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Santa Cruz County History - Disasters & Calamities
Voices of the Heart: Memorial Roll
by Phil Reader
List of Children who Died in the Diptheria Epidemic
After the name of the child who died is the date of death, followed by the child's age.

Bradshaw children.
Watsonville Pioneer Cemetery.
- Ahlers,
- John, July 8, 1877, 7 months
- Allen,
- Annie, June 7, 1876, 19 months
- Amaya,
- Abalardo, August 17, 1877, 8 years
- Bailey,
- Lewis H., May 15, 1877, 3 years
- Bailly,
- James A., January 16, 1878, 7 years
- Battersby,
- Mary E., February 4, 1878, 1 year
- Bennett,
- Amy, October 10, 1877, 11 years
- Bennett,
- Frankie W., January 2, 1878, 4 months
- Blaisdell,
- Charles C., April 26, 1877, 4 years
- Blankenship,
- Isabella, October 21, 1876, 11 years
- James F., December 9, 1878, 6 years
- John C., March 4, 1877, 8 years
- Bockius,
- Frank, November 15, 1877, 15 years
- Boomer,
- Roseila H., April 13, 1878, 1 year
- Wanso J., October 28, 1877, 9 years
- Bradshaw,
- Emma F., July 28, 1877, 3 years
- Hattie, July 26, 1877, 4 years
- John F., July 28, 1877, 8 years
- Sarah A., August 3, 1877, 6 years
- Briody,
- Mary E., May 9, 1877, 6 years
- Brown,
- Johnny, December 19, 1877, 5 years
- Butler,
- Hannah J., March 3, 1878, 4 years
- Cantwell,
- Mary H., June 22, 1877, 12 years
- Michael, June 6, 1877, 10 years
- Castro,
- Vensave, November 30, 1877, 3 years
- Clark,
- Carleton, January 1, 1878, 5 years
- Minnie C., December 24, 1877, 11 years
- Cole,
- Dock F., June 30, 1877, 1 year
- Edwin G.H., August 16, 1877, 7 years
- John B, October 22, 1875, 10 years
- Colegrove,
- Harrie G., October 6, 1877, 7 months
- Comstock,
- Jennie E., June 13, 1876, 14 years
- Conover,
- Lottie, July 13, 1876, 17 months
- Cummings,
- Henrietta, May 27, 1877, 4 years
- Davis,
- Lulu B., September 16, 1877, 10 years
- DeCray,
- Clara, April 20, 1877, 19 years
- Delaney,
- William, February 21, 1878, 3 years
- Demetry,
- Child of Geo., January 21, 1878, Infant
- Dodge,
- Kitty, November 14, 1877, 7 months
- Dreher,
- Hinnie, April 17, 1878, 19 years
- Drew,
- Cora E., May 14, 1877, 13 years
- Wallace, March 22, 1877, 1 year
- Duncan,
- Susie L., June 23, 1877, 22 months
- Erickson,
- Christopher, July 25, 1877, 8 years
- Mary, July 17, 1877, 5 years
- Estrada,
- Jose H., February 20, 1878, 7 years
- Fleisig,
- Son of John, January 24, 1878, 8 months
- Folger,
- Edward, August 29, 1876
- Foreman,
- Mabel, July 14, 1877, 2 years
- Frank,
- Matilda, July 14, 1876, 10 months
- Salomon, August 13, 1877, 7 days
- Moses, August 16, 1877, 4 years
- Frazer,
- Harry A., July 1, 1877, 7 years
- Frazier,
- Hattie, September 21, 1877
- Garcelon,
- Child of C., August 11, 1876, 6 months
- Garcia,
- Refugio, August 12, 1876, 7 years
- Gardner,
- Willard, August 2, 1877, 8 years
- Garratt,
- Alice H., April 3, 1877, 18 years
- Gray,
- Ella L., November 3, 1877, 5 months
- Grover,
- Lizzie, February 16, 1878
- Grover,
- Son of S.F., September 13, 1876
- Hackett,
- Ruth B., February 24, 1877, 5 years
- Hall,
- Mary A., September 30, 1878, 5 years
- Handley,
- John B., February 4, 1877, 1 year
- Katie, March 24, 1877, 8 years
- Lizzie, February 22, 1877, 3 years
- Mary A., February 28, 1877, 2 years
- Harris,
- James A., February 15, 1877, 1 year
- William H., February 19, 1877, 3 years
- Haun,
- Charlie, April 1, 1877, 3 months

Monument to the four children
of Alfred and Sarah Hinds.
