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			<span style="color:#006400">'''WATERS, Edith Scott'''</span> (1870-1918), adopted daughter of Marantha Scott Waters and William Waters.

	<span style="color:#006400">'''CREEDE, Dorothy'''</span> (1895-1918), daughter born February 23, 1895 to Edith Scott Waters Walker [later Edith Basford/later Edith Burritt], was the adopted daughter of Captain William G. Waters of San Miguel Island. Edith ran away from San Miguel Island, briefly married John Mackay Walker, gave birth to little Dorothy, gave the child up for adoption and then married Harold Roberts Basford (1873-1954).		<span style="color:#006400">'''CREEDE, Dorothy'''</span> (1895-1918), daughter born February 23, 1895 to Edith Scott Waters Walker [later Edith Basford/later Edith Burritt], was the adopted daughter of Captain William G. Waters of San Miguel Island. Edith ran away from San Miguel Island, briefly married John Mackay Walker, gave birth to little Dorothy, gave the child up for adoption and then married Harold Roberts Basford (1873-1954).
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	'''July 6, 1895 [LAH]:''' “Levanted in a rowboat. How a young girl escaped from San Miguel Island. Would go on the stage. Married to the son of a former wealthy man. Mrs. Edith Waters Walker is her name and she brings suit for divorce — What her husband says. Information has been received in this city to the effect that Mrs. Edith Waters Walker had commenced suit for divorce against her husband, John MacKay Walker, who is residing in Los Angeles. Additional interest was lent to the case from the fact that the husband is a son of Joshua M. Walker, a former partner of John W. Mackay, the bonanza king. Mr. walker is connected with a gas saving apparatus company and resides on South Spring Street, where he was seen last evening regarding the action taken by his wife. He is 22 years of age, stands over 6 feet in height, has dark hair, blue eyes and very pleasing manners. “I am not in the least surprised at my wife bringing this suit,“ he said, after reading the dispatch from San Francisco. “It is what I have expected. I have not as yet received notification of the action, so of course am unacquainted with any of the charges on which she bases her complaint. If the grounds are at all reasonable I shall make no defense, but will allow her to get the decree. Should the complaint contain anything that is wrong I will of course contest it. In fact, it would have been but a matter of short time before I would have brought suit for divorce against her and the reason I have delayed thus far is because I knew it would have been postponed. Her lawyer, Roger Johnson of San Francisco, is engaged on her other suit for $5000 against her step-father, Captain Waters of Santa Barbara, and a continuance until that one is disposed of would have been asked had I brought suit.“ “What are the grounds on which you proposed to base your action?" was asked. “Well, I cannot speak of their nature at present. While there were several different ones it was a succession of events. I did not know but my wife's complaint is based on incompatibility of temper,“ he added, “for I know that we began to disagree shortly after the honeymoon. I married my wife in San Francisco last May. We had known each other about six weeks. Two weeks before our marriage she had made her debut at the Orpheum, where she sang. As she wanted to further cultivate her voice and follow the stage as a professional and also to help out with expenses she continued on the boards after the marriage ceremony. I was employed in the power house of the San Francisco and San Mateo motor railway. Sometime after her engagement at the Orpheum she went to Portland and sang in the Anheuser saloon. In October I left San Francisco and came to Los Angeles. She came down during the same month and appeared here with the Benson Dramatic Company, which played at the Grand Opera House. Her stage name was Ynez Dean. After this she went on the road with another company organized by Dr. Stoessel, who got into trouble with Benson. They toured about Southern Califoria, visiting all of the principal stands, and finally went to Ensenada, Lower California, where the company broke up. She returned to Los Angeles and lived with me from the first part of last December until February. Yes, it was during this time that we agreed to disagree. She went to San Francisco two months ago. Her child is about 4 month old, and I am quite willing that she should have it, if such is her desire. During all of her stage career she has never risen above mediocrity and has appeared only with indifferent companies. It is ~~unture~~ that her stepfather is very wealthy. He is well-to-do, but is not worth $500,000 as claimed. He owns San Miguel Island. She was early left an orphan and adopted by Mrs. Scott, who afterwards married Captain Waters. My wife lived on the island at various times during a number of years. She claimed to me that she was kept a prisoner there, but I afterwards ascertained this was wrong. She had all the comforts of a home and frequently visited the mainland. As to whether or not she entertained company at her island home, I cannot say. The statement that she used to herd cattle is ridiculous, as is the one that she was the only woman, besides a squaw on the island. A housekeeper was there, and my wife was given all of the comfort for which any one could reasonably ask. She finally got tired of life there and determined to get away. The opportunity presented itself one day when she persuaded a man in a row boat to take her over to Santa Barbara. In reality she ran away from the island and went to San Francisco, as she wanted to go on the stage. It was while she was living in the north that we were married. The suit for $5000 against Captain Waters is for money claimed to have been entrusted to him for her by her mother. It was brought last July.”		'''July 6, 1895 [LAH]:''' “Levanted in a rowboat. How a young girl escaped from San Miguel Island. Would go on the stage. Married to the son of a former wealthy man. Mrs. Edith Waters Walker is her name and she brings suit for divorce — What her husband says. Information has been received in this city to the effect that Mrs. Edith Waters Walker had commenced suit for divorce against her husband, John MacKay Walker, who is residing in Los Angeles. Additional interest was lent to the case from the fact that the husband is a son of Joshua M. Walker, a former partner of John W. Mackay, the bonanza king. Mr. walker is connected with a gas saving apparatus company and resides on South Spring Street, where he was seen last evening regarding the action taken by his wife. He is 22 years of age, stands over 6 feet in height, has dark hair, blue eyes and very pleasing manners. “I am not in the least surprised at my wife bringing this suit,“ he said, after reading the dispatch from San Francisco. “It is what I have expected. I have not as yet received notification of the action, so of course am unacquainted with any of the charges on which she bases her complaint. If the grounds are at all reasonable I shall make no defense, but will allow her to get the decree. Should the complaint contain anything that is wrong I will of course contest it. In fact, it would have been but a matter of short time before I would have brought suit for divorce against her and the reason I have delayed thus far is because I knew it would have been postponed. Her lawyer, Roger Johnson of San Francisco, is engaged on her other suit for $5000 against her step-father, Captain Waters of Santa Barbara, and a continuance until that one is disposed of would have been asked had I brought suit. “What are the grounds on which you proposed to base your action?" was asked. “Well, I cannot speak of their nature at present. While there were several different ones it was a succession of events. I did not know but my wife's complaint is based on incompatibility of temper,“ he added, “for I know that we began to disagree shortly after the honeymoon. I married my wife in San Francisco last May. We had known each other about six weeks. Two weeks before our marriage she had made her debut at the Orpheum, where she sang. As she wanted to further cultivate her voice and follow the stage as a professional and also to help out with expenses she continued on the boards after the marriage ceremony. I was employed in the power house of the San Francisco and San Mateo motor railway. Sometime after her engagement at the Orpheum she went to Portland and sang in the Anheuser saloon. In October I left San Francisco and came to Los Angeles. She came down during the same month and appeared here with the Benson Dramatic Company, which played at the Grand Opera House. Her stage name was Ynez Dean. After this she went on the road with another company organized by Dr. Stoessel, who got into trouble with Benson. They toured about Southern Califoria, visiting all of the principal stands, and finally went to Ensenada, Lower California, where the company broke up. She returned to Los Angeles and lived with me from the first part of last December until February. Yes, it was during this time that we agreed to disagree. She went to San Francisco two months ago. Her child is about 4 month old, and I am quite willing that she should have it, if such is her desire. During all of her stage career she has never risen above mediocrity and has appeared only with indifferent companies. It is untrue that her stepfather is very wealthy. He is well-to-do, but is not worth $500,000 as claimed. He owns San Miguel Island. She was early left an orphan and adopted by Mrs. Scott, who afterwards married Captain Waters. My wife lived on the island at various times during a number of years. She claimed to me that she was kept a prisoner there, but I afterwards ascertained this was wrong. She had all the comforts of a home and frequently visited the mainland. As to whether or not she entertained company at her island home, I cannot say. The statement that she used to herd cattle is ridiculous, as is the one that she was the only woman, besides a squaw on the island. A housekeeper was there, and my wife was given all of the comfort for which any one could reasonably ask. She finally got tired of life there and determined to get away. The opportunity presented itself one day when she persuaded a man in a row boat to take her over to Santa Barbara. In reality she ran away from the island and went to San Francisco, as she wanted to go on the stage. It was while she was living in the north that we were married. The suit for $5000 against Captain Waters is for money claimed to have been entrusted to him for her by her mother. It was brought last July.”

