Maria Palen died in Palo Alto on Aug. 27, 1895, at the age of 75 years and 6 months. She was a native of New York. The funeral took place from her late residence in Palo Alto, thence to Oak Hill Cemetery in San Jose. (San Jose Daily Mercury, Aug. 29, 1895.) (Calculated birth date.)
Her grave is in a row with her nieces Harriet C. Palen and Helen (Palen) Wood, Helen's husband E. Barton Wood, and their son Clinton Wood.
Maria Palen's niece Helen (Palen) Wood filed a petition to probate Maria's estate on Sept. 11, 1895. She identified the other heirs as Catherine Palen of Michigan; Maria J. Ballard of Campbell, Cal.; G. E. Palen, E. K. Palen, J. R. Palen of Philadelphia; Mrs. E. Palen of Germanton, Pa.; and "various others in Philadelphia." The estate was worth approximately $13,000 including a house and lot on McCoy Ave. and Orchard St. in San Jose, a lot in Pacific Grove, lots in Menlo Park and some personal property. (San Jose Herald, Sept. 11, 1895). A holographic will dated Apr. 12, 1895, was filed in the probate court on Sept. 27, 1896. By this will, Marie Palen left all of her property to "my Dear niece Helen P. Wood" (Calif. Wills & Probate Records, Ancestry.com).
Her grave is in a row with her nieces Harriet C. Palen and Helen (Palen) Wood, Helen's husband E. Barton Wood, and their son Clinton Wood.
Maria Palen's niece Helen (Palen) Wood filed a petition to probate Maria's estate on Sept. 11, 1895. She identified the other heirs as Catherine Palen of Michigan; Maria J. Ballard of Campbell, Cal.; G. E. Palen, E. K. Palen, J. R. Palen of Philadelphia; Mrs. E. Palen of Germanton, Pa.; and "various others in Philadelphia." The estate was worth approximately $13,000 including a house and lot on McCoy Ave. and Orchard St. in San Jose, a lot in Pacific Grove, lots in Menlo Park and some personal property. (San Jose Herald, Sept. 11, 1895). A holographic will dated Apr. 12, 1895, was filed in the probate court on Sept. 27, 1896. By this will, Marie Palen left all of her property to "my Dear niece Helen P. Wood" (Calif. Wills & Probate Records, Ancestry.com).
Maria Palen died in Palo Alto on Aug. 27, 1895, at the age of 75 years and 6 months. She was a native of New York. The funeral took place from her late residence in Palo Alto, thence to Oak Hill Cemetery in San Jose. (San Jose Daily Mercury, Aug. 29, 1895.) (Calculated birth date.)
Her grave is in a row with her nieces Harriet C. Palen and Helen (Palen) Wood, Helen's husband E. Barton Wood, and their son Clinton Wood.
Maria Palen's niece Helen (Palen) Wood filed a petition to probate Maria's estate on Sept. 11, 1895. She identified the other heirs as Catherine Palen of Michigan; Maria J. Ballard of Campbell, Cal.; G. E. Palen, E. K. Palen, J. R. Palen of Philadelphia; Mrs. E. Palen of Germanton, Pa.; and "various others in Philadelphia." The estate was worth approximately $13,000 including a house and lot on McCoy Ave. and Orchard St. in San Jose, a lot in Pacific Grove, lots in Menlo Park and some personal property. (San Jose Herald, Sept. 11, 1895). A holographic will dated Apr. 12, 1895, was filed in the probate court on Sept. 27, 1896. By this will, Marie Palen left all of her property to "my Dear niece Helen P. Wood" (Calif. Wills & Probate Records, Ancestry.com).
Her grave is in a row with her nieces Harriet C. Palen and Helen (Palen) Wood, Helen's husband E. Barton Wood, and their son Clinton Wood.
Maria Palen's niece Helen (Palen) Wood filed a petition to probate Maria's estate on Sept. 11, 1895. She identified the other heirs as Catherine Palen of Michigan; Maria J. Ballard of Campbell, Cal.; G. E. Palen, E. K. Palen, J. R. Palen of Philadelphia; Mrs. E. Palen of Germanton, Pa.; and "various others in Philadelphia." The estate was worth approximately $13,000 including a house and lot on McCoy Ave. and Orchard St. in San Jose, a lot in Pacific Grove, lots in Menlo Park and some personal property. (San Jose Herald, Sept. 11, 1895). A holographic will dated Apr. 12, 1895, was filed in the probate court on Sept. 27, 1896. By this will, Marie Palen left all of her property to "my Dear niece Helen P. Wood" (Calif. Wills & Probate Records, Ancestry.com).
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