BORN: 1863
DIED: 12/13/1944
AGED: 81
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CURRENT EVENTS:- 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassinated
- 1866 Ku Klux Klan
- 1869 National Woman Suffrage Assoc.
- 1871 The Great Chicago Fire
- 1876 Telephones (Alexander Graham Bell)
- 1876 Baseball's National League
- 1877 Phonograph (Thomas Edison)
- 1879 Light Bulb (Thomas Edison)
- 1901 Teddy Roosevelt elected President
- 1903 First powered flight (Wright Brothers)
- 1906 The San Francisco Earthquake
- 1912 The Titanic sank
- 1920 Prohibition begins
- 1920 Women get to vote
- 1920 The Roaring 20's
- 1927 'Grand Ole Opry' show on Radio
- 1928 Steamboat Willie (Disney)
- 1930 Radios in Cars
- 1930 Serial Shows on Radio
- 1937 'Soaps' on Radio
- 1937 Golden Gate Bridge opened
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OBITUARY ---------------MARY ALICE MANSFIELD
Dec 14, 1944
San Mateo Times and Daily News Leader
Coast Pioneer Dies in Belmont
Mrs. Mary Alice Mansfield, 81, member of one of the early coastside families, widow of Joel H. Mansfield, San Mateo county sheriff at the turn of the century, and mother of the late City Attorney Albert Mansfield of Redwood City, died last night in a Belmont rest home after a long period of failing health.
Mrs. Mansfield was born on the coastside in 1863, the daughter of Nicholas H. Martin, who came to California during the 1850 gold rush and afterwards became a wealthy rancher. He founded the fishing resort and community of Martin's Beach, south of Half Moon Bay.
She came to Redwood City in 1893, and resided in this area continuously.
Her husband, a Union soldier in the Civil war, was constable of Half Moon bay from 1880 unti 1892, in which year he was made a deputy sheriff under Sheriff W. P. McAvoy. When the latter was killed in 1897, Mansfield was appointed sheriff for the unexpired term, was subsequently elected to the office and served until his death in 1914.
Mrs. Mansfield was past matron of Sequoia chapter, Order of Eastern Star, and a member of the Rebeccas and General Geo. S. Evans corps No. 36, Women's Relief corps. Her son, Albert, city attorney here for nearly 34 years, died in April, 1942.
She leaves one son, Harland, of Los Angeles; three sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Dimock and Mrs. FLorence Bebee of this city, and Mrs. Luella Struthers of San Francisco, and five grandchildren. Funeral services under O. E. S. auspices will be held tomorrow at 2 p. m. from Layng & Tinney chapel, with interment in Redwood City Union cemetery.
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