Wife to August Wanner Branch
Morning Tribune, Volume XXXVI, Number 39, 31 December 1904
Mrs. Branch Came to California in 1850 and Was a Woman of Remarkable Vigor and Character
The Salinas Index gives the following historical sketch of the late Mrs. Charlotte Branch, whose funeral will be held here today: At half past two o’clock this morning Mrs. Charlotte Branch entered into her eternal rest at the Salinas hotel, the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. P. Lawritzen. She had reached the ripe old age of eighty years, six months and nineteen days. Mrs. Branch was one of the noble pioneer [women of California, the most of whom have crossed to the other side of the [river, where kindred and friends are gathering as the stream of time hows onward. She came from New York, via Panama, in the year 1850 and settled in the mining county of "Tuolumne.” In 1869 she with her husband, the late Ä. W. Branch, and family came to Salinas, where they built and conducted the old portion of the hotel, in which the aged lady died this morning. With the exception of a few years spent in San Luis Obispo, her life, since 1869, has been spent in Salinas. Mrs. Branch was a most estimable woman in every relation in life. She was kind and charitable to all deserving poor and a great favorite with the children who lovingly called her “Grandma.” She had always been remarkably strong and healthy for one of her years until she was stricken with paralysis about two years ago. A second stroke came and then the third, from which she never rallied. She seemed not to dread the mystery of death, being confident that its solution would reunite her with the loved ones who had gone before. All day long, the sands of her own life measured she would sit with folded bands and steadfast gaze, peering into the curtained future; and may we not believe that she saw loving hands beckoning to her from the other shore? As she bided her time spring merged into summer, autumn followed and was succeeded by winter; spring came again with its wealth of blossoms in her California home; then another autumn with its ripened fruit, followed by Christmas, the last upon which her earthly vision would ever rest, as four days afterwards, in the silent watches of the early morning, surrounded by the loving and the loved, the mortal spirit of Mrs. Charlotte Branch winged its flight beyond the horizon where the dusk is waiting for the dawn of the eternal morning. The deceased was the mother of seven children. Her eldest son Frank who served in the Civil War, was the first to answer the Master’s call. Then an infant, Augustus went, followed by her son Robert, who died two years and a half ago. The living are Mrs J. P. Lawritzen, Mrs William Graves, Miss Lottie Branch and Andy Branch. Besides she leaves fourteen grandchildren and one great grandson. The remains will be taken to San Luis Obispo on the 11:25 am train on Saturday for interment by the side of the husband who died there about ten years ago.—Salinas Index
Morning Tribune, Volume XXXVI, Number 39, 31 December 1904
Mrs. Branch Came to California in 1850 and Was a Woman of Remarkable Vigor and Character
The Salinas Index gives the following historical sketch of the late Mrs. Charlotte Branch, whose funeral will be held here today: At half past two o’clock this morning Mrs. Charlotte Branch entered into her eternal rest at the Salinas hotel, the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. P. Lawritzen. She had reached the ripe old age of eighty years, six months and nineteen days. Mrs. Branch was one of the noble pioneer [women of California, the most of whom have crossed to the other side of the [river, where kindred and friends are gathering as the stream of time hows onward. She came from New York, via Panama, in the year 1850 and settled in the mining county of "Tuolumne.” In 1869 she with her husband, the late Ä. W. Branch, and family came to Salinas, where they built and conducted the old portion of the hotel, in which the aged lady died this morning. With the exception of a few years spent in San Luis Obispo, her life, since 1869, has been spent in Salinas. Mrs. Branch was a most estimable woman in every relation in life. She was kind and charitable to all deserving poor and a great favorite with the children who lovingly called her “Grandma.” She had always been remarkably strong and healthy for one of her years until she was stricken with paralysis about two years ago. A second stroke came and then the third, from which she never rallied. She seemed not to dread the mystery of death, being confident that its solution would reunite her with the loved ones who had gone before. All day long, the sands of her own life measured she would sit with folded bands and steadfast gaze, peering into the curtained future; and may we not believe that she saw loving hands beckoning to her from the other shore? As she bided her time spring merged into summer, autumn followed and was succeeded by winter; spring came again with its wealth of blossoms in her California home; then another autumn with its ripened fruit, followed by Christmas, the last upon which her earthly vision would ever rest, as four days afterwards, in the silent watches of the early morning, surrounded by the loving and the loved, the mortal spirit of Mrs. Charlotte Branch winged its flight beyond the horizon where the dusk is waiting for the dawn of the eternal morning. The deceased was the mother of seven children. Her eldest son Frank who served in the Civil War, was the first to answer the Master’s call. Then an infant, Augustus went, followed by her son Robert, who died two years and a half ago. The living are Mrs J. P. Lawritzen, Mrs William Graves, Miss Lottie Branch and Andy Branch. Besides she leaves fourteen grandchildren and one great grandson. The remains will be taken to San Luis Obispo on the 11:25 am train on Saturday for interment by the side of the husband who died there about ten years ago.—Salinas Index
Wife to August Wanner Branch
