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Isabella W <I>Eddy</I> Conrad

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Isabella W Eddy Conrad

Birth
California, USA
Death
29 Dec 1904 (aged 49)
Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, USA
Burial
Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Row 4 plot 24
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Woodland Daily Democrat, 10 May 1898 p1c7
Mrs Belle W Conrad, grand president of the Native Daughters arrived on the noon train and was met at the depot by a committee representing Woodland Parlor No 90 NDGW. This evening she will make an official visit to the local parlor. The grand president will deliver and address, She has the reputation of being an interesting and instructive speaker. A banquet in her honor will follow.
Mrs Conrad is one of the most active. influential and popular women in the order. She was the first white child born in Springfield, Tuolumne county, California on the 25th of August, 1855. Her father, Captain James Eddy was a pioneer. When she was but eight years of age the family moved to San Francisco. In 1877 she married Mr Fred Conrad of Sonora, and that own became her home. Mr Conrad died last March.
Mrs Conrad has administered the affairs of the highest office in the gift of the order with much executive ability. She is a great organizer, a ready and fluent speaker, and well versed in parliamentary usages. She is quite prominent in fraternal circles and enjoys the reputation of being a brilliant and intellectual woman.

Notices in the papers about her being ill and hospitalized in a private hospital (both Post Street and Mary Patton hospitals are listed) due to a cold turning into tonsillitis and enduring four operations publicized mid December in several newspapers followed by her death announcement, again, in several newspapers:

San Francisco Chronicle 30 Dec 1904 Fri p11c5
MRS BELLE W CONRAD DIES AT HOSPITAL
Was Prominent in Several Orders and One of the Best Known Women in State
Mrs Belle W Conrad, one the best known of California's Representative women is dead, after an illness of but a few weeks. With her son, James, and her daughter, Rosabelle, Mrs Conrad left this city in the early part of August for a trip to New York and St Louis. In November the trio returned and Mrs Conrad was much benefited by the journey. soon after, however, she was taken ill with a severe cold which so affected the tonsils that an operation was performed by Dr Leland. since that time she has been confined to her bed at the Mary Patton Hospital, death resulting last night.
Mrs Conrad was born in Springfield, Tuolumne county, CAL in 1855. Her father was James Eddy, a prominent miner and a native of England. She married Fred Conrad in 1877 in San Francisco. Conrad was a druggist and a speculator in mines. He died in Sonora about eight years ago. After her husband's death Mrs Conrad resided at 408 Haight street with her son.
[The article continues to list her accomplishments including being on the reception committees for President Roosevelt s and McKinley's visits to SF.]

Contributor: Anne Shurtleff Stevens (46947920)
Woodland Daily Democrat, 10 May 1898 p1c7
Mrs Belle W Conrad, grand president of the Native Daughters arrived on the noon train and was met at the depot by a committee representing Woodland Parlor No 90 NDGW. This evening she will make an official visit to the local parlor. The grand president will deliver and address, She has the reputation of being an interesting and instructive speaker. A banquet in her honor will follow.
Mrs Conrad is one of the most active. influential and popular women in the order. She was the first white child born in Springfield, Tuolumne county, California on the 25th of August, 1855. Her father, Captain James Eddy was a pioneer. When she was but eight years of age the family moved to San Francisco. In 1877 she married Mr Fred Conrad of Sonora, and that own became her home. Mr Conrad died last March.
Mrs Conrad has administered the affairs of the highest office in the gift of the order with much executive ability. She is a great organizer, a ready and fluent speaker, and well versed in parliamentary usages. She is quite prominent in fraternal circles and enjoys the reputation of being a brilliant and intellectual woman.

Notices in the papers about her being ill and hospitalized in a private hospital (both Post Street and Mary Patton hospitals are listed) due to a cold turning into tonsillitis and enduring four operations publicized mid December in several newspapers followed by her death announcement, again, in several newspapers:

San Francisco Chronicle 30 Dec 1904 Fri p11c5
MRS BELLE W CONRAD DIES AT HOSPITAL
Was Prominent in Several Orders and One of the Best Known Women in State
Mrs Belle W Conrad, one the best known of California's Representative women is dead, after an illness of but a few weeks. With her son, James, and her daughter, Rosabelle, Mrs Conrad left this city in the early part of August for a trip to New York and St Louis. In November the trio returned and Mrs Conrad was much benefited by the journey. soon after, however, she was taken ill with a severe cold which so affected the tonsils that an operation was performed by Dr Leland. since that time she has been confined to her bed at the Mary Patton Hospital, death resulting last night.
Mrs Conrad was born in Springfield, Tuolumne county, CAL in 1855. Her father was James Eddy, a prominent miner and a native of England. She married Fred Conrad in 1877 in San Francisco. Conrad was a druggist and a speculator in mines. He died in Sonora about eight years ago. After her husband's death Mrs Conrad resided at 408 Haight street with her son.
[The article continues to list her accomplishments including being on the reception committees for President Roosevelt s and McKinley's visits to SF.]

Contributor: Anne Shurtleff Stevens (46947920)


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