Amelia's father was a mariner, a sea captain who sailed from their home in Philadelphia to locations as far as France and Belgium, as well as California.
In 1848, Amelia traveled with her father and mother and the cargo on his sailing ship named "Linda" around Cape Horn on their journey to San Francisco. When they arrived, however, their entire crew left for the gold fields. So the little family sailed across the bay and built a cabin near the shore in what would become Marin County. Later Amelia and her family helped to develop the town of Corte Madera, donating land for the school, two churches, and the town park.
Amelia and her husband Frank Morrison Pixley also had a homestead in San Francisco, where they invited the Episcopalians to build a chapel in 1891. The Pixley's home in San Francisco no longer exists, although the little church still stands today at Steiner and Union, the corner of their former homestead.
Photos:
The bust of Amelia Van Reynegom Pixley was commissioned by her husband and then curated by the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco.
Amelia painted the plate in 1885. It is a Pixley family heirloom.
In the scenery photo, the wooded area is the San Francisco Pixley homesite in the late 1800s, bordered by Steiner, Union, Pierce and Green Streets.
The painting at the altar was donated by Frank Morrison and Amelia Van Reynegom Pixley to St. Mary's Episcopal Church, which was built in 1891 on the corner of their homestead property in San Francisco.
The sailing ship is a 19th century "bark" very similar to the one the Van Reynegoms sailed to California.
In 1848, Amelia traveled with her father and mother and the cargo on his sailing ship named "Linda" around Cape Horn on their journey to San Francisco. When they arrived, however, their entire crew left for the gold fields. So the little family sailed across the bay and built a cabin near the shore in what would become Marin County. Later Amelia and her family helped to develop the town of Corte Madera, donating land for the school, two churches, and the town park.
Amelia and her husband Frank Morrison Pixley also had a homestead in San Francisco, where they invited the Episcopalians to build a chapel in 1891. The Pixley's home in San Francisco no longer exists, although the little church still stands today at Steiner and Union, the corner of their former homestead.
Photos:
The bust of Amelia Van Reynegom Pixley was commissioned by her husband and then curated by the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco.
Amelia painted the plate in 1885. It is a Pixley family heirloom.
In the scenery photo, the wooded area is the San Francisco Pixley homesite in the late 1800s, bordered by Steiner, Union, Pierce and Green Streets.
The painting at the altar was donated by Frank Morrison and Amelia Van Reynegom Pixley to St. Mary's Episcopal Church, which was built in 1891 on the corner of their homestead property in San Francisco.
The sailing ship is a 19th century "bark" very similar to the one the Van Reynegoms sailed to California.
Amelia's father was a mariner, a sea captain who sailed from their home in Philadelphia to locations as far as France and Belgium, as well as California.
In 1848, Amelia traveled with her father and mother and the cargo on his sailing ship named "Linda" around Cape Horn on their journey to San Francisco. When they arrived, however, their entire crew left for the gold fields. So the little family sailed across the bay and built a cabin near the shore in what would become Marin County. Later Amelia and her family helped to develop the town of Corte Madera, donating land for the school, two churches, and the town park.
Amelia and her husband Frank Morrison Pixley also had a homestead in San Francisco, where they invited the Episcopalians to build a chapel in 1891. The Pixley's home in San Francisco no longer exists, although the little church still stands today at Steiner and Union, the corner of their former homestead.
Photos:
The bust of Amelia Van Reynegom Pixley was commissioned by her husband and then curated by the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco.
Amelia painted the plate in 1885. It is a Pixley family heirloom.
In the scenery photo, the wooded area is the San Francisco Pixley homesite in the late 1800s, bordered by Steiner, Union, Pierce and Green Streets.
The painting at the altar was donated by Frank Morrison and Amelia Van Reynegom Pixley to St. Mary's Episcopal Church, which was built in 1891 on the corner of their homestead property in San Francisco.
The sailing ship is a 19th century "bark" very similar to the one the Van Reynegoms sailed to California.
In 1848, Amelia traveled with her father and mother and the cargo on his sailing ship named "Linda" around Cape Horn on their journey to San Francisco. When they arrived, however, their entire crew left for the gold fields. So the little family sailed across the bay and built a cabin near the shore in what would become Marin County. Later Amelia and her family helped to develop the town of Corte Madera, donating land for the school, two churches, and the town park.
Amelia and her husband Frank Morrison Pixley also had a homestead in San Francisco, where they invited the Episcopalians to build a chapel in 1891. The Pixley's home in San Francisco no longer exists, although the little church still stands today at Steiner and Union, the corner of their former homestead.
Photos:
The bust of Amelia Van Reynegom Pixley was commissioned by her husband and then curated by the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco.
Amelia painted the plate in 1885. It is a Pixley family heirloom.
In the scenery photo, the wooded area is the San Francisco Pixley homesite in the late 1800s, bordered by Steiner, Union, Pierce and Green Streets.
The painting at the altar was donated by Frank Morrison and Amelia Van Reynegom Pixley to St. Mary's Episcopal Church, which was built in 1891 on the corner of their homestead property in San Francisco.
The sailing ship is a 19th century "bark" very similar to the one the Van Reynegoms sailed to California.
Gravesite Details
Amelia and Frank Morrison Pixley's ashes are located in a crypt beneath the floor of the chapel.
Family Members
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