Morning Tribune, Volume XXXVI, Number 39, 31 December 1904
Mrs. Branch Came to California in 1850 and Was a Woman of Remarkable Vigor and Character
The Salinas Index gives the following historical sketch of the late Mrs. Charlotte Branch, whose funeral will be held here today: At half past two o’clock this morning Mrs. Charlotte Branch entered into her eternal rest at the Salinas hotel, the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. P. Lawritzen. She had reached the ripe old age of eighty years, six months and nineteen days. Mrs. Branch was one of the noble pioneer [women of California, the most of whom have crossed to the other side of the [river, where kindred and friends are gathering as the stream of time hows onward. She came from New York, via Panama, in the year 1850 and settled in the mining county of "Tuolumne.” In 1869 she with her husband, the late Ä. W. Branch, and family came to Salinas, where they built and conducted the old portion of the hotel, in which the aged lady died this morning. With the exception of a few years spent in San Luis Obispo, her life, since 1869, has been spent in Salinas. Mrs. Branch was a most estimable woman in every relation in life. She was kind and charitable to all deserving poor and a great favorite with the children who lovingly called her “Grandma.” She had always been remarkably strong and healthy for one of her years until she was stricken with paralysis about two years ago. A second stroke came and then the third, from which she never rallied. She seemed not to dread the mystery of death, being confident that its solution would reunite her with the loved ones who had gone before. All day long, the sands of her own life measured she would sit with folded bands and steadfast gaze, peering into the curtained future; and may we not believe that she saw loving hands beckoning to her from the other shore? As she bided her time spring merged into summer, autumn followed and was succeeded by winter; spring came again with its wealth of blossoms in her California home; then another autumn with its ripened fruit, followed by Christmas, the last upon which her earthly vision would ever rest, as four days afterwards, in the silent watches of the early morning, surrounded by the loving and the loved, the mortal spirit of Mrs. Charlotte Branch winged its flight beyond the horizon where the dusk is waiting for the dawn of the eternal morning. The deceased was the mother of seven children. Her eldest son Frank who served in the Civil War, was the first to answer the Master’s call. Then an infant, Augustus went, followed by her son Robert, who died two years and a half ago. The living are Mrs J. P. Lawritzen, Mrs William Graves, Miss Lottie Branch and Andy Branch. Besides she leaves fourteen grandchildren and one great grandson. The remains will be taken to San Luis Obispo on the 11:25 am train on Saturday for interment by the side of the husband who died there about ten years ago.—Salinas Index
Morning Tribune, Volume XXXVI, Number 39, 31 December 1904
Mrs. Branch Came to California in 1850 and Was a Woman of Remarkable Vigor and Character
The Salinas Index gives the following historical sketch of the late Mrs. Charlotte Branch, whose funeral will be held here today: At half past two o’clock this morning Mrs. Charlotte Branch entered into her eternal rest at the Salinas hotel, the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. P. Lawritzen. She had reached the ripe old age of eighty years, six months and nineteen days. Mrs. Branch was one of the noble pioneer [women of California, the most of whom have crossed to the other side of the [river, where kindred and friends are gathering as the stream of time hows onward. She came from New York, via Panama, in the year 1850 and settled in the mining county of "Tuolumne.” In 1869 she with her husband, the late Ä. W. Branch, and family came to Salinas, where they built and conducted the old portion of the hotel, in which the aged lady died this morning. With the exception of a few years spent in San Luis Obispo, her life, since 1869, has been spent in Salinas. Mrs. Branch was a most estimable woman in every relation in life. She was kind and charitable to all deserving poor and a great favorite with the children who lovingly called her “Grandma.” She had always been remarkably strong and healthy for one of her years until she was stricken with paralysis about two years ago. A second stroke came and then the third, from which she never rallied. She seemed not to dread the mystery of death, being confident that its solution would reunite her with the loved ones who had gone before. All day long, the sands of her own life measured she would sit with folded bands and steadfast gaze, peering into the curtained future; and may we not believe that she saw loving hands beckoning to her from the other shore? As she bided her time spring merged into summer, autumn followed and was succeeded by winter; spring came again with its wealth of blossoms in her California home; then another autumn with its ripened fruit, followed by Christmas, the last upon which her earthly vision would ever rest, as four days afterwards, in the silent watches of the early morning, surrounded by the loving and the loved, the mortal spirit of Mrs. Charlotte Branch winged its flight beyond the horizon where the dusk is waiting for the dawn of the eternal morning. The deceased was the mother of seven children. Her eldest son Frank who served in the Civil War, was the first to answer the Master’s call. Then an infant, Augustus went, followed by her son Robert, who died two years and a half ago. The living are Mrs J. P. Lawritzen, Mrs William Graves, Miss Lottie Branch and Andy Branch. Besides she leaves fourteen grandchildren and one great grandson. The remains will be taken to San Luis Obispo on the 11:25 am train on Saturday for interment by the side of the husband who died there about ten years ago.—Salinas Index
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