Talk:Ethel Grace Lynn

Missing Information
The initial submitter/contributor could find no photographic images of the subject. Neither was there any information about Mr. Lynn or an Aplin/Lynn marriage in the appropriate time frame. If her novel were true to life, her husband's name was Dan. There is a 3 Jul 1908 The San Francisco Examiner mention of a house of a Daniel Lynn, 2312 Tenth St. that was damaged by fire by fireworks landing on the roof. The submitter has doubts about the veracity of the novel as a true life experience - see his book review on GoodReads.com for more.

Chicago Tribune Sun of 23 Feb. 1896 has a long article referencing F.H. Lynn's proposal to mine Chicago harbor. "F.H. Lynn, formerly an instructor in torpedo practice in the Royal Engineer Corps of Great Britain, but now a naturalized resident of Chicago..." "He entered the English school of military engineering in 1875..." "...resigned from the British service and came to the United Stated, becoming an American citizen in 1892." This is a curious coincidence with details in her novel which starts in Chicago with her husband "Dan" Lynn. They begin a cross-country journey back to San Francisco initially by tandem bicycle. Dan is indicated to be an electrical engineer. There is an F.H. Lynn who registered a patent for a fuel burner invention in 1905 - US790734_Francis_H_Lynn. And there is an electrician named Francis H. Lynn, aged 49 went missing in 1906. The son, a messenger boy, was named C.H. Lynn and went to the coroner's and local San Francisco newspapers looking for him and posting the news of search. The family was living in a tent on Hudson St. There would have been a large difference in age between F.H. Lynn and Ethel Lynn.PerryTrenton (talk) 02:20, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

attorney William E. Kidd
William E Kidd is listed on her AMA card as verifying the information given. A William E. Kidd is found in the 1960 San Francisco phone book under attorneys at 785 Market, Room 1114. There is an interesting article about him in The San Francisco Examiner dated 3 November 1950 in which he punches the Deputy Prosecutor. The judge sent Kidd to jail, but the prosecutor asked that he be released. Kidd then apologized after spending 3-1/2 hours in jail. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PerryTrenton (talk • contribs) 00:48, 25 May 2022 (UTC)