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BIOGRAPHIES BY COUNTY
CARSON CITY
Elizabeth Cilicia Babcock
Kathleen “Kay” Bennett
Edith Naomi Bernard
Grace Bordewich
Carolyn Nancy Bordewich Bowers
Alida Cynthia Bowler
Mildred Bray
Kathleen “Kay” Jane Flaherty Brown
Thelma Davis Calhoun
Hannah Clapp
Felice Cohn
Dat-So-La-Lee
Nellie Mighels Davis
Marcia de Braga
Jean Ford
Dr. Mary Fulstone
Agnes Hume Scott Train Janssen
Caroline Frances Best Kelley Therése Laxalt Alice Allegra List Anne Hudnall Martin Maya Paine Miller Lucille Elizabeth Emmert Petty Ida Louise Pittman Jennie O’Hare Riordan Mary Rose Marjorie Ann Russell Louisa Marie Chubbuck Sweetland Emma Vanderleith Ada Van Sant Stoddard Wallace Lois Elizabeth Hatch Deimel Washburn Dixie Olean Karr Westergard Alanah Jean Woody Fuji Adamson Stephens Woon Roslyn Merle Schwartz WorksCHURCHILL COUNTY
Minnie Blair (Fallon)
Marcia de Braga (Fallon)
Luella Kirkbride Drumm (Fallon)
Wuzzie George (Stillwater)
Caroline Frances Best Kelley (Fallon)
Laura Mills (Fallon)
Lillie Simson Van Voorhis Pinger
Byrd Fanita Wall Sawyer (Fallon)
Lois Elizabeth Hatch Deimel Washburn (Fallon)
Margaret “Peg” Wheat (Fallon)
Mary Daisy Allen Williams White (Fallon, Fairview)
CLARK COUNTY
Marlene Joan Adrian (Las Vegas)
Dessie Lola Bailey (Las Vegas)
Emma Lou Montgomery Brandt (Las Vegas)
Mildred Breedlove (Las Vegas)
Beda Cornwall (Las Vegas)
Hilda M. Covey (Las Vegas)
Martha James Cragun Cox
Geneva Douglas (Las Vegas)
Charlotte Rowberry Ellsworth (Las Vegas, Henderson)
Lilly Fong (Las Vegas)
Jean Ford (Las Vegas)
Maude Frazier (Las Vegas)
Lubertha Johnson (Las Vegas)
Ida Mountford (Boulder City)
Colanthe “Florence” Jones Murphy (Las Vegas)
Carrie Elizabeth Miller Townsley Porter (Las Vegas)
Bertha Ronzone (Las Vegas)
Bette Norene Hoge Sawyer (Las Vegas)
Delphine Squires (Las Vegas)
Helen J. Stewart (Las Vegas)
Betty Whitehead Willis
DOUGLAS COUNTY
Mary Lydia Adams-Williams (Genoa)
Dr. Eliza Cook (Mottsville)
Anna Dressler (Minden)
Sonia Barndt Cochran DeHart (Genoa)
Margaret “Maggie” Gee
Theresa Smokey Jackson (Dresslerville)
Agnes Hume Scott Train Janssen (Genoa)
Wilhelmine Heidtman Springmeyer (Carson Valley)
Sallie Maria Ruperti Springmeyer (Minden/Gardnerville)
ELKO COUNTY
EUREKA COUNTY
HUMBOLDT COUNTY
Carrie Choate Bullis (Paradise Valley)
Carol Bullis-Echeverria (Winnemucca)
Edna Eddy (Winnemucca)
Mary Aileen Norton Evans (Winnemucca)
Mary Grantz (Winnemucca)
Josie Pearl (Cove Canyon)
Mary Rose (Winnemucca)
Idah M. Strobridge (Lassen Meadow)
Hazel Bell Wines (Winnemucca)
Sarah Winnemucca (McDermitt)
LANDER COUNTY
LINCOLN COUNTY
LYON COUNTY
NYE COUNTY
Minnie Blair (Tonopah)
Marjorie Ann Moore Brown (Tonopah)
Jennie Adele Curieux (Tonopah)
Lillian Malcolm (Rhyolite, Tonopah)
Ellen Clifford Nay (Tybo, Stone Cabin Valley, Belmont, Tonopah)
Mary O’Neill O’Connell (Tonopah, Carson City, Eureka, Ely)
Mimosa June Gates Pittman (Tonopah)
Bertha Ronzone (Manhattan, Tonopah)
Helen Rulison Shipley (Tonopah)
Kathryn L. Marbaker Tubb (Ash Meadows)
Lois Elizabeth Hatch Deimel Washburn (Pahrump)
Bird Wilson (Manhattan)
PERSHING COUNTY
Myrtle Beatice Talcott Anker (Lovelock)
Caroline Elizabeth Aufdermaur (Lovelock)
Edna Eddy (Winnemucca)
Martha Gottschalk (Lovelock)
Marian Alice McClellan (Lovelock)
Virginia Moreira Moura (Lovelock)
Leona Addie Daoust Munk (Lovelock) Ruth C. Ruddell (Lovelock) Louise Aloys Smith (Lovelock) Mildred Sebbas Smith (Lovelock) Idah Meacham Strobridge (Lovelock) Ruth Davis Sullivan (Lovelock) Sarah Winnemucca (Lovelock) Florence Anker Young (Lovelock)STOREY COUNTY
