Elizabeth Hurd Burrows
Vere Burrows Hansen grew up in Grass Valley California in a very large family. She was the fifth child out of twelve born to Alexander Burrows (born in Sligo County, Ireland in 1847) and Elizabeth Jane Hurd (born 1855 in Tamaqua County, Pennsylvania). Their children were sometimes referred to in the family as "a Hurd of Burrows".
Alexander Burrows emigrated to Philadelphia around 1870 and came to California as a young man. He studied law and was admitted to practice law in April of 1878. He met and married Elizabeth Jane Hurd sometime around 1874-5. Her family was living in Virginia City, Nevada at the time, but still had maternal relatives in Nevada City, California (the Cornish Bluetts and Roddas). Elizabeth Jane herself was admitted to the bar as a lawyer in 1887 and was the "consulting council of the concern" as she laughingly said...from A. Burrow's biography published in "Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California", 1891.
Alexander Burrows Picture shared by Milton Davis on Ancestry.com
The children of Alexander Burrows and Elizabeth Jane Hurd are as follows....
1. Maude Elaine Burrows b. 30 October 1875 California d. 10 Aug 1965 Los Angeles, Ca.
*Maude married Edwin Mills Morrill from Rough and Ready, Ca. All of his siblings would eventually move to Ventura, in Southern California. In 1900 they were living on School Street in Grass Valley with their son Francis. In 1910 they were living in Oakland with Elizabeth Jane Burrows and their children Francis and Millicent in a house purchased by Elizabeth Jane. Maude's sister Gladys Burrows (aged 17) also lived with the family. By 1920 Maude lived in Los Angeles, was listed on the census as married, but living as a roomer in a hotel and working as a domestic. Her 17 year old daughter Millicent was also a boarder at the same address and worked as a telephone operator. I found a birth index record for a daughter born to Maud in 1915; her name was Mary Kathleen Smith. There is a Mary Kathleen Smith listed on the 1920 census as being 4 1/2 years old living at the same address as Maude and Millicent. Her husband was listed in 1918 as living at a different address while he worked as a stage carpenter in Los Angeles. In 1930 Edwin was living in an apartment with Francis who was a civil engineer by then. In 1940 Maude was living in San Francisco with her daughter Mary Kathleen (who was then listed under the name Morrill). She listed herself as being widowed, but her husband didn't die until 1953. Maude passed away in 1965 in Los Angeles. Edwin died in 1953 in Los Angeles. His headstone reads "Beloved Husband and Father". There is an interesting story in there somewhere...
2. Herbert Spenser Burrows b. 4 April 1877 Grass Valley d. 11 June 1938 Napa, Ca.
*Herbert was a miner in Grass Valley in 1898. By the 1900 Census he was listed as a patient at the Napa State Hospital for the Insane. He was 23 years old.
Herbert Spenser Burrows WWI Registration Card. Nearest relative is listed as unknown. His signature is very shaky. He would pass away in 1938 at the age of 61. His birth announcement was found in the Morning Union of April 7, 1877, and his name was in the December 19, 1885 Morning Union on the 6th grade Roll of Honor for good attendance. Did he have an accident in the mine? Was he mentally unstable? Did he suffer from low cognitive abilities? His adult life story is unknown, and more research is needed.
3. Donald Francis Burrows b. 28, November 1879 Grass Valley d. 5 March 1940 Santa Clara Ca.
*Donald married Lillian Pilcher from Sacramento, Ca. and lived at 3411 Anza Street in San Francisco in 1930. Don worked as an examiner of merchandise in the appraiser's department of the government of San Francisco. He studied law and was admitted to practice the legal profession in the state by the Supreme Court of California sometime in the 40's. Don and Lillian had three children: Marjorie, Evelyn and Don. S. .
4. Roy Alexander Burrows b. 23 January 1881 d. 23 October 1943 Reno, Nv.
*Roy married Lucie A. Crampton who was born in Virginia City, Nv. in 1884. I will do a separate post on this family, as there is a good deal of history from Virginia City and Reno, Nv. that is very interesting. Roy and Lucie had only one daughter, named Gertrude, who sadly passed away at the age of 13 from a burst appendix. Roy and Lucie did not stay married after Gertrude's death. Roy was a prominent contractor in Reno, and helped Robley (Bob) Hansen get started in the business before his death in 1943.
5. Clara Vere Burrows b. 25 September, 1882 Grass Valley, d. 17 October, 1974 Grass Valley, Ca.
*Vere married John Hartwig Hansen 3 July, 1904 and they had 4 children: Hulda, Jack, Robley (Bob) and Harold. Harold Hansen was my Grandfather. There are many previous posts on the Hansen family in Grass Valley.
