Pearl May Weaver was born to Elias Weaver and Martha Ann Edwards on December 29, 1887 in Woodland, Yolo County, California. When she was 6 years old, her mother Martha divorced her father Elias on 1 December 1893. Right after the divorce court hearing, her mother Martha married Thomas James Bradford that same day, according to a newspaper article. Martha took little Pearl and Pearl's older sister Elizabeth "Libby" to live with her and her new husband. Pearl's older brothers David Arthur Weaver and William Henry Weaver stayed with their father Elias.
Pearl recalls in a taped interview, "We came to Fresno, in above Fresno. I lived there all my childhood days, went to school there. The school was far from my house. I had to walk about three miles to school. And part of the time, we had a horse and buggy and went in that. I had four brothers [half brothers], Thomas, Marcus, Frank, and Dick [Bradford]. Part the time they went to school with me, and part the time they were too young. We lived at Mr. Bradford's, about fourteen years it was."
"Mother kept house, and did a lot of the ranch work on the ranch. The teamsters teamed along the road by our house, and we, mother and I, would cook for them. Some days there would be 67 men to cook a meal for. Meals were cheap then. We didn't charge much for a meal, that was a long time ago. I was about twelve years old, and did a lot of the cooking. Mother was sick once, and we had the food in there to store for a month. I did all the cooking. I was a big girl."
For three years, Pearl's school teacher was a man named William Elmer Maxwell. The two would go to dances a lot and started a courtship. They fell in love and on May 6, 1903 they were married in the Fresno County Courthouse. Pearl was only 16 years old at the time and had to have her mother's written consent to marry. Elmer was 23 years old. Pearl recalls her memories of her wedding day:
"We were married in Fresno in 1903. His sister [Myrtie Maxwell] went with us. She was a witness, and the minister's wife was a witness. After we were married, we went and had a big meal. I ate so much chocolate ice cream! I was made sick." After they were married, Elmer and Pearl went back to the old Bradford ranch and stayed there for their honeymoon, while Pearl's mother, step-father and brothers were up at the hot spring on horseback. Their honeymoon was no typical honeymoon. Pearl and Elmer had to still keep up the ranch and store. She said that teamsters would still come, and Elmer took over the store, and Pearl cooked for the teamsters, while on their honeymoon.
Pearl and Elmer had three sons:
1. Milford Edwin Maxwell, born 7 March 1905 in Clovis, Fresno, California.
2. Arthur LaRue Maxwell, born 11 April 1907 in Fresno, Fresno, California.
3. Marcus Nathan Maxwell, born 1 February 1909 in Clovis, Fresno, California.
Life for Pearl and Elmer was not easy. Elmer was an educated man and once again served as a school teacher for a time. He also did many other odd jobs like logging. At one time, during World War II, Pearl and Elmer started a Nursery Garden in San Gabriel, California. The nursery used to be called, "Yanobee Nursery," which used to be owned by some Japanese. The Japanese, unfortunately were put into a consecration camp during the war. So the nursery was available for Pearl and Elmer to rent. There was a little house next to the nursery that they lived in. Pearl and Elmer were closer to their sons and grandchildren when they lived there. Their grandchildren would love to come over and help plant the plants and take care of the nursery. Pearl and Elmer later moved back to the mountains in Clovis, Fresno, California.
Pearl and Elmer were never well off financially, always scraping by, but they were very happy and loved their sons and grandchildren very much. Pearl's granddaughter remembers seeing her grandmother with patches sewn on to other patches on Pearl's sweater. Pearl made due with what she had.
Pearl lived to see the day when her great, great granddaughter was born, making 5 generations. The photograph of Pearl added to this memorial of her older (wearing pink) was taken on the day that Pearl, and her posterity, took a five generation photograph.
On 30 November 1971, Pearl passed away. She will always be loved and adored. She left a great heritage for her descendants!
* NOTE: Written by Pearl's great, great granddaughter Rachelle Humble.
Pearl recalls in a taped interview, "We came to Fresno, in above Fresno. I lived there all my childhood days, went to school there. The school was far from my house. I had to walk about three miles to school. And part of the time, we had a horse and buggy and went in that. I had four brothers [half brothers], Thomas, Marcus, Frank, and Dick [Bradford]. Part the time they went to school with me, and part the time they were too young. We lived at Mr. Bradford's, about fourteen years it was."
"Mother kept house, and did a lot of the ranch work on the ranch. The teamsters teamed along the road by our house, and we, mother and I, would cook for them. Some days there would be 67 men to cook a meal for. Meals were cheap then. We didn't charge much for a meal, that was a long time ago. I was about twelve years old, and did a lot of the cooking. Mother was sick once, and we had the food in there to store for a month. I did all the cooking. I was a big girl."
