Baptized on 29 Jun 1825 at the Catholic Church of St. Louis (Old Cathedral).
About 1849, Frank Deroin migrated from St. Louis, Missouri to California.
Frank Deroin married Frances Mores about 1850. His wife was born in Chile and her maiden name is found on the death certificate for their son, Louis Deroin (copy posted on Memorial # 126292273).
Frank Deroin is listed in the 1860 Census for Sonoma, Sonoma County, California (Page 658, Line 3). He is listed with an age of 36, birthplace of Missouri, and occupation of painter. There are 3 other people in this family - a wife and 2 children. The wife is named Frances, is 27 years old, and was born in Chile. The oldest child is named Joseph, is 8 years old, and was born in California.
Frank Deroin is listed in the 1870 Census for Sonoma Township, Sonoma County, California (Page 442A, Line 15). He is listed with an age of 40, birthplace of Missouri, and occupation of painter. There are 8 other people in this family - a wife and 7 children. The wife is named Frances, is 35 years old, and was born in Chile. All of the children were born in California.
Frank Deroin died between 1870 and 1880. His wife, Frances Deroin, is listed in the 1880 Census for Petaluma, Sonoma County, California (ED 123, Page 64C, Line 23). She is listed as the head of the family, with an age of 48, marital status of widowed, and birthplace of Chile. There are 7 other people listed in this family - 6 children and 1 son-in-law.
By the turn of the century, Frances Deroin is living in the home of her son-in-law, Michael McPartland. She is listed in the 1900 Census for Vallejo, Solano County, California (ED 154, Page 1, Line 21) with an age of 70, marital status of widowed, and birthplace of Chile
The obituary of Frances Deroin was published in the 12 Nov 1902 edition of the Petaluma Daily Courier (Petaluma, California). She is described as one of the best-known pioneer women of Petaluma. It indicates that she died in San Francisco on 10 Nov 1902, was a native of Chile, and was the wife of the late Frank Deroin. It also includes the names of 7 surviving children and 1 child who preceded her in death. A copy of the obituary is posted on Memorial # 105258022.
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Commentary:
Most people today would label Frank Deroin as a "forty-niner." He left his family and home in St. Louis behind and headed west to California about 1849. Leaving home was a difficult decision for any young man to make. Often serious factors influenced the decision-making process. What might have led Frank to seek his future elsewhere? In 1849, two events in St. Louis generated an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty.
During the night of Thursday, May 17, 1849, a fire raged through the city of St. Louis. Earlier that day, a fire had broken out on the steamboat "White Cloud" moored on the St. Louis levee. The fire soon engulfed twenty-three moored boats, then spread to the warehouses lining the levee. Fifteen city blocks were devastated by the fire.
Frank Deroin was the oldest son of Francois Deroin and Louise Boissy. He was named after his father and by 1849, he had grown into a young man of 24 years. During the 19th century, young men often followed the occupation of their father. Frank's father was a boatman. It is not known how much property damage and loss was experienced by the Deroin Family during the 1849 fire.
Devastating illness was the second factor. During January 1849, six people had fallen victim to cholera in St. Louis. Immigrant ships had brought the highly contagious disease to New Orleans, and it had been carried upstream by steamboats.
St. Louis was ripe for an epidemic. The population of the city had quadrupled in just ten years. The water systems, sewers, and sanitation were dreadfully inadequate. And swarms of "forty-niners" en route to the California gold mines were about to descend on the city, further stretching the overcrowded city's resources. In this unhealthful environment, the disease took hold. During the month of April alone, 126 people fell victim to cholera. Residents began fleeing.
The death toll from cholera continued to rise until it reached eighty-six victims each day. As many people escaped the city, an atmosphere of panic enveloped the community. When the autumn of 1849 arrived, cholera had run its course. One-tenth of the entire population of St. Louis had fallen victim.
