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| Elizabeth Erickson Whiting | ||
| Born: 21 Jul 1854 Buffalo, Erie Co., NY |
 Born 21 Jul 1855 according to ship's passenger list in 1923 returning from Hawaii However, death cert says date of birth was 1854 |
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| Married:
1st to Austin Requa 09 Nov 1871 Oakland, CA 2nd to Edward Johnson McCutcheon 09 Aug 1883 |
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| Died: 10 Sep 1927 Palo Alto, CA | Death Certificate transcribed Elizabeth Erickson McCutchen born New York dob July 21, 1854 dod September 10, 1927 father Cleveland Whiting born UNK mother Sarah Hall born UNK spouse Edward McCutchen informant Edward McCutchen burial cremation, Cypress Lawn place of death residence in Palo Alto cause of death Septicimial staph infection |
Palo Alto Daily Times Monday, September 12, 1927. Private funeral services were held this morning at the home for the late Mrs. Edward J McCutchen of 1710 Bryant street, who died at the Palo Alto Hospital Saturday after an illness of six weeks. Mrs McCutchen was a native of Rochester NY and was 53 years of age. Before her marriage she was Miss Elizabeth Whiting. Surviving her are her husband and one daughter, Mrs. Edward G. Schmiedell of San Francisco. |
FATHER
William Pitt Cleveland Whiting
MOTHER
HUSBAND
1st Amos (Austin) Requa (insurance)
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b. Abt. 1844 NY to Joseph Requa and Eliza Ackerman d. aft 1888 Couple divorced. They had separated by the 1880 census when Austin Requa is listed as single and their daughter Daisy is living with him. |
The Family of Requa 1678-1898 by Rev. Amos C. Requa, 1898 "Joseph, 7th son of Glode, married, 1st, Eliza Ackerman;2nd, her sister Jane; 3rd Mrs. Miriam F. Crandall. By his first wife he had five children, - Schuyler, George W., Mary, Amos and Ellen. ---- Amos, son of Joseph, was adopted by his uncle Austin, and his name changed to Austin. He went to California, married and died, leaving an only daughter, Daisy." |
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2nd. Edward Johnson McCutcheon (bookkeeper Bank of Cal. 1883) b. 10 Nov 1857 San Jose, CA d. 22 Jun 1933 Palo Alto, CA |
 Edward Johnson McCutcheon passport photo 1921 |
CHILDREN with Austin Requa
Daisy Alice Requa b. 25 Jun 1874 San Francisco, CA
d. 13 Apr 1964 Marin Co., CA
m. Edward Gunther Schmiedell b. 29 Aug 1869 CA Source: The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland families by Edmund James Cleveland, 1899
The application of Daisy Alice Requa, for a change of name to Alice
McCutcheon will be heard at the opening of court on Tuesday, Sept. 24th.
Although believed to I c a daisy, Miss Requa appears to prefer to be otherwise
designated.
Sausalito News, Volume 11, Number 29, 24 August 1895 - Page 3
Elizabeth McCutcheon is listed as a passenger on a ship coming from Maui to San
Francisco in 1923 Traveling with Helen McCutcheon (Holmes) born Oct 15, 1903
Article from the Oakland Tribune, Nov 10, 1908. "In the Social Whirl of Berkeley. Mr & Mrs. Edward J. McCutcheon who have been residing here since early in spring, have again taken up their residence in San Francisco, and are busily refurbishing a house at Jackson and Octavia streets, which they recently purchased."
The house was designed by John Hudson Thomas in 1919 as a country retreat for Edward Johnson McCutcheon.
"Constructed for $20,000 in 1918, the 14-room mansion was sited on a sixteen-acre site that was beautifully landscaped by McCutchen's friend, John McLaren, who served as superintendent of Golden Gate Park. McCutchen died in 1933 and the rambling 2-story house was sold to Adolph Meyer of the Pet Milk Company. For a time, the house became known as the Meyer and Manning residence. In 1943, the house and 12 acres of land were sold to the Christian Science Church and served as a home for children until 1959. During this time the estate was known as "Twelve Acres". Once they had further subdivided the property and sold all but two acres, the church built their new children's home about 75 feet from the original house."
"Ironically, prior to building this house in Los Altos, Edward McCutchen's home in San Francisco had been destroyed by fire--but that was in the days when fire wagons were still pulled by horses and house fires were relatively common."
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McCutcheon house in 1960 after fire
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