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	'''August 9, 1895 [LAH]:''' “A child's good fortune. The Walker baby adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Creede. Taken from the County Hospital where she was born, and adopted by a wealthy family. Another chapter has been added to the story of the domestic difficulties of John Mackay Walker and his young actress wife, Edith Waters Walker. Their little infant girl which was born in the county hospital, and afterwards deserted by the gay young mother was yesterday taken into the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. C> Creede, who reside at 601 Pearl Street, in this city, and will soon be legally adopted by them. Mrs. Creede became interested in the little one sometime ago, and has since corresponded with mother in San Francisco. and as a result has been given the child. The baby is a bright little girl, and will henceforth live in far different surroundings from those into which she was ushered at her birth. Mr. and Mrs. Creede have no children of their own. They are very wealthy and will provide for their young protege handsomely. A remarkable feature of the case is the fact that the child's mother was herself adopted by a wealthy family when she was young.”		'''August 9, 1895 [LAH]:''' “A child's good fortune. The Walker baby adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Creede. Taken from the County Hospital where she was born, and adopted by a wealthy family. Another chapter has been added to the story of the domestic difficulties of John Mackay Walker and his young actress wife, Edith Waters Walker. Their little infant girl which was born in the county hospital, and afterwards deserted by the gay young mother was yesterday taken into the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Creede, who reside at 601 Pearl Street, in this city, and will soon be legally adopted by them. Mrs. Creede became interested in the little one sometime ago, and has since corresponded with mother in San Francisco. and as a result has been given the child. The baby is a bright little girl, and will henceforth live in far different surroundings from those into which she was ushered at her birth. Mr. and Mrs. Creede have no children of their own. They are very wealthy and will provide for their young protege handsomely. A remarkable feature of the case is the fact that the child's mother was herself adopted by a wealthy family when she was young.”

