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Florence Minna Hess (1876-1922)
Florence Minna Hess (1876-1922)

Florence Minna Hess

When Florence Minna Hess was born on March 5, 1876, in San Francisco, California, her father, Joseph Levi Hess, was 35, and her mother, Minna, was 22. She had one brother and three sisters. She was a secretary for the Helbing Hat company. She voted Republican. She never married and lived with her mother and siblings at 2914 Clay Street in San Francisco. She died on October 20, 1922, in London, England, at the age of 46, while traveling, after a brief illness and was buried in Colma, California.

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Historical Data

Travel to America

Florence Hess Info
Here is a letter of support for Florence when she applied for a passport. We learn that her brother-in-law (Henry Samuel Waterman (1887-1968) was the acting Consul of Guatemala. We also learn that she suffered from "neuritis" and that she was the secretary of the Helbing Hat Co, and taking a vacation to visit her sister Elsie Hess Waterman and husband Henry in Guatemala.
Ship Manifest for Florence Hess- Guatemala to San Francisco, Dec 24 1919, on the S.S. San Juan
Ship Manifest for Florence Hess- Guatemala to San Francisco, Dec 24 1919, on the S.S. San Juan
Florence Hess's Passport - 1919 -1
Florence Hess's Passport - 1919 -1
Florence Hess's Passport - 1919 -2
Florence Hess's Passport - 1919 -2
Florence Hess's Passport - 1919-3
Florence Hess's Passport - 1919-3
Florence Hess's Passport - 1922
Florence Hess's Passport - 1922
Florence Hess's Passport - 1922
Florence Hess's Passport - 1922

Primary School

Florence Hess and her sister Theresa Hess in School - 1884
Florence Hess and her sister Theresa Hess in School - 1884

Three years after going to Guatemala, Florence traveled to London where unfortunately, she died suddenly.

Death Notice of Florence Minna Hess in The Jewish News of Northern California, Volume LIV, No. 26, 27 October 1922
Death Notice of Florence Minna Hess in The Jewish News of Northern California, Volume LIV, No. 26, 27 October 1922
Florence Hess - Death in England - 1922
Florence Hess - Death in England - 1922
Florence Hess - Funeral home notes - 1922
Florence Hess - Funeral home notes - 1922
Florence Minna Hess Gravestone located at the Home of Peace Cemetery and Emanu-El Mausoleum i
Florence Minna Hess Gravestone located at the Home of Peace Cemetery and Emanu-El Mausoleum in Colma, California