BORN: 1830
BORN IN: Cuba
DIED: 9/27/1894
AGED: 64
CAUSE OF DEATH: Drowning
DEATH LOCATION: Redwood City
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OBITUARY ---------------ADELAIDE UNDERHILL
Redwood City Democrat
October 4, 1894
After a brief illness, lasting less than a day, the soul of Mrs. Adelaide Underhill took its flight to its long home last Thursday evening about 10:20. The news of her demise was a sorrowful surprise to all who knew her, as she had been in her usual health up to the shock which produced her death. It was due to heart troubles and from the time she was stricken until final dissolution took place, she remained unconscious.
Mrs. Undrhill had been a resident of Redwood City since 1859. She was a native of Cuba and was aged 63 years and 9 months.
A woman of kindly impulses and an affectionate wife and mother, she leaves a husband and five children — Mrs. Geo H. Jacobus, Mrs. Chas. Hatch, Miss Addle and W.H. and Geo. Underhill to mourn her loss.
The funeral took place on Saturday, the services being held at Mt. Carmel Church and the remains were interred in the Union Cemetery. Not withstanding the inclement weather, the funeral cortege was large, attesting the high esteem in which the deceased was held in this community.
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Seldom indeed does death come with a deeper sting or leave a deeper sense of personal affliction than in the removal from the scene of her earthly labors of the estimable woman whose name heads this tribute to departed worth.
Mrs. Underhill was the daughter of Ramon de Zaldo, one of the most noted men in the history of California whose ability as a linguist and translator coupled with a profound knowledge of Spanish and Mexican laws rendered his services of inestimable value in adjusting the most intricate questions in the settlement of titles to the many of the vast land grants in California which, under the treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo, our government had guaranteed to the holders of original grants made before the conquest. In these important affairs, the abilities of Mrs. Underhill, as translator and interpreter, rendered her services second only to her father, and for more than thirty years past, she has been a familiar figure in our courts.
Coming with her father from Cuba to California in 1852, she in 1854, married Mr. Alpheus Underhill, who with three daughters and two sons survive and mourn her. Making her home in Redwood City in l860, she has since resided here known, loved and honored by all who knew her. A loving wife, a tender affectionate mother, a devoted Christian, ever mindful of her church, a good kind neighbor. Charitable to all, ever anxious to extend a helping hand to the needy and afflicted, her life was a benefaction and blessing to all within the circle of her influence. Full of years and honors, in the full hope of a blessed immorality, she has passed to her reward and the world is better in the memory of her gentle and beneficent life. May Mother Earth lie sweetly and gently upon her bosom. Soft and peaceful be her sleep.
A friend and neighbor.
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