Today in 1898, 14-year-old Rose Stanley was headed back to the SF Magdalen Asylum after running away from home for two months. "Her parents can do nothing with her" is a phrase that always hurts to see. Maybe try to figure out why she's so miserable at home? For a start? pic.twitter.com/cpsbjwLjrz
— Beth Winegarner (@bethwinegarner) May 5, 2023
Today in 1897, 17yo Maggie Bonner was sent to the SF Magdalen Asylum, and her siblings to two other welfare institutions. Their parents, Neal and Ellen, both from Ireland, died in early July, 1896, and Maggie may have been trying to hold the family together. pic.twitter.com/ut015e99de
— Beth Winegarner (@bethwinegarner) April 30, 2023
Today in 1899, 16yo Annie O'Hara was in the SF Magdalen Asylum after running away from home repeatedly, and for "incorrigibility." Unfortunately, Annie's friends beat an officer who tried to arrest her at an ice skating rink at Polk and Hayes the previous December. pic.twitter.com/PDzmnkWjvC
— Beth Winegarner (@bethwinegarner) April 28, 2023
Today in 1866, 14-year-old Ellen Magee was headed to the SF Magdalen Asylum for "living a life of infamy" and "being enamored of a life of prostitution." This happened against the wishes of her mother, who wanted to bring Ellen home. pic.twitter.com/p5SmUuToRM
— Beth Winegarner (@bethwinegarner) April 26, 2023
Today in 1891 (1891 was a busy year for SF Magdalen Asylum articles), Lizzie Miller was in the Mag. Arguably out of harm's way while her dad was sparring with (and stabbing) Patrick Shea, part of an alleged local crime family, who was living with Lizzie's sister, Arabella. pic.twitter.com/9MdxXhDmYV
— Beth Winegarner (@bethwinegarner) April 25, 2023
Today in 1891, 19-year-old Julia Ryan was booked into the SF Magdalen Asylum after a longtime neighbor, Thomas Brady, "enticed" her away from home. It's unusual for a teen over 18 to be jailed in the Mag like this. I can't find further info on Julia's life. pic.twitter.com/uI9vsAkrZ5
— Beth Winegarner (@bethwinegarner) April 24, 2023
Today in 1891, Augusta "Gussie" Eckstrom was back in the paper after Joseph McGinn took out a license to marry her. Even though the young couple had Ma Eckstrom's blessing, the authorities refused to let her out of the Mag. https://t.co/wu4LLlikBa pic.twitter.com/hYFUUIj3Md
— Beth Winegarner (@bethwinegarner) April 21, 2023
Today in 1887, local teen Alice Curtin asked to remain at the SF Magdalen Asylum after her friends tried to free her. After being orphaned, a teacher at the Mag's day school began taking care of her. Alice said if she left, she didn't know where she would go. pic.twitter.com/3bHTxt8DcK
— Beth Winegarner (@bethwinegarner) April 20, 2023
In the 1870 Census, 14-year-old Ella Williams was living in what looks like a boardinghouse with 9 others, while Thomas Williams was living elsewhere in the same district. Possible moms include Priscella Williams, a laundress, and Henrietta Williams, a sex worker. pic.twitter.com/8KCZ8O9UBe
— Beth Winegarner (@bethwinegarner) April 18, 2023
Today in 1895, 16yo Patricia Murphy was stuck in the SF Magdalen Asylum, kept "safe" from marrying Samuel Rose, a local barber. Officials thought it would be a bad match. As fate would have it, she later married *Manuel* Rose, a cop, and stayed with him until her death in 1945. pic.twitter.com/OTVTOdcUWi
— Beth Winegarner (@bethwinegarner) April 17, 2023