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FERNALD, Olive Louisa

FERNALD, Olive Louisa[1, 2, 3]

Female 1839 - 1921  (81 years)

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  • Name FERNALD, Olive Louisa 
    Birth 4 Apr 1839  North Berwick, York, ME, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Gender Female 
    Obituary MRS. OLIVE DRENNAN'S LONG, USEFUL LIFE, DRAWS TO CLOSE

    This morning, soon after three o'clock, occurred the death of an old citizen of Santa Cruz -- one of most distinguished ones -- a woman identified with the best things carried on In this city for a very long period. Mrs. Olive Louisa Drennan passed to her well-earned rest, at the age of 81 years 1 month and 21 days. She had been ill at her home on Church street, only being in bed for a week, though she had needed care for five years.

    She had a keen brain to the last, vividly interested in matters of world wide importance a great reader tile best in modern literature, as as that of older times.

    Mrs Drennan -- Olive Louisa Fernald being her maiden name -- was born in North Berwick, Maine, and received her education there and Boston, where she attended school under W. J. Rolfe, the famous Shakespearian scholar.

    In '63 she came to California with her sister, Mrs. Amasa Pray, Mr. Pray and their family of children. They were in Santa Barbara for a year, with a brother, Charles Fernald. In '64 Miss Fernald settled in Santa Cruz with the Prays, and she taught in Santa Cruz schools for four years. While at Mission hill's little two room building she was one of those who planted a long row of trees, a later landmark. She married in '68 Samuel Drennan, a prominent business man, and entered the Church street Home where she passed away last night, as a bride.

    She was a staunch Congregationalism secretary of the Ladies' society and the missionary society for years almost without number. She was the second president of the Decorative Art society and Women's exchange a charter member of the Improvement society, which closed its affairs in her home a few months ago. She was its treasurer for a long period. Other activities were the D. A. R., to the local chapter of which she belonged, an honored member, and the Saturday Afternoon club.

    Mrs. Drennan is survived by her four children Captain Ryland Drennan of the Pacific Mail Steamship company, at Shanghai, but at present in Calcutta; Mrs. Hazzard Gragg of San Luis Obispo; Mrs. Walter Byrne of this city, and Mrs. R. H. B. Collier of Berkeley.

    The funeral services will be by her own request, strictly private, and will be held at her late home, 45. Church street, tomorrow afternoon at half past 2.  [4] 
    Residence 1850  Berwick, York, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1860  North Berwick, York, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1870  Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1892  45 Church Street, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Also residence Edith, Mabel
    Residence 1900  Santa Cruz Ward 3, Santa Cruz, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1910  r. 45 Church street, Santa Cruz, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Residence 1910  3-Wd Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Residence 1914  45 Church Street, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • Precinct 8-44 Drennan, Mrs. Louisa Republican Homekeeper 45 Church Street, Santa Cruz-
    Residence 1920  Santa Cruz Ward 5, Santa Cruz, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Death 21 Feb 1921  Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Burial 26 Feb 1921  IOOF Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    • JPG, Genealogy/Reunion/headstones/2007 10 03 001_edited-1.jpg, Olive Louisa Fernald (Drennan) headstone, HEADSTONE, JPG, Genealogy/Reunion/headstones/2007 10 03 004_edited-1.jpg, Drennan Family Marker, HEADSTONE
    Olive Louisa Fernald (Drennan) headstone
    Drennan Family Marker
    Notes 
    • Excerpt of first person oral history of early Santa Cruz County, "My Early Childhood Memories", by Sarah Hinton Gourley.

      Following the death of Gourley's grandmother in May, 1858:

      "Our folks took up about eighty acres of land in Blackburn Gulch. When they moved to this farm, I went to live with Aunt Hannah Anthony, and attended the Grant School for a short time. Miss Louisa Fernald [DRENNAN] was the teacher and boarded at the Geo. Anthony home. I helped Aunt Hannah with [her] work. In the evening I sat with Grandfather by the fireplace in his room as he was so lonely. He told me stories of his early life which were very interesting."



