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MRS. LILLIAN E. BLANCHARD
A well-known pioneer of Stockton who
has resided in this city from childhood is Mrs. Lillian E. Blanchard, widow of
the late Martin Blanchard, a native son of California. She was born at Waterloo, Iowa, a daughter of
Uriah and Mary Ellen (Ward) Scott. Uriah
Scott was a veteran of the Civil War and late in the sixties he brought his
family to California, remaining one year, when he returned to Iowa and there
passed away. The maternal grandfather of
our subject, George F. Ward, was a native of Brandon, Vermont, who settled in
Chicago in 1836, and there was married to Miss Electa J. Watson in 1844. They had eight children, three of whom are
living today. George F. Ward served
three years in the Civil War in Company C, Twelfth Illinois Cavalry. In 1857 he located in Black Hawk County,
Iowa, where he became a prominent citizen, being a member of the board of
supervisors of that county; he was also a Mason of forty years’ standing. He passed away in 1890 at the age of
seventy-three years. In 1874 the mother
of our subject with two daughters came to California, and the mother was
married the second time to Herman Ward, a stock dealer and agent for the
McLaughlin estate. Herman Ward passed
away at the age of sixty-eight years, while Mrs. Ward is still living at the
age of seventy-six.
On August 22, 1888 in San Francisco
Lillian E. Scott was united in marriage with Martin Blanchard, a native of
Sonoma County, California, and a son of Martin and Ruth Blanchard, the former
at native of Vermont who came to California in early pioneer days. Martin Blanchard was a plastering contractor
by trade, and during his active career had the contract for many of the large
buildings in Stockton, among them being the high school. Four children were born to them: Floyd Martin is married and has one son,
Floyd Barnett; the family resides in Marysville and he is a draftsman; Beulah;
Lillian A. is Mrs. George H. Dietz, and they have three children, George Robert,
Janis Lillian and June Edith; Mary Edna is Mrs. Averil Thomas and they reside
in Stockton. Mr. Blanchard was a member
of the Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows lodges of Stockton. Mrs. Blanchard is a member of the Ladies of
the G. A. R. in Stockton and is the owner of flats on Magnolia Street.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1331. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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