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CAMP CAR IN WHICH THEY TRAVELED AROUND THE WEST. HE WOOED AND MARRIED
PRISCILLA TAFT. STARTED NEWSPAPER, PALM SPRINGS LIMELIGHT, DECEMBER 1933. MONEY
VERY SCARCE. LOST REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS FOR TAXES INCLUDING LITTLE TUSCANY-NOW
AN UPSCALE SUBURB. RAN CHAMBER OF COMMNERCE IN PALM SPRINGS. APPOINTED
SECRETARY OF THE TRAMWAY COMMISSION. ACTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL IN REAL ESTATE
AFTER WWII. PRISCILLA DIVORCED HIM ABOUT 1951; HE WENT EAST AND WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR OBTAINING LAND FOR NEW YORK UNIVERSITY’S NEW LAW SCHOOL. RETURNED TO THE
WEST COAST, REMARRIED PRISCILLA. THEY LIVED ON THE MONTEREY PENNINSULA. MOVED
BACK TO PALM SPRINGS, WHERE HE DIED IN 1976 AFTER A SERIES OF SMALL STROKES.
CREMATED, BURIED IN ASHLAND OREGON.9
On 30 Jun 1926 when JOHN RICHARDS EASTMAN was 26, he married PRISCILLA TAFT, daughter of
WILLIAM COOK TAFT & PHOEBE ALLEN COOK, in MISSION INN, RIVERSIDE, CA. Born on 24 Dec 1898
in ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. PRISCILLA died in LA JOLLA, CA, in Jul 1981; she was 82.9 Buried in
ASHLAND, OREGON. Occupation: EDITOR. Education: JOURNALISM COURSE AT COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY, WELL TRAVELED.
PRISCILLA WAS AN EDITOR, MUCKRAKER AND BON VIVANT.9
WITH HER HUSBAND JOHN, PRISCILLA IS CREDITED WITH STARTING PALM SPRINGS FIRST
NEWSPAPER, PALM SPRINGS LIMELIGHT, WHERE SHE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS.
CREMATED, BURIED IN ASHLAND, OREGON.9
HER MOTHER WAS PHOEBE ALLEN COOK.
They had the following children:
39 i. JOHN TAFT (1927-)
40 ii. WILLIAM TAFT (1929-)
41 iii. BENJAMIN ELSWOOD TAFT (1931-)
29. ELSWOOD ROSCOE EASTMAN CHAFFEY (BENJAMIN ELSWOOD3, MARY ANN TETT2,
BENJAMIN1). Born on 14 Jul 1903 in WINNIPEG, MANITOBA,CANADA. ELSWOOD ROSCOE EASTMAN
died in TORNTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, on 6 Mar 1985; he was 81.
HE WAS THE MANAGER OF THE ROYAL TRUST COMPANY IN WINNIPEG.9
On 18 Jun 1938 when ELSWOOD ROSCOE EASTMAN was 34, he married ELIZABETH WHITE (BETTY)
CAMER0N, in CHURCH OF ST. ANDREW AND ST. PAUL, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA. Born on 13
Feb 1902 in SYDNEY, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA. ELIZABETH WHITE (BETTY) died in TORONTO,
ONTARIO, CANADA, on 15 Nov 1991; she was 89.
They had one child:
42 i. CHARLES ELSWOOD (1941-)
30. FRANCES GERTRUDE EASTMAN CHAFFEY (BENJAMIN ELSWOOD3, MARY ANN TETT2,
BENJAMIN1). Born in 1904. FRANCES GERTRUDE EASTMAN died bef 1906; she was 2.
31. FRANCES GERTRUDE EASTMAN CHAFFEY (BENJAMIN ELSWOOD3, MARY ANN TETT2,
BENJAMIN1). Born in 1906. FRANCES GERTRUDE EASTMAN died in 1978; she was 72. Occupation: NURSE
AT WINNIPEG GENERAL HOSPITAL.
On 10 Jun 1930 when FRANCES GERTRUDE EASTMAN was 24, she married CRANSTON SOMERVILLE
DOUPE, son of JACOB LONSDALE DOUPE & MARY YOUNG, in ST. LUKES CHURCH, WINNIPEG,
CANADA. Born on 4 Nov 1903. CRANSTON SOMERVILLE died in Jun 1970; he was 66.
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