FAMILY LINES AND HISTORY
Lucia “Lucy” Clement
2nd of 2 children of Pierre “Peter” Clement & Caroline Gabel
Born: Feb 1856, Paris, France
Died: Sep 1879 (ages vary: 22, 23, 24, or 25), San Francisco, California; of Puerperal Fever (in childbirth or shortly after)
Buried: Sep 7, 1879, Odd Fellows Cemetery in San Francisco, later moved in the early to mid-1930s to Greenlawn Memorial Park in Colma, San Mateo Co., California
Immigrated: Mar 12, 1860 (age 5), on the ship Fairfield, from Le Havre, France, port of arrival New York
Occupation: Milliner
Married: Apr 28, 1877, Julius Sophus Bernhardt Miller, San Francisco, California
One child: Alice Miller
Julius Sophus Bernhardt Miller
Son of Nicoline Peter Møller & Christiane Sophie Bandholtz
Born: Aug 1850, Copenhagen, Denmark
Christened: Aug 4, 1850, Copenhagen, Denmark
Naturalized: Aug 9, 1892, San Francisco
Died: Apr 3, 1901 (age 48), San Francisco, California
Buried: Olivet Cemetery (now Olivet Memorial Park) in Colma, San Mateo Co., California
Occupation: Jeweler
Married: Apr 28, 1877, Lucia “Lucy” Clement, San Francisco, California
One child: Alice Miller
1. Alice Miller
Only child of Julius Sophus Bernhardt Miller & Lucia “Lucy” Clement
Born: Sep 1879, San Francisco, California
Died: unkn
Buried: unkn
Married: before 1901, Constantine Classinikoff, the story has it that the young Alice married a Russian nobleman and ran off with him to Russia
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Timeline and Records
Spellings and information in census and other records are retained
as reflected in the original documents
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1849: The Beginning of San Francisco, California:
In 1849 San Francisco had approximately 1,000 inhabitants; by 1856 the population had soared to 50,000. Such meteoric growth had never quite been seen before in the 19th century. Visitors, as well as residents, were often amazed that such a significant city, the largest of the west coast, could come into existence in such a short span of time. In late 1849 a French observer wrote: “At San Francisco, where fifteen months ago one found only a half dozen large cabins one finds today a stock exchange, a theater, churches of all Christian cults, and a large number of quite beautiful homes.” As the years went by the astonishment did not wane. In 1856, the Golden Era wrote of San Francisco: “That a city of the respectability of our San Francisco, could be raised in the short space of five or six years, appears incredible … possessing the appearance of an old city of a century, it conveys to the mind the idea of being but within a day’s journey to the Emporium of the Union.”
Source: https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=WHY_SAN_FRANCISCO%3F%3F%3F_CITY_ORIGINS:_1835-1849
Aug 1850: Birth of Julius Sophus Bernhardt Miller, son of Son of Nicoline Peter Møller & Christiane Sophie Bandholtz, Copenhagen, Denmark
Aug 4, 1850: Christening record for Julius Sophus Bernhard(t) Miller/Møller:
Other records reflect that Julius was born in 1852
It states his parents in the bottom portion:
Helligånds, Copenhagen, Denmark
Date: 4 Aug 1850
Parents: Nicoline Peter Møller & Christiane Sophie Bandholtz
Sep 9, 1850: California becomes the 31st state of the Union:
The area of California was never organized as a territory but was administered from 1848 to statehood by a federal military authority. California was admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850 as the 31st state.
Nov 8, 1851: Marriage of Pierre/Peter Nicolas Clement & Caroline “Carrie” Gabel, France
Below is the marriage information for Pierre Clement and Caroline Gable. It gives the marriage date in 1851 and their parents’ names but no birth dates for Pierre or Caroline. Herein are the records from France and the information translated into English on Ancestry.com. Pierre’s marriage certificate says his profession is “ciseleur” meaning in English “engraver” or “carver.” Caroline’s profession is listed on her marriage certificate as “fleuriste” which translates to “florist.”
