The following paragraph was originally posted by Lonnie DeCloedt:
Known as the "Angel of Bodie," she was the daughter of Fannie O. and Albert K. Myers. She was accidentally struck on the head by a pick axe while a drainage ditch was dug around their house. Doctors tried to help, but she died three days later of her injuries.
Research below is from Sue Silver:
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Daughters of the American Revolution, Vital Records from Cemeteries in California, Volume 13 (Book 18), pp. 119-121 (Bodie, CA, 9/28/1952), CSL Book Collection, qc 929.2 D2c: listed as Evelyn, beloved daughter of, Fannie O. & Albert K. Meyers, B. May 1, 1894, D. Apr. 5, 1897
Daughters of the American Revolution, Vital Records from Cemeteries in California, Volume 16 (Book 21), pp. 168-171 (Bodie, CA, 1957), CSL Book Collection, qc 929.2 D2c: listed as Evelyn Myers, daughter of Fannie C. & K. Myers, born May 1st, 1894, died April 5, 1897
California cemeteries tombstone inscriptions, Northern Sierra area 1850s-1959 (Verna Stumpf Paterson and members of Reno Chapter of the Daughters' of the American Colonists, LDS Family History Library Film No. 1320853, Item 19): listed as Evelyn Meyers, Daughter of Albert K. & Fannie O., b. 1 May 1894, d. 5 Apr 1897
Daughters of the American Revolution, Vital Records from Cemeteries in California, Volume 18 (Book 23), pp.82-83 (Bodie Cemetery, 9/3/1966), CSL Book Collection, qc 929.2 D2c: listed as Evelyn Myers, beloved daughter of Nannie C. & Albert K, May 1, 1894 – Apr. 5, 1897
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Frontier Times Magazine (Lillian N. Ninnis, August-September 1965, p. 44):
When little Evelyn Meyers (sic) met a tragic death, Bodie was bereft. Men, women and children mourned with Al and Fannie Meyers (sic).
Al was a hoist engineer at the Standard Mine. He and Fannie were blessed, in their middle years, with their first child, a golden-haired little girl. As the baby became a toddler, she seemed a sort of fairy-child to the entire town.
Winter came, and Bodie was gripped in an icy spell. The Meyers' (sic) front porch was a sheet of ice. To make it safe for walking, the ice was broken up with a pick and sprinkled with sawdust.
An Indian, who did odd jobs for the Meyers, was breaking up the ice, while Al and little Evelyn watched. Holding tight to her father's hand, she would swing out and back on the ice. Then the Indian swung the pick and as it descended, Evelyn swung outward!
Al and Fannie Meyers were stark crazy with grief and Bodie was stunned. The little body rested at home till the hour for the services in the church where the town's grieving people spilled from the entry, down the stairs and into the street. The choir tried to sing, but tears wet the hymnals. The minister tried to speak; tears wet his Bible. A little child gently slept the eternal sleep and Bodie wept. As the people sorrowfully left the church, sympathetic hands pressed the shoulder and bowed head of the Indian who sat on the last bench.
A beautiful Italian marble angel marks Evelyn's grave….
