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     Anna May Dowse was born on 28 October 1865 in Elgin, Fayette Co., Iowa.^1,3 She married Edwin Hale Burlingham, son of Robert E. Burlingham and Adelia Hale, on 19 May 1887 in Fayette Co., Iowa.² She died on 28 February 1936 at her home in Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa, at age 70 from a stroke.^1,4 She was buried on 1 March 1936 at Woodlawn Cemetery (Blk. 13, Lot 103) in Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa.^4,1,5
     She went by her middle name May.^6,7,8
     After their marriage, she and her husband Edwin lived for a time in Ft. Madison, Lee Co., Iowa.^9,10 They moved to Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa, about February 1900¹¹. and are listed there in the 1900 census with their son Robert. Edwin's parents were also living with them.⁶ They moved to Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Missouri, in October 1908¹², and remained there until at least 1913, but by 1915 they were back in Oelwein.^13,14,15 They are listed in Oelwein in the 1920 and 1925 censuses. Living with them in 1920 were May's brothers George (age 55, widowed) and Edwin Dowse (49, single), and a nephew Kenneth Dowse (24, listed between George and Edwin, so probably George's son). Kenneth and Edwin were still with them in 1925, but not George.^7,16
     She continued to live in Oelwein with her son Robert after her husband's death. Her brothers George and Edwin were living with her in 1930.⁸

     Augusta Hortense Burlingham was born about 1865 in New York.² She married first her mother's brother DeForest Spencer Kidder, son of Benjamin Franklin Kidder and Permelia Abbott, on 22 February 1882 in Strawberry Point, Clayton Co., Iowa.⁷ They were divorced not long after their marriage, apparently while Augusta was pregnant with their daughter Ruth, since DeForest was remarried in April 1883 in Iowa, and Ruth was born 18 July 1883 in California.^8,9 She married second John Charles Moore, son of Sarah Wilson, on 5 January 1887 in El Dorado Co., California.³ She died on 25 February 1929 in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California.^5,10 She was buried on 27 February 1929 at Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California.^11,5
     She and her second husband John lived in Garden Valley, El Dorado Co., California, most of their married lives^{5,12,13,14,15}, before moving to Fair Oaks, Sacramento Co., California, about 1925 (Augusta's 1929 obituary says "a few years ago").^5,16 Their daughter Orpha and her husband Alfonso Martin were living with them in 1910¹⁴, and in 1920 their daughter Lillian and her husband Oscar Carlson, along with Lillian's son Leslie Patton, were living with them.¹⁵

     Bert Franklin Burlingham was born on 13 December 1866 in El Dorado Co., California.⁴ He married first Mae Hapgood, daughter of Albion Hapgood and Della E. Smith, on 30 March 1898 in West Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California.⁵ They may have separated about 1917, and divorced about 1921 (see below). He married second Josephine Kovar, daughter of Edward Kovar and Emilie Dufka, on 24 December 1921 in Imperial Co., California.⁶ He died on 9 April 1944 at home in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, at age 77 from a heart attack.⁴ He was buried at Grand View Memorial Park & Crematory (Section F) in Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California.⁷
     He and his first wife Mae are listed in North Jackson, Amador Co., California, in the 1900 census⁸, where he was working as a miner.⁸ He was in Arizona in 1907, still working as a miner², but by 1910 he and Mae were in Idaho Falls, Bingham Co., Idaho,⁹ where he was an engineer for the railroad.⁹ Mae's divorced brother Charlie was living with them in 1910.⁹ Bert later turned to ranching and farming in southern California^10,11,12, except for a period from at least 1918 to 1920 when he worked as a box maker for California Central Creamery in El Centro, Imperial Co., California.^13,14
     He and Mae are listed as husband and wife in the 1915-16 Glendale city directory, but in the 1917 directory Mae is listed with her daughter Daphne in Glendale and Bert is not.¹⁵ By 1918 he was living in El Centro while Mae was still in Glendale.¹³ He is listed in El Centro in the 1920 census, enumerated in January, as married but without Mae, and living as a boarder with the widow Josephine Parizek (who he would marry as his second wife about two years later) and her two children.¹⁴ Mae is listed in January 1920 as married but without Bert, living with her widowed mother in Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California.¹⁶
     He and his second wife Josephine are listed together in Elsinore Twp., Riverside Co., California, in the 1930 census, along with Josephine's children Edwin and Olga Parizek from her first marriage.¹¹ He is listed there again in the 1940 census, but she was then living in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, as a maid for Myron Etienne and his wife.^12,17

