Selected Families and Individuals

Notes


Chauncey Clark Woodworth

Sources conflict on dates of birth and death:
25 Sep 1909 -- 22 Sep 1992 -- Betty Hartley
4 Aug 1907 -- Jan 1987 -- Charlie Burkardt

Each of the above sets of dates has a corresponding entry for Chauncey Woodworth in the Social Security Death Index. It is believed that Burkhardt's dates are the correct ones, since that Chauncey Woodworth lived and died in California. (The other Chauncy Woodworth lived and died in Ohio.)


Margaret Ann Brigham

Stanford Graduate, Phi Beta Kappa, Chi Omega
No Children, by phone conversation 5/29/02 with Charles Adam Burkhardt.

Obit: Marnie Woodworth;
helped raise funds to restore Star of India
By Jack Williams
STAFF WRITER

One hundred years after the iron-hulled vessel Star of India was built inIsle of Man, Marnie Woodworth joined two other women in forming anorganization in San Diego to support its restoration.

As- the Star of India Auxiliary took shape in 1963, reaching a membershipgoal of 250 within two weeks, Mrs. Woodworth served as its foundingpresident.

"Marnie inspired people to go beyond their expectations," said MarionBovee, who joined Mrs. Woodworth and Pearl Reynard in Sunday nightpotlucks that gave birth to the auxiliary.
Mrs. Woodworth, who was honored in 1986 as a Woman of Dedication for herlongtime community service, died Jan. 14 at Sunrise Senior living inCarmel Valley. She was 82.

The cause of death was cancer, said her stepdaughter Pam Halstead.
The Star of India, the world's oldest active sailing ship, had beenbought by a group of San Diegans in 1926 and towed to the harbor thefollowing year. Not until the late 1950s, however, did a fund-raisingeffort start in earnest to restore the vessel's grandeur. With the Starof India Auxiliary providing financial and promotional impetus, the shipwas put to sea for the first time in 50 years in 1976.
"What Marnie and her Star of India Auxiliary did back then revived theheart in an old ship that was about to receive its last rites," saidJoseph Ditler, former development director of the San Diego MaritimeMuseum.

"To her dying day, she remained an enthusiastic patron of the Star ofIndia. Without a doubt, her involvement in the Star of India and theMaritime Museum proved to be one of the most valuable and fate-alteringroles in the museum's long history."
In addition to organizing fund-raising efforts, Mrs. Woodworth christenedthe vessel on its 100th birthday, which was celebrated two years afterCapt. Kenneth D. Reynard offered to head the Star of India restorationeffort.
Mrs. Woodworth, who became an honorary life member of the auxiliary, wasexposed to the nautical world by her yachtsman husband, Chauncey "Jim"Woodworth.

After their marriage in 1956,, the Woodworths lived on Mr. Woodworth's42-foot boat, Leilani, in Coronado. They later settled in the La Playaarea of Point Loma.

"Marnie, was always elegant,humble and clearly interest in caring forothers," said th Rev. Peter Alexander, a long time friend and her formerpastor. "We will always remember her smile that could light up the worldand her real love for absolutely everyone around her."
Margaret Brigham "Marnie Woodworth was born in Oakland and raised in SanMateo. She graduated cum laude i 1943 from Stanford University and workedfor 12 years as a executive secretary at Bethlehem Pacific Coast SteelCorp in San Francisco.

For several years, she joined her father in annual vacations at Hotel delCoronado. It was there that she met her futur husband, a lieutenantcommander in the Coast Guard Reserve, whose family had settled inCoronado in 1921.
"He came up to her table after dinner, when the orchestra was playing,and asked he to dance," Bovee said.
A romance ensued. The marriage, at Stanford Chapel in Palo Alto, was herfirst and his third, Halstead said.

Mrs. Woodworth began to share her husband's nautial enthusiasm althoughshe had never sailed until her marriage Soon, she joined a close-knitgroup of Star of India aficionados who gathered aboard the ship forSunday night parties.

"Marnie was everything woman hoped to be," Bovee said. "She waswell-organized, elegant and compassionat, and tremendously inspiring tothe rest of us in the auxiliary."

Mrs. Woodworth's community service extended to the women's committee ofthe San Diego Symphony, Globe Guilders, the La Playa Unit of theChildren's Hospital Auxiliary and the Forest Home Women' Auxiliary.
She also had been active with her husband in the San Diego Yacht Club.

Mrs. Woodworth was among 13 Women of Dedication honored by the SalvationArmy Door of Hope in February 1986.

Her husband died in 1987.
Survivors include stepdaughter, Pamela Halstead of Escondido; stepson,Chauncey C. Woodworth III of Charleston Ore.; and two grandchildren.

A memorial service is scheluled for 12:30 p.m. today at St. Paul'sLutheran Church, 1376 Felspar St., Pacific Beach. Prvate inurmnent willbe at Glen Abbey Memorial Park, Bonita.

Donations are suggested to the Star of India Auxiliary and Forest HomeWomen's Auxiliary.

Jack Williams: (619) 542-4587;
jack.williams@uniontrib.com
(Published date unknown)
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Margaret Woodworth
May 14, 1921-Jan. 14, 2004

Margaret " Marnie " Woodworth, 82, of San Diego died Jan. 14. She wasborn in Oakland and was a homemaker. She was a founder of the Star ofIndia Auxiliary and a member of the Forest Home Women ' s Auxiliary.

Survivors include her stepdaughter, Pamela Halstead of Escondido;stepson, C.C. Woodworth of Oregon; and two grandchildren.

Services: noon tomorrow, St. Paul ' s Lutheran Church, 1376 Felspar St.,San Diego.

Donations: Star of India Auxiliary, 1492 North Harbor Drive, San Diego,CA 92101.

Arrangements: Glen Abbey Mortuary.
Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on 1/21/2004.


Michael Theodore Swallie

In 1930, Michael Swallie (24) and his wife Mary A. (19) rented a farm in Warren Twp., Belmont Co., Ohio. Living with them were their children Theodore (3 yrs 4 mos), Richard (2 yrs 2 mos) and Madeline (1 yr 2 mos). Everyone in the household was a native of Ohio.

According to the online Ohio death certificate index, Michael Swallie was a carpenter.