Pauline was born Jul 23, 1857 in Prussia and arrived in Castle Garden, New York City on May 23, 1874 on the S.S. Braunschweig. She was 16. She married John Blair Young of Scotland on Jan 13, 1883 in San Francisco.
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 16, Number 129, 20 January 1883
Marriage:
San Francisco, January 13— John B. Young to Pauline Werner.
In 1885, they lived at 945 1/2 Folsom in San Francisco while John worked as a blacksmith and shipsmith at 303 Mission. They missed the Great San Francisco Earthquake in 1906 by moving to Oakland by 1886. John continued to work as a blacksmith at 315 Mission in San Francisco.
On September 2, 1890, and then again on August 5, 1891, while living in Oakland, Pauline filed for divorce, but they were still together in 1900.
Daily Alta California, Volume 83, Number 64, September 2, 1890
Suits of divorce were commenced yesterday as follows: Pauline W. Young against John B. Young . . .
San Francisco Call, Volume 70, Number 66, August 5, 1891
Pauline W. Young has sued John B. Young for divorce.
The reason for the divorce filings can best be summed up by a statement of Polly’s cousin Dorothy Arzner, who “described her aunt as long-suffering. Her aunt had to deal with an alcoholic husband and his abuse. He even ran off once with all their savings and left his wife all alone with four [sic] little children. He had gone to Scotland for a ‘fling,’ and he eventually came back. Her aunt put up with it all, and eventually died from an operation.”
"Arzner loved her aunt very much and thought her incredibly kind. But one day her aunt had baked a special pie and a kitten ate the top off of it. Arzner witnessed such a breaking point as a young girl, in her aunt. Arzner writes that her aunt flew after the cat with a heavy coal shovel and threw it at the poor thing. Fortunately, the shovel missed the kitten, but Arzner was horrified by her aunt’s explosion of violence. ‘She was so mild and gentle and kind and long suffering . . . But it was too much for her. Now as I look back, she deserved some outlet.’ ”
"When Dorothy Arzner was five [1902], her parents divorced and she never saw her mother again. She and her brother moved in with her aunt and uncle [Pauline and John Young] and Polly was her older cousin. Both girls had been given a toy that made noise, but Arzner's didn't always work. Her cousin Polly lost her toy, and said Arzner had stolen it. Arzner's toy happened to be working then, so her aunt believed Polly. Arzner was incensed that her aunt thought she lied. Arzner wrote in her autobiography: ‘My best friend gone against me. My best friend had called me a liar! . . . I was crying copiously. And the impression left on me was that I had been unjustly accused.’ Obviously, a best friend one can count on was something important to Arzner."
John and Pauline had three children, the first two born in San Francisco and the last born in Oakland: William B. (1883-1945), shipyard laborer and hotel clerk in Berkeley and Oakland, Pauline (1885-1965), Treasurer and Tax Collector for the City of Berkeley, and John (1888-1986), railroad telegrapher in Portland, OR, then Los Angeles as a railroad clerk, marrying Gladys J. "unknown" in Portland or Los Angeles between 1917 and 1920, then moving to Queens, NY and White Plains, NY where he died.
San Francisco Call, Volume 94, Number 68, 7 August 1903
Death Notice:
YOUNG— In this city, August 6, 1903, at the French Hospital, Pauline Werner Young, beloved wife of J. B. Young of 1045 Sixty-second street, Oakland, mother of William, Pauline and John Young, and sister of Mrs. W. W. West of Penna Grove, a native of Prussia, aged 46 years and 14 days. [calculated date = 23 Jul 1857]
San Francisco Call, Volume 94, Number 69, 8 August 1903
Death Notice:
YOUNG— In this city. August 6, 1903. Pauline Werner, wife of J. B. Young, mother of William, Pauline and John Young, and sister of [Mrs.] W. W. West of Penns Grove, a native of Prussia, aged 46 years and 14 days. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services today, August 8, at 1 o'clock, at her late residence, 1045 Sixty-second street. Oakland. Interment Mountain View Cemetery.
In 1910, John was a blacksmith in Vallejo, CA, and in 1920, he was a blacksmith at the navy yard in Oakland while living at 929 Union St. He died on Jan 19, 1927 in Oakland.
