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Oh, what is young love! The urge of the race. A blaze that ends in babies or ashes.
Gertrude Atherton
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Gertrude Atherton
Age: 90 †
Born: 1858
Born: January 14
Died: 1948
Died: June 14
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San Francisco County
California
Gertrude Franklin Atherton
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