Note: According to other records, Pierre was age abt 23 and Caroline was abt age 13
Feb 5, 1853: Birth of Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement, 1st of 2 children of Pierre/Peter Nicolas Clement & Caroline “Carrie” Gabel and brother of Lucia “Lucy” Clement, in Paris, France (original and restored photo)
Note: his mother Caroline (Gabel) Clement is about age 15 at his birth
Feb 1856: Birth of Lucia “Lucy” Clement, 2nd of 2 children of Pierre/Peter Clement & Caroline “Carrie” Gabel, in Paris, France (born 1856, according to ship’s database, born in 1855 in 1870 census, born in 1857 per burial records)
Mar 12, 1860: Ship Database: Fairfield in “Passenger Ships and Images” database; list #155 District of NY — Port of NY:
Arrival Date: Mar 12, 1860
Ship Name: Fairfield
Port of Departure: Le Havre, France
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York
Clement Caroline: Female, Age 24, French, France
Edmond: Male, Age: 6, French, France
Lucia: Female, Age 4, French, France
Jul 13, 1870: U.S. Federal Census for 2nd Ward, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California:
Clement, Peter: age 42, Works for Driller, Value of Personal Estate $1,000, born France
Clement, Carrie: age 31, Keeps Home, born France
Clement, Edmond: age 16, Apple Frame Builder, born France
Clement, Lucy: age 15, born France
Parze, Rosa: age 33, Value of Personal Estate $500, born Mexico, cannot read, cannot write
Ascension: age 15, born Mexico
1873: Annual Directory City and County San Francisco (pg 438):
Name: Julius Miller
Residence Year: 1873
Dwelling: 759 Market
Residence Place: San Francisco, California
Occupation: Silversmith with Koehler & Ritter
Publication Title: San Francisco Directory, 1873
1875: Annual Directory City and County San Francisco (pg 526):
Name: Julius Miller
Residence Year: 1875
Street Address: 627 Cal
Residence Place: San Francisco, California
Occupation: Silversmith with Koehler & Ritter
Publication Title: The New City Annual Directory of San Francisco 1875
1876: Annual Directory City and County San Francisco (pg 579):
Name: Julius B Miller
Residence Year: 1876
Dwelling: 629 Bush
Residence Place: San Francisco, California
Occupation: Silversmith with Koehler & Ritter
Publication Title: San Francisco Directory, 1876
1876: Annual Directory City and County San Francisco (pg 203):
Clement Lucy Miss, milliner with Jenny Borgstrom, dwelling 729 Broadway
note: in the same household as her father, Peter Clement
1877: Annual Directory City and County San Francisco (pg 616 ):
Julius P Miller
Residence Year: 1877
Street Address: 619 Bush
Residence Place: San Francisco, California
Occupation: Silversmith with Koehler & Ritter
Publication Title: San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1877
1877: Annual Directory City and County San Francisco (pg 214 ):
Clement Lucy Miss, milliner with Jenny Borgstrom, r. 641 Broadway
Cabinet Cards photos of Lucy Clement (photography studio Bradley & Rofolson):
Apr 28, 1877: Marriage of Lucy Clement & Julius Miller, in San Francisco, California
1878: Annual Directory City and County San Francisco (pg 232):
Clement Lucy Miss, milliner with Jenny Borgstrom, r. 641 Broadway
Note: Lucy is in the same household as her father, Peter Clement, a silverchaser
Note: Directories are printed in the following year they are compiled, so Lucy is not yet married per this directory
1879: City Directory for San Francisco, California (pg 620):
Name: Julius Miller with F Kroeger
Residence Year: 1879
Street Address: residence 910 Jackson
Residence Place: San Francisco, California
Occupation: Silversmith
Publication Title: San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1879
Sep 1879: Birth of Alice Miller, the only child of Julius Sophus Bernhardt Miller & Lucy Clement, in San Francisco, California
Sep 1879: Death of Lucy (Clement) Miller (age 22/23/25; immigration, birth, census, and death records vary), 2nd of 2 children of Pierre/Peter Clement & Caroline “Carrie” Gabel, in San Francisco, California; of Puerperal Fever (in childbirth or shortly after)
1879: San Francisco Call, San Francisco, California:
Miller, Lucy … died in 1879 … age 22 … 1879D-2484
Sep 7, 1879: Burial of Lucy (Clement) Miller at Odd Fellows Cemetery: section Cosmopolitan, tier 58, grave 52 (single grave, no headstone or marker):
Odd Fellows Cemetery:
Opened: November 19, 1865
Location: Bounded by Geary, Turk, Parker, and Arguello Streets (30 acres) in San Francisco, California
Closed: Bodies moved in 1929-1935 to Greenlawn Cemetery in Colma, San Mateo Co., California
1880: U.S. Federal Census Mortality for Lucy Miller, Schedule 1850-1885:
Died: Sep 1879 Lucy Miller (age 22), cause of death is Puerperal Fever (in childbirth with 1st child, Alice)
Note: Puerperal fever was a devastating disease. It affected women within the first three days after childbirth and progressed rapidly, causing acute symptoms of severe abdominal pain, fever, and debility.