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	'''November 7, 1918 [Marin Journal]:''' “The death of Mrs Edith Dorothy Ritchie, wife of Will Ritchie, in San Francisco on last Saturday morning was a severe shock to the community and a still harder blow to her beloved husband.”		'''November 7, 1918 [Marin Journal]:''' “The death of Mrs. Edith Dorothy Ritchie, wife of Will Ritchie, in San Francisco on last Saturday morning was a severe shock to the community and a still harder blow to her beloved husband.”

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	'''October 19, 1974 [IJ]:''' “Funeral was held today for Edith R. Ritchie, life long Sausalito resident and former stenographer for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Miss Ritchie, 57, died Wednesday at a local hospital after a long illness. She was born in San Francisco but grew up and lived the rest of her life in Sausalito. Her father was an engineer on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. Miss Ritchie resided at the family home, 76 Cazneau Avenue. She worked 15 years for Southern Pacific. She leaves no immediate family.” [Daughter of Dorothy Creede].		'''October 19, 1974 [IJ]:''' “Funeral was held today for Edith R. Ritchie, life long Sausalito resident and former stenographer for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Miss Ritchie, 57, died Wednesday at a local hospital after a long illness. She was born in San Francisco but grew up and lived the rest of her life in Sausalito. Her father was an engineer on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. Miss Ritchie resided at the family home, 76 Cazneau Avenue. She worked 15 years for Southern Pacific. She leaves no immediate family.” [Daughter of Dorothy Creede].


			'''November 29, 1974 [Daily Independent Journal, San Rafael]:''' “Notice to Creditors No. 11771. Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Marin. Estate of Edith Romer Ritchie, deceased. Notice is hereby given to the creditors of the above named decedent that all persons having claims against the said decedent are required to file them in duplicate, with the necessary vouchers, in the office of the clerk of the above entitled court, or to present them, with the necessary vouchers, to the undersigned at the law offices of Richard J. Lathrop, One Market Street, Room 812, San Francisco, CA 94105, which is the place of business of the undersigned in all matters pertaining to the estate of said decedent, within four months after the first publication of this notice. Dated: November 20, 1974. Richard J. Lathrop, Executor of the Will of the above named decedent.”

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	'''November 23, 1918 [SN]:''' “The will of Dorothy Ritchie [Creede] was admitted to probate In the Superior court of this county yesterday. The will is dated January 5, 1918, and is witnessed by Mrs. E. A. Campbell and Mrs. Frances Hideout of ~~Sausaiito~~. The Anglo-California Trust Co. of San Francisco are executors of the estate. She bequeaths her jewelry, clothing, furniture and other personal effects to her mother with the wish that she save some of it for her daughter. One dollar is left to her husband, William Lloyd Ritchie, the balance for her mother and daughter's support. She leaves him nothing more on account of his ability to provide for himself. The property consisting of valuable improved warehouse property on Bluxome street. San Francisco, was left in trust for her child and her mother. Two-thirds of the income goes to the child and one-third to the mother. The child to receive the property on reaching the age of twenty-five years. The mother to receive the property should the child die before reaching twenty-five without having any children. Her two half brothers, Garth Basford and Roland Basford [Burritt], get the esate in the event that the child, Edith Romer Ritchie, dies before reaching twenty-five years, her grandmother, Mrs. Burritt and childen, if any of Edith Romer Ritchie's children are dead. The property is said to bring in a monthly income of $250.”		'''November 7, 1918 [Marin Journal]:''' “The death of Mrs Edith Dorothy Ritchie, wife of Will Ritchie, in San Francisco on last Saturday morning was a severe shock to the community and a still harder blow to her beloved husband.”


			'''November 23, 1918 [SN]:''' “The will of Dorothy Ritchie [Creede] was admitted to probate In the Superior court of this county yesterday. The will is dated January 5, 1918, and is witnessed by Mrs. E. A. Campbell and Mrs. Frances Hideout of Sausalito. The Anglo-California Trust Co. of San Francisco are executors of the estate. She bequeaths her jewelry, clothing, furniture and other personal effects to her mother with the wish that she save some of it for her daughter. One dollar is left to her husband, William Lloyd Ritchie, the balance for her mother and daughter's support. She leaves him nothing more on account of his ability to provide for himself. The property consisting of valuable improved warehouse property on Bluxome street. San Francisco, was left in trust for her child and her mother. Two-thirds of the income goes to the child and one-third to the mother. The child to receive the property on reaching the age of twenty-five years. The mother to receive the property should the child die before reaching twenty-five without having any children. Her two half brothers, Garth Basford and Roland Basford [Burritt], get the esate in the event that the child, Edith Romer Ritchie, dies before reaching twenty-five years, her grandmother, Mrs. Burritt and childen, if any of Edith Romer Ritchie's children are dead. The property is said to bring in a monthly income of $250.”


			'''October 7, 1920 [Marin Journal]:''' “Estate of Edith Dorothy Ritchie, deceased—account settled and allowed; distributions as prayed.”


