Individual Details
Charles Emmett "Charlie" KRACAW
(1857 - 1918)
All below from Wikipedia (and Our Heritage, page 146)
Daughter:
Theodora Kracaw Kroeber Quinn (March 24, 1897 – July 4, 1979) was a writer and anthropologist, best known for her accounts of Ishi, the last member of the Yahi tribe of California, and for her retelling of traditional narratives from several Native Californian cultures.
Theodora Kracaw was born in Colorado, the daughter of Phebe Jane (née Johnston) and Charles Emmett Kracaw.[1]:122 She later moved to California, where she studied at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1920 she earned her Master's degree in clinical psychology.
After having been left a widow in 1923 by her first husband, Clifton Brown, she studied anthropology and met and married Alfred Louis Kroeber, one of the leading American anthropologists of his generation and himself a widower. After his death in 1960, Theodora Kroeber wrote his biography. They had two children, writer Ursula K. Le Guin and English professor Karl Kroeber. Her children from her first marriage to Clifton Brown, who Alfred Kroeber adopted and gave his surname to, were Ted Kroeber and Clifton Kroeber, historian.
Two movies were made based on her account of Ishi: Ishi: The Last of His Tribe (1978) and The Last of His Tribe (1992).
Granddaughter:
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (US /ˈɜrsələ ˈkroʊbər ləˈɡwɪn/;[1] born October 21, 1929) is an American author of novels, children's books, and short stories, mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction. She has also written poetry and essays. First published in the 1960s, her work has often depicted futuristic or imaginary alternative worlds in politics, natural environment, gender, religion, sexuality and ethnography.
She influenced such Booker Prize winners and other writers as Salman Rushdie and David Mitchell – and notable futurism and fantasy writers including Neil Gaiman and Iain Banks.[2] She has won the Hugo Award,Nebula Award, Locus Award, and World Fantasy Award, each more than once.[2][3] In 2014, she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.[4]
Birth and family[edit]
Ursula Kroeber was the daughter of anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber and writer Theodora Kroeber.[5]
Childhood and education[edit]
Ursula and her three older brothers, Karl, Theodore, and Clifford, were encouraged to read and were exposed to their parents' dynamic friend group.[5] In retrospect, she is grateful for the ease and happiness of her upbringing.[5] The encouraging environment fostered Le Guin's interest in literature; her first fantasy story was written at age 9, her first science fiction story submitted for publication in the magazine Astounding Science Fiction at age 11.[5] The family spent the academic year in Berkeley, retreating to a Napa Valley estate in the summers. She was interested in biology and poetry, but found math difficult.[6] Le Guin attended Berkeley High School. She received her B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa) in Renaissance French and Italian literature from Radcliffe College in 1951, and M.A.in French and Italian literature from Columbia University in 1952. Soon after, Le Guin began her Ph.D. work and won a Fulbright grant to continue her studies in France from 1953-54.[5]
Marriage and family[edit]
In 1953, while traveling to France, Le Guin met her future husband, historian Charles Le Guin (French pronunciation: [lǝ gɛ̃] or [lǝ ɡʷin].[7]) They married later that year in Paris. After marrying, Le Guin chose not to continue her doctoral studies of the poet Jean Lemaire de Belges.[6]
The couple returned to the US so that he could pursue his Ph.D. at Emory University.[8] During this time, she worked as a secretary and taught French at the university level. Their first two children, Elizabeth (1957) and Caroline (1959), were born in Idaho, where Charles taught. Later, in 1959, the Le Guins moved to Portland, Oregon, where they still reside. Charles is Professor Emeritus of History at Portland State University.[5][9] During this time, she continued to make time for writing in addition to maintaining her family life. In 1964, her third child, Theodore, was born.[5]
Daughter:
Theodora Kracaw Kroeber Quinn (March 24, 1897 – July 4, 1979) was a writer and anthropologist, best known for her accounts of Ishi, the last member of the Yahi tribe of California, and for her retelling of traditional narratives from several Native Californian cultures.
Theodora Kracaw was born in Colorado, the daughter of Phebe Jane (née Johnston) and Charles Emmett Kracaw.[1]:122 She later moved to California, where she studied at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1920 she earned her Master's degree in clinical psychology.