Jun 5, 1880: U.S. Federal Census for San Francisco, Dist 1, San Francisco Co., California:
Clement, Caroline: age 42, married, dress maker, born France, father born France, mother born France
Miller, Lucy: age 22, married, daughter, born France, father born France, mother born France (line is crossed out: died Sep 1879; see schedule 5 dated Aug 4, 1880)
Faver, August: age 40, Lodger, single, Waiter, born France, father born France, mother born France
Justice, Albert: age 38, Lodger, single, Gilder, born Italy, father born Italy, mother born Italy
Note: Caroline Clement and her daughter Lucy Miller (Lucy is lined out; reported as deceased after census was taken) are living at 153 Pacific Street
Jun 5, 1880: U.S. Federal Census for San Francisco, Dist 1, San Francisco Co., California:
Name: Julius Miller
Age: 28
Birth Date: Abt 1852
Birthplace: Prussia (Denmark)
Home in 1880: San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Street: Ellis
House Number: 28
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widower
Father’s Birthplace: Prussia
Mother’s Birthplace: Prussia
Occupation: Silversmith
Household Members (Name) Age:
Julius Miller: Age 28
1880: City Directory for San Francisco, California (pg 643):
Name: Julius B S Miller
Residence Year: 1880
Street Address: residence 28 Eddy
Residence Place: San Francisco, California
Occupation: Silversmith for Frederick Kroger
Publication Title: The San Francisco Directory for the year commencing April, 1880
circa 1881: Alice Miller and her father Julius Miller
Thomas Arthur Brown was the photographer of these two cabinet card photos, with a business at 606 Kearny Street. Alice Miller is about age two and her father Julius Miller is about age 31.
1881: City Directory for San Francisco, California (pg 689):
Name: Julius Miller with F. Kroger & Company
Residence Year: 1881
Street Address: residence 118 Eddy
Residence Place: San Francisco, California
Occupation: Silversmith for Frederick Kroger
Publication Title: San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1881
1882: City Directory for San Francisco, California (pg 689):
Name: Julius Miller with Robert Schaezlin
Residence Year: 1882
Street Address: residence 118 Eddy
Residence Place: San Francisco, California
Occupation: Silversmith
Publication Title: San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1882
1883: City Directory for San Francisco, California (pg 760):
Name: Julius Miller
Residence Year: 1883
Street Address: residence 118 Eddy
Residence Place: San Francisco, California
Occupation: Silversmith
Publication Title: San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1883
Circa 1883: Alice Miller (abt age 4), the only child of Julius Miller & Lucy Clement:
Circa 1884: Alice Miller (abt age 5), the only child of Julius Miller & Lucy Clement:
1887: City Directory for San Francisco, California (pg 851):
Name: Julius A Miller with R. Schaezlin
Residence Year: 1887
Residence Address: 227 Ellis
Residence Place: San Francisco, California
Occupation: Silversmith
Publication Title: San Francisco Directory, 1887
Circa 1887: Alice Miller (abt age 8 or 9?), the only child of Julius Miller & Lucy Clement:
1887: City Directory for San Francisco, California:
Clement Catherine, widow, r. 16 John (same address where Julius Miller resides as per 1892 Voter Registration and 1892 & 1896 City Directories)
Note: Catherine is Caroline Clement (Lucy’s mother). Julius and Lucy’s daughter, Alice Clement (born Sep 1879), would be about 8 years old and was perhaps living with Caroline (Catherine).