	'''October 19, 1974 [IJ]:''' “Funeral was held today for Edith R. Ritchie, life long Sausalito resident and former stenographer for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Miss Ritchie, 57, died Wednesday at a local hospital after a long illness. She was born in San Francisco but grew up and lived the rest of her life in Sausalito. Her father was an engineer on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. Miss Ritchie resided at the family home, 76 Cazneau Avenue. She worked 15 years for Southern Pacific. She leaves no immediate family.” [Daughter of Dorothy Creede].		'''October 19, 1974 [IJ]:''' “Funeral was held today for Edith R. Ritchie, life long Sausalito resident and former stenographer for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Miss Ritchie, 57, died Wednesday at a local hospital after a long illness. She was born in San Francisco but grew up and lived the rest of her life in Sausalito. Her father was an engineer on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. Miss Ritchie resided at the family home, 76 Cazneau Avenue. She worked 15 years for Southern Pacific. She leaves no immediate family.” [Daughter of Dorothy Creede].

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	'''August 9, 1895 [LAH]:''' “A child's good fortune. The Walker baby adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Creede. Taken from the County Hospital where she was born, and adopted by a wealthy family. Another chapter has been added to the story of the domestic difficulties of John Mackay Walker and his young actress wife, Edith Waters Walker. Their little infant girl which was born in the county hospital, and afterwards deserted by the gay young mother was yesterday taken into the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. C> Creede, who reside at ~~801~~ Pearl Street, in this city, and will soon be legally adopted by them. Mrs. Creede became interested in the little one sometime ago, and has since corresponded with mother in San Francisco. and as a result has been given the child. The baby is a bright little girl, and will henceforth live in far different surroundings from those into which she was ushered at her birth. Mr. and Mrs. Creede have no children of their own. They are very wealthy and will provide for their young protege handsomely. A remarkable feature of the case is the fact that the child's mother was herself adopted by a wealthy family when she was young.”		'''August 9, 1895 [LAH]:''' “A child's good fortune. The Walker baby adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Creede. Taken from the County Hospital where she was born, and adopted by a wealthy family. Another chapter has been added to the story of the domestic difficulties of John Mackay Walker and his young actress wife, Edith Waters Walker. Their little infant girl which was born in the county hospital, and afterwards deserted by the gay young mother was yesterday taken into the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. C> Creede, who reside at 601 Pearl Street, in this city, and will soon be legally adopted by them. Mrs. Creede became interested in the little one sometime ago, and has since corresponded with mother in San Francisco. and as a result has been given the child. The baby is a bright little girl, and will henceforth live in far different surroundings from those into which she was ushered at her birth. Mr. and Mrs. Creede have no children of their own. They are very wealthy and will provide for their young protege handsomely. A remarkable feature of the case is the fact that the child's mother was herself adopted by a wealthy family when she was young.”


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	'''July 13, 1897 [LAT]:''' “N. C. Creede dead. The famous miner ends his unhappy life. Nagged beyond endurance. Return of his wife to plague him after separation. Nicholas C. Creede, discoverer of the wonderful Colorado mining camp which is known today from end to end of the world by his name, died last night from an overdose of morphine. It may have been that it was accident, for he was accustomed to use the drug for neuralgia, but there is a possibility that, unhappy in spite of his wealth, in spite of his love for his tiny adopted daughter, in spite of his beautiful home and everything which should have made him contented, he meant to put an end to his ill-health and to escape from the wife from whom he had been separated for so many months past, but who had returned to Los Angeles and commenced again to make life a burden for him. Creede made a fortune from his Colorado mining ventures, and then sold all his mines and came to California to spend the remaining years of his life in peace. For four years past he has lived in the old Northam place on the corner of Sixth and Pearl streets in a handsome mansion surrounded by gardens, which are among the most beautiful in this city. Yesterday the retired miner seemed anxious and depressed. The wife to whom he had paid $20,000 for a promise that she would never trouble him again, had returned to Los Angeles again, and was trying desperately to see him. At dusk yesterday the gardener, Frank L. Maas, walked by the summer house, which stands in a little wood of palm trees back of the house. He noticed his master sitting in a rustic chair, with his head leaning back, apparently asleep. Something struck him as wrong, and he went to the house to summon Creede’s brother-in-law, W. M. Phifer… Creede leaves three brothers: a lawyer, Jerome L. Creede of Manitou, Colorado; a farmer, McConnell Creede of Forney, Texas; and a lawyer, Judge J. W. Creede of Leon, Decatur county, Iowa. His sister, Mrs. W. M. Phifer, is now in Manitou, and the only member of his family now here is his brother-in-law, Mr. Phifer… Domestic unhappiness. On January 4, 1897 Mr. and Mrs. Creede found further companionship unbearable, and they quietly agreed to dissolve further relationship at once… Creede never met his wife since her return, but he knew that she was here and he sought to avoid her by every subterfuge. He avoided in every way meeting the woman whom he had rewarded to abandon him… No children were born to them, but they adopted a beautiful little girl, and to this child he became devotedly attached…”		'''July 13, 1897 [LAT]:''' “N. C. Creede dead. The famous miner ends his unhappy life. Nagged beyond endurance. Return of his wife to plague him after separation. Nicholas C. Creede, discoverer of the wonderful Colorado mining camp which is known today from end to end of the world by his name, died last night from an overdose of morphine. It may have been that it was accident, for he was accustomed to use the drug for neuralgia, but there is a possibility that, unhappy in spite of his wealth, in spite of his love for his tiny adopted daughter, in spite of his beautiful home and everything which should have made him contented, he meant to put an end to his ill-health and to escape from the wife from whom he had been separated for so many months past, but who had returned to Los Angeles and commenced again to make life a burden for him. Creede made a fortune from his Colorado mining ventures, and then sold all his mines and came to California to spend the remaining years of his life in peace. For four years past he has lived in the old Northam place on the corner of Sixth and Pearl streets in a handsome mansion surrounded by gardens, which are among the most beautiful in this city. Yesterday the retired miner seemed anxious and depressed. The wife to whom he had paid $20,000 for a promise that she would never trouble him again, had returned to Los Angeles again, and was trying desperately to see him. At dusk yesterday the gardener, Frank L. Maas, walked by the summer house, which stands in a little wood of palm trees back of the house. He noticed his master sitting in a rustic chair, with his head leaning back, apparently asleep. Something struck him as wrong, and he went to the house to summon Creede’s brother-in-law, W. M. Phifer… Creede leaves three brothers: a lawyer, Jerome L. Creede of Manitou, Colorado; a farmer, McConnell Creede of Forney, Texas; and a lawyer, Judge J. W. Creede of Leon, Decatur county, Iowa. His sister, Mrs. W. M. Phifer, is now in Manitou, and the only member of his family now here is his brother-in-law, Mr. Phifer… Domestic unhappiness. On January 4, 1897 Mr. and Mrs. Creede found further companionship unbearable, and they quietly agreed to dissolve further relationship at once… Creede never met his wife since her return, but he knew that she was here and he sought to avoid her by every subterfuge. He avoided in every way meeting the woman whom he had rewarded to abandon him… No children were born to them, but they adopted a beautiful little girl, and to this child he became devotedly attached…”


