RC - What a really nice thing to do for Kim - this is a great bunch of folks on this list - three cheers for the good guys.. Would you please let me know where these "microfilmed handwritten, burial records of SF" are to be found.?? Several members of our family were also first buried at Calvary, the moved to Holy Cross, We have all that Holy Cross has on them, but anything to add to this would a real treasure. Thank you..... Ruth -----Original Message----- From: norcal-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:norcal-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of RC Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 4:49 PM To: norcal@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NORCAL] AYERS, Mary - Died 1869, age 39 (Found) Kim..... Just got back from looking at the microfilmed, handwritten, burial records of SF. Found her. Mary Ayers died 28 October 1869 at Hamilton, Nevada of Pneumonia. She was buried at Calvary Cemetery (catholic) in SF. Due to the closing of all of the cemeteries in SF, all of the remains were transfered to Holy Cross cemetery in Colma. On Monday, I will go over to Holy Cross and verify that she is there. Hopefully, I'll be able to get photocopies of any records that they have and a picture of her gravemarker, if there is one. Do you know what her maiden name was? RC ________________________________ From: Kim Golding <kg@nventure.com> To: norcal@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, March 31, 2010 12:36:04 AM Subject: [NORCAL] AYERS, Mary - Died 1869, age 39 RC, Thanks for looking.  I am very surprised you didn't find it, but at the same I am not surprised as well.  This family is incredibly difficult to research!  She died in Nevada, but was from SF area, and so her body was moved to the coast for burial.  Not a single obit mentioned where exactly she was buried (and there were obits in Nevada, Hawaii and presumably California.  I found something which mentioned IOOF Cemetery, and so I asked my question here on the list.  I thank you for helping me, and I shall keep digging! Kim Golding Tacoma, WA Kim........ There is only one Mary Ayers listed but does not match the age nor date of death. Mary P. Ayers Birthplace: OH Age at time of death: 82 years? 9 months 27 days Place of Death: San Francisco Cause: old age Date of Death: 11/27/1905 Obit: N Certificate #: 5254 Also, She not listed in San Francisco, California COLUMBARIUM RECORDS 1847 - 1980 ? RC ________________________________ From: Kim Golding <kg@nventure.com> To: norcal@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, March 30, 2010 10:17:44 AM Subject: [NORCAL] AYERS, Mary - Died 1869, age 39 Do you have the publication *San Francisco, California: I.O.O.F. Crematory Records*? * *I'm looking for the information included in it about my relative Mary Ayers who died in late 1869.? If you will look this up and send it to me, I'd greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU! Kim Golding Tacoma, WA kg@nventure.com ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

So glad you asked the question Ruth -I should have asked too as I have one I haven't found yet and I have called almost all the cemeteries in Colma and some in the East Bay. >From www.genealogybank.com. June 9, 1887 - San Francisco Bulletin, California, Mortuary Notice - CORLISS - In this city, June 7, Mrs. Ellen A. Corliss, a native of Ireland, aged 55 years. Now, someone had to put this death notice in the newspaper and buried her but where? She divorced her husband before the 1880 census and he left town, one son died and the other went 'back east' and then moved to England - so what happened to Ellen? Her husband was a stone cutter/marble carver with my great grandfather, William Flood who carved many of the monumental stones in the Bay Area - including a beautiful obelisk for our Flood family that stands in the Mountain View Cemetery in the Oakland hills. That cemetery was my first thought - nope, and I called all the Colma cemeteries, nope not there either. What happened to her? I am in contact with her descendants in England - they want to know too. Ah, these family history mysteries. Maybe we can find her at last. Margie Hinton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Skewis" <ruth4527@surewest.net> To: <norcal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] AYERS, Mary - Died 1869, age 39 (Found) RC - What a really nice thing to do for Kim - this is a great bunch of folks on this list - three cheers for the good guys.. Would you please let me know where these "microfilmed handwritten, burial records of SF" are to be found.?? Several members of our family were also first buried at Calvary, the moved to Holy Cross, We have all that Holy Cross has on them, but anything to add to this would a real treasure. Thank you..... Ruth -----Original Message----- From: norcal-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:norcal-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of RC Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 4:49 PM To: norcal@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NORCAL] AYERS, Mary - Died 1869, age 39 (Found) Kim..... Just got back from looking at the microfilmed, handwritten, burial records of SF. Found her. Mary Ayers died 28 October 1869 at Hamilton, Nevada of Pneumonia. She was buried at Calvary Cemetery (catholic) in SF. Due to the closing of all of the cemeteries in SF, all of the remains were transfered to Holy Cross cemetery in Colma. On Monday, I will go over to Holy Cross and verify that she is there. Hopefully, I'll be able to get photocopies of any records that they have and a picture of her gravemarker, if there is one. Do you know what her maiden name was? RC