For three years, Pearl's school teacher was a man named William Elmer Maxwell. The two would go to dances a lot and started a courtship. They fell in love and on May 6, 1903 they were married in the Fresno County Courthouse. Pearl was only 16 years old at the time and had to have her mother's written consent to marry. Elmer was 23 years old. Pearl recalls her memories of her wedding day:
"We were married in Fresno in 1903. His sister [Myrtie Maxwell] went with us. She was a witness, and the minister's wife was a witness. After we were married, we went and had a big meal. I ate so much chocolate ice cream! I was made sick." After they were married, Elmer and Pearl went back to the old Bradford ranch and stayed there for their honeymoon, while Pearl's mother, step-father and brothers were up at the hot spring on horseback. Their honeymoon was no typical honeymoon. Pearl and Elmer had to still keep up the ranch and store. She said that teamsters would still come, and Elmer took over the store, and Pearl cooked for the teamsters, while on their honeymoon.
Pearl and Elmer had three sons:
1. Milford Edwin Maxwell, born 7 March 1905 in Clovis, Fresno, California.
2. Arthur LaRue Maxwell, born 11 April 1907 in Fresno, Fresno, California.
3. Marcus Nathan Maxwell, born 1 February 1909 in Clovis, Fresno, California.
Life for Pearl and Elmer was not easy. Elmer was an educated man and once again served as a school teacher for a time. He also did many other odd jobs like logging. At one time, during World War II, Pearl and Elmer started a Nursery Garden in San Gabriel, California. The nursery used to be called, "Yanobee Nursery," which used to be owned by some Japanese. The Japanese, unfortunately were put into a consecration camp during the war. So the nursery was available for Pearl and Elmer to rent. There was a little house next to the nursery that they lived in. Pearl and Elmer were closer to their sons and grandchildren when they lived there. Their grandchildren would love to come over and help plant the plants and take care of the nursery. Pearl and Elmer later moved back to the mountains in Clovis, Fresno, California.
Pearl and Elmer were never well off financially, always scraping by, but they were very happy and loved their sons and grandchildren very much. Pearl's granddaughter remembers seeing her grandmother with patches sewn on to other patches on Pearl's sweater. Pearl made due with what she had.
Pearl lived to see the day when her great, great granddaughter was born, making 5 generations. The photograph of Pearl added to this memorial of her older (wearing pink) was taken on the day that Pearl, and her posterity, took a five generation photograph.
On 30 November 1971, Pearl passed away. She will always be loved and adored. She left a great heritage for her descendants!
* NOTE: Written by Pearl's great, great granddaughter Rachelle Humble.
Pearl May Weaver was born to Elias Weaver and Martha Ann Edwards on December 29, 1887 in Woodland, Yolo County, California. When she was 6 years old, her mother Martha divorced her father Elias on 1 December 1893. Right after the divorce court hearing, her mother Martha married Thomas James Bradford that same day, according to a newspaper article. Martha took little Pearl and Pearl's older sister Elizabeth "Libby" to live with her and her new husband. Pearl's older brothers David Arthur Weaver and William Henry Weaver stayed with their father Elias.
Pearl recalls in a taped interview, "We came to Fresno, in above Fresno. I lived there all my childhood days, went to school there. The school was far from my house. I had to walk about three miles to school. And part of the time, we had a horse and buggy and went in that. I had four brothers [half brothers], Thomas, Marcus, Frank, and Dick [Bradford]. Part the time they went to school with me, and part the time they were too young. We lived at Mr. Bradford's, about fourteen years it was."
"Mother kept house, and did a lot of the ranch work on the ranch. The teamsters teamed along the road by our house, and we, mother and I, would cook for them. Some days there would be 67 men to cook a meal for. Meals were cheap then. We didn't charge much for a meal, that was a long time ago. I was about twelve years old, and did a lot of the cooking. Mother was sick once, and we had the food in there to store for a month. I did all the cooking. I was a big girl."
For three years, Pearl's school teacher was a man named William Elmer Maxwell. The two would go to dances a lot and started a courtship. They fell in love and on May 6, 1903 they were married in the Fresno County Courthouse. Pearl was only 16 years old at the time and had to have her mother's written consent to marry. Elmer was 23 years old. Pearl recalls her memories of her wedding day:
"We were married in Fresno in 1903. His sister [Myrtie Maxwell] went with us. She was a witness, and the minister's wife was a witness. After we were married, we went and had a big meal. I ate so much chocolate ice cream! I was made sick." After they were married, Elmer and Pearl went back to the old Bradford ranch and stayed there for their honeymoon, while Pearl's mother, step-father and brothers were up at the hot spring on horseback. Their honeymoon was no typical honeymoon. Pearl and Elmer had to still keep up the ranch and store. She said that teamsters would still come, and Elmer took over the store, and Pearl cooked for the teamsters, while on their honeymoon.