			'''July 14, 1897 [LAT]:''' “Creede's estate. His wife files a petition for letters of administration. Mrs. Louisa Creede, but one day a widow, does not intend to allow her dead husband's other relations to succeed to his estate without a legal battle. Creede killed himself on Monday night by taking an overdose of morphine. Some were of the opinion that the recent arrival of Mrs. Creede in Los Angeles had a great deal to do with Creede's action. Yesterday Mrs. Creede filed a petition for letters of administration to the estate of Nicholas C. Creede, her deceased husband. The portion of Creede's estate over which Mrs. Creede asks control is an undivided one-half interest in the following described property: House and lot at No. 601 South Pearl Street, worth $45,000, with $3000 worth of furniture in the house; a house and lot on 6th Street valued at $4000; the Tally-ho Stables, of the value of $35,000; money, stocks, bonds and other securities in the sum of $100,000. THis makes a total of $817,000. Mrs. Creede states that the whole of Creede's estate does not exceed $500,000 in value, and that one-half of the old miner's property was acquired by him after his marriage with her. The petitioner, aged 50 years, Jerome L. Creede of Colorado, J. W. Creede of Iowa, McConnell Creede of Texas, and Mrs. W. M. Phifer, Creede's sister, are the dead man's heirs. He also left a three year old adopted daughter named Edith Dorothy Creede. Mrs. Creede alleges in her petition that Creede left no will and to the best of her knowledge and belief died intestate.”


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	'''July 30, 1898 [LAT]: ''' “		'''July 30, 1898 [LAT]: ''' “For about a year the matter of the guardianship of Edith Dorothy Creede, the adopted infant daughter of the late Nicholas Creede, has hung fire in the courts. It now seems reasonably certain, however, that next week a guardian of the person will be appointed, and Mrs. Basford, the child's mother, will have the preference, if nothing can be shown that would indicate that she is an improper person. It is on the table however, that her eligibility in this direction will be questioned.”


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	'''October 30, 1898 [LAT]:''' “Judge Allen, sitting for Judge Clark, yesterday granted a petition for an allowance of $50 per month from the estate of the late N. C. Creede for the support of Edith Dorothy Creede, the adopted daughter of the deceased mining man. The infant is now in the care of Mrs. Edith ~~Bashford~~, the natural mother.”		'''October 30, 1898 [LAT]:''' “Judge Allen, sitting for Judge Clark, yesterday granted a petition for an allowance of $50 per month from the estate of the late N. C. Creede for the support of Edith Dorothy Creede, the adopted daughter of the deceased mining man. The infant is now in the care of Mrs. Edith Basford, the natural mother.”


	'''November 15, 1898 [LAT]:''' “		'''November 15, 1898 [LAT]:''' “San Franciso, Nov. 14.—Mrs. Edith Alice Basford has made accusation of fraud against her foster father, Capt. William G. Waters, a wealthy rancher, who has large holdings on San Miguel Island in the Santa Barbara channel. Mrs. Basford avers that more than twenty-two years ago she was adopted by Mrs. Mirantha Scott, who subsequently married Capt. Waters; she says that after the marriage, in 1887, Capt. and Mrs. Waters both adopted her in legal form. When Mrs. Waters died, she is alleged to have left a trust fund of $5000 for the present Mrs. Basford, which she charges has been encumbered by claims made by Waters, who, however, denies the allegations. The case is on trial before Judge Sewell.”