Margie..... The Public Administrator handle Ellen's estate obtaining Letters of Administration on 15 Dec. 1892.   MRSF 93:68 Which is San Francisco Municipal Report1892-1893, page 68.  This from SF Probate Index 1880 - 1906, a partial reconstruction.   Also listed is Annie E. Corliss and a Joseph F. Corliss.    Annie and a William P. Carlos are listed as guardians of a Michael Carlos, incompetent # 29535. Letters of Guardianshipon 27 Nov 1903.  SFRA7:3118  San Francisco Register of Actions Volume 7 Docket # 3118.   Joseph is the same as Ellen. Letters of Administration by the Public Administrator 15 Mar 1892   MRSF 92:108.   RC ________________________________ From: Margie Hinton <marhinton@earthlink.net> To: ruth4527@surewest.net; norcal@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, April 3, 2010 5:55:36 PM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] AYERS, Mary - Died 1869, age 39 (Found) So glad you asked the question Ruth -I should have asked too as I have one I haven't found yet and I have called almost all the cemeteries in Colma and some in the East Bay. >From www.genealogybank.com. June 9, 1887 - San Francisco Bulletin, California, Mortuary Notice - CORLISS - In this city, June 7, Mrs. Ellen A. Corliss, a native of Ireland, aged 55 years. Now, someone had to put this death notice in the newspaper and buried her but where?  She divorced her husband before the 1880 census and he left town, one son died and the other went 'back east' and then moved to England - so what happened to Ellen? Her husband was a stone cutter/marble carver with my great grandfather, William Flood who carved many of the monumental stones in the Bay Area - including a beautiful obelisk for our Flood family that stands in the Mountain View Cemetery in the Oakland hills.  That cemetery was my first thought - nope, and I called all the Colma cemeteries, nope not there either.  What happened to her? I am in contact with her descendants in England - they want to know too. Ah, these family history mysteries. Maybe we can find her at last. Margie Hinton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Skewis" <ruth4527@surewest.net> To: <norcal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] AYERS, Mary - Died 1869, age 39 (Found) RC - What a really nice thing to do for Kim - this is a great bunch of folks on this list - three cheers for the good guys.. Would you please let me know where these "microfilmed handwritten, burial records of SF" are to be found.??  Several members of our family were also first buried at Calvary, the moved to Holy Cross,  We have all that Holy Cross has on them, but anything to add to this would a real treasure. Thank you..... Ruth -----Original Message----- From: norcal-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:norcal-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of RC Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 4:49 PM To: norcal@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NORCAL] AYERS, Mary - Died 1869, age 39 (Found) Kim..... Just got back from looking at the microfilmed, handwritten, burial records of SF. Found her. Mary Ayers died 28 October 1869 at Hamilton, Nevada of Pneumonia. She was buried at Calvary Cemetery (catholic) in SF. Due to the closing of all of the cemeteries in SF, all of the remains were transfered to Holy Cross cemetery in Colma. On Monday, I will go over to Holy Cross and verify that she is there. Hopefully, I'll be able to get photocopies of any records that they have and a picture of her gravemarker, if there is one. Do you know what her maiden name was? RC ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

California Genealogy Society in Oakland has the microfilm that I looked at. You can go on to their web site. Do a search through "Look Up" and if you find someone, you can order a copy for $10. RC ________________________________ From: Ruth Skewis <ruth4527@surewest.net> To: norcal@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, April 3, 2010 5:32:58 PM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] AYERS, Mary - Died 1869, age 39 (Found) RC - What a really nice thing to do for Kim - this is a great bunch of folks on this list - three cheers for the good guys..  Would you please let me know where these "microfilmed handwritten, burial records of SF" are to be found.??  Several members of our family were also first buried at Calvary, the moved to Holy Cross,  We have all that Holy Cross has on them, but anything to add to this would a real treasure. Thank you..... Ruth -----Original Message----- From: norcal-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:norcal-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of RC Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 4:49 PM To: norcal@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NORCAL] AYERS, Mary - Died 1869, age 39 (Found) Kim..... Just got back from looking at the microfilmed, handwritten, burial records of SF. Found her. Mary Ayers died 28 October 1869 at Hamilton, Nevada of Pneumonia. She was buried at Calvary Cemetery (catholic) in SF. Due to the closing of all of the cemeteries in SF, all of the remains were transfered to Holy Cross cemetery in Colma. On Monday, I will go over to Holy Cross and verify that she is there. Hopefully, I'll be able to get photocopies of any records that they have and a picture of her gravemarker, if there is one. Do you know what her maiden name was? RC ________________________________ From: Kim Golding <kg@nventure.com> To: norcal@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, March 31, 2010 12:36:04 AM Subject: [NORCAL] AYERS, Mary - Died 1869, age 39 RC, Thanks for looking.  I am very surprised you didn't find it, but at the same I am not surprised as well.  This family is incredibly difficult to research!  She died in Nevada, but was from SF area, and so her body was moved to the coast for burial.  Not a single obit mentioned where exactly she was buried (and there were obits in Nevada, Hawaii and presumably California.  I found something which mentioned IOOF Cemetery, and so I asked my question here on the list.  I thank you for helping me, and I shall keep digging! Kim Golding Tacoma, WA Kim........ There is only one Mary Ayers listed but does not match the age nor date of death. Mary P. Ayers Birthplace: OH Age at time of death: 82 years? 9 months 27 days Place of Death: San Francisco Cause: old age Date of Death: 11/27/1905 Obit: N Certificate #: 5254 Also, She not listed in San Francisco, California COLUMBARIUM RECORDS 1847 - 1980 ? RC ________________________________ From: Kim Golding <kg@nventure.com> To: norcal@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, March 30, 2010 10:17:44 AM Subject: [NORCAL] AYERS, Mary - Died 1869, age 39 Do you have the publication *San Francisco, California: I.O.O.F. Crematory Records*? * *I'm looking for the information included in it about my relative Mary Ayers who died in late 1869.? If you will look this up and send it to me, I'd greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU! Kim Golding Tacoma, WA kg@nventure.com ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you so much RC - knowing where to look in the first place is wonderful information. Margie ----- Original Message ----- From: "RC" <rc13@att.net> To: <ruth4527@surewest.net>; <norcal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] AYERS, Mary - Died 1869, age 39 (Found) California Genealogy Society in Oakland has the microfilm that I looked at. You can go on to their web site. Do a search through "Look Up" and if you find someone, you can order a copy for $10. RC