Merced Express, Friday, 11 July 1924:
Mrs. Alice PRAIRIE, for many years a well known and highly respected resident of Mariposa and Merced counties, passed away last Sunday evening at the home of her daughter Mrs. Ellen GARCIA, near Buhach. Mrs. PRAIRIE was a native of Canada and was aged 79 years. She came to California with her husband in 1862, settling at Mt. Bullion, Mariposa county, and later residing at Pine Tree, Bear Valley and Indian Gulch, in that county. Mr. Prairie died at the latter place eighteen years ago, and shortly afterwards she came to Merced County to reside. She was one of those sturdy pioneer mothers, noted for her kind and charitable acts, and was respected and esteemed by a large circle of friends and acquantiances. She leaves five sons and three daughters---Frank, Henry and Arthur PRAIRIE of Ventura, E.J. PRAIRIE of Indian Gulch, T.M. PRAIRIE of Merced, Mrs. Ellen GARCIA of Buhach, Mrs. Mary De NEVES of Atwater and Mrs. Rose ADAMS of San Francisco. The funeral was held from the Catholic Church at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, Rev. George D. Doyle conducting the services, and interment was made in the local Catholic cemetery. The pall bearers were J.R. SOUZA, George BACIGALUPI, Tony SOUZA, Charles McELLIGOT, Joseph TRINDADE and Tony FOURNIER.
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Re: John Robertson, Jr. & Abigail Collins
Author: Debbie Sutherland Date: 30 Jul 2002 5:13 AM GMT
In Reply to: John Robertson, Jr. & Abigail Collins by: Martha Guay
Hello Martha!
I'm researching my great, great, great grandmother Alice GUAY. She was born June 28th, 1845 in either Montreal, Canada or in Maine. Her parents were both french Canadians. At some point, she apparently moved to Hudson Fall, NY and met and married my great, great, great grandfather, Frank PRAIRIE sometime around 1861. Came to California and settle in Mariposa County. I can trace her through the censuses after she came to Mariposa County but can't seem to find out anything of when she was young. I don't know her parents names or if she had any siblings. I'm sorry that I can't help you with your ancestry search. And I hope you don't mind that I emailed you but you have the same last name so I thought that I'd take a stab. Thank you so much for your time and good luck!
Warmly, Debbie