Kittie May Ellis

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==Middle life==
 
==Middle life==
In Jan 1898 the family went to <A title="Seattle, Washington"
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In Jan 1898 the family went to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle,_Washington Seattle, Washington], on their way to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Gold_Rush Alaska Gold Rush]<sup>[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Diary_of_Miss_Kitty_May_Ellis/6.16.1958.html#Page_13]</sup>. They never made it to the Gold Rush because of what Kitty refers to several times as: "deep-dyed treachery". She states that the proprietor of their hotel tried to poison her family, by putting poison in their food, and then later to break in and rob them in their hotel room.<sup>[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Diary_of_Miss_Kitty_May_Ellis/3.17.1957.html#Page_81]</sup>. But they were saved by Dr [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantz_Hunt_Coe F. H. Coe]</sup>, the Seattle Health Officer. By 1900 they were in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsboro,_Oregon Hillsboro, Oregon].
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle,_Washington">Seattle, Washington</A>,  
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on their way to the <A title="Alaska Gold Rush"
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Their mother had died in 1908, from stomach cancer,<A  
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Gold_Rush">Alaska Gold Rush</A><A
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class="external autonumber"
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title=../Kitty_May_Ellis/6.16.1958.html#Page_13
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href="../Kitty_May_Ellis/6.16.1958.html#Page_13">[7]</A>.  
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They never made it to the Gold Rush because of what Kitty refers to several  
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times as&nbsp;: "deep-dyed treachery". She states that the proprietor of their  
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hotel tried to poison her family, by putting poison in their food, and then  
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later to break in and rob them in their hotel room.<A
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class="external autonumber"
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title=../Kitty_May_Ellis/3.17.1957.html#Page_81
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href="../Kitty_May_Ellis/3.17.1957.html#Page_81">[8]</A>.  
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But they were saved by Dr <A class=new title="Frantz Hunt Coe"
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frantz_Hunt_Coe">F.  
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H. Coe</A>, the Seattle Health Officer. By 1900 they were in <A
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title="Hillsboro, Oregon"
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsboro,_Oregon">Hillsboro, Oregon</A>.</P>
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<P>Their mother had died in 1908, from stomach cancer,<A  
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class="external autonumber"
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title=../Kitty_May_Ellis/3.17.1957.html#Page_56
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href="../Kitty_May_Ellis/3.17.1957.html#Page_56">[9]</A>  
 
href="../Kitty_May_Ellis/3.17.1957.html#Page_56">[9]</A>  
 
but not before arranging that Kitty was to receive the land and house provided  
 
but not before arranging that Kitty was to receive the land and house provided  
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<P><A id=Later_life name=Later_life></A></P>
 
<P><A id=Later_life name=Later_life></A></P>
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<H2>Later life</H2>
 
<H2>Later life</H2>
 
<P>Their father Andrew died in 1922 from <A title=Uremia  
 
<P>Their father Andrew died in 1922 from <A title=Uremia  

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