6. Lillian Burrows b. 1885 (no record) d. 12 January 1892. "Record of Burials in Greenwood Cemetery, Grass Valley, 1867-1930" Lillian Burrows aged 7 years. Resident of Grass Valley. Native of California. Cause of death: Membranous Croup. *birth year is estimated from time of death. There is no known location for this plot. There is no record of her middle name. Membranous Croup is also known as diphtheria.
7. Wanda Adele Burrows b. 1886 Grass Valley d. 5 July 1937 Alameda, Ca.
*Wanda married William M. Nankervis who was also born in Grass Valley. He was a miner in the Empire Mine. I will do an additional post on this family, as I have pictures and history to share. They had two children; Claude and Hazel. Hazel married William Lockyer. Their son is Bill Lockyer who was a California State Legislator in the Assembly in the 1970's.
8. Frank Hurd Burrows b. 5 April 1877 (found in The Morning Union from April 7, 1877) d. August 1877 (from Claire Hansen Clark's information). I was unable to find any more mention of this little one. He may be buried in the same plot that Lillian is in, but there is no known location. Elizabeth Jane had a brother named Frank Hurd.
9. Gwendolyn Harriet Burrows b. 9 April 1890 d. 9 June 1907
*Gwendolyn sadly died in a streetcar accident in Los Angeles. She was 18 years old. This story ran in the Reno Evening Gazette..."Miss Gwendolyn Burroughs (Burrows), who was killed last night in the street-car accident in Los Angeles was for two years a resident in this city and numbered her friends in Reno by the score. For a time she attended the Nevada State University and resided with her mother and brother on the south side of the river. She took a leading part in Episcopal Church matters and for a time sang in the choir of that church. Miss Burroughs was a beautiful girl and was very popular while in Reno. She was about 18 years of age and was a native of California. Before coming to Reno to reside she resided with her parents in Grass Valley where her father was a leading lawyer. She lived with her mother until a few months ago, when, on account of her mother's health, the family moved to Los Angeles. She was a niece of Mrs. M. J. Curtis and Miss Edith Hurd in this city and leaves a brother, Roy Burroughs, in Gold Field and a mother and sister in Los Angeles".
"Gwendolyn Burrow's Grave Rosedale Cemetery"
Gwendolyn's story help fill in gaps between censuses. It looks like Maude and Edwin may have initially moved from Grass Valley to Los Angeles and that Elizabeth Jane was living with them before she purchased a home in Oakland in June 1909 where they all resided. Alexander Burrows had died in 1904 in San Francisco.
I found these two pictures that give more dates and place clues...the house is marked "March 1, 1905 Los Angeles" and I believe the two children are Francis Morrill (b. 1900) and Millicent Morrill (b. 1902).
"Millicent Morrill at 11 years. Courthouse and Hall of Records in background. Los Angeles, Cal. 1913"
It looks like Maude and Edwin were back in Los Angeles by 1913.
10. Inez Francis Burrows b. 1891 Grass Valley d. 1899, Grass Valley
*according to Claire Hansen Clark's information Inez died of diphtheria at the age of 8. I was unable to find any information on this child.
11. Edison Winnifred Burrows b. February 1892 d. 9 August 1892
*Big Book Record of Burials in Greenwood Cemetery Grass Valley 1867-1930..."Edison Burrows aged 1 year. Resident of California. Native of Grass Valley. Cause of death: Cholera Infantum". No known location of plot. Cholera Infantum was an often fatal form of gastroenteritis in infants.
Edison Burrows Funeral Card August 9, 1892
12. Gladys Evelyn Burrows b. 9 April 1893 Grass Valley d. 14 May 1929 San Francisco California
*In 1910 she was living with her mother Elizabeth Jane Burrows in the Oakland house on E. 28th Street with the Morrills. She married Joseph Allston Davis in Oakland, Ca. in 1918. Their children were: Rose, Elizabeth (Betty) , Ethelreda and Milton Smith Davis. Her husband Joseph was a dentist in San Francisco. Gladys died May 14, 1929 at the age of 37 of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Elizabeth Davis married Lloyd Holley Phillips, who corresponded quite a bit with Claire Hansen Clark. The Phillips, as well as Mary Kathleen Morrill kept in touch with Jack Hansen (Vere's oldest son). This picture is from June 1969 and lists "Jack Hansen Lloyd and Betty Phillips and Mary Morrill". Betty and Mary were Jack's first cousins.
Milton Davis is the son of Milton Smith Davis, and is the family member who shared the picture of A. Burrows with me. We correspond through Ancestry.com and share DNA. He would be my 2nd cousin once removed. But who's keeping track?
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