Minnie May MANSFIELD

1883 - 1990  (107 years)

• Name	Minnie May MANSFIELD
  Nickname	Girlie
  Birth	23 Mar 1883	Gorda, Monterey, California   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Education	Teacher's Training School in Salinas, California
  History	SSDI states card issued in California in 1962.
  Occupation	Teacher, Principal
  Social Security Number	563-66-5721
  Death	12 Jun 1990	Sun City, Riverside, California   [1, 2]
  Notes	Minnie has a rich family history that goes back to her mother's father, who in the early 1800's came to California in a covered wagon. He had sent his wife and two sons south by boat to cross the Isthmus of Panama, because he had thought that would be a safer route. The children crossed the Isthmus on the backs of Indians. They all caught a boat that sailed up the coast and met him in San Francisco. Minnie's mother was named Mendocino after the town; she was the first white child born there. Minnie's father, Cornell Mansfield, drove a covered wagon at 17 years of age from Mansfield, Ohio to Northern California. He homesteaded in the Pacific Valley, bought out other homesteaders and eventually developed his land into a 7,000 acre cattle ranch. The ranch was later bought by William Randolph Hearst, which extended his estate from San Simeon to Big Sur. Minnie was the ninth of twelve children. She is a second generation Californian. She grew up around horses. To this day, she loves them. She remembers seeing Buffalo Bill in King City when she was a child. As befitting ladies of that era, her father only allowed his daughters to ride side-saddle. Minnie went to Teacher's Training School in Salinas and became a teacher before she got married. She was the principal of a grade school in King City. In the early 1900's, Minnie met and married Bert Reid, the foreman of the Green Cattle Company. They lived in Cananea, Mexico. That was where she first learned to ride like a cowboy. Because of Indian uprisings there in Mexico, the Reids decided to move to Yuma, Arizona. There they homesteaded 160 acres, farming the land from 1910 to 1937. Minnie Reid was Matron for Eastern Star during the 1920's and held a position in the State Office of the Eastern Star in Arizona. In 1937 they went into produce farming, growing carrots on 700 acres near Grant, New Mexico. They employed Navaho Indians to help them. Minnie had three children, two sons and a daughter. Her daughter, Marjorie Adams, lives in Sun City and comes everyday to be with her Mother. Her son, Barney Reid, a well-known artist, lives in San Diego. Minnie was a tireless worker, for she went back to teaching in the 1930's in order to send her children through college. She taught "Americanization Work" to Native Indian, Mexican, and Chinese elementary children. She also taught them English. As soon as Marjorie, the youngest, graduated, she quit teaching. Minnie loved to garden - her passion was flowers. To this day she enjoys fresh flowers and likes them to be arranged aesthetically. She used to have extensive flower gardens. She also enjoyed reading. It was a favorite pastime. Her husband died in 1950, so she had to sell the ranch. She moved to San Diego to live near her son until 1979. She lived alone until she was 97 years old. She then came to Sun City to live with Marjorie, and has been here at Sun City Convalescent Center for two years. [7]
  Person ID	I529	Reid Family | David's side of the family
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	Curnell Horatio MANSFIELD,   b. 6 Dec 1835, Washington, Hancock, Ohio d. 27 Jul 1906, King City, Monterey, California (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Mendocina May PLASKETT,   b. 14 Sep 1856, Mendocino Co., California d. 7 Aug 1936, King City, Monterey, California (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	16 Mar 1871	Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California
  Headstones		Mansfield, Curnell H.-1835 & Mendocino M.-1856 (HS)
  Family ID	F1388	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bertram McClure REID,   b. 12 Apr 1880, Chico, Butte, California d. 3 May 1950, Escondido, San Diego, California (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	3 Sep 1908	King City, Monterey, California
  	(nearby)
  Children	1. Cedric McClure REID,   b. 17 Dec 1909, King City, Monterey, California d. 13 Dec 1974, San Francisco, San Francisco, California (Age 64 years) + 2. Barney Maxwell REID,   b. 26 Aug 1913, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California d. 20 Mar 1992, San Diego, San Diego, California (Age 78 years) + 3. Marjorie Ellen REID,   b. 20 Jan 1915, Fort Yuma Indian Reservation (near Winterhaven), Imperial, California d. 5 Mar 1992, Sun City, Riverside, California (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F24	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2011

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 23 Mar 1883 - Gorda, Monterey, California Marriage - 3 Sep 1908 - King City, Monterey, California Death - 12 Jun 1990 - Sun City, Riverside, California  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Mansfield, Minnie.jpg Taken 23 March 1989.

  
  

• Sources

  [S198] California Death Index (CDI), Riverside County, California. [S202] Social Security Death Index (SSDI). [S237] United States Federal Census, King City, Monterey, California, District 7, Pg. 6B. [S239] United States Federal Census, Crane, Yuma, California; Enumeration District #71, Pg. 28A. [S240] United States Federal Census, Somerton, Yuma, Arizona; Enumeration District #14-16, Pg. 4B. [S241] United States Federal Census, Somerton, Yuma, Arizona; Enumeration District #14-9, Pg. 10A. [S14] Sun City Convalescent Center News.