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Clara Elizabeth <I>Olmsted</I> Marks

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Clara Elizabeth Olmsted Marks

Birth
Will County, Illinois, USA
Death
7 Jan 1877 (aged 30)
San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Death date documented by mom in book, prob where she lived in Cambria/Green Valley CA, but SLO Co Gen Soc has no records. Poss buried on property, or in an unidentified grave in Cambria Cemetery Add to Map
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Husband: Miles C Marks
md 16 April 1868 in SLO Co., CA

Clara's mother wrote: "January 7th, 1877, Clara died, leaving six children, the youngest boy being only two and a half months old. I took her babe and nursed him on a bottle until he was two years old. I also took two of the girls and for some time had them all." -- Juliet Foster Olmsted, "The Foster Family California Pioneers 1849," page 260

Children:
Lilian Ethel Marks (twin)
Rina Marks (twin)
Mary Emma Marks
Clara Belle Marks
Marcella Marks
Miles Sheldon Marks

Info on children drawn primarily from Miles' will (signed 14 Mar 1900--probate in Santa Clara Co CA), census records, 1903 civil suit in SLO Co CA (naming 4 of his children RE a land inheritance), and death records.
Husband: Miles C Marks
md 16 April 1868 in SLO Co., CA

Clara's mother wrote: "January 7th, 1877, Clara died, leaving six children, the youngest boy being only two and a half months old. I took her babe and nursed him on a bottle until he was two years old. I also took two of the girls and for some time had them all." -- Juliet Foster Olmsted, "The Foster Family California Pioneers 1849," page 260

Children:
Lilian Ethel Marks (twin)
Rina Marks (twin)
Mary Emma Marks
Clara Belle Marks
Marcella Marks
Miles Sheldon Marks

Info on children drawn primarily from Miles' will (signed 14 Mar 1900--probate in Santa Clara Co CA), census records, 1903 civil suit in SLO Co CA (naming 4 of his children RE a land inheritance), and death records.


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