Charitie was the wife of Arthur E. Bancroft; he died during 1881. She remarried after Art's death. Her second husband was, a man thirty years younger. Frank De Cheney and Charities married in San Francisco, 1 June 1891. Frank would later claim the marriage was a "sympathy marriage, when they divorced in Reno, Nevada 28 May 1915. Judge R. C. Stoddard granted Frank's request on the grounds of desertion. Frank claimed that Charitie refused to live in San Francisco, preferring "southern California" and abandoned him 1901, after he refused to move to Moss Beach, California; she was trying to get Frank "away from the temptations of a large city." Frank described the 1891 marriage as a "sympathy affair," since he was emerging from a long illness, and she was kind to him, just before they married. Frank initially filed for a divorce on 1 June 1912, in the San Francisco courts.
Charitie was thirty years older than Frank. The Nevada State Journal documented Frank's divorce suit was filed in Reno's district courts 7 April 1915. Rumors about the divorce were sensationally published in The Reno Gazette-Journal 19 April 1915. Apparently, Charitie's older age generated rumors. The Reno Gazette-Journal article indicated Charitie had been a "social queen in her younger days" and rumors from San Mateo ran rampant. He was well-known gambler throughout Nevada and "followed the mining game." The divorce was granted 28 May 1915. Charitie did not contest the divorce and had told Frank there was no possibility of reconcillation. Frank remarried one month after the divorce, in June 1915. His third wife was the former Iris Irene Pawinker. This marriage appears to have lasted, until the couple grew old. In 1946, they lived in Reno, Nevada, and in 1947, Irene returned to Oakland, California alone. This is evident by Frank's name not being listed in the 1947 Oakland City Directory. Irene was born in either Australia or Tasmania and may have left the U.S. No death record was found for either Irene or Frank.
Daughter of Reverend George Sidney Smith and Charlotte Lees
∼Charitie de Cheney Lees Smith Bancroft was an Anglican Irish American hymnwriter.
Charitie was thirty years older than Frank. The Nevada State Journal documented Frank's divorce suit was filed in Reno's district courts 7 April 1915. Rumors about the divorce were sensationally published in The Reno Gazette-Journal 19 April 1915. Apparently, Charitie's older age generated rumors. The Reno Gazette-Journal article indicated Charitie had been a "social queen in her younger days" and rumors from San Mateo ran rampant. He was well-known gambler throughout Nevada and "followed the mining game." The divorce was granted 28 May 1915. Charitie did not contest the divorce and had told Frank there was no possibility of reconcillation. Frank remarried one month after the divorce, in June 1915. His third wife was the former Iris Irene Pawinker. This marriage appears to have lasted, until the couple grew old. In 1946, they lived in Reno, Nevada, and in 1947, Irene returned to Oakland, California alone. This is evident by Frank's name not being listed in the 1947 Oakland City Directory. Irene was born in either Australia or Tasmania and may have left the U.S. No death record was found for either Irene or Frank.
Daughter of Reverend George Sidney Smith and Charlotte Lees
∼Charitie de Cheney Lees Smith Bancroft was an Anglican Irish American hymnwriter.
Charitie was the wife of Arthur E. Bancroft; he died during 1881. She remarried after Art's death. Her second husband was, a man thirty years younger. Frank De Cheney and Charities married in San Francisco, 1 June 1891. Frank would later claim the marriage was a "sympathy marriage, when they divorced in Reno, Nevada 28 May 1915. Judge R. C. Stoddard granted Frank's request on the grounds of desertion. Frank claimed that Charitie refused to live in San Francisco, preferring "southern California" and abandoned him 1901, after he refused to move to Moss Beach, California; she was trying to get Frank "away from the temptations of a large city." Frank described the 1891 marriage as a "sympathy affair," since he was emerging from a long illness, and she was kind to him, just before they married. Frank initially filed for a divorce on 1 June 1912, in the San Francisco courts.
Charitie was thirty years older than Frank. The Nevada State Journal documented Frank's divorce suit was filed in Reno's district courts 7 April 1915. Rumors about the divorce were sensationally published in The Reno Gazette-Journal 19 April 1915. Apparently, Charitie's older age generated rumors. The Reno Gazette-Journal article indicated Charitie had been a "social queen in her younger days" and rumors from San Mateo ran rampant. He was well-known gambler throughout Nevada and "followed the mining game." The divorce was granted 28 May 1915. Charitie did not contest the divorce and had told Frank there was no possibility of reconcillation. Frank remarried one month after the divorce, in June 1915. His third wife was the former Iris Irene Pawinker. This marriage appears to have lasted, until the couple grew old. In 1946, they lived in Reno, Nevada, and in 1947, Irene returned to Oakland, California alone. This is evident by Frank's name not being listed in the 1947 Oakland City Directory. Irene was born in either Australia or Tasmania and may have left the U.S. No death record was found for either Irene or Frank.
Daughter of Reverend George Sidney Smith and Charlotte Lees
∼Charitie de Cheney Lees Smith Bancroft was an Anglican Irish American hymnwriter.
Charitie was thirty years older than Frank. The Nevada State Journal documented Frank's divorce suit was filed in Reno's district courts 7 April 1915. Rumors about the divorce were sensationally published in The Reno Gazette-Journal 19 April 1915. Apparently, Charitie's older age generated rumors. The Reno Gazette-Journal article indicated Charitie had been a "social queen in her younger days" and rumors from San Mateo ran rampant. He was well-known gambler throughout Nevada and "followed the mining game." The divorce was granted 28 May 1915. Charitie did not contest the divorce and had told Frank there was no possibility of reconcillation. Frank remarried one month after the divorce, in June 1915. His third wife was the former Iris Irene Pawinker. This marriage appears to have lasted, until the couple grew old. In 1946, they lived in Reno, Nevada, and in 1947, Irene returned to Oakland, California alone. This is evident by Frank's name not being listed in the 1947 Oakland City Directory. Irene was born in either Australia or Tasmania and may have left the U.S. No death record was found for either Irene or Frank.
Daughter of Reverend George Sidney Smith and Charlotte Lees
∼Charitie de Cheney Lees Smith Bancroft was an Anglican Irish American hymnwriter.
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