Oh, I wonder! I am geographically challenged so don't laugh if I ask if San Lorenzo is anywhere near Pleasanton. I have no clue! There is an Iris farm in Pleasanton that goes way back too. ________________________________ From: Nancy <wright4766@bellsouth.net> To: norcal@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2013 8:02 AM Subject: [NORCAL] Nursery in San Lorenzo My ancestress had a nursery in San Lorenzo. Her name was Jemima Lowrie Branin, Her husband died before 1892 leaving her with 6 children, the oldest was 15. Her husband was a farmer (formerly a butcher) so she must have used that farm to grow flowers and open a nursery. She lived at the corner of Adams and Telegraph, later Adams and Hisperian (maybe the street name changed between 1927 and 1931. Does anyone have access to a telephone book that might give the name of that nursery? Jemima died in 1943 at the age of 97, but she seemed to work in the nursery until the end of her life. She cross bred irises and developed the first thornless rose. I have an article from the California Horticultural Society Journal (Vol. XXVIII, No. 1 January 1967)which states that she was given a medal in 1902 and Golden Gate Park established an iris garden in her memory. Nancy Lowrie Wright in Louisiana ----------------------------------------- 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
It's 17 miles from Pleasanton to San Lorenzo, but still, it's not really close in the scheme of things! ________________________________ From: Marilyn Demas <theschoolbell@yahoo.com> To: "norcal@rootsweb.com" <norcal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 5:09 PM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Nursery in San Lorenzo Oh, I wonder! I am geographically challenged so don't laugh if I ask if San Lorenzo is anywhere near Pleasanton. I have no clue! There is an Iris farm in Pleasanton that goes way back too.
Thank you! Maybe there was some kind of a "rage" for Irises back then???? ________________________________ From: Susan Stuart <marigoldsglen@yahoo.com> To: Marilyn Demas <theschoolbell@live.com>; "norcal@rootsweb.com" <norcal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2013 1:38 PM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Nursery in San Lorenzo It's 17 miles from Pleasanton to San Lorenzo, but still, it's not really close in the scheme of things! ________________________________ From: Marilyn Demas <theschoolbell@yahoo.com> To: "norcal@rootsweb.com" <norcal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 5:09 PM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Nursery in San Lorenzo Oh, I wonder! I am geographically challenged so don't laugh if I ask if San Lorenzo is anywhere near Pleasanton. I have no clue! There is an Iris farm in Pleasanton that goes way back too. ----------------------------------------- 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
Oh Marilyn, It has been 70 years since I lived in California, but Pleasanton was where we lived until 1943. I think I am saying it correctly - San Lorenzo is south of Oakland and north of Fremont. We used to go visit my grandmother in Centerville which is now part of Fremont. (When my mom could get enough gasoline.)I think we went through Niles canyon, not on the road from Oakland to Fremont or San Jose. Wish I would have known about that Iris farm in Pleasanton - iris are my favorite flower - it must be inherited! Nancy From: "Marilyn Demas" <theschoolbell@yahoo.com> Oh, I wonder! I am geographically challenged so don't laugh if I ask if San Lorenzo is anywhere near Pleasanton. I have no clue! There is an Iris farm in Pleasanton that goes way back too.