Posted on: Calaveras County, Ca Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/Calaveras?read=305 Surname: Noisat, Dunning, Madden ------------------------- Alice Dunning, my great-grand mother's mother, was from Ireland. "She came to San Francisco in a Steamer, the NORTH AMERICA, January 18, 1852, by way of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, and the captain was J. H. Blethen. It took 12 days from San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua. The passengers came through from the East Coast of the United States in a total of 26 days. After leaving San Juan del Sur, it was found the coal was very inferior and could not raise more than 3 to 4 inches of steam for some days, until good coal, when she made over 16 miles per hour. On January 16, 1852 made 390 miles in 24 hours. Was off the Heads of San Francisco on January 17th at 10:00P.M. but was unable to come in on account of fog." (Source: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 16:17:12 -0800, From: "Delores Kruse" .) Her spouse, John Noisat, was from a town on the French/Swiss border. Alice may have had a sister, Mary. Alice and John had three daughters: Josephina, Katherine (a.k.a. Kattie), and Mary Matilida (a.k.a. Mattie). Matilida Noisat, was my great-grandmother. Alice and Frank lived in the area known as Chili Gulch near Murphy's, California. Alice Dunning is buried at St. Andrew's Catholic Cemetery, San Andreas (Calveras County) She died on September 7, 1895. Other names associated with DUNNING are BALDIN (BALDYN), BRADLEY, NOISAT, TAYLOR and MADDEN. NOISAT. Mary Matilida: San Andreas. CA.USA: 18G2-1912 Mary Matilida (a.k.a. Mattie) Noisat was born on September 30, 18G2 near San Andreas, California. Matilida married Henry M. Madden on April 21, 1888 in San Francisco. . They had six children: Francis, Margaret, Stanley, Maybelle, Edward, and Harriet. Matilida died on August G, 1912 in Stockton, CA. She was 49 years old. She was a member of the Kaw Wah Nita Council, Degree of Pocahontas. Henry died in San Francisco in 1942. He was a member of the Redmen. Other names associated with NOISAT are BALDIN (BALDYN), BRADLEY, DUNNING, TAYLOR, and MADDEN. .