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 16, Number 129, 20 January 1883
Marriage:
San Francisco, January 13— John B. Young to Pauline Werner.
In 1885, they lived at 945 1/2 Folsom in San Francisco while John worked as a blacksmith and shipsmith at 303 Mission. They missed the Great San Francisco Earthquake in 1906 by moving to Oakland by 1886. John continued to work as a blacksmith at 315 Mission in San Francisco.
On September 2, 1890, and then again on August 5, 1891, while living in Oakland, Pauline filed for divorce, but they were still together in 1900.
Daily Alta California, Volume 83, Number 64, September 2, 1890
Suits of divorce were commenced yesterday as follows: Pauline W. Young against John B. Young . . .
San Francisco Call, Volume 70, Number 66, August 5, 1891
Pauline W. Young has sued John B. Young for divorce.
The reason for the divorce filings can best be summed up by a statement of Polly’s cousin Dorothy Arzner, who “described her aunt as long-suffering. Her aunt had to deal with an alcoholic husband and his abuse. He even ran off once with all their savings and left his wife all alone with four [sic] little children. He had gone to Scotland for a ‘fling,’ and he eventually came back. Her aunt put up with it all, and eventually died from an operation.”
"Arzner loved her aunt very much and thought her incredibly kind. But one day her aunt had baked a special pie and a kitten ate the top off of it. Arzner witnessed such a breaking point as a young girl, in her aunt. Arzner writes that her aunt flew after the cat with a heavy coal shovel and threw it at the poor thing. Fortunately, the shovel missed the kitten, but Arzner was horrified by her aunt’s explosion of violence. ‘She was so mild and gentle and kind and long suffering . . . But it was too much for her. Now as I look back, she deserved some outlet.’ ”
"When Dorothy Arzner was five [1902], her parents divorced and she never saw her mother again. She and her brother moved in with her aunt and uncle [Pauline and John Young] and Polly was her older cousin. Both girls had been given a toy that made noise, but Arzner's didn't always work. Her cousin Polly lost her toy, and said Arzner had stolen it. Arzner's toy happened to be working then, so her aunt believed Polly. Arzner was incensed that her aunt thought she lied. Arzner wrote in her autobiography: ‘My best friend gone against me. My best friend had called me a liar! . . . I was crying copiously. And the impression left on me was that I had been unjustly accused.’ Obviously, a best friend one can count on was something important to Arzner."
John and Pauline had three children, the first two born in San Francisco and the last born in Oakland: William B. (1883-1945), shipyard laborer and hotel clerk in Berkeley and Oakland, Pauline (1885-1965), Treasurer and Tax Collector for the City of Berkeley, and John (1888-1986), railroad telegrapher in Portland, OR, then Los Angeles as a railroad clerk, marrying Gladys J. "unknown" in Portland or Los Angeles between 1917 and 1920, then moving to Queens, NY and White Plains, NY where he died.
San Francisco Call, Volume 94, Number 68, 7 August 1903
Death Notice:
YOUNG— In this city, August 6, 1903, at the French Hospital, Pauline Werner Young, beloved wife of J. B. Young of 1045 Sixty-second street, Oakland, mother of William, Pauline and John Young, and sister of Mrs. W. W. West of Penna Grove, a native of Prussia, aged 46 years and 14 days. [calculated date = 23 Jul 1857]
San Francisco Call, Volume 94, Number 69, 8 August 1903
Death Notice:
YOUNG— In this city. August 6, 1903. Pauline Werner, wife of J. B. Young, mother of William, Pauline and John Young, and sister of [Mrs.] W. W. West of Penns Grove, a native of Prussia, aged 46 years and 14 days. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services today, August 8, at 1 o'clock, at her late residence, 1045 Sixty-second street. Oakland. Interment Mountain View Cemetery.
In 1910, John was a blacksmith in Vallejo, CA, and in 1920, he was a blacksmith at the navy yard in Oakland while living at 929 Union St. He died on Jan 19, 1927 in Oakland.
Pauline was born Jul 23, 1857 in Prussia and arrived in Castle Garden, New York City on May 23, 1874 on the S.S. Braunschweig. She was 16. She married John Blair Young of Scotland on Jan 13, 1883 in San Francisco.