WASHOE COUNTY
Eva Bertrand Adams (Reno)
Alice Merriam Baltzelle Addenbrooke (Reno)
Lois Thompson Allen (Sparks, Sun Valley)
Verna Elizabeth Bullis Anderson (Reno)
Charlotte Hunter Arley (Reno)
Mary Wright Bain (Steamboat Springs)
Edna Catlin Baker (Sparks)
Barbara Jean Peters Bennett (Reno)
Esther Louise Laiola Bennett (Reno) Libbie Conover Booth (Reno) Eilley Oram Bowers (Washoe Valley) Verna “June” Bradbury Broili (Reno) Erma Irene Bruce (Reno) Florence Sanford Burge (Reno) Carolyn Jean Adams Talcott Carlon (Reno) Felice Cohn (Reno) Martha Patricia Cooke (Reno) Florence Humphrey Church (Reno) Hannah Clapp (Reno)Marguerite H. Gosse Stoddard Clark (Reno)
Joanne de Longchamps (Reno) Una Dickerson (Reno) Dorothy Dinsmore (Reno) Mary Stoddard Doten (Reno) Alice Gottschalk Downer (Reno)Bessie R. Lucas Eichelberger (Reno)
Charlotte Rowberry Ellsworth (Reno)
Janice W. Evans (Sparks) Anna Mariska Shultz Fitch (Washoe City) Margaret Flick (Reno) Donna Belle ‘Bonnie’ Pampel Foard (Reno) Jean Ford (Reno) Katie Frazier (Nixon) Doris Barbara “Dodie” Post Gann (Reno) Nancy Sullivan Gomes (Reno) Marvel Ranson Guisti (Reno) Eunice Esther Hobbs Hood (Reno) Frances Marguerite Humphrey (Reno) Janet Holcomb Hunter (Reno) Sadie Hurst (Reno) Velma Bronn Johnston (Reno) Caroline Frances Best Kelley (Washoe Valley) Dr. Olga Constantina Lord Kipanidze (Reno) Mattie “Ma Kiley” Brite Kuhn (Sparks) Katherine Lewers (Washoe Valley) Alice Allegra Dove List (Washoe Valley) Jennie Kelly Logan (Reno) Effie Mona Mack (Reno) Sarah Emeline (Emma) Mack (Reno) Margaret Patricia McCarran (Reno) Mary Ludmilla McCarran (Reno) Anne Martin (Reno) Mila Tupper Maynard (Reno) Margaret Evangeline (Marge) Means (Reno) Katharine Norrid Mergen (Reno) Kathleen Murray (Sister M. Seraphine) (Reno) Myrtle Tate Myles (Reno) Helena Suzanne (Lena) Bidwell Norton (Reno) Elda Ann Williams Orr (Reno) Ethel May Parker (Reno) Bertha Raffetto (Reno) Olga Reifschneider (Reno) Mary Rose (Reno) Mary Kiehl Rusco (Reno) Emma Grace Gibbs Schadler Helen Rulison Shipley (Reno) Alice Lucretia Smith (Reno) Debbie Smith (Sparks) Nancy Elnora Knight Sparks (Reno) Sallie Maria Ruperti Springmeyer (Reno) Inez Maria Casale (Booth) Stempeck (Reno-Sparks) Betty Brang Stoddard-Muncie (Reno) Margaret Bartlett Thornton (Reno) Patricia Ann Tripple (Reno) Lucy Van DeVenter (Reno) Maud Gill Hall Gassaway Waite (Reno) Barbara Joan Farrell Bugden Dillon Vucanovich (Reno) Anna Warren (Reno) Isabella May “Queenie” Dunn-Webb Hupfel (Reno) Dr. Jeanne Weir (Reno) Terry Lee Wells (Reno) Frances Williamson (Reno) Hazel Bell Wines (Reno) Sarah Winnemucca (Pyramid Lake) Bertha Sanford Woodard (Sparks/Reno)WHITE PINE COUNTY
Helen Delich Bentley (Tonopah Canyon)
Katherine Louise Eager Bowdle (Ely, Ruth, McGill)
Virginia Carothers (Ely) Mary Eldridge (White Pine County) Teresa D’Alosio Knight (Lane City, Steptoe Valley, Ely) Ting Soo Hoo Ong (Ruth, McGill) Mary Oxborrow (Lund) Maria Garifalou Pavlakis (Ely) Josie Pearl (Minerva, Ward District) Ida Louise Pittman (Ely) Jennie Riordan (White River Valley) Elizabeth Marie Rasmussen Sundberg (Cherry Creek)
Katherine Louise Eager Bowdle (Ely, Ruth, McGill)
Virginia Carothers (Ely) Mary Eldridge (White Pine County) Teresa D’Alosio Knight (Lane City, Steptoe Valley, Ely) Ting Soo Hoo Ong (Ruth, McGill) Mary Oxborrow (Lund) Maria Garifalou Pavlakis (Ely) Josie Pearl (Minerva, Ward District) Ida Louise Pittman (Ely) Jennie Riordan (White River Valley) Elizabeth Marie Rasmussen Sundberg (Cherry Creek)