(Note: An original death notice or article about this incident has not been located./ss)
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1882 & 1884 Mono County Great Register of Voters: Albert K. Myers, 21 yrs, b. California, Engineer, Residence-Bodie, Registered-3/18/1882
1886 – 1890 Mono County Great Register of Voters: Albert K. Myers, 25 yrs, b. California, Engineer, Residence-Bodie, Registered-9/7/1886
1896 Mono County Great Register of Voters: Albert K. Myers, Engineer, 34 yrs, 5' 8 ½" tall, Light complexion, Blue eyes, Brown hair, b. California, Residence-Bodie East, Registered-4/21/1896, Post Office Address-Bodie
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1900 Census, Green Street, Bodie, Mono County, California:
Albert K. Myers, b. Jul 1861, 38 yrs, Married 7 yrs, b. California, Father b. New York, Mother b. Pennsylvania, Hoist man on mine, Owns home free of mortgage; Fannie O. Myers, wife, b. Oct 1862, 37 yrs, 1 child born/no child then living, b. Minnesota, Father b. New York, Mother b. Vermont
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1910 Census, Tacoma Ward 2, Pierce County, Washington: (Household of Effie F. Catto, Lodging House Keeper)
Albert K. Myers, Lodger, 45 yrs, married once 9 yrs, b. California, Father b. Pennsylvania, Mother b. New York, Engineer/Power & light plant; Elizabeth Myers, Lodger, 29 yrs, Married once 9 yrs, 1 child born/1 child then living, b. Ohio, Father b. Ohio, Mother b. Kentucky
1910 Census, Modesto, Stanislaus County, California: (Household of Jennie P. Purvis, Rooming House Keeper)
Fannie O. Myers, Lodger, 47 yrs, Married once 12 yrs, 2 children born/1 child then living, b. Minnesota, Father b. New York, Mother b. Vermont, Dress maker/at home
1920 Census, San Francisco City and County, California:
Fanny O. Myers, 57 yrs, Divorced, b. Minnesota, Father b. New York, Mother b. Vermont, Dressmaker/Own place; Helen F. Myers, daughter, 18 yrs, Single, b. California, Father b. Nevada, Mother b. Minnesota, Stenographer/Steel Products
Known as the "Angel of Bodie," she was the daughter of Fannie O. and Albert K. Myers. She was accidentally struck on the head by a pick axe while a drainage ditch was dug around their house. Doctors tried to help, but she died three days later of her injuries.
Research below is from Sue Silver:
*****
Daughters of the American Revolution, Vital Records from Cemeteries in California, Volume 13 (Book 18), pp. 119-121 (Bodie, CA, 9/28/1952), CSL Book Collection, qc 929.2 D2c: listed as Evelyn, beloved daughter of, Fannie O. & Albert K. Meyers, B. May 1, 1894, D. Apr. 5, 1897
Daughters of the American Revolution, Vital Records from Cemeteries in California, Volume 16 (Book 21), pp. 168-171 (Bodie, CA, 1957), CSL Book Collection, qc 929.2 D2c: listed as Evelyn Myers, daughter of Fannie C. & K. Myers, born May 1st, 1894, died April 5, 1897
California cemeteries tombstone inscriptions, Northern Sierra area 1850s-1959 (Verna Stumpf Paterson and members of Reno Chapter of the Daughters' of the American Colonists, LDS Family History Library Film No. 1320853, Item 19): listed as Evelyn Meyers, Daughter of Albert K. & Fannie O., b. 1 May 1894, d. 5 Apr 1897
Daughters of the American Revolution, Vital Records from Cemeteries in California, Volume 18 (Book 23), pp.82-83 (Bodie Cemetery, 9/3/1966), CSL Book Collection, qc 929.2 D2c: listed as Evelyn Myers, beloved daughter of Nannie C. & Albert K, May 1, 1894 – Apr. 5, 1897
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Frontier Times Magazine (Lillian N. Ninnis, August-September 1965, p. 44):
When little Evelyn Meyers (sic) met a tragic death, Bodie was bereft. Men, women and children mourned with Al and Fannie Meyers (sic).
Al was a hoist engineer at the Standard Mine. He and Fannie were blessed, in their middle years, with their first child, a golden-haired little girl. As the baby became a toddler, she seemed a sort of fairy-child to the entire town.
Winter came, and Bodie was gripped in an icy spell. The Meyers' (sic) front porch was a sheet of ice. To make it safe for walking, the ice was broken up with a pick and sprinkled with sawdust.
An Indian, who did odd jobs for the Meyers, was breaking up the ice, while Al and little Evelyn watched. Holding tight to her father's hand, she would swing out and back on the ice. Then the Indian swung the pick and as it descended, Evelyn swung outward!
Al and Fannie Meyers were stark crazy with grief and Bodie was stunned. The little body rested at home till the hour for the services in the church where the town's grieving people spilled from the entry, down the stairs and into the street. The choir tried to sing, but tears wet the hymnals. The minister tried to speak; tears wet his Bible. A little child gently slept the eternal sleep and Bodie wept. As the people sorrowfully left the church, sympathetic hands pressed the shoulder and bowed head of the Indian who sat on the last bench.
A beautiful Italian marble angel marks Evelyn's grave….
