Ida Frances Rafter was born November 19, 1858 in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of Hannah Thomson Smith Hoyt and Patrick Henry Rafter, an emigrant from Ireland who died in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania when she was only eleven. She and her mother moved back to Newark where she attended school and met her future husband, Fillmore Condit, whom she married on March 30 1881. A capable, compassionate, and strong-willed woman, she became successful in the field of real estate development. She also served as Manager of the Hospital for Women and Children in Newark. During her life with Fillmore she was involved in many other humanitarian activities, finding homes for destitute children and nursing the sick and the poor. She was especially active in the movement for women's suffrage, and joined Fillmore in his work in this field and for temperance. She and Fillmore had four children: Jane Rafter, Fillmore Everett, Jessie May, and Donald Paul. In 1919 Ida convinced her husband to move the family to California. In May of that year she and her youngest son Donald (then 18) drove across the country and settled in Long Beach, California. Fillmore followed by train soon after. Late the next year Ida became ill and her health failed rapidly. She died in the family home in Long Beach on April 27, 1921.
Ida Frances Rafter was born November 19, 1858 in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of Hannah Thomson Smith Hoyt and Patrick Henry Rafter, an emigrant from Ireland who died in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania when she was only eleven. She and her mother moved back to Newark where she attended school and met her future husband, Fillmore Condit, whom she married on March 30 1881. A capable, compassionate, and strong-willed woman, she became successful in the field of real estate development. She also served as Manager of the Hospital for Women and Children in Newark. During her life with Fillmore she was involved in many other humanitarian activities, finding homes for destitute children and nursing the sick and the poor. She was especially active in the movement for women's suffrage, and joined Fillmore in his work in this field and for temperance. She and Fillmore had four children: Jane Rafter, Fillmore Everett, Jessie May, and Donald Paul. In 1919 Ida convinced her husband to move the family to California. In May of that year she and her youngest son Donald (then 18) drove across the country and settled in Long Beach, California. Fillmore followed by train soon after. Late the next year Ida became ill and her health failed rapidly. She died in the family home in Long Beach on April 27, 1921.
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