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

Nancy,   I'm still checking on this but so far, nothing.  I have to tell you that the street is spelled Hesperian and it used to be Telegraph.   Susan ________________________________ From: Nancy <wright4766@bellsouth.net> To: norcal@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 1:02 PM 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