10
Francis Wiggins 6
John Wiggins 3
Mary Wiggins 3
1900 United States Federal Census about Lucinda C Brite
Name: Lucinda C Brite
Age: 40
Birth Date: Mar 1860
Birthplace: California
Home in 1900: West Greenwich, Kern, California
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: James M Brite
Marriage Year: 1878
Years Married: 22
Father's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Mother: number of living children: 6
Mother: How many children: 8
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
James M Brite 44
Lucinda C Brite 40
Frank M Brite 17
Jesse D Brite 15
Walter L Brite 12
Joseph T Brite 10
Edward Brite 7
William C Brite 4
1910 United States Federal Census about Lucinda C Brite
Name: Lucinda C Brite
Age in 1910: 50
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: California
Home in 1910: Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: James M Brite
Father's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
James M Brite 54
Lucinda C Brite 50
Clyde Brite 14
Olive Brite 9
1920 United States Federal Census about Lucinda C Brite
Name: Lucinda C Brite
Age: 60
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: California
Home in 1920: Bakersfield Ward 3, Kern, California
Street: 22nd St
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: James M Brite
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
James M Brite 64
Lucinda C Brite 60
Olive Brite 19
1930 United States Federal Census about Lucinda C Brite
Name: Lucinda C Brite
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: California
Race: White
Home in 1930: Tehachapi, Kern, California
Map of Home: View map
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
4 March 1944, page 2
Pioneer of Kern Dies at Tehachapi
Tehachapi Rites Scheduled for Lucinda Caroline Brite
Lucinda Caroline Brite, 83, resident of Tehachapi and Brite's Valley since 1870, died yesterday at her home, 203 South Curry street in Tehachapi.
Final rites for Mrs. Brite will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Community Congregational Church with the Reverend Isaac Flemming officiating. Interment will be in Tehachapi Cemetery. Payne & Son Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Brite was born in El Monte in 1860, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Wiggins, moving to the old town of Tehacahpi with her family in 1870.
In 1877 she married James M. Brite, a member of the first family to settle in the Tehachapi district known as Brite's Valley. Her husband died in 1927.
Mrs. Brite is survived by a brother F.M. Wiggins of Arroyo Grande; a sister, Mrs. C.N. Higdon of Mountain View; a daughter, Mrs. Olive Kimberly of Long Beach; four sons, Walter L. and Jesse D. Brite of Porterville and Frank M. and Clyde Brite of Tehachapi; seven grandchildren.
CADI:
BRITE LUCINDA CAROLINE 03/28/1860 DIRCKS WIGGINS F CALIFORNIA KERN 03/03/1944 83 yrs
Wife of James Moore Brite. Daughter of Francis M. Wiggins and Elizabeth Durks/Diercks/Dircks.
Death: BRITE, Lucinda Caroline
Author: Don Stowell Date: 10 Oct 2004 1:22 PM GMT
Classification: Death
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Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society
Courtesy of Mojave Desert News
California City, Kern, CA
Published: 09 Mar 1944
Lucinda Caroline Brite
Mrs. Brite of Tehachapi, mother of Mr. Clyde Brite, recently appointed Juvenile Officer for the Mojave District, died this week and was buried on Tuesday. Although we tried to obtain further details no one gave them to us so we are publishing only what we know.
The notice as transcribed above without full name.
