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Alice was 17 when her mother died in 1871. Her father sent his children to orphanages. It is uncertain where Alice went. In 1873, when she was 19, she is listed as an arrival at the Lafayette Hotel in Los Angeles along with her father (coming from San Bernardino). It seems like she stayed in her father's home. By the 1880 cenus, she appears as a house servant in the home of George H. and Alice Matfield in Los Angeles. She is listed at the same location in 1882 (Los Angeles City Directory). In 1883, her sister, Lelia, is committed to the Stockton State Mental Hospital (in CA). In Lelia's admission record, it is stated that she has one sister who is insane. It appears this is Alice, although research has not yet turned up her commitment record or court case. Alice next appears on the 1900 census, up in San Francisco, in the dreadful Magdalen Asylum, (a home for wayward girls and prostitutes) as a pupil. Eventually, it's called the St. Catherine's Home and Training School. She is listed as a servant (laundress) or just an inmate. In 1935, she appears at Home of the Good Shepherd in San Francisco as an inmate. That home is also a place for delinquent girls. Alice was in the San Francisco Hospital for 17 days before she died. It is assumed her grave is unmarked.
When Alice's father died in 1906, she was not mentioned as a survivor, although her siblings were. When her siblings died, their obituaries mentioned no siblings, only offspring (for those who had offspring). When her brother, Thomas, has his 50th wedding anniversary in 1940, Agnes, was mentioned, but not Alice.
Alice must have had a rough life after her mother died and something happened. Either no one knew where she was (hard to believe with all the letters her father wrote), or she was shunned for a reason that is not apparent.
Alice was 17 when her mother died in 1871. Her father sent his children to orphanages. It is uncertain where Alice went. In 1873, when she was 19, she is listed as an arrival at the Lafayette Hotel in Los Angeles along with her father (coming from San Bernardino). It seems like she stayed in her father's home. By the 1880 cenus, she appears as a house servant in the home of George H. and Alice Matfield in Los Angeles. She is listed at the same location in 1882 (Los Angeles City Directory). In 1883, her sister, Lelia, is committed to the Stockton State Mental Hospital (in CA). In Lelia's admission record, it is stated that she has one sister who is insane. It appears this is Alice, although research has not yet turned up her commitment record or court case. Alice next appears on the 1900 census, up in San Francisco, in the dreadful Magdalen Asylum, (a home for wayward girls and prostitutes) as a pupil. Eventually, it's called the St. Catherine's Home and Training School. She is listed as a servant (laundress) or just an inmate. In 1935, she appears at Home of the Good Shepherd in San Francisco as an inmate. That home is also a place for delinquent girls. Alice was in the San Francisco Hospital for 17 days before she died. It is assumed her grave is unmarked.
When Alice's father died in 1906, she was not mentioned as a survivor, although her siblings were. When her siblings died, their obituaries mentioned no siblings, only offspring (for those who had offspring). When her brother, Thomas, has his 50th wedding anniversary in 1940, Agnes, was mentioned, but not Alice.
Alice must have had a rough life after her mother died and something happened. Either no one knew where she was (hard to believe with all the letters her father wrote), or she was shunned for a reason that is not apparent.
Copyright Cheri Mello. All rights reserved.
Alice was 17 when her mother died in 1871. Her father sent his children to orphanages. It is uncertain where Alice went. In 1873, when she was 19, she is listed as an arrival at the Lafayette Hotel in Los Angeles along with her father (coming from San Bernardino). It seems like she stayed in her father's home. By the 1880 cenus, she appears as a house servant in the home of George H. and Alice Matfield in Los Angeles. She is listed at the same location in 1882 (Los Angeles City Directory). In 1883, her sister, Lelia, is committed to the Stockton State Mental Hospital (in CA). In Lelia's admission record, it is stated that she has one sister who is insane. It appears this is Alice, although research has not yet turned up her commitment record or court case. Alice next appears on the 1900 census, up in San Francisco, in the dreadful Magdalen Asylum, (a home for wayward girls and prostitutes) as a pupil. Eventually, it's called the St. Catherine's Home and Training School. She is listed as a servant (laundress) or just an inmate. In 1935, she appears at Home of the Good Shepherd in San Francisco as an inmate. That home is also a place for delinquent girls. Alice was in the San Francisco Hospital for 17 days before she died. It is assumed her grave is unmarked.
When Alice's father died in 1906, she was not mentioned as a survivor, although her siblings were. When her siblings died, their obituaries mentioned no siblings, only offspring (for those who had offspring). When her brother, Thomas, has his 50th wedding anniversary in 1940, Agnes, was mentioned, but not Alice.
Alice must have had a rough life after her mother died and something happened. Either no one knew where she was (hard to believe with all the letters her father wrote), or she was shunned for a reason that is not apparent.
Alice was 17 when her mother died in 1871. Her father sent his children to orphanages. It is uncertain where Alice went. In 1873, when she was 19, she is listed as an arrival at the Lafayette Hotel in Los Angeles along with her father (coming from San Bernardino). It seems like she stayed in her father's home. By the 1880 cenus, she appears as a house servant in the home of George H. and Alice Matfield in Los Angeles. She is listed at the same location in 1882 (Los Angeles City Directory). In 1883, her sister, Lelia, is committed to the Stockton State Mental Hospital (in CA). In Lelia's admission record, it is stated that she has one sister who is insane. It appears this is Alice, although research has not yet turned up her commitment record or court case. Alice next appears on the 1900 census, up in San Francisco, in the dreadful Magdalen Asylum, (a home for wayward girls and prostitutes) as a pupil. Eventually, it's called the St. Catherine's Home and Training School. She is listed as a servant (laundress) or just an inmate. In 1935, she appears at Home of the Good Shepherd in San Francisco as an inmate. That home is also a place for delinquent girls. Alice was in the San Francisco Hospital for 17 days before she died. It is assumed her grave is unmarked.
When Alice's father died in 1906, she was not mentioned as a survivor, although her siblings were. When her siblings died, their obituaries mentioned no siblings, only offspring (for those who had offspring). When her brother, Thomas, has his 50th wedding anniversary in 1940, Agnes, was mentioned, but not Alice.
Alice must have had a rough life after her mother died and something happened. Either no one knew where she was (hard to believe with all the letters her father wrote), or she was shunned for a reason that is not apparent.
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