Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, July 10, 1916 DEATH OF MRS. F.E. CALDWELL A Member of One of the Best Known Families in Nebraska, and of Royal Blood In the death of Mrs. F.E. CALDWELL at Papillion yesterday, there passed away a lady in whose veins the blood of the royal family of Portugal flowed and who for a number of years resided in Cass county and is numbered among the early settlers of near Rock Bluffs where so many of the pioneer residents of the state first settled. When living in Cass county, Mrs. Caldwell was the wife of Joseph D. PATTERSON, one of the members of this prominent family that has had such a part in the making of the county. After the death of Mr. Patterson, following the removal of the family to Sarpy county, she was married to F.E. CALDWELL, one of the prominent men of that community and for the past forty years they have made their home in Papillion until three years ago when she removed St. Cloud, Florida, but as death drew near Mrs. Caldwell came �home� to Papillion to spend her last days and made her home with her daughter, Mrs. F.E. NICKERSON, wife of County attorney NICKERSON of Sarpy county. She leaves to mourn her death the husband, and six children, Mrs. John SPEEDIE, Benson; H.D. PATTERSON, county surveyor, Sarpy county; W.E. PATTERSON, Lincoln; Mrs. E.S. NICKERSON, Papillion; Mrs. E.G. FASE and Mrs. W.I. BARBER, Kissimie, Florida. Mrs. Caldwell came to Nebraska in 1869 with her first husband and located at Rock Bluffs. Her life was one that reads like a romance and covers a story of a family of royal descent which found a home on the American continent. Her family spans the gap between the Portuguese throne and a plain Nebraska farm. De Marinda was the family name and there is today a Duke of the Marindas in Portugal. In a former time one of his name set on the throne of that country and this member of the family was a kinsman of Mrs. Caldwell. A brother of this king plotted, was discovered and banished to the Portuguese colony of Brazil. He settled in the state of Parana. After his death the family continued to live on the great plantation. The head of the Marinda family in that country when Mr. Patterson came to Brazil was De Marinda Gibson, an American physician who had settled in South America and through marriage become [sic] the owner of the great plantation. It was on a plantation next to that the De Marinda family that Mr. Patterson and his wife settled and shortly afterwards the first Mrs. Patterson died and two years later Patterson was united in marriage to Maria De Marinda, then 17 years of age, this wedding occurring in 1868. In 1869, the desire for the home grew on Mr. Patterson and he came north and located at Rock Bluffs where the family resided until removing to Sarpy county. This lady was a relative by marriage of the Patterson family of this county and is well known to a great many of the earlier residents. She was 65 years of age at the time of her death. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard