Name/Title
Reproduced Photo Mrs. Mary Adella Richardson Kruger, c. 1890Entry/Object ID
1985.86.2Description
Acc. No. 85.86.2
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: C. 1890
Object: Photo
Description: Photo (reproduction), black & white, mat finish. Original or present photographer unknown.
Size: L-7 x W-5 inches.
History of Object: Reproduced photographic portrait of Mrs. William Henry Kruger (Mary Adella Richardson), maternal grandmother of the donor. She and her family lived at 1533 Grand Street, Alameda, from approximately 1883 to 1926.
NOTE: Mary Adella Richardson came to California in a covered wagon.
She married W. H. Kruger on the Carson River May 22, 1864 at the age of 17. She was born in Erwin, Pennsylvania January 6, 1847. The Krugers first settled in Dutch Flat where six children were born between 1865 and 1874. Their next three children were born in Truckee between 1876 and 1880. Their tenth and last child was born in Alameda. Mrs. Kruger died in Mill Valley, California November 3, 1940 at the age of 93. She had spent the latter 25 years with her youngest daughter, Mrs. Leight Savage Jones whose home was high up on Mt. Tamalpais.
Acquired from: Wm. Henry Kruger Dunbar
Date: 11-17-85
