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Gladys Easter <I>Ingraham</I> Austin

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Gladys Easter Ingraham Austin

Birth
Orland, Glenn County, California, USA
Death
1 Jul 1995 (aged 96)
Colfax, Placer County, California, USA
Burial
Placerville, El Dorado County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.7364383, Longitude: -120.8326094
Plot
Urn Garden C-17
Memorial ID
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Daughter of Leveret and Hattie (Birch) Ingraham, Gladys was born prior to her family's move to Chico.
During WWI, she was employed at Mather Field in Sacramento. After the war, she was employed as financial secretary at Chico State Teachers College.
At Chico on 31 Jul 1923 she married Lloyd Austin, an instructor at the College of Agriculture at Davis. They were wed at the home of her maternal grandparents, John and Hattie Birch. After their marriage, the couple moved to Placerville where they settled. In 1946 they founded 'Rainbow Hybridizing Gardens,' which primarily specialized in Iris.
Daughter of Leveret and Hattie (Birch) Ingraham, Gladys was born prior to her family's move to Chico.
During WWI, she was employed at Mather Field in Sacramento. After the war, she was employed as financial secretary at Chico State Teachers College.
At Chico on 31 Jul 1923 she married Lloyd Austin, an instructor at the College of Agriculture at Davis. They were wed at the home of her maternal grandparents, John and Hattie Birch. After their marriage, the couple moved to Placerville where they settled. In 1946 they founded 'Rainbow Hybridizing Gardens,' which primarily specialized in Iris.


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