Santa Cruz Memorial Park. - Heath,
- Lina, July 19, 1876
- Hinds,
- Aimee L., December 25, 1876, 4 years
- Ethel R., December 5, 1876, 5 years
- Laurent, November 28, 1878, 3 years
- Rupert L., December 21, 1876, 8 months
- Hoff,
- C. Leon, March 31, 1877, 8 years
- Hollister,
- Jesse W., December 15, 1877, 9 years
- Holt,
- Cecelia G., October 17, 1876, 13 months
- John W., January 1, 1876, 5 years
- Howard,
- Willie, July 8, 1877, 6 years
- Hoyt,
- Moses Meder, September 19, 1876, 7 years
- Hughes,
- Tracy, July 31, 1876, 10 months
- Hunt,
- H.C., 5 years
- Henry H., July 24, 1877, 6 years
- Zula, January 8, 1878, 5 years
- Jackson,
- Edward H., January 14, 1877, 2 years
- Jarvis,
- William A., April 20, 1877, 12 years
- Jewell,
- Georgie P., December 9, 1877, 10 years
- Jones,
- Franklyn, H. November 23, 1876, 3 years
- Kaye,
- Daisy, July 16, 1878, 2 years
- Joseph H., July 25, 1878, 8 years
- Kellogg,
- Child of Geo., June 1877
- Kenville,
- Solomon, January 7, 1878, 4 years
- Kimball,
- Mary, January 6, 1878, 5 years
- Ruth R., June 19, 1877, 3 years
- King,
- Willie, June 2, 1877, 8 years
- Kirk,
- May 29, 1876
- Kirvan,
- William H., November 19, 1877, 6 months
- Kunitz,
- Emma L., June 30, 1877, 1 year
- Lewis,
- Maggie, October 19, 1876, 5 months
- Liebrandt,
- Walter H., August 2, 1877, 1 year
- Longley,
- Alonzo W., October 16, 1876, 6 years
- Cora J., October 11, 1876, 3 years
- Luella, November 10, 1876, 4 years
- Lorenzen,
- Hattie, December 25, 1877, 7 years
- Lynch,
- Samuel J. Jr., November 14, 1877, 3 years
- Majors,
- Mary J., February 1, 1878, 2 years
- Marden,
- Alva, November 27, 1876, 16 years
- Marquez,
- Eduard, November 18, 1877, 2 years
- Martin,
- Berry, September 17, 1877, 7 years
- Maxwell,
- George, August 13, 1877, 9 years
- McDonald,
- Asa, June 8, 1877, 8 years
- Clara, June 14, 1877, 2 years
- Della, June 23, 1877, 4 years
- Flora, June 23, 1877, 7 years
- McPherson,
- Alexander, February 20, 1877, 5 years
- Mehwalt,
- Addie, April 15, 1876, 2 years
- Menasco,
- Mabel, July 30, 1876, 3 months
- Meyer,
- Katie K., February 17, 1878, 4 years
- Miller,
- Emma, June 10, 1878, 15 years
- Mary I., December 11, 1876, 2 years
- Milliken,
- Charles R., September 9, 1877, 5 months
- Morton,
- Son of Asa, March 4, 1877
- Murphy,
- Richard E., May 21, 1877, 9 months
- Myer,
- Kitty E., February 17, 1878, 4 years
- Neumann,
- Edna A., February 25, 1878, 1 year
- Nugent,
- John J., November 2, 1877, 9 months
- Passion,
- Nicholas, July 20, 1877, 4 months
- Patten,
- Josephine, October 4, 1877, 4 years
- Patterson,
- Elizabeth A., October 11, 1876, 5 months
- Pepin,
- Matilda, January 22, 1878, 17 years
- Pierce,
- Harvey, June 19, 1876, 4 months
- Quinn,
- Son of Patrick, December 26, 1878
- Ray,
- Lizzie G., Hay 19, 1878, 2 years
- Reed,
- Edward H., February 12, 1876, 12 years
- Son of D.W., August 2, 1876, 7 months
- Royce,
- Leonard, November 3, 1877, 2 years
- Sayles,
- Hattie, February 5, 1877, 5 years
- Schell,
- Matilda, December 18, 1877, 15 months
- Schwartz,
- Marksey, November 7, 1877, 7 years
- Scott,
- Nancy, January 10, 1878, 2 years
- Senate,
- Bob, June 27, 1877, 6 years
- Shelby,
- Lizzle, January 31, 1877, 11 years
- Silveria,
- Antonio, February 14, 1878, 8 months
- Simms,
- Wade, September 25, 1877, 11 months
- Sloan,
- Charles W., January 21, 1877, 6 years
- Clarence J., January 22, 1877, 2 years
- Smith,
- Daughter of C., June 18, 1877, 6 years
- Georgie E., December 12, 1877, 3 years
- Steen,
- Amy, December 1, 1877, 14 years
- Stow,
- Clara B., October 5, 1877, 2 years
- Stratford,
- Evylyn, August 13, 1876, 6 years
- Struve,
- Emma, September 21, 1876, 7 months
- Tanner,
- Child of Mr., June 1877
- Therwachter,
- Charlie, January 28, 1878, 3 years
- Tucker,
- Abbie F., July 9, 1877, 6 weeks
- Susie, March 9, 1877, 2 years
- Tufts,
- Henry, April 30, 1877, 2 years
- Rufus, May 29, 1877, 3 years
- Warren, 2 years
- Turner,
- Joseph S., December 3, 1876, 8 months
- Vasquez,
- Rose L., November 5, 1876, 6 years
- Wagner
- , Lena, October 9, 1877, 2 years
- Weeks,
- George A., October 19, 1877, 7 years
- Wente,
- Ann, August 3, 1876, 1 month
- Werner,
- Child of C.F., December 1, 1877, 3 months
- Whinery,
- Harry R., December 6, 1876, 5 years
- Martha E., December 8, 1876, 7 years
- White,
- High L., July 13, 1877, 3 years
- Wiley,
- Maggie, February 2, 1877, 17 years
- Wimken,
- Annie, December 7, 1877, 9 years
- Young,
- Bertie H., December 4, 1877, 4 years
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Published by Cliffside Publishing, 1993. Copyright 1993 Phil Reader. Text and photographs reproduced with the permission of Phil Reader.
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