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 16, Number 129, 20 January 1883
Marriage:
San Francisco, January 13— John B. Young to Pauline Werner.
In 1885, they lived at 945 1/2 Folsom in San Francisco while John worked as a blacksmith and shipsmith at 303 Mission. They missed the Great San Francisco Earthquake in 1906 by moving to Oakland by 1886. John continued to work as a blacksmith at 315 Mission in San Francisco.
On September 2, 1890, and then again on August 5, 1891, while living in Oakland, Pauline filed for divorce, but they were still together in 1900.
Daily Alta California, Volume 83, Number 64, September 2, 1890
Suits of divorce were commenced yesterday as follows: Pauline W. Young against John B. Young . . .
San Francisco Call, Volume 70, Number 66, August 5, 1891
Pauline W. Young has sued John B. Young for divorce.
The reason for the divorce filings can best be summed up by a statement of Polly’s cousin Dorothy Arzner, who “described her aunt as long-suffering. Her aunt had to deal with an alcoholic husband and his abuse. He even ran off once with all their savings and left his wife all alone with four [sic] little children. He had gone to Scotland for a ‘fling,’ and he eventually came back. Her aunt put up with it all, and eventually died from an operation.”
"Arzner loved her aunt very much and thought her incredibly kind. But one day her aunt had baked a special pie and a kitten ate the top off of it. Arzner witnessed such a breaking point as a young girl, in her aunt. Arzner writes that her aunt flew after the cat with a heavy coal shovel and threw it at the poor thing. Fortunately, the shovel missed the kitten, but Arzner was horrified by her aunt’s explosion of violence. ‘She was so mild and gentle and kind and long suffering . . . But it was too much for her. Now as I look back, she deserved some outlet.’ ”
"When Dorothy Arzner was five [1902], her parents divorced and she never saw her mother again. She and her brother moved in with her aunt and uncle [Pauline and John Young] and Polly was her older cousin. Both girls had been given a toy that made noise, but Arzner's didn't always work. Her cousin Polly lost her toy, and said Arzner had stolen it. Arzner's toy happened to be working then, so her aunt believed Polly. Arzner was incensed that her aunt thought she lied. Arzner wrote in her autobiography: ‘My best friend gone against me. My best friend had called me a liar! . . . I was crying copiously. And the impression left on me was that I had been unjustly accused.’ Obviously, a best friend one can count on was something important to Arzner."
John and Pauline had three children, the first two born in San Francisco and the last born in Oakland: William B. (1883-1945), shipyard laborer and hotel clerk in Berkeley and Oakland, Pauline (1885-1965), Treasurer and Tax Collector for the City of Berkeley, and John (1888-1986), railroad telegrapher in Portland, OR, then Los Angeles as a railroad clerk, marrying Gladys J. "unknown" in Portland or Los Angeles between 1917 and 1920, then moving to Queens, NY and White Plains, NY where he died.
San Francisco Call, Volume 94, Number 68, 7 August 1903
Death Notice:
YOUNG— In this city, August 6, 1903, at the French Hospital, Pauline Werner Young, beloved wife of J. B. Young of 1045 Sixty-second street, Oakland, mother of William, Pauline and John Young, and sister of Mrs. W. W. West of Penna Grove, a native of Prussia, aged 46 years and 14 days. [calculated date = 23 Jul 1857]
San Francisco Call, Volume 94, Number 69, 8 August 1903
Death Notice:
YOUNG— In this city. August 6, 1903. Pauline Werner, wife of J. B. Young, mother of William, Pauline and John Young, and sister of [Mrs.] W. W. West of Penns Grove, a native of Prussia, aged 46 years and 14 days. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services today, August 8, at 1 o'clock, at her late residence, 1045 Sixty-second street. Oakland. Interment Mountain View Cemetery.
In 1910, John was a blacksmith in Vallejo, CA, and in 1920, he was a blacksmith at the navy yard in Oakland while living at 929 Union St. He died on Jan 19, 1927 in Oakland.
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 16, Number 129, 20 January 1883
Marriage:
San Francisco, January 13— John B. Young to Pauline Werner.
