1895 - 1965

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• Birth	19 Oct 1895	Oakland, Alameda Co., California
  Gender	Female
  Died	25 May 1965	Altadena, Los Angeles Co., California
  	Cause: generalized arthritis 1 yr due to rheumatoid arthritis 30 yrs
  Buried	27 May 1965
  Person ID	I79834	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2004 00:00:00
  Father	Albert Howell "Bert" ELLIOT, b. 29 Jun 1868, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California
  Mother	Adelina BUNNELL, b. 7 Dec 1868, Fruitvale, Alameda Co., California
  Family ID	F34840	Group Sheet
  Family	George Barclay HODGKIN, b. 2 Sep 1893, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co., California
  Married	26 Dec 1919	Mount Herman, Santa Cruz Co., California
  Children	1. Adelina Alice "Gub" HODGKIN, b. 1 Feb 1927, Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., California
  Family ID	F34676	Group Sheet

• Notes

  ! (1) Source unknown, from a book on Biographies, "Greater Oakland, 1911", biography of Albert H. Elliot (father), p.392. (2) Personal knowledge of Adelina Alice Hodgkin Davidson, McGill, NV (daughter). (3) Death certificate, CA 65-063789, informant George B. Hodgkin Jr. (son). (4) Marriage certificate, Santa Cruz Co., CA 20-042597. (5) Birth record of son George Barclay Hodgkin, Jr., CA 1904-1001. (6) Handwritten notes in George Barclay Hodgkin's Hodgkin Pedigree Book, p.33. (Book was used as family Bible for recording family data.) (7) Personal knowledge of compiler. (8) Probate of grandfather George W. Bunnell, Superior Court of CA, Alameda Co., #38370. ! Birth: (1) Age 15 in 1911 (b. 1896). (2,3,6) 19 Oct 1895, CA. (2,5,7) Oakland, Alameda Co., CA. (4) Age 24 on 26 Dec 1919 (b. 1895), b. CA. Marriage to George Barclay Hodgkin: (2,4,6) 26 Dec 1919. (4) Mount Harmon, Santa Cruz Co., CA, by W.R.H. Hodgkin, husband's brother. (NOTE: Should be Mount Herman.) Death: (2,3,6) 25 May 1965. (2,3,7) At home at 2534 Ganesha Ave., Altadena, CA, from rheumatoid arthritis. (3) Immediate cause generalized arthritis due to rheumatoid arthritis, 9:20 p.m. Burial: (3) Cremated 27 May 1965, Live Oak Memorial Park Crematory, Funeral Director Turner & Stevens Co., Pasadena, CA. (NOTE: Live Oak Memorial Park, 200 E. Duarte Rd., Monrovia, CA.) (2) 1906, Apr: Was at Mount Herman, Santa Cruz Co., CA at the time of the San Francisco earthquake. (1) 1911: At 15, "exhibited marked dramatic ability some time ago when she took the leading part in "Miss Somebody of Somewhere," which play was given under the auspices of the Oakland Club and prominent society people." (4) 1919, 26 Dec: Living in Los Angeles, CA. Occupation, actress. (2) Performed at the Pasadena Playhouse Theater at one time. Was in some silent movies, including "Sundown Trail." Received a fan letter from South America. (5) 1923, 4 Nov: Living at Clover Crest, Monrovia, Los Angeles Co., CA. (8) 1926, 12 Jan: Living at 2768 Ganesha St., Altadena, CA. Inherited a Life Estate Trust fund of $20,000, income from which was payable monthly, from her grandfather George Woodbury Bunnell. (2,7) She was a small woman, with size 2 shoes. She always kept various exotic birds in a cage in the kitchen as pets, and she would talk to them whenever she was in the kitchen. (2,7) She began to be crippled with rheumatoid arthritis at about age 35. As the disease progressed, it became more and more difficult for her to perform any physical activity, but she was determined that she should not be bedridden. Handles were installed throughout the house so that she would be able to move about on her own. At one point, she fell and broke her hip, and the doctors told her she would never walk again, but she was determined that she would, and she did, with assistance. When she fell and broke her hip a second time, it became almost impossible for her to walk, and she spent more and more of her day in bed. She was given cortisone to take, and it made her skin extremely sensitive, so that it would turn black and blue if bruised even slightly. When at last it became too painful for her to rise from her bed, the end was near. Despite her pain, she was always a very loving grandmother, and her courage was an inspiration. Please do not claim our work as your own. You are free to use it, but please document your sources.