(Note: An original death notice or article about this incident has not been located./ss)
*****
1882 & 1884 Mono County Great Register of Voters: Albert K. Myers, 21 yrs, b. California, Engineer, Residence-Bodie, Registered-3/18/1882
1886 – 1890 Mono County Great Register of Voters: Albert K. Myers, 25 yrs, b. California, Engineer, Residence-Bodie, Registered-9/7/1886
1896 Mono County Great Register of Voters: Albert K. Myers, Engineer, 34 yrs, 5' 8 ½" tall, Light complexion, Blue eyes, Brown hair, b. California, Residence-Bodie East, Registered-4/21/1896, Post Office Address-Bodie
*****
1900 Census, Green Street, Bodie, Mono County, California:
Albert K. Myers, b. Jul 1861, 38 yrs, Married 7 yrs, b. California, Father b. New York, Mother b. Pennsylvania, Hoist man on mine, Owns home free of mortgage; Fannie O. Myers, wife, b. Oct 1862, 37 yrs, 1 child born/no child then living, b. Minnesota, Father b. New York, Mother b. Vermont
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1910 Census, Tacoma Ward 2, Pierce County, Washington: (Household of Effie F. Catto, Lodging House Keeper)
Albert K. Myers, Lodger, 45 yrs, married once 9 yrs, b. California, Father b. Pennsylvania, Mother b. New York, Engineer/Power & light plant; Elizabeth Myers, Lodger, 29 yrs, Married once 9 yrs, 1 child born/1 child then living, b. Ohio, Father b. Ohio, Mother b. Kentucky
1910 Census, Modesto, Stanislaus County, California: (Household of Jennie P. Purvis, Rooming House Keeper)
Fannie O. Myers, Lodger, 47 yrs, Married once 12 yrs, 2 children born/1 child then living, b. Minnesota, Father b. New York, Mother b. Vermont, Dress maker/at home
1920 Census, San Francisco City and County, California:
Fanny O. Myers, 57 yrs, Divorced, b. Minnesota, Father b. New York, Mother b. Vermont, Dressmaker/Own place; Helen F. Myers, daughter, 18 yrs, Single, b. California, Father b. Nevada, Mother b. Minnesota, Stenographer/Steel Products
The following paragraph was originally posted by Lonnie DeCloedt:
Known as the "Angel of Bodie," she was the daughter of Fannie O. and Albert K. Myers. She was accidentally struck on the head by a pick axe while a drainage ditch was dug around their house. Doctors tried to help, but she died three days later of her injuries.
Research below is from Sue Silver:
*****
Daughters of the American Revolution, Vital Records from Cemeteries in California, Volume 13 (Book 18), pp. 119-121 (Bodie, CA, 9/28/1952), CSL Book Collection, qc 929.2 D2c: listed as Evelyn, beloved daughter of, Fannie O. & Albert K. Meyers, B. May 1, 1894, D. Apr. 5, 1897
Daughters of the American Revolution, Vital Records from Cemeteries in California, Volume 16 (Book 21), pp. 168-171 (Bodie, CA, 1957), CSL Book Collection, qc 929.2 D2c: listed as Evelyn Myers, daughter of Fannie C. & K. Myers, born May 1st, 1894, died April 5, 1897
California cemeteries tombstone inscriptions, Northern Sierra area 1850s-1959 (Verna Stumpf Paterson and members of Reno Chapter of the Daughters' of the American Colonists, LDS Family History Library Film No. 1320853, Item 19): listed as Evelyn Meyers, Daughter of Albert K. & Fannie O., b. 1 May 1894, d. 5 Apr 1897
Daughters of the American Revolution, Vital Records from Cemeteries in California, Volume 18 (Book 23), pp.82-83 (Bodie Cemetery, 9/3/1966), CSL Book Collection, qc 929.2 D2c: listed as Evelyn Myers, beloved daughter of Nannie C. & Albert K, May 1, 1894 – Apr. 5, 1897
*****
Frontier Times Magazine (Lillian N. Ninnis, August-September 1965, p. 44):
When little Evelyn Meyers (sic) met a tragic death, Bodie was bereft. Men, women and children mourned with Al and Fannie Meyers (sic).
Al was a hoist engineer at the Standard Mine. He and Fannie were blessed, in their middle years, with their first child, a golden-haired little girl. As the baby became a toddler, she seemed a sort of fairy-child to the entire town.