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	'''January 15, 1901 [TD]:''' “		'''January 15, 1901 [Times Democrat]:''' “A strange bequest made by a man who loved a little child. How little Dorothy Creede came to be devisee of millions, provided she leads a proper and virtuous life. Dorothy Creede, infant heiress to an old man's millions, will come into full possession of her fortune in twenty years, "if she has led a proper and virtuous life." Five of these years have already passed over Baby Dorothy's head. It is a lucky head; the luckiest in all California, and one of the prettiest as well. It is covered with a curling mass of fine, soft hair. Helene and Cleoparta and other sirens of other centuries are declared to have possessed just such hair as made Dorothy heiress to the Creede millions. For it was the Titan tint of the little one's tresses that caught the fancy of childless Nicholas Creede in Los Angeles four years ago; caught his fancy and held it by a thousand glittering threads while the sweet dimpled face with its rare red-gold aureole won his heart. Dorothy was the only being on earth whom Nicholas Creede loved when he died. She had become more precious to him than the gold for which he had tolled, and the silver for which he had delved deep in the Colorado mountains. And when he loosed his hold on life and the riches that had mocked him when he tried to buy happiness with them, Dorothy was the only object to which he clung, the one thing that he could not reconcile himself to leave behind him. For a year she brought sunlight to his chill hard life. One year he had known the joy of teaching lisping lips to say "Papa," of feeling the dear embrace of baby arms about his neck, the satin touch of baby lips upon his rough miner's cheek, the strangely strong clasp of a baby's tiny, fragile fingers instinctively clinging around his own. For twelve months Dorothy has been his legally adopted daughter. Some time during that last year of his on earth Millionaire Creede made a will. Prompted by his adoration of the child, whom he could scarcely bear to have out of his sight, the natural anxiety of a doomed man looking into the uncertain future of a beautiful girl for whose fate he felt a father's responsibility, he dictated the clause which will stand for two decades as an admonition to Dorothy's guardians, and which he is to be the rule by which she will order her existence: "It is my wish that she shall then take full possession of the property, if she has led a proper and virtuous life." As to the inheritance itself, it will not be less than $3,000,000. It was a lucky day for baby Dorothy when the rich man who lived in the big handsome house next door, looked through the window when the sunbeams were frolicking with her Titian-tressed little head, the while the young mother taught her to put her rose-leaf feet one before the other upon the golden path. The mother was Mrs. Walker. She is Mrs. Basford now...”

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			'''March 24, 1892 [SFC]:''' “People laughed at N. C. Creede, while he was prospecting in the wilderness that is now the busy mining camp of Creede, but it is his turn to laugh now.”


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			'''July 24, 1895 [SFCall]:''' “A Los Angeles waif, actress Lillian Waters' baby left to the care of strangers. Kept from the orphan asylum by the charity of a poor woman. Los Angeles, Cal., July 23 — The three months old babe of Lillian Waters, the actress, lies ill in a poorly furnished room on South Spring Street, and but for the care of an old lady would occupy a cot in the Orphan Asylum. Neither the father not the mother of the child has contributed anything to its support and both seem to have completely deserted it. The father is John Mackay Walker, the son of John W. Mackay's old partner, at one time a millionaire. Young Walker was employed here for some time in the gas company's office, but left some weeks ago for San Bernardino, and his resent whereabouts is unknown. His marriage with Miss Waters proved a failure, and shortly before the baby was born he deserted her. Mrs. Chisolm, who is caring for the child, is very poor and cannot take proper care of it and is looking around for some couple to adopt it.”


			'''August 9, 1895 [LAH]:''' “A child's good fortune. The Walker baby adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Creede. Taken from the County Hospital where she was born, and adopted by a wealthy family. Another chapter has been added to the story of the domestic difficulties of John Mackay Walker and his young actress wife, Edith Waters Walker. Their little infant girl which was born in the county hospital, and afterwards deserted by the gay young mother was yesterday taken into the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. C> Creede, who reside at 801 Pearl Street, in this city, and will soon be legally adopted by them. Mrs. Creede became interested in the little one sometime ago, and has since corresponded with mother in San Francisco. and as a result has been given the child. The baby is a bright little girl, and will henceforth live in far different surroundings from those into which she was ushered at her birth. Mr. and Mrs. Creede have no children of their own. They are very wealthy and will provide for their young protege handsomely. A remarkable feature of the case is the fact that the child's mother was herself adopted by a wealthy family when she was young.”

	'''July 24, 1895 [SFCall]:''' “A Los Angeles waif, actress Lillian Waters' baby left to the care of strangers. Kept from the orphan asylum by the charity of a poor woman. Los Angeles, Cal., July 23 — The three months old babe of Lillian Waters, the actress, lies ill in a poorly furnished room on South Spring Street, and but for the care of an old lady would occupy a cot in the Orphan Asylum. Neither the father not the mother of the child has contributed anything to its support and both seem to have completely deserted it. The father is John Mackay Walker, the son of John W. Mackay's old partner, at one time a millionaire. Young Walker was employed here for some time in the gas company's office, but left some weeks ago for San Bernardino, and his resent whereabouts is unknown. His marriage with Miss Waters proved a failure, and shortly before the baby was born he deserted her. Mrs. Chisolm, who is caring for the child, is very poor and cannot take proper care of it and is looking around for some couple to adopt it.”