Calif Death Index indicates Lucinda Caroline Brite
Dob 28 Mar 1860
Dod 03 Mar 1944
MMN – Dircks
FN - Wiggins
1870 United States Federal Census about Caroline Wiggins
Name: Caroline Wiggins
Age in 1870: 10
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: California
Home in 1870: Julian, San Diego, California
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: San Diego
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Francis Wiggins 40
Elizabeth Wiggins 32
Wilkinson Wiggins 15
Julia Wiggins 13
Harriet Wiggins 12
Caroline Wiggins 10
Francis Wiggins 6
John Wiggins 3
Mary Wiggins 3
1900 United States Federal Census about Lucinda C Brite
Name: Lucinda C Brite
Age: 40
Birth Date: Mar 1860
Birthplace: California
Home in 1900: West Greenwich, Kern, California
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: James M Brite
Marriage Year: 1878
Years Married: 22
Father's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Mother: number of living children: 6
Mother: How many children: 8
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
James M Brite 44
Lucinda C Brite 40
Frank M Brite 17
Jesse D Brite 15
Walter L Brite 12
Joseph T Brite 10
Edward Brite 7
William C Brite 4
1910 United States Federal Census about Lucinda C Brite
Name: Lucinda C Brite
Age in 1910: 50
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: California
Home in 1910: Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: James M Brite
Father's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
James M Brite 54
Lucinda C Brite 50
Clyde Brite 14
Olive Brite 9
1920 United States Federal Census about Lucinda C Brite
Name: Lucinda C Brite
Age: 60
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: California
Home in 1920: Bakersfield Ward 3, Kern, California
Street: 22nd St
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: James M Brite
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
James M Brite 64
Lucinda C Brite 60
Olive Brite 19
1930 United States Federal Census about Lucinda C Brite
Name: Lucinda C Brite
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: California
Race: White
Home in 1930: Tehachapi, Kern, California
Map of Home: View map
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
The Bakersfield Californian
4 March 1944, page 2
Pioneer of Kern Dies at Tehachapi
Tehachapi Rites Scheduled for Lucinda Caroline Brite
Lucinda Caroline Brite, 83, resident of Tehachapi and Brite's Valley since 1870, died yesterday at her home, 203 South Curry street in Tehachapi.
Final rites for Mrs. Brite will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Community Congregational Church with the Reverend Isaac Flemming officiating. Interment will be in Tehachapi Cemetery. Payne & Son Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Brite was born in El Monte in 1860, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Wiggins, moving to the old town of Tehacahpi with her family in 1870.
In 1877 she married James M. Brite, a member of the first family to settle in the Tehachapi district known as Brite's Valley. Her husband died in 1927.
Mrs. Brite is survived by a brother F.M. Wiggins of Arroyo Grande; a sister, Mrs. C.N. Higdon of Mountain View; a daughter, Mrs. Olive Kimberly of Long Beach; four sons, Walter L. and Jesse D. Brite of Porterville and Frank M. and Clyde Brite of Tehachapi; seven grandchildren.
CADI:
BRITE LUCINDA CAROLINE 03/28/1860 DIRCKS WIGGINS F CALIFORNIA KERN 03/03/1944 83 yrs
Wife of James Moore Brite. Daughter of Francis M. Wiggins and Elizabeth Durks/Diercks/Dircks.
Death: BRITE, Lucinda Caroline
Author: Don Stowell Date: 10 Oct 2004 1:22 PM GMT
Classification: Death
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Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society
Courtesy of Mojave Desert News
California City, Kern, CA
Published: 09 Mar 1944
Lucinda Caroline Brite
Mrs. Brite of Tehachapi, mother of Mr. Clyde Brite, recently appointed Juvenile Officer for the Mojave District, died this week and was buried on Tuesday. Although we tried to obtain further details no one gave them to us so we are publishing only what we know.
The notice as transcribed above without full name.
Calif Death Index indicates Lucinda Caroline Brite
Dob 28 Mar 1860
Dod 03 Mar 1944
MMN – Dircks
FN - Wiggins
1870 United States Federal Census about Caroline Wiggins
Name: Caroline Wiggins
Age in 1870: 10
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: California
Home in 1870: Julian, San Diego, California
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: San Diego
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Francis Wiggins 40
Elizabeth Wiggins 32
Wilkinson Wiggins 15
Julia Wiggins 13
Harriet Wiggins 12
Caroline Wiggins 10
Francis Wiggins 6
John Wiggins 3
Mary Wiggins 3
1900 United States Federal Census about Lucinda C Brite
Name: Lucinda C Brite
Age: 40
Birth Date: Mar 1860
Birthplace: California
Home in 1900: West Greenwich, Kern, California
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: James M Brite
Marriage Year: 1878
Years Married: 22
Father's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Mother: number of living children: 6
Mother: How many children: 8
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
James M Brite 44
Lucinda C Brite 40
Frank M Brite 17
Jesse D Brite 15
Walter L Brite 12
Joseph T Brite 10
Edward Brite 7
William C Brite 4
1910 United States Federal Census about Lucinda C Brite
Name: Lucinda C Brite
Age in 1910: 50
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: California
Home in 1910: Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: James M Brite
Father's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
James M Brite 54
Lucinda C Brite 50
Clyde Brite 14
Olive Brite 9
1920 United States Federal Census about Lucinda C Brite
Name: Lucinda C Brite
Age: 60
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: California
Home in 1920: Bakersfield Ward 3, Kern, California
Street: 22nd St
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: James M Brite
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
James M Brite 64
Lucinda C Brite 60
Olive Brite 19
1930 United States Federal Census about Lucinda C Brite
Name: Lucinda C Brite
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: California
Race: White
Home in 1930: Tehachapi, Kern, California
Map of Home: View map
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
4 March 1944, page 2
Pioneer of Kern Dies at Tehachapi
Tehachapi Rites Scheduled for Lucinda Caroline Brite
Lucinda Caroline Brite, 83, resident of Tehachapi and Brite's Valley since 1870, died yesterday at her home, 203 South Curry street in Tehachapi.
