George Lamson, the auctioneer. He was
Nance O'Neil's father and she was then a little girl. I selected what
furniture I needed for the house on Washington street and he sold the
rest. Four of the best roomers went with me to the new house, so I was
sure I'd not fail for awhile at least.
[Illustration:
Church of the Advent
San Francisco, 1880
Rev. H.D. Lathrop, Rector
Father Stockman's Roman Catholic Church
San Bernardino, 1888
Calvary Episcopal Church
Santa Cruz, 1864
Rev. Giles A. Easton, Rector
Pilgrim Congregational Church
East Oakland, 1893
CHURCHES WHERE MRS. BLAKE-ALVERSON HAS SUNG]
All these months of toil I had received one bill after another from
different men and business houses. When they came for money I told
them I did not have a dollar, only what I earned, but that if the
bills were correct, I would settle them as fast as I could earn the
money. I determined to pay all of Mr. Blake's indebtedness, rather
than there should be a blot upon his name or honor, and also for the
sake of his two sons who had their lives to live. I had been sewing
for Mrs. Letitia Ralph, the dressmaker, who gave me the children's
clothes to make after she had fitted and basted them up for me. I had
my own boys so beautifully clad she wanted to know who made their
clothes. She proposed that if I would make the children's clothing she
would prepare the work for me. After my work of the day was over and
all the family slept I sewed until midnight.
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