      Misc:
      Though she died in 1921, her estate apparently wasn’t settled until 1938 by daughter Mabel Byrne.
    Person ID I89  Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2020 

    Father FERNALD, Oliver,   b. 25 Oct 1799, North Berwick, Maine Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1883, North Berwick, York, ME, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother ADAMS, Louisa,   b. 1 Apr 1804, Maine Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Aug 1842, North Berwick, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Marriage 6 Dec 1832  North Berwick, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Family ID F51  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family DRENNAN, Samuel,   b. 30 Oct 1829, Chatam, Sangamon, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1891, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 28 May 1868  Pacific Ocean House, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 18] 
    Children 
     1. DRENNAN, ?,   b. 9 Jun 1869, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1869, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     2. DRENNAN, Alice Fernald,   b. 29 May 1870, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Nov 1871, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    +3. DRENNAN, Edith Anderson,   b. 10 Mar 1872, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1940, SAN LUIS OBISPO, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    +4. DRENNAN, Mabel Louise,   b. 21 Feb 1874, 45 Church Street, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1941, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     5. DRENNAN, Dora Agnes,   b. 27 Aug 1875, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1950, ALAMEDA, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     6. DRENNAN, Ryland,   b. 28 Aug 1877, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1928, San Francisco, San Francisco Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
    Photos
    Edith Anderson Drennan (Gragg) & Mabel Louise Drennan (Byrne)
    Mabel, Dora, and Edith Drennan
    Samuel & Louisa Drennan home, 45 Church Street, Santa Cruz.
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2023 
    Family ID F50  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 Apr 1839 - North Berwick, York, ME, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - Berwick, York, Maine Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1860 - North Berwick, York, Maine Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 28 May 1868 - Pacific Ocean House, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co, CA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1870 - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1892 - 45 Church Street, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900 - Santa Cruz Ward 3, Santa Cruz, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1910 - r. 45 Church street, Santa Cruz, CA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1910 - 3-Wd Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1914 - 45 Church Street, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1920 - Santa Cruz Ward 5, Santa Cruz, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Feb 1921 - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 26 Feb 1921 - IOOF Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co, CA Link to Google Earth
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  • Histories
    Olive Louisa Fernald    		Olive Louisa Fernald

    Albums
    Renald Fernald and Descendants    		Renald Fernald and Descendants (27)
    Renald Fernald of Portsmouth, NH and photos, documents related to his descendants.

  • Sources 
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    2. [S35] Ancestry.com, California Death Index, 1940-1997, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000), Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original electronic data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, 19--.

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    5. [S8] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850.M432, 1,009 rolls. Berwick, York, Maine, roll M432_276, page 177, image 122.

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    7. [S10] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003), Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1870 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. Original data: Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. M593, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870. T132, 13 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, po.

    8. [S344] (FM Husted), p. 698, ‘Miss Drennan, Edith, 45 Church, Drennan Mabel L., Miss, Student, Drennan, Samuel, Mrs.”.

    9. [S13] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), Ancestry.com. 1900 U.S. Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States. 1900 United States Federal Census. T623, 1854 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. Santa Cruz, California, ED 90, roll T623 112, page 18B.

    10. [S117] Thurston, Santa Cruz County Resident and Business Directory, 1910, 47.

    11. [S14] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006), Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Indexed by ProQuest from microfilmed schedules of the 1910 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1910 Federal Population Census. T624, 1,784 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. 3-Wd Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, ED 128, roll 106, part 3, page 159A.

    12. [S454] Index of Great Register, Precinct 8-44 Drennan, Mrs. Louisa Republican Homekeeper 45 Church Street, Santa Cruz-.

    13. [S15] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2005. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1920 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration.1920 Federal Population Census. T625, 2,076 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.

    14. [S230] Index of Cemetery Records of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz IOOF Cemetery Records, (Santa Cruz Genealogical Society), Drennan / Olive Louisa Fernald / Born in Maine / Died 26 Feb 1921 / Age = 81.

    15. [S230] Index of Cemetery Records of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz IOOF Cemetery Records, (Santa Cruz Genealogical Society), Olive Louisa Fernald, Born in Maine, Buried 26 Feb 1921, Age 81, Pg. 138.

    16. [S229] Unpublished records of the families of California pioneers / gathered by the various chapters from original sources, DAR California Pioneers, (California : State Committee of Genealogical Research, Daughters of the American Revolution, [1927- ]), 5.Name of her father:Oliver Fernald, Date and place of his birth:Oct. 25, 1799; North Berwick, Maine, Date and place of his marriage: Dec. 6, 1832 (2nd marriage) North Berwick, Date and place of his death: Mar. 2, 1882, Buried: North Berwick, Maine.

    17. [S213] Santa Cruz Sentinel, (Santa Cruz, CA 1850s to present), May 30, 1868, pg. 2 col. 5.

    18. [S229] Unpublished records of the families of California pioneers / gathered by the various chapters from original sources, DAR California Pioneers, (California : State Committee of Genealogical Research, Daughters of the American Revolution, [1927- ]), She (Louisa Fernald) taught for three or four years and was married May 28, 1868 to Samuel Drennan at the Pacific Ocean House which was the first brick hotel of the town and built by Amasa Pray, her brother-in-law., Vol 4, page 165.



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