Lewis, Martha J.
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Martha Jane [Reed] Lewis (1838-1923) came to California in 1846 as a nine-year-old survivor in the 1846 Donner party. By the 1880s, she was in Santa Cruz as a hotel manager, and later managed hotels in Capitola. Son Frazier Lewis became a confectioner in Capitola and Santa Cruz.
- The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023), Chapter One , entry (36), page 22