			'''September 7, 1895 [LAH]:''' “N. C. Creede filed his petition for the adoption of Dorothy Talbott Hitt Walker, aged 6 months, which was presented before Judge Van Dyke and the necessary order was made granting the same. This is the child of Edith Walker, an actress who was deserted by her husband in this city and about which so much appeared in the newspapers at the time. Mr. Creede is the well known Colorado mining man from whom the town of Creede was named.”

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	'''» Waters, Edith Scott'''; Schroder, Mary F. '''Nicholas Creede and the Amethyst Mine''' (2004)		'''» Waters, Edith Scott'''; Schroder, Mary F. '''Nicholas Creede and the Amethyst Mine''' (2004)


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	'''July 6, 1895 [LAH]:''' “Levanted in a rowboat. How a young girl escaped from San Miguel Island. Would go on the stage. Married to the son of a former wealthy man. Mrs. Edith Waters Walker is her name and she brings suit for divorce — What her husband says. Information has been received in this city to the effect that Mrs. Edith Waters Walker had commenced suit for divorce against her husband, John MacKay Walker, who is residing in Los Angeles. Additional interest was lent to the case from the fact that the husband is a son of Joshua M. Walker, a former partner of John W. Mackay, the bonanza king. Mr. walker is connected with a gas saving apparatus company and resides on South Spring Street, where he was seen last evening regarding the action taken by his wife. He is 22 years of age, stands over 6 feet in height, has dark hair, blue eyes and very pleasing manners. “I am not in the least surprised at my wife bringing this suit,“ he said, after reading the dispatch from San Francisco. “It is what I have expected. I have not as yet received notification of the action, so of course am unacquainted with any of the charges on which she bases her complaint. If the grounds are at all reasonable I shall make no defense, but will allow her to get the decree. Should the complaint contain anything that is wrong I will of course contest it. In fact, it would have been but a matter of short time before I would have brought suit for divorce against her and the reason I have delayed thus far is because I knew it would have been postponed. Her lawyer, Roger Johnson of San Francisco, is engaged on her other suit for $5000 against her step-father, Captain Waters of Santa Barbara, and a continuance until that one is disposed of would have been asked had I brought suit.“ “What are the grounds on which you proposed to base your action?" was asked. “Well, I cannot speak of their nature at present. While there were several different ones it was a succession of events. I did not know but my wife's complaint is based on incompatibility of temper,“ he added, “for I know that we began to disagree shortly after the honeymoon. I married my wife in San Francisco last May. We had known each other about six weeks. Two weeks before our marriage she had made her debut at the Orpheum, where she sang. As she wanted to further cultivate her voice and follow the stage as a professional and also to help out with expenses she continued on the boards after the marriage ceremony. I was employed in the power house of the San Francisco and San Mateo motor railway. Sometime after her engagement at the Orpheum she went to Portland and sang in the Anheuser saloon. In October I left San Francisco and came to Los Angeles. She came down during the same month and appeared here with the Benson Dramatic Company, which played at the Grand Opera House. Her stage name was Ynez Dean. After this she went on the road with another company organized by Dr. Stoessel, who got into trouble with Benson. They toured about Southern Califoria, visiting all of the principal stands, and finally went to Ensenada, Lower California, where the company broke up. She returned to Los Angeles and lived with me from the first part of last December until February. Yes, it was during this time that we agreed to disagree. She went to San Francisco two months ago. Her child is about 4 month old, and I am quite willing that she should have it, if such is her desire. During all of her stage career she has never risen above mediocrity and has appeared only with indifferent companies. It is unture that her stepfather is very wealthy. He is well-to-do, but is not worth $500,000 as claimed. He owns San Miguel Island. She was early left an orphan and adopted by Mrs. Scott, who afterwards married Captain Waters. My wife lived on the island at various times during a number of years. She claimed to me that she was kept a prisoner there, but I afterwards ascertained this was wrong. She had all the comforts of a home and frequently visited the mainland. As to whether or not she entertained company at her island home, I cannot say. The statement that she used to herd cattle is ridiculous, as is the one that she was the only woman, besides a squaw on the island. A housekeeper was there, and my wife was given all of the comfort for which any one could reasonably ask. She finally got tired of life there and determined to get away. The opportunity presented itself one day when she persuaded a man in a row boat to take her over to Santa Barbara. In reality she ran away from the island and went to San Francisco, as she wanted to go on the stage. It was while she was living in the north that we were married. The suit for $5000 against Captain Waters is for money claimed to have been entrusted to him for her by her mother. It was brought last July.”		'''July 6, 1895 [LAH]:''' “Levanted in a rowboat. How a young girl escaped from San Miguel Island. Would go on the stage. Married to the son of a former wealthy man. Mrs. Edith Waters Walker is her name and she brings suit for divorce — What her husband says. Information has been received in this city to the effect that Mrs. Edith Waters Walker had commenced suit for divorce against her husband, John MacKay Walker, who is residing in Los Angeles. Additional interest was lent to the case from the fact that the husband is a son of Joshua M. Walker, a former partner of John W. Mackay, the bonanza king. Mr. walker is connected with a gas saving apparatus company and resides on South Spring Street, where he was seen last evening regarding the action taken by his wife. He is 22 years of age, stands over 6 feet in height, has dark hair, blue eyes and very pleasing manners. “I am not in the least surprised at my wife bringing this suit,“ he said, after reading the dispatch from San Francisco. “It is what I have expected. I have not as yet received notification of the action, so of course am unacquainted with any of the charges on which she bases her complaint. If the grounds are at all reasonable I shall make no defense, but will allow her to get the decree. Should the complaint contain anything that is wrong I will of course contest it. In fact, it would have been but a matter of short time before I would have brought suit for divorce against her and the reason I have delayed thus far is because I knew it would have been postponed. Her lawyer, Roger Johnson of San Francisco, is engaged on her other suit for $5000 against her step-father, Captain Waters of Santa Barbara, and a continuance until that one is disposed of would have been asked had I brought suit.“ “What are the grounds on which you proposed to base your action?" was asked. “Well, I cannot speak of their nature at present. While there were several different ones it was a succession of events. I did not know but my wife's complaint is based on incompatibility of temper,“ he added, “for I know that we began to disagree shortly after the honeymoon. I married my wife in San Francisco last May. We had known each other about six weeks. Two weeks before our marriage she had made her debut at the Orpheum, where she sang. As she wanted to further cultivate her voice and follow the stage as a professional and also to help out with expenses she continued on the boards after the marriage ceremony. I was employed in the power house of the San Francisco and San Mateo motor railway. Sometime after her engagement at the Orpheum she went to Portland and sang in the Anheuser saloon. In October I left San Francisco and came to Los Angeles. She came down during the same month and appeared here with the Benson Dramatic Company, which played at the Grand Opera House. Her stage name was Ynez Dean. After this she went on the road with another company organized by Dr. Stoessel, who got into trouble with Benson. They toured about Southern Califoria, visiting all of the principal stands, and finally went to Ensenada, Lower California, where the company broke up. She returned to Los Angeles and lived with me from the first part of last December until February. Yes, it was during this time that we agreed to disagree. She went to San Francisco two months ago. Her child is about 4 month old, and I am quite willing that she should have it, if such is her desire. During all of her stage career she has never risen above mediocrity and has appeared only with indifferent companies. It is unture that her stepfather is very wealthy. He is well-to-do, but is not worth $500,000 as claimed. He owns San Miguel Island. She was early left an orphan and adopted by Mrs. Scott, who afterwards married Captain Waters. My wife lived on the island at various times during a number of years. She claimed to me that she was kept a prisoner there, but I afterwards ascertained this was wrong. She had all the comforts of a home and frequently visited the mainland. As to whether or not she entertained company at her island home, I cannot say. The statement that she used to herd cattle is ridiculous, as is the one that she was the only woman, besides a squaw on the island. A housekeeper was there, and my wife was given all of the comfort for which any one could reasonably ask. She finally got tired of life there and determined to get away. The opportunity presented itself one day when she persuaded a man in a row boat to take her over to Santa Barbara. In reality she ran away from the island and went to San Francisco, as she wanted to go on the stage. It was while she was living in the north that we were married. The suit for $5000 against Captain Waters is for money claimed to have been entrusted to him for her by her mother. It was brought last July.”