1889: City Directory for San Francisco, California:
Name: Julius S.B. Miller
Location 2: residence 1829 O’Farrell
Business Name: Schaezlin & Burridge
Occupation: Jeweler
Year: 1889
City: San Francisco
State: CA
1891: City Directory for San Francisco, California (pg 986):
Name: Julius B Miller
Residence Year: 1891
Residence Address: 1829 O’Farrell
Occupation: Silversmith
Publication Title: San Francisco Directory, 1891
Aug 9, 1892: Julius Sophus Bernhardt Miller becomes a Naturalized Citizen in San Francisco, California
Aug 25, 1892: California Voter Register, 14th Precinct, 43rd Assembly District, San Francisco:
Name: Julius Sophus Bernhardt Miller
Age: 42
Height: 5’11 ½ inches
Complexion: Fair
Color of Eyes: Blue
Color of Hair: Light
Birth Year: abt 1850
Birth Place: Denmark
Residence Year: 1892
Residence Address: 16 John
Residence Place: San Francisco, California
Naturalization Date: 9 Aug 1892
Naturalization Place: San Francisco, California, dept. 7
Residences of Julius S.B. Miller:
1880 through 1883: Julius is living at 188 Eddy Street, San Francisco
1887: Julius is living at 227 Ellis, San Francisco
1889: Julius is living at 1829 O’Farrell, San Francisco
1891: Julius is living at 1829 O’Farrell, San Francisco
1892: Julius is living at 16 John, San Francisco
1893, 1894, 1895: no City Directories records found, but assuming he is living at 16 John
1896: Julius is living at 16 John, San Francisco
1896: City Directory for San Francisco, California (pg 1114):
Name: Julius S B Miller
Residence Year: 1896
Street Address: 16 John (workplace 13 Trinity, pg 1933)
Residence Place: San Francisco, California
Occupation: Silver Plater
Publication Title: San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1896
1897: City Directory for San Francisco, California (pg 1972):
Name: Julius S B Miller
Residence Year: 1897
Street Address: 13 Trinity (workplace)
Residence Place: San Francisco, California
Occupation: Gold Plater
Publication Title: San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1897
Alice Miller, the only child of Julius Miller & Lucy Clement (perhaps her confirmation, though possibly her wedding photo):
Late 1890s: Marriage of Alice Miller & Constantine Classinikoff
Family lore has it that the young Alice Miller, the only child of Julius Miller & Lucy Clement, reputedly fell in love with and married a Russian nobleman (or he may have been an undocumented worker) and ran off to Russia with him; the family lost track of her after that.