After having been left a widow in 1923 by her first husband, Clifton Brown, she studied anthropology and met and married Alfred Louis Kroeber, one of the leading American anthropologists of his generation and himself a widower. After his death in 1960, Theodora Kroeber wrote his biography. They had two children, writer Ursula K. Le Guin and English professor Karl Kroeber. Her children from her first marriage to Clifton Brown, who Alfred Kroeber adopted and gave his surname to, were Ted Kroeber and Clifton Kroeber, historian.
Two movies were made based on her account of Ishi: Ishi: The Last of His Tribe (1978) and The Last of His Tribe (1992).
Granddaughter:
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (US /ˈɜrsələ ˈkroʊbər ləˈɡwɪn/;[1] born October 21, 1929) is an American author of novels, children's books, and short stories, mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction. She has also written poetry and essays. First published in the 1960s, her work has often depicted futuristic or imaginary alternative worlds in politics, natural environment, gender, religion, sexuality and ethnography.
She influenced such Booker Prize winners and other writers as Salman Rushdie and David Mitchell – and notable futurism and fantasy writers including Neil Gaiman and Iain Banks.[2] She has won the Hugo Award,Nebula Award, Locus Award, and World Fantasy Award, each more than once.[2][3] In 2014, she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.[4]
Birth and family[edit]
Ursula Kroeber was the daughter of anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber and writer Theodora Kroeber.[5]
Childhood and education[edit]
Ursula and her three older brothers, Karl, Theodore, and Clifford, were encouraged to read and were exposed to their parents' dynamic friend group.[5] In retrospect, she is grateful for the ease and happiness of her upbringing.[5] The encouraging environment fostered Le Guin's interest in literature; her first fantasy story was written at age 9, her first science fiction story submitted for publication in the magazine Astounding Science Fiction at age 11.[5] The family spent the academic year in Berkeley, retreating to a Napa Valley estate in the summers. She was interested in biology and poetry, but found math difficult.[6] Le Guin attended Berkeley High School. She received her B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa) in Renaissance French and Italian literature from Radcliffe College in 1951, and M.A.in French and Italian literature from Columbia University in 1952. Soon after, Le Guin began her Ph.D. work and won a Fulbright grant to continue her studies in France from 1953-54.[5]
Marriage and family[edit]
In 1953, while traveling to France, Le Guin met her future husband, historian Charles Le Guin (French pronunciation: [lǝ gɛ̃] or [lǝ ɡʷin].[7]) They married later that year in Paris. After marrying, Le Guin chose not to continue her doctoral studies of the poet Jean Lemaire de Belges.[6]
The couple returned to the US so that he could pursue his Ph.D. at Emory University.[8] During this time, she worked as a secretary and taught French at the university level. Their first two children, Elizabeth (1957) and Caroline (1959), were born in Idaho, where Charles taught. Later, in 1959, the Le Guins moved to Portland, Oregon, where they still reside. Charles is Professor Emeritus of History at Portland State University.[5][9] During this time, she continued to make time for writing in addition to maintaining her family life. In 1964, her third child, Theodore, was born.[5]
Events
| Birth | 1857 | Tuscawaras, Ohio, United States |  | ||
| Death | 1918 | California, United States | | ||
| Marriage | Phoebe JOHNSON | | |||
| Biofile | Converse, William E and Ida May (Kracaw) | ||||
| Biofile | Kracaw, Austin and and Lucinda (Baltzly) and Ann Marie (Law) |
Families
| Spouse | Phoebe JOHNSON ( - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Theodora KRACAW KROEBER QUINN (1897 - 1979) |
| Father | Austin KRACAW (1833 - 1886) |
| Mother | Lucinda BALTZLY ( - 1864) |
| Sibling | Ida May KRACAW (1860 - 1956) |
Endnotes
1. Douglas County Historical Society, editor, Our Heritage: People of Douglas County (Castle Rock, CO: Douglas County Historical Society, 1983), p. 145.
2. Douglas County Historical Society, editor, Our Heritage: People of Douglas County (Castle Rock, CO: Douglas County Historical Society, 1983), p. 145.
3. Douglas County Historical Society, editor, Our Heritage: People of Douglas County (Castle Rock, CO: Douglas County Historical Society, 1983), p. 145.