Eventually, St. Louis became known as the "Gateway to the West." Many travelers came through St. Louis during the 19th century on their way to the West Coast. Some arrived from New Orleans by taking a steamboat up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. Other people from the Eastern United States arrived by steamboat from Louisville, Kentucky, down the Ohio River and then up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. After leaving St. Louis, most of these travelers rode a steamboat up the Missouri River to "jumping off points" in Central and Western Missouri. Beginning in 1821, the Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Oregon Trail began about 1841 and went from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon.
When 24-year-old Frank Deroin left St. Louis, he probably took a steamboat up the Missouri River to Independence, Missouri. The route was established. The rest of his journey would be a land route on a wagon train. He probably followed the Oregon Trail from Independence to the Raft River crossing in Idaho and continued on the California Trail through Nevada to California, offering opportunity and, perhaps, even gold. The length of the wagon trail from the Missouri River to Sacramento, California was about 1,950 miles. It normally took four to six months to traverse the length of the Oregon-California Trail with covered wagons pulled by oxen.
There were also women in the Gold Rush. However, their numbers were small. Of the 40,000 people who arrived by ship to the San Francisco Bay in 1849, only 700 were women (including those who were poor, wealthy, entrepreneurs, prostitutes, single, and married). They were of various ethnicities including Anglo-American, African American, Hispanic, Native, European, Chinese, and Jewish. The reasons they came varied. Some came for the adventure and economic opportunities.
Frank Deroin probably met his wife in California. Frances was from Chile and may have been an argonaut during the California Gold Rush. Between April 1849 and January 1850, nearly 40,000 argonauts arrived in San Francisco by sea. Argonauts traveled by ship south along the Atlantic coast of the United States, around the southern tip of South America known as Cape Horn, and then into the Pacific Ocean. The ship would then sail north along the Pacific coast to San Francisco Bay where the passengers would disembark. Some of these ships stopped in Chile and other ports along the way.
The city most affected by the Gold Rush was San Francisco. It grew from a small settlement of about 200 residents in 1846 to a boomtown of about 36,000 by 1852. At the time of the 1860 Census, Frank & Francis Deroin and their family were living in the town of Sonoma, located about 45 miles north of San Francisco. Once they met and married in the mid 1800s, they settled with their family in northern California. Eventually, Frances Deroin died in 1902 at San Francisco.
About 1849, Frank Deroin migrated from St. Louis, Missouri to California.
Frank Deroin married Frances Mores about 1850. His wife was born in Chile and her maiden name is found on the death certificate for their son, Louis Deroin (copy posted on Memorial # 126292273).
Frank Deroin is listed in the 1860 Census for Sonoma, Sonoma County, California (Page 658, Line 3). He is listed with an age of 36, birthplace of Missouri, and occupation of painter. There are 3 other people in this family - a wife and 2 children. The wife is named Frances, is 27 years old, and was born in Chile. The oldest child is named Joseph, is 8 years old, and was born in California.
Frank Deroin is listed in the 1870 Census for Sonoma Township, Sonoma County, California (Page 442A, Line 15). He is listed with an age of 40, birthplace of Missouri, and occupation of painter. There are 8 other people in this family - a wife and 7 children. The wife is named Frances, is 35 years old, and was born in Chile. All of the children were born in California.
Frank Deroin died between 1870 and 1880. His wife, Frances Deroin, is listed in the 1880 Census for Petaluma, Sonoma County, California (ED 123, Page 64C, Line 23). She is listed as the head of the family, with an age of 48, marital status of widowed, and birthplace of Chile. There are 7 other people listed in this family - 6 children and 1 son-in-law.
By the turn of the century, Frances Deroin is living in the home of her son-in-law, Michael McPartland. She is listed in the 1900 Census for Vallejo, Solano County, California (ED 154, Page 1, Line 21) with an age of 70, marital status of widowed, and birthplace of Chile
The obituary of Frances Deroin was published in the 12 Nov 1902 edition of the Petaluma Daily Courier (Petaluma, California). She is described as one of the best-known pioneer women of Petaluma. It indicates that she died in San Francisco on 10 Nov 1902, was a native of Chile, and was the wife of the late Frank Deroin. It also includes the names of 7 surviving children and 1 child who preceded her in death. A copy of the obituary is posted on Memorial # 105258022.
