Eliza Houghton. 90, Donner Kin, Dies Here
Eliza Poor Houghton. 90, daughter of the youngest member to survive the ill-fated Donner party which met disaster in the Sierra more than 100 years ago died Saturday in a local sanitarium.
Miss Houghton had lived in Long Beach seven years. She was born in San Jose.
Her brother, Stanley, who died here in 1951, and Miss Houghton deeded in 1924, three acres of land in North Long Beach to the city and this became Houghton Park.
Miss Houghton's father was Col. Sherman O. Houghton, who served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from the San Jose district. The late Stanley Houghton was born at the nation's capital but he was given membership in the Native Sons of the Golden West fraternal organization to which Miss Houghton also belonged. She also was a member of Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mother of Miss Houghton was Eliza Donner Houghton of the tragic Donner family.
The decedent attended finishing school at San Jose and as a resident of Los Angeles became the first woman court reporter in Southern California. She read extensively and became interested in travel.
In 1927, she set off by herself to travel overland from Capetown, South Africa, to Cairo, Egypt. She became the first white woman to make this then hazardous journey alone. The trip was concluded two years after she started.
In 1930 she made a tour by herself of South America.
Miss Houghton leaves a sister Miss. Clara H. Houghton of Whittier, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Stanley Houghton of Long Beach.
Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. F. Augustus Martyr at 3 p.m. Monday in Mottell's chapel. The service and interment will be private.
Independent Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA) 14 February 1954 Page B-2
Eliza Poor Houghton. 90, daughter of the youngest member to survive the ill-fated Donner party which met disaster in the Sierra more than 100 years ago died Saturday in a local sanitarium.
Miss Houghton had lived in Long Beach seven years. She was born in San Jose.
Her brother, Stanley, who died here in 1951, and Miss Houghton deeded in 1924, three acres of land in North Long Beach to the city and this became Houghton Park.
Miss Houghton's father was Col. Sherman O. Houghton, who served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from the San Jose district. The late Stanley Houghton was born at the nation's capital but he was given membership in the Native Sons of the Golden West fraternal organization to which Miss Houghton also belonged. She also was a member of Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mother of Miss Houghton was Eliza Donner Houghton of the tragic Donner family.
The decedent attended finishing school at San Jose and as a resident of Los Angeles became the first woman court reporter in Southern California. She read extensively and became interested in travel.
In 1927, she set off by herself to travel overland from Capetown, South Africa, to Cairo, Egypt. She became the first white woman to make this then hazardous journey alone. The trip was concluded two years after she started.
In 1930 she made a tour by herself of South America.
Miss Houghton leaves a sister Miss. Clara H. Houghton of Whittier, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Stanley Houghton of Long Beach.
Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. F. Augustus Martyr at 3 p.m. Monday in Mottell's chapel. The service and interment will be private.
Independent Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA) 14 February 1954 Page B-2
Eliza Houghton. 90, Donner Kin, Dies Here
Eliza Poor Houghton. 90, daughter of the youngest member to survive the ill-fated Donner party which met disaster in the Sierra more than 100 years ago died Saturday in a local sanitarium.
Miss Houghton had lived in Long Beach seven years. She was born in San Jose.
Her brother, Stanley, who died here in 1951, and Miss Houghton deeded in 1924, three acres of land in North Long Beach to the city and this became Houghton Park.
Miss Houghton's father was Col. Sherman O. Houghton, who served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from the San Jose district. The late Stanley Houghton was born at the nation's capital but he was given membership in the Native Sons of the Golden West fraternal organization to which Miss Houghton also belonged. She also was a member of Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mother of Miss Houghton was Eliza Donner Houghton of the tragic Donner family.
The decedent attended finishing school at San Jose and as a resident of Los Angeles became the first woman court reporter in Southern California. She read extensively and became interested in travel.
In 1927, she set off by herself to travel overland from Capetown, South Africa, to Cairo, Egypt. She became the first white woman to make this then hazardous journey alone. The trip was concluded two years after she started.
In 1930 she made a tour by herself of South America.
Miss Houghton leaves a sister Miss. Clara H. Houghton of Whittier, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Stanley Houghton of Long Beach.
Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. F. Augustus Martyr at 3 p.m. Monday in Mottell's chapel. The service and interment will be private.
Independent Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA) 14 February 1954 Page B-2
Eliza Poor Houghton. 90, daughter of the youngest member to survive the ill-fated Donner party which met disaster in the Sierra more than 100 years ago died Saturday in a local sanitarium.
Miss Houghton had lived in Long Beach seven years. She was born in San Jose.
Her brother, Stanley, who died here in 1951, and Miss Houghton deeded in 1924, three acres of land in North Long Beach to the city and this became Houghton Park.
Miss Houghton's father was Col. Sherman O. Houghton, who served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from the San Jose district. The late Stanley Houghton was born at the nation's capital but he was given membership in the Native Sons of the Golden West fraternal organization to which Miss Houghton also belonged. She also was a member of Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mother of Miss Houghton was Eliza Donner Houghton of the tragic Donner family.
The decedent attended finishing school at San Jose and as a resident of Los Angeles became the first woman court reporter in Southern California. She read extensively and became interested in travel.
In 1927, she set off by herself to travel overland from Capetown, South Africa, to Cairo, Egypt. She became the first white woman to make this then hazardous journey alone. The trip was concluded two years after she started.
In 1930 she made a tour by herself of South America.
Miss Houghton leaves a sister Miss. Clara H. Houghton of Whittier, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Stanley Houghton of Long Beach.
Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. F. Augustus Martyr at 3 p.m. Monday in Mottell's chapel. The service and interment will be private.
Independent Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA) 14 February 1954 Page B-2
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