Julia A Gleason Read (1848-1935) - Find a Grave Memorial

Julia A Gleason Read

Birth

29 Aug 1848

Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA

Death

28 Dec 1935 (aged 87)

Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Burial

Center Cemetery

Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA Show Map

Plot

R13-29

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died aged 87y 3m 29ds; widowed; husband Frederick Read; died at her residence 528 Marengo Ave., Pasadena, California; had been in Pasadena for 1 year, in California for 29 years; informant H. Hubbard Port Loma, San Diego, California

dau of William Gleason & Lucy Eliza (Taft) Gleason

m. Frederick Eugene Read 18 Dec 1868 at Heath, Mass.
he was b. Heath 29 Jan 1847
son of John Read & Jane (Burrington) Read

children (at least):
Nellie Edna b. 14 April 1880
Homer Taft b. 27 Feb 1885 m. Julia Penniman lived in Ashville, N.C.

1900 census Newton, Mass.
Julia A. Read is listed as widowed, aged 52y, mother of 2 children both are living. Julia is living with her two children Nellie aged 20 and Homer aged 15 in the household of Julia's sister, Lucy M. Gale aged 65y also widowed.

1910 census Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Julia is listed as widowed aged 63y, mother of 2 children 1 is living. She is living with sister Lucy M. Gale aged 75y.

25 June 1912 ship manifest
Julia is listed as aged 64y, widowed housewife, sailing on SS Franconia from Liverpool, England for Boston, Mass.

1920 census Sespe, Ventura, California
Julia is listed aged 72y, widowed, living in the household of her neice Nellie "Eva" (Gleason) Davis (b.1869 Heath, Mass.) and Eva's husband and children.

1930 census El Cajon, San Diego, California
Julia is aged 83y, listed divorced, a servant in the home of Havrak Hubbard

11 May 1934 arrival Los Angeles
Julia, aged 86y, widowed, born Heath Mass., listed on ship manifest SS President Cleveland departing New York 26 April 1934 to Los Angeles, California. Her address is listed as 3215 East Broadway. Long Beach, California

[Genealogy of the descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown, Mass. 1607-1909 by John Barber White & Wilson, Lillian Mae Wilson editor published 1909 page 211 avail on ancestry.com]