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Dana K. Bailey

Dana K. Bailey was not a woman.Nomen ambiguum (talk) 00:49, 12 July 2020 (UTC) https://nistdigitalarchives.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16009coll3/id/63 Nomen ambiguum (talk) 18:34, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Dates given for Frances Bonker are incorrect

Frances (Lucy) Bonker; New York. NY, 20 Jul 1891-Pasadena, CA, 11 Sep 1959. [She gives her birth year as 1895 on 1919 ship passenger lists (Vancouver, BC, to Honolulu, and Honolulu to San Francisco), the 1930 US Census and her bio in ‘Who’s Who among North American Authors’, but her birth and death certificates and 1920 and 1940 census agree on 1891.*] She was the daughter of George Veranus and Anna Louise (Brown) Bonker (originally Bunker.) Her parents had married in Brevard County, Florida in 1848. The “New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909” database at FamilySearch shows “Frances Lucy Bonker. 20 Jul 1891. Manhattan, New York, New York, United States; Father's Name: George V. Bonker; Mother's Name: Anna L. Brown Bonker.” The family returned to Florida, where her brother, George V. Bonker, Jr was born about 1895. In 1899 or 1900, when the family was in living in Chicago, her mother was sent to relatives in Port Townsend, WA, hoping the climate there would ease her tuberculosis, but her mother died there on 20 June 1900. Her father died in Waveland, Florida during the night of 12/13 January 1905 and Frances and her brother, George Jr. were sent to live with their mother’s family, including her aunt Lida Plant Brown Trumbull, to whom she dedicated ‘The Fantastic Clan’. Frances graduated from Western Washington Normal College as Lucy Bonker in 1910, and taught school in Port Angeles. (Frances was her maternal grandmother’s given name and Lucy was her paternal grandmother’s.) She attended the University of Washington in 1914/15 as F. Lucy Bonker, and then taught in Seattle until 1919, when she visited Hawaii before moving to San Francisco where she married Harold Lawrence Newman, a lawyer, in 1921. By 1924 they were no longer registered at the same address and by November of 1925 she had sued for divorce on grounds of willful desertion and neglect. The divorce was granted in February of 1929 by which time she had moved into the Claremont Hotel near Berkeley, apparently to concentrate on her writing. By 1930 she had returned to using her original surname and moved to Pasadena, writing, tutoring private pupils, substitute teaching in public schools, and teaching adult English and citizenship classes until her death. Some sources state that she completed her fourth year in a college somewhere in Southern California, but no further details are provided.