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Commentary:
Most people today would label Frank Deroin as a "forty-niner." He left his family and home in St. Louis behind and headed west to California about 1849. Leaving home was a difficult decision for any young man to make. Often serious factors influenced the decision-making process. What might have led Frank to seek his future elsewhere? In 1849, two events in St. Louis generated an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty.
During the night of Thursday, May 17, 1849, a fire raged through the city of St. Louis. Earlier that day, a fire had broken out on the steamboat "White Cloud" moored on the St. Louis levee. The fire soon engulfed twenty-three moored boats, then spread to the warehouses lining the levee. Fifteen city blocks were devastated by the fire.
Frank Deroin was the oldest son of Francois Deroin and Louise Boissy. He was named after his father and by 1849, he had grown into a young man of 24 years. During the 19th century, young men often followed the occupation of their father. Frank's father was a boatman. It is not known how much property damage and loss was experienced by the Deroin Family during the 1849 fire.
Devastating illness was the second factor. During January 1849, six people had fallen victim to cholera in St. Louis. Immigrant ships had brought the highly contagious disease to New Orleans, and it had been carried upstream by steamboats.
St. Louis was ripe for an epidemic. The population of the city had quadrupled in just ten years. The water systems, sewers, and sanitation were dreadfully inadequate. And swarms of "forty-niners" en route to the California gold mines were about to descend on the city, further stretching the overcrowded city's resources. In this unhealthful environment, the disease took hold. During the month of April alone, 126 people fell victim to cholera. Residents began fleeing.
The death toll from cholera continued to rise until it reached eighty-six victims each day. As many people escaped the city, an atmosphere of panic enveloped the community. When the autumn of 1849 arrived, cholera had run its course. One-tenth of the entire population of St. Louis had fallen victim.
Eventually, St. Louis became known as the "Gateway to the West." Many travelers came through St. Louis during the 19th century on their way to the West Coast. Some arrived from New Orleans by taking a steamboat up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. Other people from the Eastern United States arrived by steamboat from Louisville, Kentucky, down the Ohio River and then up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. After leaving St. Louis, most of these travelers rode a steamboat up the Missouri River to "jumping off points" in Central and Western Missouri. Beginning in 1821, the Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Oregon Trail began about 1841 and went from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon.
When 24-year-old Frank Deroin left St. Louis, he probably took a steamboat up the Missouri River to Independence, Missouri. The route was established. The rest of his journey would be a land route on a wagon train. He probably followed the Oregon Trail from Independence to the Raft River crossing in Idaho and continued on the California Trail through Nevada to California, offering opportunity and, perhaps, even gold. The length of the wagon trail from the Missouri River to Sacramento, California was about 1,950 miles. It normally took four to six months to traverse the length of the Oregon-California Trail with covered wagons pulled by oxen.
There were also women in the Gold Rush. However, their numbers were small. Of the 40,000 people who arrived by ship to the San Francisco Bay in 1849, only 700 were women (including those who were poor, wealthy, entrepreneurs, prostitutes, single, and married). They were of various ethnicities including Anglo-American, African American, Hispanic, Native, European, Chinese, and Jewish. The reasons they came varied. Some came for the adventure and economic opportunities.
Frank Deroin probably met his wife in California. Frances was from Chile and may have been an argonaut during the California Gold Rush. Between April 1849 and January 1850, nearly 40,000 argonauts arrived in San Francisco by sea. Argonauts traveled by ship south along the Atlantic coast of the United States, around the southern tip of South America known as Cape Horn, and then into the Pacific Ocean. The ship would then sail north along the Pacific coast to San Francisco Bay where the passengers would disembark. Some of these ships stopped in Chile and other ports along the way.
The city most affected by the Gold Rush was San Francisco. It grew from a small settlement of about 200 residents in 1846 to a boomtown of about 36,000 by 1852. At the time of the 1860 Census, Frank & Francis Deroin and their family were living in the town of Sonoma, located about 45 miles north of San Francisco. Once they met and married in the mid 1800s, they settled with their family in northern California. Eventually, Frances Deroin died in 1902 at San Francisco.