Pearl and Elmer had three sons:
1. Milford Edwin Maxwell, born 7 March 1905 in Clovis, Fresno, California.
2. Arthur LaRue Maxwell, born 11 April 1907 in Fresno, Fresno, California.
3. Marcus Nathan Maxwell, born 1 February 1909 in Clovis, Fresno, California.
Life for Pearl and Elmer was not easy. Elmer was an educated man and once again served as a school teacher for a time. He also did many other odd jobs like logging. At one time, during World War II, Pearl and Elmer started a Nursery Garden in San Gabriel, California. The nursery used to be called, "Yanobee Nursery," which used to be owned by some Japanese. The Japanese, unfortunately were put into a consecration camp during the war. So the nursery was available for Pearl and Elmer to rent. There was a little house next to the nursery that they lived in. Pearl and Elmer were closer to their sons and grandchildren when they lived there. Their grandchildren would love to come over and help plant the plants and take care of the nursery. Pearl and Elmer later moved back to the mountains in Clovis, Fresno, California.
Pearl and Elmer were never well off financially, always scraping by, but they were very happy and loved their sons and grandchildren very much. Pearl's granddaughter remembers seeing her grandmother with patches sewn on to other patches on Pearl's sweater. Pearl made due with what she had.
Pearl lived to see the day when her great, great granddaughter was born, making 5 generations. The photograph of Pearl added to this memorial of her older (wearing pink) was taken on the day that Pearl, and her posterity, took a five generation photograph.
On 30 November 1971, Pearl passed away. She will always be loved and adored. She left a great heritage for her descendants!
* NOTE: Written by Pearl's great, great granddaughter Rachelle Humble.
Pearl recalls in a taped interview, "We came to Fresno, in above Fresno. I lived there all my childhood days, went to school there. The school was far from my house. I had to walk about three miles to school. And part of the time, we had a horse and buggy and went in that. I had four brothers [half brothers], Thomas, Marcus, Frank, and Dick [Bradford]. Part the time they went to school with me, and part the time they were too young. We lived at Mr. Bradford's, about fourteen years it was."
"Mother kept house, and did a lot of the ranch work on the ranch. The teamsters teamed along the road by our house, and we, mother and I, would cook for them. Some days there would be 67 men to cook a meal for. Meals were cheap then. We didn't charge much for a meal, that was a long time ago. I was about twelve years old, and did a lot of the cooking. Mother was sick once, and we had the food in there to store for a month. I did all the cooking. I was a big girl."
For three years, Pearl's school teacher was a man named William Elmer Maxwell. The two would go to dances a lot and started a courtship. They fell in love and on May 6, 1903 they were married in the Fresno County Courthouse. Pearl was only 16 years old at the time and had to have her mother's written consent to marry. Elmer was 23 years old. Pearl recalls her memories of her wedding day:
"We were married in Fresno in 1903. His sister [Myrtie Maxwell] went with us. She was a witness, and the minister's wife was a witness. After we were married, we went and had a big meal. I ate so much chocolate ice cream! I was made sick." After they were married, Elmer and Pearl went back to the old Bradford ranch and stayed there for their honeymoon, while Pearl's mother, step-father and brothers were up at the hot spring on horseback. Their honeymoon was no typical honeymoon. Pearl and Elmer had to still keep up the ranch and store. She said that teamsters would still come, and Elmer took over the store, and Pearl cooked for the teamsters, while on their honeymoon.
Pearl and Elmer had three sons:
1. Milford Edwin Maxwell, born 7 March 1905 in Clovis, Fresno, California.
2. Arthur LaRue Maxwell, born 11 April 1907 in Fresno, Fresno, California.
3. Marcus Nathan Maxwell, born 1 February 1909 in Clovis, Fresno, California.
Life for Pearl and Elmer was not easy. Elmer was an educated man and once again served as a school teacher for a time. He also did many other odd jobs like logging. At one time, during World War II, Pearl and Elmer started a Nursery Garden in San Gabriel, California. The nursery used to be called, "Yanobee Nursery," which used to be owned by some Japanese. The Japanese, unfortunately were put into a consecration camp during the war. So the nursery was available for Pearl and Elmer to rent. There was a little house next to the nursery that they lived in. Pearl and Elmer were closer to their sons and grandchildren when they lived there. Their grandchildren would love to come over and help plant the plants and take care of the nursery. Pearl and Elmer later moved back to the mountains in Clovis, Fresno, California.
Pearl and Elmer were never well off financially, always scraping by, but they were very happy and loved their sons and grandchildren very much. Pearl's granddaughter remembers seeing her grandmother with patches sewn on to other patches on Pearl's sweater. Pearl made due with what she had.
Pearl lived to see the day when her great, great granddaughter was born, making 5 generations. The photograph of Pearl added to this memorial of her older (wearing pink) was taken on the day that Pearl, and her posterity, took a five generation photograph.
On 30 November 1971, Pearl passed away. She will always be loved and adored. She left a great heritage for her descendants!
* NOTE: Written by Pearl's great, great granddaughter Rachelle Humble.
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