Daisy Sarah (Foster) Bedford (1876 - 1939)

Born 4 Mar 1876 in Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Jona Holcomb Bedford — married 20 Nov 1901 in Fresno, Fresno Co, CA

Descendants

Died 21 Feb 1939 at age 62 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

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Biography

Daisy was the oldest child of William A Foster and Sophia Whitmore. Her parents worked together in their photography studio leaving Daisy at home to raise all her brothers and sisters. Daisy did not attend school past the second grade. Her siblings called her Mama Da. From the family stories the siblings were a pretty unkept bunch of kids which did not bother their mother at all. Daisy was very close to her family. Daisy and Jona lived on the same street growing up. Jona use to stop by and talk to Daisy when she was in the front yard. Daisy was kind and caring person. She helped out anyone that she could. Daisy married Jona Bedford in her parents home in Fresno, California. Daisy was never clothes conscious and was happier in a pair of cloddy shoes or even her husbands clothes. She loved gardening and disliked house keeping. The responsibility of the house fell on her two daughters. Daisy and Jona owned about an acre of land. She plowed it every year and planted vegetables. Her garden was always beautiful. It also had many fruit trees, blackberries and of course flowers. She always had a lot of chickens, geese and sometimes a pig. Daisy was a wonderful cook and made huge dinners on Sunday that everyone in the family enjoyed. Every Sunday Daisy and Jona had company for dinner. Daisy's health started to fail and she went to see Dr. Lucas. He had know her all her life. He gave her a strange prescription... he told her to buy some bologna or lunchmeat and a loaf of bread, no pies. When company came serve that. It worked, no more Sunday dinner company came after that and her health improved. Daisy adored her husband and waited on him hand and foot. Jona was the LOVE of her life. She adored him. They were always very close and loving couple. They were very wonderful parents to their two beautiful daughters.

Research notes

Vital records for Jo Daviess are from 1877 to present. The year after Daisy was born??? checking to see if there are any sort of records for 1876.

Sources

• Jona H Bedford "California County Marriages, 1850-1952"
• Mountain View Cemetery, Fresno, Family records.
• Juel Blanche Bedford Clawson journal written
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GT-SH4 : 26 August 2017), Daisy Foster in household of William A Foster, Fresno, Fresno, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 3, sheet 190D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0065; FHL microfilm 1,254,065.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9PZ-Z8T : accessed 9 July 2021), Daizy Foster in household of Walter A Foster, Fresno city Ward 5, Fresno, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 8, sheet 3A, family 51, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,086.
• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ3P-KJ9 : 8 December 2017), Jona H. Bedford and Daisy S. Foster, 20 Nov 1901; citing Fresno, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,548,475.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV26-12D : accessed 30 July 2018), Daisy S Bedford in household of J H Bedford, Township 7, Contra Costa, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 172, sheet 3A, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 75; FHL microfilm 1,374,088.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH32-C56 : accessed 6 September 2018), Daisy S Bedford in household of Jona H Bedford, Richmond, Contra Costa, California, United States; citing ED 39, sheet 3A, line 27, family 57, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 95; FHL microfilm 1,820,095.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCX5-T5L : accessed 6 September 2018), Daisy Bedford in household of John H Bedford, Richmond, Contra Costa, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 50, sheet 5B, line 93, family 112, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 114; FHL microfilm 2,339,849.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41789213/daisy-sarah-bedford