Elva Tanner 1903 Bridgewater Bulletin Town and County News August 11, 1903. A little girl named Elva Tanner of Centre, aged thirteen years, died in the Almshouse on Friday, of consumption. She was placed in the institution about five months ago by her kind (?) relatives. Her mother is dead and her father is from home. (I did not add the "?". It was printed in the paper that way.)