Winter came, and Bodie was gripped in an icy spell. The Meyers' (sic) front porch was a sheet of ice. To make it safe for walking, the ice was broken up with a pick and sprinkled with sawdust.
An Indian, who did odd jobs for the Meyers, was breaking up the ice, while Al and little Evelyn watched. Holding tight to her father's hand, she would swing out and back on the ice. Then the Indian swung the pick and as it descended, Evelyn swung outward!
Al and Fannie Meyers were stark crazy with grief and Bodie was stunned. The little body rested at home till the hour for the services in the church where the town's grieving people spilled from the entry, down the stairs and into the street. The choir tried to sing, but tears wet the hymnals. The minister tried to speak; tears wet his Bible. A little child gently slept the eternal sleep and Bodie wept. As the people sorrowfully left the church, sympathetic hands pressed the shoulder and bowed head of the Indian who sat on the last bench.
A beautiful Italian marble angel marks Evelyn's grave….
(Note: An original death notice or article about this incident has not been located./ss)
*****
1882 & 1884 Mono County Great Register of Voters: Albert K. Myers, 21 yrs, b. California, Engineer, Residence-Bodie, Registered-3/18/1882
1886 – 1890 Mono County Great Register of Voters: Albert K. Myers, 25 yrs, b. California, Engineer, Residence-Bodie, Registered-9/7/1886
1896 Mono County Great Register of Voters: Albert K. Myers, Engineer, 34 yrs, 5' 8 ½" tall, Light complexion, Blue eyes, Brown hair, b. California, Residence-Bodie East, Registered-4/21/1896, Post Office Address-Bodie
*****
1900 Census, Green Street, Bodie, Mono County, California:
Albert K. Myers, b. Jul 1861, 38 yrs, Married 7 yrs, b. California, Father b. New York, Mother b. Pennsylvania, Hoist man on mine, Owns home free of mortgage; Fannie O. Myers, wife, b. Oct 1862, 37 yrs, 1 child born/no child then living, b. Minnesota, Father b. New York, Mother b. Vermont
*****
1910 Census, Tacoma Ward 2, Pierce County, Washington: (Household of Effie F. Catto, Lodging House Keeper)
Albert K. Myers, Lodger, 45 yrs, married once 9 yrs, b. California, Father b. Pennsylvania, Mother b. New York, Engineer/Power & light plant; Elizabeth Myers, Lodger, 29 yrs, Married once 9 yrs, 1 child born/1 child then living, b. Ohio, Father b. Ohio, Mother b. Kentucky
1910 Census, Modesto, Stanislaus County, California: (Household of Jennie P. Purvis, Rooming House Keeper)
Fannie O. Myers, Lodger, 47 yrs, Married once 12 yrs, 2 children born/1 child then living, b. Minnesota, Father b. New York, Mother b. Vermont, Dress maker/at home
1920 Census, San Francisco City and County, California:
Fanny O. Myers, 57 yrs, Divorced, b. Minnesota, Father b. New York, Mother b. Vermont, Dressmaker/Own place; Helen F. Myers, daughter, 18 yrs, Single, b. California, Father b. Nevada, Mother b. Minnesota, Stenographer/Steel Products
Known as the "Angel of Bodie," she was the daughter of Fannie O. and Albert K. Myers. She was accidentally struck on the head by a pick axe while a drainage ditch was dug around their house. Doctors tried to help, but she died three days later of her injuries.
Research below is from Sue Silver:
*****
Daughters of the American Revolution, Vital Records from Cemeteries in California, Volume 13 (Book 18), pp. 119-121 (Bodie, CA, 9/28/1952), CSL Book Collection, qc 929.2 D2c: listed as Evelyn, beloved daughter of, Fannie O. & Albert K. Meyers, B. May 1, 1894, D. Apr. 5, 1897
Daughters of the American Revolution, Vital Records from Cemeteries in California, Volume 16 (Book 21), pp. 168-171 (Bodie, CA, 1957), CSL Book Collection, qc 929.2 D2c: listed as Evelyn Myers, daughter of Fannie C. & K. Myers, born May 1st, 1894, died April 5, 1897
California cemeteries tombstone inscriptions, Northern Sierra area 1850s-1959 (Verna Stumpf Paterson and members of Reno Chapter of the Daughters' of the American Colonists, LDS Family History Library Film No. 1320853, Item 19): listed as Evelyn Meyers, Daughter of Albert K. & Fannie O., b. 1 May 1894, d. 5 Apr 1897
Daughters of the American Revolution, Vital Records from Cemeteries in California, Volume 18 (Book 23), pp.82-83 (Bodie Cemetery, 9/3/1966), CSL Book Collection, qc 929.2 D2c: listed as Evelyn Myers, beloved daughter of Nannie C. & Albert K, May 1, 1894 – Apr. 5, 1897
*****
Frontier Times Magazine (Lillian N. Ninnis, August-September 1965, p. 44):
When little Evelyn Meyers (sic) met a tragic death, Bodie was bereft. Men, women and children mourned with Al and Fannie Meyers (sic).
