Finding married names in California 1905.....1910

[KiwiRose]

I am searching for the married names for Lillian ( Lily) De Curtoni and Elizabeth De Curtoni. Lily arrived in San Francisco in 1902 and Elizabeth in 1906 as young  women from New Zealand.  They were both still single in mid 1906. Being creative with spelling and place of birth on Ancestry's US Census records has failed to find them. Neither have the on-line Californian Birth and Death Indexes where maiden names are included.
I am only presuming that they married in the San Francisco area where they had family. Is there some way of searching marriage indexes in California on-line or do I need a Look Up?

This is my very first posting so I hope I have done everthing correctly. Can you tell how nervous I am ?

KiwiRose

[indiapaleale]

Hi Rose,

I saw you in the chat room and I think you are doing GREAT!!!!!

Don't be nervous.

I live in California...but am hopeless at California genealgy...heheh..I was born in England.

However, you might try poking about on the California GenWeb:
http://cagenweb.com/

San Francisco is in San Francisco county (fancy that!)

You might find something of interest.

Good luck in your search
Indi

[Ohio Susan]

Could this be your Lilly

South Carolina Death Index
Lillian Decurtoni
Death Date: 11 Jan 1938
Age (Years): 65
Estimated birth year: 1873 
County of Death: York 
Volume Number: 3
Certificate Number: 1336

Susan

[KiwiRose]

Thank you Indiapaleale and Ohio Susan for your replies.

I am amazed at the response time to my query. The slowest part is with me trying to figure out how to reply.

Indiapaleale,
I will check out the suggested website. Yes, I did peep in the chat room but it was all too much for a learner like me.

Ohio Susan,
The South Carolina Death Index Lily you found seems likely to be the NZ Lily DeCurtoni even though the birth year of 1873 is a little out. NZ Lily was born around 1878.
It puzzles me as to why I have been unable to locate her ( or sister Elizabeth ) under De Curtoni or variants in the three US Census of 1910, 1920 and 1930. Their brothers' and uncle's families were all found in the San Francisco area. I therefore decided that Lily and Elizabeth were married by the 1910 Census.

Could Lily have married but upon her death been registered under her maiden name?

Are there any other explanations for Lily being missing from three census other than her using a married name? There is no record of her ever returning to New Zealand.

KiwiRose

[Ohio Susan]

Were they born in New Zealand?

When was Elizabeth born?

Susan

[KiwiRose]

Both sisters were born in New Zealand and were orphaned when very young. They were brought up in an orphanage. Elizabeth was born in July 1885. The young women travelled to join their NZ born brothers who were already in San Francisco.

KiwiRose

[Notinpastyet]

Indiapaleale,I found that was a interesting little link for California genweb ,it just shows how worth while it is to read through old post

[Ohio Susan]

KiwiRose

You may already have these

The San Francisco Call (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913
August 15, 1905, Page 12

Elizabeth is not mentioned - so she might have died young

[Ohio Susan]

The San Francisco Call (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913
August 21, 1910, Page 43