This first one is from 1918.
She was still married to Charles Scott at this time.
1877-1959
Nebraska - California
Dad really loved his Grandma Lulu and has only fond memories of her.
She was born December 9, 1877 (some records say 1879 - or is it a typo that became embedded?) in Nebraska. I’m not sure exactly where, but in 1880 her father was in Webster County, which is in the southeastern part, on the border with Kansas - actually not far from the Bothwell stamping grounds. Her father, Charles Pattee, was at that time a farmer, but eventually he gave it up and went to work in the oil fields of California. Her mother was Martha Arnold.
In 1880, they were living in Potsdam, Nebraska, a town which is not in the atlas. She had an older brother Lafayette and a brand-new baby brother Wellington. Both those brothers and another child as well died before the 1900 census.
1880 Nebraska Webster Potsdam SD1, ED66, p. 8 (303b)
Charles Patee mw27 Il Ny Pa farmer
Martha 29 In Va Md
Lafayetta son 4 Ia / Ellis L dau 3 Ne / Wellington 1m (Apr) Ne
Sometime in the 1880s, but before 1888, Charles and family headed for California. Their son Thomas Lindsay was born after their arrival, in 1888. Charles, as mentioned before, found work in the California oil fields.
In 1894, at the age of 16, Lulu married Charles Scott, who also worked as an oil-man.
In the rootsweb marriage database
Charles E Scott age 20 residence Newhall born PA
Alice L Pattee age 16 born Nebraska
1894 Feb 17
Since all Dad’s memories are of her on her farm in Dinuba (when she was married to Wint Pattee), I have no idea what her life with Scott was like. She had three children:
Walter Charles, born September 1894
Ethel Alice, born 2 April 1897
Elmer E, born 9 April, 1900
In 1900, they were living in Newhall; in 1910 they were in Burbank, living next door to her parents; in 1920 they were back in Newhall. (Although, since I am not familiar with the geography of Los Angeles, these might not have been significant moves.)
1900 - California - Soledad Twp, Newhall Precinct 87-87
Scott, Charles E head w m Sep 1873 26 married 7 y Penna England Penna
laborer, oil wells, 0 mos unemployed, 0 mos school, reads writes speaks English, owns, no mortgage, house
Alles L wife wf Dec 1877 age 22 married 7, 3 children, 3 living, Neb, IA, Ind
Walter Ch. son w m Sep 1894 5 single Calif, Penna Neb
Elmer E son w m Apl 1900 1/12 single ditto
Ethel daughter w f Apl 1897 3 ditto
1910 California, Los Angeles, Burbank Twp - ED 278?- 4B-57
- can’t read street, looks like Monmouth - city directory says “n end of Defrees” - when you look it up in the Street/ED index is says “Defrees, see Sanborn” but it looks like Monmouth on the actual census (it’s a bad copy)
Scott Charles E head mw 36 m1 married 16 yrs, Pa, England, Pa, speaks English, general mechanic oil wells, owns house free
Alice L wife fw 32 m1 married 16 yrs, 4 children, 3 living, Neb, Ill, Ind, speaks English, overseer home farm
Walter C son mw 15 s Cal, Pa, Neb, speaks English, newsboy route
Ethel A daughter fw 13 s . . .
Elmer E son mw 10 s . .
1920 California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles - precinct 716, LA (this would include Newhall) SD8, ED 112, Sheet11b line95 - 3207 Granada Street taken 12 Jan 1920
Scott, Charles E. head om mw 46 married New York, Scotland, Scotland, oilman, wells, wage earner
Alice L wife fw 42 m Nebraska Mich, Indiana
Walter C son mw 25 married Cal NY Neb motorman city rw wage earner
Ethel A daughter fw 22 married ditto sales (none crossed out) grocery wage earner
Elmer E son mw 19 single ditto (none) tooldresser shop wage earner
Both her daughter Ethel and son Walter were married by 1920 - I have no idea why they are included with Charles on the census. Ethel also appears with her husband, Earl V Bothwell, but I haven’t found a separate listing for Walter and his family.
Not long after the census was taken, Charles Scott died - April 4, 1920.
