Bertha Stephania Stedman

1880 - 1961  (80 years)

• Name	Bertha Stephania Stedman
  Born	9 Mar 1880	Lagunitas, Marin County, California
  Gender	Female
  Group	Hall Direct Descendant
  	A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family
  Group	Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024
  	Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.
  Died	24 Jan 1961	San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
  Buried	Aft 24 Jan 1961	Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California
  Person ID	I1758	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Stephen Schuyler Stedman,   b. 15 Mar 1838, New Marlborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts ,   d. 15 Aug 1901, Lagunitas Canyon, Marin County, California  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Lucy Jane Hall,   b. 5 Jan 1846, Monterey, Berkshire County, Massachusetts ,   d. 21 Aug 1927, Daly City, San Mateo County, California  (Age 81 years)
  Married	23 Sep 1869	West Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
  	Married by Rev. Charles Bradley
  Alt. Marriage	23 Sep 1869	Monterey, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Horace Chester Rothwell,   b. 23 Feb 1884, Florence, Hampshire County, Massachusetts ,   d. 31 Dec 1962, South San Francisco, San Mateo County, California  (Age 78 years)
  Married	10 Aug 1907	San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
  Divorced	Oct 1950
  Marriage Status	Divorced
  Children	1. Bertha Stedman Rothwell,   b. 9 Nov 1909, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California ,   d. 2 Jul 2003, San Francisco County, California  (Age 93 years)   2. Herbert Lawrence Rothwell,   b. 12 Jun 1912, Daly City, San Mateo County, California ,   d. 2 Jan 1988, Los Altos, Santa Clara County, California  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2019
  Family ID	F150	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Mar 1880 - Lagunitas, Marin County, California Married - 10 Aug 1907 - San Francisco, San Francisco County, California Died - 24 Jan 1961 - San Francisco, San Francisco County, California Buried - Aft 24 Jan 1961 - Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Bertha (Stedman) Rothwell was a major contributor to the research for this family.  Notes that she prepared for John DeMott were found in the Berkshire Atheneum. She was an untiring active member of the San Francisco Parent Teacher Association.  She has many accomplishments to be proud of.  She originated and put into operation a program of activities to improve educational facilities for handicapped children.  This program was adopted by the National Parent Teacher Association and is operating in every state in the U.S. She originated and put into practiv the hot lunch program for children of the San Francisco Public Schools.  Same hot lunch system was put into schools in Japan before World War II. She led a campaign of interested citizens that culminated in establishing a Junior College for San Francisco. In her Daughters of the American Revolution activities, one of her best accomplishments was a campaign that abolished the Rugg Text  Books from the schools of the State of California. She was most active in Red Cross work during both Wiorld War I and II. She led a busy life devoted to commjnity improvements. She has an unpublished manuscript history of Marin County pioneers.