Alice is mentioned as a married woman in her father’s obituary, dated Apr 6, 1901)
Alice Miller, the only child of Julius Miller & Lucy Clement:
1898: City Directory for San Francisco, California (pg 2042):
Name: Julius S B Miller
Residence Year: 1898
Street Address: 13 Trinity (workplace)
Residence Place: San Francisco, California
Occupation: Silver Plater
Publication Title: San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1898
1899: City Directory for San Francisco, California (pg 1224):
Name: Julius S B Miller
Residence Year: 1899
Street Address: 13 Trinity (workplace)
Residence Place: San Francisco, California
Occupation: Gold and Silversmith
Publication Title: San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1899
1900: City Directory for San Francisco, California (pg 1220):
Name: Julius S B Miller
Residence Year: 1900
Street Address: 13 Trinity (workplace)
Residence Place: San Francisco, California
Occupation: Gold and Silversmith
Publication Title: San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1900
Apr 3, 1901: Death of Julius Sophus Bernhardt Miller (age 49), in San Francisco, California
Apr 3, 1901: California Death and Burials:
Name Julius S.B. Miller
Sex Male
Age 48 (age 49)
Death or Burial Place California, United States
Death or Burial Place (Original) Mt. Olivet
Death Date 3 Apr 1901
Death Place San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Birth Year (Estimated) 1853 (born 1850)
Birthplace Denmark
Marital Status Widowed
Occupation Jeweler
Race w
Ethnicity American
Event Type Burial
Source Details 231
Reference Volume P
Funeral Home X
Apr 6 & 7, 1901: The San Francisco Call, San Francisco, California (Sunday, pg 31):
Apr 7, 1901: Burial of Julius Sophus Bernhardt Miller at Olivet Cemetery (now Olivet Memorial Park) in Colma, San Mateo Co., California; no headstone or marker
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Odd Fellows Cemetery: A Closer Look
by Arnold Woods
Beginning in 1854 with the establishment of what was eventually called the Laurel Hill Cemetery, the Lone Mountain area became the original “city of the dead” for San Francisco. Laurel Hill was found to the north of Geary between Presidio and Parker, where you would now find part of the UCSF campus and the Laurel Heights neighborhood. In 1860, the Roman Catholic church bought the land between Geary and Turk and east of Masonic to open the Calvary Cemetery. In 1864, the Masons fraternal organization opened the Masonic Cemetery on the south slope of Lone Mountain, where you would find USF today.
The reason these cemeteries were located in the Lone Mountain area was that in the 1850s and 1860s, this area was so far out of town that they were, in fact, outside the city limits of San Francisco at that time. It wasn’t until 1866 that the Outside Lands Act brought this area into city limits. After the Masons opened their cemetery, the third cemetery on the slopes of Lone Mountain, another fraternal organization followed suit.
On November 19, 1865, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows opened their own cemetery. The Odd Fellows Cemetery was located on the west slope of Lone Mountain, between Geary and Turk and west of Parker. At that time, there were very few public parks to be found, so cemeteries were developed as “green space” with park-like landscaping.
Photo: View east toward Lone Mountain of Odd Fellows Cemetery, 1880s. (wnp37.01340; Isaiah West Taber, photographer – Marilyn Blaisdell Collection / Courtesy of a Private Collector)
While Odd Fellows and its fellow Lone Mountain cemeteries started out in the boonies, San Francisco quickly spread westward to and past the cemeteries. As early as the 1880s, there were calls to move the cemeteries in order to put the land to better use, although couched in terms of the potential health hazards of having cemeteries so close to the population. On March 26, 1900, the supervisors passed an ordinance prohibiting burials within city limits, which would take effect on August 1, 1901. The ultimate goal was the removal of the cemeteries completely and the Odd Fellows saw the writing on the wall. As with other cemeteries, they looked south to Colma and purchased land there in 1904 for a new cemetery which they named Green Lawn Cemetery.
After banning burials, San Francisco, on November 21, 1910, took the next step and banned cremations within city limits. The same year, the United States Supreme Court upheld the City’s ban on burials. Although it would not be until the 1930s before the City began forcing Odd Fellows and other cemeteries to remove bodies, the end was nigh. Relatives of the deceased at Odd Fellows Cemetery were given notice in 1912 to move their loved ones. In 1932, some 26,000 graves were moved from the Odd Fellows Cemetery to Green Lawn Cemetery.
Source: https://www.opensfhistory.org/osfhcrucible/2020/11/15/odd-fellows-cemetery-a-closer-look/
Photos: 1933 to 1936 or 37: Odd Fellows Cemetery as workers dig up remains. The headstones were already removed to make a seawall at Ocean Beach and crushed to make sidewalks and curbs (see last photo) in the neighborhoods soon to be replacing the cemeteries. (uncredited photos)
2023. Researched and compiled by Catherine Frances (Clemens) Sevenau, with the contributions of cousins, kin, and fellow researchers. Photographs from the album of Edmond Pierre Clement and stories contributed by Paul Denis Clement (pictured), great-great-grandson of Pierre/Peter Clement & Caroline Gabel.
Thank you to Cheryl (Chatfield) Thompson for the research and contribution of the newspaper articles and to Werner Howald for the history of Oddfellows Cemetery.
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