Ellen H. Ladd memoir : ms, 1981 April 19.

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Ellen H. Ladd memoir : ms, 1981 April 19.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40311158

Memoir of Ellen Hosie Ladd contains family history and geneological information relating to the Hosie and Carter families, a physical description of Byron, Contra Costa County in 1900-1915, and people and leisure activities in Byron. Includes mention of a childhood job as a reporter for Harry Hammond's newspaper, the Byron Times, Standard Oil Pipeline activities in Contra Costa County, life at McCabe Station, adolescence in San Pablo including learing to drive, and ongoing treatment for a hearing loss. Also includes description of her married life and early widowhood; career as a foster home matron and operator of the Stockton Day Nursery; work in the Stockton Annex of the Naval Supply Department, which led to editorship of the base newspaper, the Rough and Ready Acorn; years as editor of the California Historian; and retired life.

40 p.

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Standard Oil Company

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The Standard Oil Company was established by John D. Rockefeller in 1868 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The first Standard Oil Company in Minnesota was established in 1886....

Ladd, Ellen H., 1897-1995.

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Native of Byron, Contra Costa County. Granddaughter of G.W.T. Carter, daughter of Thomas Hosie, wife of Harry Holmes Ladd. Editor of the Rough and Ready Acorn newspaper and California Historian magazine. From the description of Ellen H. Ladd memoir : ms, 1981 April 19. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 40311158 ...

Carter family.

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Ladd family.

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Hosie family.

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