Baptized on 29 Jun 1825 at the Catholic Church of St. Louis (Old Cathedral).
About 1849, Frank Deroin migrated from St. Louis, Missouri to California.
Frank Deroin married Frances Mores about 1850. His wife was born in Chile and her maiden name is found on the death certificate for their son, Louis Deroin (copy posted on Memorial # 126292273).
Frank Deroin is listed in the 1860 Census for Sonoma, Sonoma County, California (Page 658, Line 3). He is listed with an age of 36, birthplace of Missouri, and occupation of painter. There are 3 other people in this family - a wife and 2 children. The wife is named Frances, is 27 years old, and was born in Chile. The oldest child is named Joseph, is 8 years old, and was born in California.
Frank Deroin is listed in the 1870 Census for Sonoma Township, Sonoma County, California (Page 442A, Line 15). He is listed with an age of 40, birthplace of Missouri, and occupation of painter. There are 8 other people in this family - a wife and 7 children. The wife is named Frances, is 35 years old, and was born in Chile. All of the children were born in California.
Frank Deroin died between 1870 and 1880. His wife, Frances Deroin, is listed in the 1880 Census for Petaluma, Sonoma County, California (ED 123, Page 64C, Line 23). She is listed as the head of the family, with an age of 48, marital status of widowed, and birthplace of Chile. There are 7 other people listed in this family - 6 children and 1 son-in-law.
By the turn of the century, Frances Deroin is living in the home of her son-in-law, Michael McPartland. She is listed in the 1900 Census for Vallejo, Solano County, California (ED 154, Page 1, Line 21) with an age of 70, marital status of widowed, and birthplace of Chile
The obituary of Frances Deroin was published in the 12 Nov 1902 edition of the Petaluma Daily Courier (Petaluma, California). She is described as one of the best-known pioneer women of Petaluma. It indicates that she died in San Francisco on 10 Nov 1902, was a native of Chile, and was the wife of the late Frank Deroin. It also includes the names of 7 surviving children and 1 child who preceded her in death. A copy of the obituary is posted on Memorial # 105258022.
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Commentary:
Most people today would label Frank Deroin as a "forty-niner." He left his family and home in St. Louis behind and headed west to California about 1849. Leaving home was a difficult decision for any young man to make. Often serious factors influenced the decision-making process. What might have led Frank to seek his future elsewhere? In 1849, two events in St. Louis generated an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty.
During the night of Thursday, May 17, 1849, a fire raged through the city of St. Louis. Earlier that day, a fire had broken out on the steamboat "White Cloud" moored on the St. Louis levee. The fire soon engulfed twenty-three moored boats, then spread to the warehouses lining the levee. Fifteen city blocks were devastated by the fire.
Frank Deroin was the oldest son of Francois Deroin and Louise Boissy. He was named after his father and by 1849, he had grown into a young man of 24 years. During the 19th century, young men often followed the occupation of their father. Frank's father was a boatman. It is not known how much property damage and loss was experienced by the Deroin Family during the 1849 fire.
Devastating illness was the second factor. During January 1849, six people had fallen victim to cholera in St. Louis. Immigrant ships had brought the highly contagious disease to New Orleans, and it had been carried upstream by steamboats.
St. Louis was ripe for an epidemic. The population of the city had quadrupled in just ten years. The water systems, sewers, and sanitation were dreadfully inadequate. And swarms of "forty-niners" en route to the California gold mines were about to descend on the city, further stretching the overcrowded city's resources. In this unhealthful environment, the disease took hold. During the month of April alone, 126 people fell victim to cholera. Residents began fleeing.
The death toll from cholera continued to rise until it reached eighty-six victims each day. As many people escaped the city, an atmosphere of panic enveloped the community. When the autumn of 1849 arrived, cholera had run its course. One-tenth of the entire population of St. Louis had fallen victim.