     Bernice Pamelia Burlingham was born on 8 October 1868 in El Dorado Co., California.^4,5 She married Daniel Coffin Lewis on 24 December 1886 in El Dorado Co., California.⁶ She died on 12 October 1939 at home in Duarte, Los Angeles Co., California, at age 71 from lung cancer.^4,7 She was buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Fresno, Fresno Co., California.⁴
     She and her husband Daniel lived for a time in Jalisco, Mexico, possibly from December 1898 until at least 1907^8,2, where he had a mining business.⁸ In 1910 Bernice and their children Bert and Percy were living in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California. Daniel is not listed with them in the census, and was probably still in Mexico.⁹ She and Daniel are listed together in the 1920 census in Fresno, Fresno Co., California. Bernice's niece Jessie (daughter of her sister Augusta) and her husband Clarence Bliss were then living with them.¹⁰

     Lydia Sophia Burlingham was born on 14 October 1872 in El Dorado, El Dorado Co., California.³ She was married by Eugene R. Mills, Minister, to James William Neal on 15 May 1898 at Rose Villa, the bride's parents' home in West Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California.^5,6 She died on 23 February 1954 at her daughter Marie's home in Port Orchard, Kitsap Co., Washington, at age 81, from the effects of a stroke two days earlier.^3,7
     Her husband James worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and at the time of their marriage in 1898 he was superintendent of an experimental station in Jackson, Amador Co., California.^6,8 They are listed there in the 1900 census, along with James's sister Glenna.⁸ In 1910 James was in charge of an experimental station in Fairbanks, Alaska, and they are listed there, in the Fourth District, in the 1910 census.⁹ They were living in Norwalk Twp., Los Angeles Co., California, in 1920, along with Lydia's widowed mother Sophia (Kidder) Burlingham, and a nurse, Amelia Montgomery.¹⁰ At the time of her husband's death in February 1930 they were living in Garden Valley, El Dorado Co., California.¹¹
     After her husband's death she moved in with her daughter Marie and her husband Charles Fleischbein in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California,¹² and in 1940 was living as a boarder with Marie T. Sayer in Sacramento.¹³

     John Charles Moore was born on 16 August 1860 in Missouri.² He married Augusta Hortense Burlingham, daughter of Nathan Decatur Burlingham and Laura Sophia Kidder, on 5 January 1887 in El Dorado Co., California.¹ He died on 1 June 1932 in Lodi, San Joaquin Co., California, at age 71 from heart disease.² He was buried on 4 June 1932 at Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum (Sect. 1, Tier 2, Grave 58) in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California.^3,4
     He and his wife Augusta lived in Garden Valley, El Dorado Co., California, most of their married lives^5,4,6,7,8, before moving to Fair Oaks, Sacramento Co., California, about 1925 (Augusta's 1929 obituary says "a few years ago").^5,9 Their daughter Orpha and her husband Alfonso Martin were living with them in 1910⁷, and in 1920 their daughter Lillian and her husband Oscar Carlson, along with Lillian's son Leslie Patton, were living with them.⁸
     He remained in Fair Oaks after his wife's death, at least for a time. He, his daughter Lillian and her family, and his son Alymer and his wife Drucilla, are all listed there in the same house in the 1930 census, but as three separate households.⁹
     He worked most of his life in the gold mines in the area around Garden Valley, as a mining engineer and machinist.^4,6,7,8,9

     DeForest Spencer Kidder was born on 11 July 1862 in Arcade, Wyoming Co., New York.^2,1,3 He married first Augusta Hortense Burlingham, daughter of Nathan Decatur Burlingham and Laura Sophia Kidder, on 22 February 1882 in Strawberry Point, Clayton Co., Iowa.¹ They were divorced not long after their marriage, apparently while Augusta was pregnant with their daughter Ruth, since DeForest was remarried in April 1883 in Iowa, and Ruth was born 18 July 1883 in California.^3,5 He married second Mary Ann Groff on 30 April 1883 in West Union, Fayette Co., Iowa.^3,6 He died on 7 January 1929 in Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington, at age 66 from a heart infection.⁴ He was buried on 10 January 1929 at Greenwood Memorial Terrace in Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington.^4,7