Daughter Ethel married Earl Vern Bothwell sometime around 1918 - her only child Kearney Scott Bothwell was born 20 May 1918. Son Walter married Delia Kane sometime around 1914 and had 4 children: Fred E (born 1914), Edna M (1918), Marion E (1920), and Lorna L (1922). The information about Walter’s family comes from Kearney, and I don’t know what sources he used. Walter died in a motorcycle accident, sometime between 1922 and 1930.
I don’t know when exactly it was that Lulu remarried, but on the 1930 census, she and Wint say they’ve been married for 10 years, so it can’t have been long after Charles died. Which makes me wonder how happy her life with him was. Wint was a 53 year old bachelor when they (finally?) married.
1930 California Tulare Dinuba - ED54-15, SD14, Sheet 9b - Apr 23 l.60
Pattee Winthrop head owns - lives on farm mw63, married first time age 53 Iowa NY Oh farmer farm not a vet
Alice L wife fw51 married 1st time age 41 (I think not!) Neb Mich Ind
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from Dad:
Tulare Lake was near Grandma Pattee’s farm. Grandma remarried a farmer named “Wint” Pattee.
Dinuba, Calif; Orosa, Calif.
One place I remember well in our travels was Wint Pattee’s (Grandma Scott’s 2nd husband) farm. There are so many pleasant and happy memories:
Diving into the hay from the rafters in the barn.
Trying unsuccessfully to ride the calves.
Gathering eggs and doing such a good job that I would find old ones that had been hidden
Picking and eating the delicious Kadota figs.
Riding in the wagon.
Milking the cows (trying to).
Hunting on the farm (dove and rabbits).
Mother had a brother (Elmer Scott) married to Marian. They had two children, a boy Lloyd and a girl ?. Mother also had another brother that was killed in a motorcycle accident.
Elmer and Lloyd lived on a farm nearby and Mom and Dad used to drink and play cards with them.
Dad was somewhat of a Casanova and this led to an extremely sad happening that terminated our contacts with Grandma and Elmer.
On this last night (a terrible nightmare in my memory) the events that led to the tragedy were unknown to me. All I know was that I was wakened to hear Elmer and Dad fighting. Grandpa Wint tried to stop it [I have left out all the gory details - there was grievous but not fatal bodily harm]. I don’t know if he hit Elmer or not, but anyway Dad hustled Mom and me into the car and away. So I never saw Elmer, Marian, Lloyd or Grandma and Grandpa again.
Dad was one who should never have drank as he became mean when he had a few. He was such a nice guy most of the time.
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I wondered why Dad did not try to visit his Grandma Lulu when he grew up - he seemed to have such fond memories of her. Mom says he did. When they were out there, when I was born, they drove up to Dinuba, but couldn't find the Pattees - and no one knew (supposedly) where they had gone.
Mom says that all the visits (of the Bothwells to the Pattees) ended in fights, and it was rough on Dad as a little boy. From what she says, I gather that the horrible terminal fight happened during a CHRISTMAS visit.
It must have been tough on Lulu too.
From all we have been able to discover, Wint and Lulu lived in Dinuba most of their lives, so Dad should have been able to find them. (Although Lulu was in Fresno when she died.) (Her son Walter's widow lived there.) I am reminded of the way the people in Walloon Lake pretended not to know where the Hemingways lived - maybe all their neighbors had been told (or figured out for themselves) not to say anything to any Bothwell who came around.
And that is basically all I know. Lulu’s son Elmer married Marion in the mid-twenties. Loyd (only one L) was born in 1924 and Audrey in 1928 (so the terrible fight must have occurred after that), and also another daughter. Loyd is a Pearl Harbor survivor, and was married 5 times.
Wint died in 1950 (16 February) [another source says 12 Feb 1951] and Lulu in 1959 (15 April). They are both buried in the Smith Mountain Cemetery in Dinuba.
I do have a couple of pictures of Lulu -
This first one is from 1918.
She was still married to Charles Scott at this time.
This is from 1922.
She would have been married to Wint then.
I don't know where it was taken.
On the back it says:
Dec 18, 1927 -
This was taken on the road to General Grant Park, about 2 miles this side of the big stump.
This is a snow man.
She looks like a nice, cheerful woman, doesn't she?
But what an odd snowman!
1940
This must have been after the horrible fight, so I don't know how my Dad got this picture.
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