Eventually, St. Louis became known as the "Gateway to the West." Many travelers came through St. Louis during the 19th century on their way to the West Coast. Some arrived from New Orleans by taking a steamboat up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. Other people from the Eastern United States arrived by steamboat from Louisville, Kentucky, down the Ohio River and then up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. After leaving St. Louis, most of these travelers rode a steamboat up the Missouri River to "jumping off points" in Central and Western Missouri. Beginning in 1821, the Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Oregon Trail began about 1841 and went from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon.
When 24-year-old Frank Deroin left St. Louis, he probably took a steamboat up the Missouri River to Independence, Missouri. The route was established. The rest of his journey would be a land route on a wagon train. He probably followed the Oregon Trail from Independence to the Raft River crossing in Idaho and continued on the California Trail through Nevada to California, offering opportunity and, perhaps, even gold. The length of the wagon trail from the Missouri River to Sacramento, California was about 1,950 miles. It normally took four to six months to traverse the length of the Oregon-California Trail with covered wagons pulled by oxen.
There were also women in the Gold Rush. However, their numbers were small. Of the 40,000 people who arrived by ship to the San Francisco Bay in 1849, only 700 were women (including those who were poor, wealthy, entrepreneurs, prostitutes, single, and married). They were of various ethnicities including Anglo-American, African American, Hispanic, Native, European, Chinese, and Jewish. The reasons they came varied. Some came for the adventure and economic opportunities.
Frank Deroin probably met his wife in California. Frances was from Chile and may have been an argonaut during the California Gold Rush. Between April 1849 and January 1850, nearly 40,000 argonauts arrived in San Francisco by sea. Argonauts traveled by ship south along the Atlantic coast of the United States, around the southern tip of South America known as Cape Horn, and then into the Pacific Ocean. The ship would then sail north along the Pacific coast to San Francisco Bay where the passengers would disembark. Some of these ships stopped in Chile and other ports along the way.
The city most affected by the Gold Rush was San Francisco. It grew from a small settlement of about 200 residents in 1846 to a boomtown of about 36,000 by 1852. At the time of the 1860 Census, Frank & Francis Deroin and their family were living in the town of Sonoma, located about 45 miles north of San Francisco. Once they met and married in the mid 1800s, they settled with their family in northern California. Eventually, Frances Deroin died in 1902 at San Francisco.
About 1849, Frank Deroin migrated from St. Louis, Missouri to California.
Frank Deroin married Frances Mores about 1850. His wife was born in Chile and her maiden name is found on the death certificate for their son, Louis Deroin (copy posted on Memorial # 126292273).
Frank Deroin is listed in the 1860 Census for Sonoma, Sonoma County, California (Page 658, Line 3). He is listed with an age of 36, birthplace of Missouri, and occupation of painter. There are 3 other people in this family - a wife and 2 children. The wife is named Frances, is 27 years old, and was born in Chile. The oldest child is named Joseph, is 8 years old, and was born in California.
Frank Deroin is listed in the 1870 Census for Sonoma Township, Sonoma County, California (Page 442A, Line 15). He is listed with an age of 40, birthplace of Missouri, and occupation of painter. There are 8 other people in this family - a wife and 7 children. The wife is named Frances, is 35 years old, and was born in Chile. All of the children were born in California.
Frank Deroin died between 1870 and 1880. His wife, Frances Deroin, is listed in the 1880 Census for Petaluma, Sonoma County, California (ED 123, Page 64C, Line 23). She is listed as the head of the family, with an age of 48, marital status of widowed, and birthplace of Chile. There are 7 other people listed in this family - 6 children and 1 son-in-law.
By the turn of the century, Frances Deroin is living in the home of her son-in-law, Michael McPartland. She is listed in the 1900 Census for Vallejo, Solano County, California (ED 154, Page 1, Line 21) with an age of 70, marital status of widowed, and birthplace of Chile
The obituary of Frances Deroin was published in the 12 Nov 1902 edition of the Petaluma Daily Courier (Petaluma, California). She is described as one of the best-known pioneer women of Petaluma. It indicates that she died in San Francisco on 10 Nov 1902, was a native of Chile, and was the wife of the late Frank Deroin. It also includes the names of 7 surviving children and 1 child who preceded her in death. A copy of the obituary is posted on Memorial # 105258022.
