Francis Griffith NEWLANDS & Clara Adelaide SHARON & Edith McALLISTER

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Senator Francis Griffith NEWLANDS
Clara Adelaide SHARON
Edith McALLISTER

Husband: Francis "Frank" Griffith NEWLANDS
Birth: 28 Aug 1848, KY or Natchez, Adams Co., MS
Death: 24 Dec 1917, Washington, DC — another source says San Francisco
Disposition: buried Oak Hill Cemetery [San Jose, CA?]
Education: privately tutored; attended Yale and Columbian Law School [now Geo. Wash. Univ.], Washington, DC
Occupation: attorney
Elected Office: 1893-1903, U.S. Representative from Nevada; 1903-1917, U.S. Senator from Nevada
Migration: 1848, to IL w/parents; 1870, to San Francisco; 1888, to NV
Sister: Anna NEWLANDS, b. 1850/1, KY
Parents: born in Scotland

Marriage-1: 1874

Wife-1: Clara Adelaide SHARON
Birth: 1852/3, City & County of San Francisco, CA
Death (in childbirth): 17 Feb 1882, City & County of San Francisco, CA
Occupation: homemaker
Father: William S. SHARON
Mother: Maria A. MALLOY

Clara is said to be born in 1854, but in two censuses, Clara's age indicates a birth in 1852/3.

Marriage-2: 4 Sep 1888, England

Wife-2: Edith McALLISTER

Children with Clara Adelaide SHARON — born in City & County of San Francisco, CA:

1. Edith NEWLANDS, b. 17 May 1876
2. Jannette / Janet NEWLANDS, b. Jan 1878; d. 29 Jan 1965
3. Frances Clara NEWLANDS, b. 21 Nov 1880; d. 21 Aug 1907
4. Sharon NEWLANDS [male], b. 17 Feb 1882; d. 17 Feb 1882

Children with Edith McALLISTER:

5. Hall McAllister NEWLANDS, b. 17 Feb 1890; died age two
6. John Cutler NEWLANDS, b. 2 Dec 1893; d. 3 Dec 1893

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; UK, United Kingdom; USA, US, United States, California, District of Columbia, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nevada

Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #20 of 29): 16 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco (Ward 10), San Francisco Co., CA, Roll T9_76, p. 56C, PN 1, SD 1, ED 114, enumerated 5 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 13 24 25 26

* 16 51 67 Newlands Frank G W M 31 Boarder / Lawyer Kentucky Scotland Scotland

________ Clara W F 27 Boarder / Keeping house California Ohio Canada

________ Edith W F 4 Boarder / at home California Kentucky California

________ Jannette W F 2 Boarder / California Kentucky California

________ Anna W F 29 Boarder / at home Kentucky Scotland Scotland

*New Montgomery Street

Anna is almost certainly Frank's sister. They're resident in a huge hotel, which is not named, but the Palace Hotel, owned by Clara's father, is on New Montgomery Street.

3. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (online at bioguide.congress.gov).

4. Bill Putnam. The Sharon Families in Califorrnia. (online at www.billputman.com).

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