Al was a hoist engineer at the Standard Mine. He and Fannie were blessed, in their middle years, with their first child, a golden-haired little girl. As the baby became a toddler, she seemed a sort of fairy-child to the entire town.
Winter came, and Bodie was gripped in an icy spell. The Meyers' (sic) front porch was a sheet of ice. To make it safe for walking, the ice was broken up with a pick and sprinkled with sawdust.
An Indian, who did odd jobs for the Meyers, was breaking up the ice, while Al and little Evelyn watched. Holding tight to her father's hand, she would swing out and back on the ice. Then the Indian swung the pick and as it descended, Evelyn swung outward!
Al and Fannie Meyers were stark crazy with grief and Bodie was stunned. The little body rested at home till the hour for the services in the church where the town's grieving people spilled from the entry, down the stairs and into the street. The choir tried to sing, but tears wet the hymnals. The minister tried to speak; tears wet his Bible. A little child gently slept the eternal sleep and Bodie wept. As the people sorrowfully left the church, sympathetic hands pressed the shoulder and bowed head of the Indian who sat on the last bench.
A beautiful Italian marble angel marks Evelyn's grave….
(Note: An original death notice or article about this incident has not been located./ss)
*****
1882 & 1884 Mono County Great Register of Voters: Albert K. Myers, 21 yrs, b. California, Engineer, Residence-Bodie, Registered-3/18/1882
1886 – 1890 Mono County Great Register of Voters: Albert K. Myers, 25 yrs, b. California, Engineer, Residence-Bodie, Registered-9/7/1886
1896 Mono County Great Register of Voters: Albert K. Myers, Engineer, 34 yrs, 5' 8 ½" tall, Light complexion, Blue eyes, Brown hair, b. California, Residence-Bodie East, Registered-4/21/1896, Post Office Address-Bodie
*****
1900 Census, Green Street, Bodie, Mono County, California:
Albert K. Myers, b. Jul 1861, 38 yrs, Married 7 yrs, b. California, Father b. New York, Mother b. Pennsylvania, Hoist man on mine, Owns home free of mortgage; Fannie O. Myers, wife, b. Oct 1862, 37 yrs, 1 child born/no child then living, b. Minnesota, Father b. New York, Mother b. Vermont
*****
1910 Census, Tacoma Ward 2, Pierce County, Washington: (Household of Effie F. Catto, Lodging House Keeper)
Albert K. Myers, Lodger, 45 yrs, married once 9 yrs, b. California, Father b. Pennsylvania, Mother b. New York, Engineer/Power & light plant; Elizabeth Myers, Lodger, 29 yrs, Married once 9 yrs, 1 child born/1 child then living, b. Ohio, Father b. Ohio, Mother b. Kentucky
1910 Census, Modesto, Stanislaus County, California: (Household of Jennie P. Purvis, Rooming House Keeper)
Fannie O. Myers, Lodger, 47 yrs, Married once 12 yrs, 2 children born/1 child then living, b. Minnesota, Father b. New York, Mother b. Vermont, Dress maker/at home
1920 Census, San Francisco City and County, California:
Fanny O. Myers, 57 yrs, Divorced, b. Minnesota, Father b. New York, Mother b. Vermont, Dressmaker/Own place; Helen F. Myers, daughter, 18 yrs, Single, b. California, Father b. Nevada, Mother b. Minnesota, Stenographer/Steel Products
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Evelyn, Beloved daughter of Fannie O. & Albert K. Myers Born May 1, 1894 Died April 5, 1897
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