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Commentary:
Most people today would label Frank Deroin as a "forty-niner." He left his family and home in St. Louis behind and headed west to California about 1849. Leaving home was a difficult decision for any young man to make. Often serious factors influenced the decision-making process. What might have led Frank to seek his future elsewhere? In 1849, two events in St. Louis generated an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty.
During the night of Thursday, May 17, 1849, a fire raged through the city of St. Louis. Earlier that day, a fire had broken out on the steamboat "White Cloud" moored on the St. Louis levee. The fire soon engulfed twenty-three moored boats, then spread to the warehouses lining the levee. Fifteen city blocks were devastated by the fire.
Frank Deroin was the oldest son of Francois Deroin and Louise Boissy. He was named after his father and by 1849, he had grown into a young man of 24 years. During the 19th century, young men often followed the occupation of their father. Frank's father was a boatman. It is not known how much property damage and loss was experienced by the Deroin Family during the 1849 fire.
Devastating illness was the second factor. During January 1849, six people had fallen victim to cholera in St. Louis. Immigrant ships had brought the highly contagious disease to New Orleans, and it had been carried upstream by steamboats.
St. Louis was ripe for an epidemic. The population of the city had quadrupled in just ten years. The water systems, sewers, and sanitation were dreadfully inadequate. And swarms of "forty-niners" en route to the California gold mines were about to descend on the city, further stretching the overcrowded city's resources. In this unhealthful environment, the disease took hold. During the month of April alone, 126 people fell victim to cholera. Residents began fleeing.
The death toll from cholera continued to rise until it reached eighty-six victims each day. As many people escaped the city, an atmosphere of panic enveloped the community. When the autumn of 1849 arrived, cholera had run its course. One-tenth of the entire population of St. Louis had fallen victim.
Eventually, St. Louis became known as the "Gateway to the West." Many travelers came through St. Louis during the 19th century on their way to the West Coast. Some arrived from New Orleans by taking a steamboat up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. Other people from the Eastern United States arrived by steamboat from Louisville, Kentucky, down the Ohio River and then up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. After leaving St. Louis, most of these travelers rode a steamboat up the Missouri River to "jumping off points" in Central and Western Missouri. Beginning in 1821, the Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Oregon Trail began about 1841 and went from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon.
When 24-year-old Frank Deroin left St. Louis, he probably took a steamboat up the Missouri River to Independence, Missouri. The route was established. The rest of his journey would be a land route on a wagon train. He probably followed the Oregon Trail from Independence to the Raft River crossing in Idaho and continued on the California Trail through Nevada to California, offering opportunity and, perhaps, even gold. The length of the wagon trail from the Missouri River to Sacramento, California was about 1,950 miles. It normally took four to six months to traverse the length of the Oregon-California Trail with covered wagons pulled by oxen.
There were also women in the Gold Rush. However, their numbers were small. Of the 40,000 people who arrived by ship to the San Francisco Bay in 1849, only 700 were women (including those who were poor, wealthy, entrepreneurs, prostitutes, single, and married). They were of various ethnicities including Anglo-American, African American, Hispanic, Native, European, Chinese, and Jewish. The reasons they came varied. Some came for the adventure and economic opportunities.
Frank Deroin probably met his wife in California. Frances was from Chile and may have been an argonaut during the California Gold Rush. Between April 1849 and January 1850, nearly 40,000 argonauts arrived in San Francisco by sea. Argonauts traveled by ship south along the Atlantic coast of the United States, around the southern tip of South America known as Cape Horn, and then into the Pacific Ocean. The ship would then sail north along the Pacific coast to San Francisco Bay where the passengers would disembark. Some of these ships stopped in Chile and other ports along the way.
The city most affected by the Gold Rush was San Francisco. It grew from a small settlement of about 200 residents in 1846 to a boomtown of about 36,000 by 1852. At the time of the 1860 Census, Frank & Francis Deroin and their family were living in the town of Sonoma, located about 45 miles north of San Francisco. Once they met and married in the mid 1800s, they settled with their family in northern California. Eventually, Frances Deroin died in 1902 at San Francisco.
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