Name/Title
Massol house groupEntry/Object ID
BAL002aDescription
Pictured left to right: KATHERINE COSGRAVE - Katherine was the second wife of C. A. Cosgrave, the father of Lucy Cosgrave Balch. "GRANDMA" STILES - Mrs. Lucy Maria Stiles was born March 30, 1832 in Lincolnshire, England. She immigrated to the United States in 1852, and settled in Wisconsin. There she was married, in 1857, to P. G. Stiles. After her only daughter died in 1895 and her husband died in 1896, Mrs. Stiles made her home with her son-in-law, C.A. Cosgrave of Minneapolis and her two granddaughters, Mrs. Lucy Cosgrave Balch of Los Gatos and Mrs. Frances Cosgrave Reiniger of Seattle. She lived to be 90 years old. FAN REINIGER - Frances Anna Cosgrave Reiniger was the sister of Mrs. Dean (Lucy) Balch. LUCY BALCH (1882-1957) - was the wife of Dean Balch. Dean and Lucy Cosgrave met in Iowa, married, and had three children. The 1920 Census shows Carl, age 16; Mary, age 10; and William C., age 9. Lucy participated in the 1921 Los Gatos pageant, "Keang Foo, the Exile," along with her children Mary and Bill. DEAN BALCH - Dean was a young banker looking for a place to set up business when he came to the West Coast in 1905 and searched for the perfect place to settle. He searched all the way from Seattle to San Diego, and settled on Los Gatos. According to Dean's daughter Mary Balch Kennedy, Dean and his business partner James A Case wanted to buy a bank where they would have a controlling interest. They purchased the Bank of Los Gatos, which was first incorporated on November 5, 1883. It continued as a locally-owned bank until 1926, when it was purchased by the Bank of Italy which shortly thereafter changed its name to Bank of America. C.A. COSGRAVE - the father of Lucy Cosgrave Balch. BAL002aCollection
Kennedy Mary Balch CollectionLocation
* Untyped Location
Mary Balch Kennedy CollectionCopyright
Notes
Users are responsible for satisfying any claims of the copyright holder. For private and non-commercial purposes you may reproduce a single copy (print or download) of materials from this Website without prior permission.