Pearl Page: State Narc & Poison Act

Pearl Page was born about 1908 in Oklahoma. Her alias is Marion Matthews. In 1930 she was arrest by police officer Fullard on 26 Sep along with Mrs. Jean Blevins for Petty theft, she was inmate #4462.

She became Inmate #22237 San Quentin
Rec: 37 Dec 1933
Crime: State Narc & Poison Act (drugs)
Term: 0-6
Was transferred to Tehachapi on 29 Dec 1933
Age: 26
Occupation: Waitress

According to the 1930 census she was a patient at the San Francisco Hospital. I would guess for drug treatment or accidental overdose.

Photo's of the Hospital in the 1930's

1930 Census

Name Pearl Page

Birth Year abt 1907

Gender Female

Race White

Age in 1930 23

Birthplace California

Marital Status Widowed

Home in 1930 San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Map of Home San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Street Address Potrero Ave-22nd St

Institution San Francisco Hospital

Lives on Farm No

Age at First Marriage 16

Attended School No

Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania

Mother's Birthplace Missouri

Occupation waitress Rest.

Industry Patient Hosp

Class of Worker Wage or salary worker

Employment No

  The rest of her San Quentin Prison records

I found one newspaper clipping about Pearl after she was in Tehachapi and raising some cane with other inmates.

She married when she was 16 it's says on the 1930 census record but I never found a marriage or divorce record. I also did not find any death records. 



Her Tulare County Jail record:

I am really up set I didn't find anything else out about Pearl. What drove her to do drugs? What was so awful she needed to forget and have the pain taken away? Breaks my heart, wish I could talk to her.

I made her a tree on Ancestry so hopefully someday someone will connect that knows the rest of the story.