• On her death certificate, her maternal grandmother’s birth surname, Keeler, appears in place of her mother’s birth surname, Brown.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.givenName=frances&q.surname=bonker&q.surname.exact=on&q.birthLikeDate.from=%2B1888&q.birthLikeDate.to=%2B1906&c.sex=on&f.sex=female&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on Frances’ marriage record, and the actual image of her birth record [New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909. record #25079. recorded 30 July 1891.], can only be viewed in person at FamilySearch Centers by the general public, or online by LDS members. Her mother’s death: The Florida Star. July 6 1900 page 8: “Death of Mrs. G. V. Bonker: “From Townsend (Wash.) Call of June 21st we learn that Mrs. Anna L. Bonker, Yankton S. D., wife of Geo V. Bonker of Waveland, Fla., died in Port Townsend, Washington, on Tuesday morning, June 19th, after a lingering illness The lady had been ailing for some time and decided to come west in a hope that climate conditions would bring her relief She accordingly came from Chicago to Port Townsend last March and has been ever since the guest of her parents Mr. and Mrs. David Brown, Sr., at whose home she was when the summons came. Besides relatives in Port Townsend and other parts of the state, Mrs. Bunker leaves to mourn her untimely end a loving husband and two young children. The funeral was held on Friday afternoon following from the residence of Mr Brown.” Her father’s death: The Tropical Sun. January 21 1905. page 5.University of Florida. George A Smathers Library. UF Digital Collections: “Geo. V. Bonker, of Waveland, was found dead last Friday morning at his residence. He died from an attack of heart failure. Deceased retired in usual good health Thursday night and when he was found next morning a physician said that he had been dead for several hours. Mr. Bonker came to Indian river from the Northwest some twenty-five years ago. For some years he sang basso with the Ideal Opera Company, of Boston, but throat troubles caused him to give up touring. He was 66 years of age and leaves a daughter and son. – Titusville Star.” “BONKER, FRANCES: writing. adult education; b. New York, N. Y., July, 1895; d. George Veranus and Anna Louise Bonker; educ. U. of Washington (Seattle. Wash.), Teachers’ Coll., U. of California: m. Harold Lawrence Newman, June 25, 1921. AUTHOR: (with Dean J. J. Thornber): The Sage of the Desert, 1930: The Fantastic Clan: The Cactus Family. 1932. Contr. to Ladies’ Home Journal. Youth’s Companion. General character of writing: popular sci, educ. A new Cactus found in the Pinal Mountains of Arizona has been named Echinocereus Bonkerae in honor of writings on the desert Cacti and their fascinating relatives. It is a strawberry Cactus, bears tiny “strawberries,” which are delicious; Echinocereus is the group name, Bonkerae the name of the new species. Social service worker among foreigners in San Francisco. For ten years worker in citizenship and adult education for foreigners In Calif.; student of Japanese and Chinese problems in Am.; psychiatrist; musician; instructor in singing in Seattle (Wash.) City Schs SOCIETIES: D.A R., Ladies’ Aux. of Shriners. HOME: 2774 Santa Anita Ave., Altadena, Calif.” [WHO'S WHO Among North American Authors Covering the United States and Canada Edited by Alberta Lawrence. Litt, D. Golden Syndicate Publishing Company. Los Angeles, California. 1939. page 117 :https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.87735/page/n126/mode/1up ] “BONKER, FRANCES: writer, adult educator; b. New York, N. Y., July, 1895; d. George Veranus and Anna Louise Bonker; educ. Univ. of Washington (Seattle, Wash.), Teachers’ Coll., Univ. of California; m. Harold Lawrence Newman, June 25, 1921 (separated). AUTHOR; The Sage of the Desert (with Dean J. J. Thornber), 1930; The Fantastic Clan of The Cactus Family (with Dean J. J. Thornber), 1932. Contributor to Ladies’ Home Journal, Youth’s Companion. General character of writing: popular scientific, educational. Several books in preparation, dealing with desert life and flora. Social service worker among foreigners in San Francisco. For ten years worker in citizenship and adult education for foreigners in California; a student of Japanese and Chinese problems in America; psychiatrist; musician; instructor in singing in Seattle, Wash., City Schools. SOCIETIES: Daughters of the American Revolution, Ladies’ Auxiliary of Shriners. HOME: 240 West Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, Calif.” [same title as above, volume 5. 1931-1932. page 108.: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.88380/page/n128/mode/1up ]

She is mentioned in her aunt’s obituary: http://www.olypen.com/rfoss/pioneerobitt.html#trumbulllida Dedication of ‘The Fantastic Clan’ to her aunt: To My Aunt Lida Plant Trumbull A Collector of Rare and Unique Specimens of the Weird Fantastic Clan. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40712053 “To the memory of my dear father, George V. Bonker, a student and a lover of the beautiful in nature. F.B. (her dedication of ‘The Sage of the Desert and other cacti.’) education: https://books.google.com/books?id=Ta1GAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA427&lpg=RA1-PA427&dq=%22bonker+f+lucy%22&source=bl&ots=Za3cY2bhFZ&sig=ACfU3U3vMp1rfoPaf5Fj_YqbZO-wLVCZ2A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-ltvT_tHnAhUUJTQIHdl9DyEQ6AEwAHoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22bonker%20f%20lucy%22&f=false https://mabel.wwu.edu/islandora/object/wwu%3A16446 image #182 = page 180. ‘Class of 1910’ There is a good photo of Mrs. Frances Bonker in the Pasadena Post, (20 March 1932. page 10.) on https://www.newspapers.com Nomen ambiguum (talk) 12:31, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

Laura A. Fitch

This is an error for Lydia A. Fitch. Lydia Amelia (Day) Fitch - Sheffield, OH, 9 Dec. 1841-Long Beach, CA, 26 Oct. 1922. Nomen ambiguum (talk) 13:40, 22 June 2022 (UTC)