In 1885, they lived at 945 1/2 Folsom in San Francisco while John worked as a blacksmith and shipsmith at 303 Mission. They missed the Great San Francisco Earthquake in 1906 by moving to Oakland by 1886. John continued to work as a blacksmith at 315 Mission in San Francisco.
On September 2, 1890, and then again on August 5, 1891, while living in Oakland, Pauline filed for divorce, but they were still together in 1900.
Daily Alta California, Volume 83, Number 64, September 2, 1890
Suits of divorce were commenced yesterday as follows: Pauline W. Young against John B. Young . . .
San Francisco Call, Volume 70, Number 66, August 5, 1891
Pauline W. Young has sued John B. Young for divorce.
The reason for the divorce filings can best be summed up by a statement of Polly’s cousin Dorothy Arzner, who “described her aunt as long-suffering. Her aunt had to deal with an alcoholic husband and his abuse. He even ran off once with all their savings and left his wife all alone with four [sic] little children. He had gone to Scotland for a ‘fling,’ and he eventually came back. Her aunt put up with it all, and eventually died from an operation.”
"Arzner loved her aunt very much and thought her incredibly kind. But one day her aunt had baked a special pie and a kitten ate the top off of it. Arzner witnessed such a breaking point as a young girl, in her aunt. Arzner writes that her aunt flew after the cat with a heavy coal shovel and threw it at the poor thing. Fortunately, the shovel missed the kitten, but Arzner was horrified by her aunt’s explosion of violence. ‘She was so mild and gentle and kind and long suffering . . . But it was too much for her. Now as I look back, she deserved some outlet.’ ”
"When Dorothy Arzner was five [1902], her parents divorced and she never saw her mother again. She and her brother moved in with her aunt and uncle [Pauline and John Young] and Polly was her older cousin. Both girls had been given a toy that made noise, but Arzner's didn't always work. Her cousin Polly lost her toy, and said Arzner had stolen it. Arzner's toy happened to be working then, so her aunt believed Polly. Arzner was incensed that her aunt thought she lied. Arzner wrote in her autobiography: ‘My best friend gone against me. My best friend had called me a liar! . . . I was crying copiously. And the impression left on me was that I had been unjustly accused.’ Obviously, a best friend one can count on was something important to Arzner."
John and Pauline had three children, the first two born in San Francisco and the last born in Oakland: William B. (1883-1945), shipyard laborer and hotel clerk in Berkeley and Oakland, Pauline (1885-1965), Treasurer and Tax Collector for the City of Berkeley, and John (1888-1986), railroad telegrapher in Portland, OR, then Los Angeles as a railroad clerk, marrying Gladys J. "unknown" in Portland or Los Angeles between 1917 and 1920, then moving to Queens, NY and White Plains, NY where he died.
San Francisco Call, Volume 94, Number 68, 7 August 1903
Death Notice:
YOUNG— In this city, August 6, 1903, at the French Hospital, Pauline Werner Young, beloved wife of J. B. Young of 1045 Sixty-second street, Oakland, mother of William, Pauline and John Young, and sister of Mrs. W. W. West of Penna Grove, a native of Prussia, aged 46 years and 14 days. [calculated date = 23 Jul 1857]
San Francisco Call, Volume 94, Number 69, 8 August 1903
Death Notice:
YOUNG— In this city. August 6, 1903. Pauline Werner, wife of J. B. Young, mother of William, Pauline and John Young, and sister of [Mrs.] W. W. West of Penns Grove, a native of Prussia, aged 46 years and 14 days. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services today, August 8, at 1 o'clock, at her late residence, 1045 Sixty-second street. Oakland. Interment Mountain View Cemetery.
In 1910, John was a blacksmith in Vallejo, CA, and in 1920, he was a blacksmith at the navy yard in Oakland while living at 929 Union St. He died on Jan 19, 1927 in Oakland.
Family Members
Siblings
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Friedrich Wilhelm Werner
1845–1849
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Hermann Emil Werner
1847–1906
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August Werner
1849–1929
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Wilhelmine Werner
1850–1850
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Bertha Auguste Werner Goms
1852–1928
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Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Werner
1855–1855
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Ferdinand Julius Werner
1859–1941
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Charlotte "Lottie" Werner Thoele
1866–1945
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Auguste Werner West
1866–1915
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