Final rites for Mrs. Brite will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Community Congregational Church with the Reverend Isaac Flemming officiating. Interment will be in Tehachapi Cemetery. Payne & Son Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Brite was born in El Monte in 1860, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Wiggins, moving to the old town of Tehacahpi with her family in 1870.
In 1877 she married James M. Brite, a member of the first family to settle in the Tehachapi district known as Brite's Valley. Her husband died in 1927.
Mrs. Brite is survived by a brother F.M. Wiggins of Arroyo Grande; a sister, Mrs. C.N. Higdon of Mountain View; a daughter, Mrs. Olive Kimberly of Long Beach; four sons, Walter L. and Jesse D. Brite of Porterville and Frank M. and Clyde Brite of Tehachapi; seven grandchildren.
CADI:
BRITE LUCINDA CAROLINE 03/28/1860 DIRCKS WIGGINS F CALIFORNIA KERN 03/03/1944 83 yrs
Wife of James Moore Brite. Daughter of Francis M. Wiggins and Elizabeth Durks/Diercks/Dircks.
Death: BRITE, Lucinda Caroline
Author: Don Stowell Date: 10 Oct 2004 1:22 PM GMT
Classification: Death
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Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society
Courtesy of Mojave Desert News
California City, Kern, CA
Published: 09 Mar 1944
Lucinda Caroline Brite
Mrs. Brite of Tehachapi, mother of Mr. Clyde Brite, recently appointed Juvenile Officer for the Mojave District, died this week and was buried on Tuesday. Although we tried to obtain further details no one gave them to us so we are publishing only what we know.
The notice as transcribed above without full name.
Calif Death Index indicates Lucinda Caroline Brite
Dob 28 Mar 1860
Dod 03 Mar 1944
MMN – Dircks
FN - Wiggins
1870 United States Federal Census about Caroline Wiggins
Name: Caroline Wiggins
Age in 1870: 10
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: California
Home in 1870: Julian, San Diego, California
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: San Diego
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Francis Wiggins 40
Elizabeth Wiggins 32
Wilkinson Wiggins 15
Julia Wiggins 13
Harriet Wiggins 12
Caroline Wiggins 10
Francis Wiggins 6
John Wiggins 3
Mary Wiggins 3
1900 United States Federal Census about Lucinda C Brite
Name: Lucinda C Brite
Age: 40
Birth Date: Mar 1860
Birthplace: California
Home in 1900: West Greenwich, Kern, California
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: James M Brite
Marriage Year: 1878
Years Married: 22
Father's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Mother: number of living children: 6
Mother: How many children: 8
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
James M Brite 44
Lucinda C Brite 40
Frank M Brite 17
Jesse D Brite 15
Walter L Brite 12
Joseph T Brite 10
Edward Brite 7
William C Brite 4
1910 United States Federal Census about Lucinda C Brite
Name: Lucinda C Brite
Age in 1910: 50
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: California
Home in 1910: Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: James M Brite
Father's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
James M Brite 54
Lucinda C Brite 50
Clyde Brite 14
Olive Brite 9
1920 United States Federal Census about Lucinda C Brite
Name: Lucinda C Brite
Age: 60
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: California
Home in 1920: Bakersfield Ward 3, Kern, California
Street: 22nd St
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: James M Brite
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
James M Brite 64
Lucinda C Brite 60
Olive Brite 19
1930 United States Federal Census about Lucinda C Brite
Name: Lucinda C Brite
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: California
Race: White
Home in 1930: Tehachapi, Kern, California
Map of Home: View map
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
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