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	<span style="color:#006400">'''CREEDE, Dorothy'''</span> (1895-1918), daughter born February 23, 1895 to Edith Scott Waters Walker [later Edith Basford/later Edith Burritt], was the adopted daughter of Captain William G. Waters of San Miguel Island. Edith ran away from San Miguel Island, briefly married John Mackay Walker, gave birth to little Dorothy, gave the child up for adoption and then married Harold Roberts Basford (1873-1954).		<span style="color:#006400">'''CREEDE, Dorothy'''</span> (1895-1918), daughter born February 23, 1895 to Edith Scott Waters Walker [later Edith Basford/later Edith Burritt], was the adopted daughter of Captain William G. Waters of San Miguel Island. Edith ran away from San Miguel Island, briefly married John Mackay Walker, gave birth to little Dorothy, gave the child up for adoption and then married Harold Roberts Basford (1873-1954).
			[[File:CREEDE, Dorothy (1895-1918)©.jpg\|300px\|thumbnail\|right\|<center>Dorothy Creede (1895-1918)</center>]]
	In the meantime, on September 6, 1895, baby Dorothy was adopted by Nicolas C. Creede (née William Harvey, 1843-1897), millionaire mine owner and founder of Creede, Colorado. The child was well cared for in Los Angeles by two nursemaids and her doting new father. Creede’s and his wife, Nancy Louisa, were formally separated on January 2, 1897, and by his account, Creede regretted his marriage. Of Dorothy’s adoption, his wife simply stated: “That was Creede’s doing.”		In the meantime, on September 6, 1895, baby Dorothy was adopted by Nicolas C. Creede (née William Harvey, 1843-1897), millionaire mine owner and founder of Creede, Colorado. The child was well cared for in Los Angeles by two nursemaids and her doting new father. Creede’s and his wife, Nancy Louisa, were formally separated on January 2, 1897, and by his account, Creede regretted his marriage. Of Dorothy’s adoption, his wife simply stated: “That was Creede’s doing.”