Margaret Blake-Alverson

Pdf of Sixty Years of California Song

Rosana Margaret Kroh Blake (1836-1923) was a singer, singing coach, and author in San Francisco, California. She wrote Sixty Years of California Song, an autobiography published in 1913. ^{[1] [2]} Her students included Lee Tung Foo ^[3] and Pauline Joran.

She performed on piano for miner guests at her parents home in Stockton. ^[4] She lived in Boston during the Civil War. ^[5]

She donated music to the Oakland Free Library. ^[6] He collection included diaries, musical programs, letters and pictures. ^[7]

She was born in Mt. Carmel, Illinois. Parents: Rev. Henry Kroh and Mary Ann Stouch were her parents. She married married George Henry Blake September 17, 1857 in Stockton, California. George Lincoln Blake and William Ellery Blake were their sons. She married David William Alverson on November 24, 1875 in San Francisco. ^[8]

References

1. "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Books. Part, group 1". Library of Congress, Copyright Office. November 22, 1913 – via Google Books.
2. Woods, James L.; Woods, James (November 22, 1922). "California Pioneer Decade of 1849: The Presbyterian Church with Some Mention of Other Churches, and Incidental Reference to Current Events and Civil Affairs of Early and Later Date". Press of the Hansen Company – via Google Books.
3. Bloechl, Olivia; Lowe, Melanie; Kallberg, Jeffrey (January 8, 2015). Rethinking Difference in Music Scholarship. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-1-316-19443-0 – via Google Books.
4. Matt, Susan J. (April 17, 2014). Homesickness: An American History. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-970744-7 – via Google Books.
5. Orchestra, Boston Symphony (November 22, 1920). "Programme". The Orchestra – via Google Books.
6. Library, California State (November 22, 1921). "News Notes of California Libraries". California State Library. – via Google Books.
7. Legislature, California (November 22, 1925). "Journals of the Legislature of the State of California" – via Google Books.
8. KROH, T. DARL (1962). "CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD of the DESCENDANTS OF HENRY KROH" (PDF).