Margaret Ambrose

Daughter of Frank Ambrose by his first wife Annie, Marguerita was born July 16, 1893.

Here she is smiling in her straw hat at her father's feet, about 1903.

She was Frank's very first beautiful little girl. Margie had a sister born when she was about 3 years old, but baby Gertie didn't make it past her 1st birthday. When her father remarried, she gradually gained 5 sisters and one brother.

This photo at left was taken in Vallejo, Calif. in 1920. She may have been visiting or staying with her Aunt Rose (Ambrose) Cobb who lived there around that time.

The photo at right is one of my favorites. It just looks like it should be on a calendar or something... You've got the themes of two girls- best friends, the American flag, the clothes and buildings of the period, a moment in time... and besides, they are not even dressed to go to a beach or pool as far as I can tell. This was a liesurely outing.

She married a Mr. Stoddard. They lived in Berkeley, supposedly. There is a Margaret A Stoddard born in August of 1893 listed in several years of city directories in Walnut Creek as retired. Her death record says she died December 4, 1974 in Contra Costa County. Unfortunately after ordering this death certificate, it was apparent this was not our Margie...

I really wish I could find more stuff on her and her mother, maybe I'm just not looking in the right places yet. I think the name "Zappieten" for her mother was spelled wrong. She (her mother) was born in California, so that gives me hope- despite the burned records from 1906.