Tag Archives: California

Women Worked Too!

[Originally posted on YourIslandRoutes.com.  Reposted for Fearless Females--Women's History Month, March 12th: Working Girl] After piling over my research notes for the last 10 or more years, I’ve come to the conclusion that women worked much earlier than movies, television, and books lead us to believe. While many joined the work force during the depression …

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Margaret (Todd) Baddeley’s Individual Summary

Margaret’s husband was an eccentric inventor who created the Baddeley Air Ship.  She gave birth to at least 10 children.  They named their son (the one that connects to my tree) Benjamin Franklin Baddeley, for obvious reasons, I think. Name:    Margaret TODD-8666 Sex:    Female Individual Facts Birth    abt Jan 1847    Gippsland, Australia Residence ca 1874, …

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Why Didn’t Anyone Ask How My Grandparents Met?

[Fearless Females, Prompts for Women's History Month, March 5th:  How did they meet?] My Grandma Lassalle was born in San Francisco, spent a brief part of her childhood in Modesto, and spent most of her pre-marriage years in Oakland, California.  Her parents owned a laundry business, where Grandma also worked. My Grandpa Lassalle was born …

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