copyrighted Marin County Free Library. Anne T. Kent California Room Copyright, Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
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Nellie was born in 1882 at Tocolomo. Her mother and father were Swiss and in the 1860s settled in West Marin, where they had a dairy ranch. Initially Mr. Codoni worked for the Shafters, but returned to Switzerland to fulfill his military obligation and while there, met his future wife. They were married in Switzerland and returned to Tocolomo where Nellie was born. Nellie describes her early life on the ranch, her school at Jewel, rides to San Rafael on buckboard, fellow school classmates, neighbors, early hotels at Olema, Camp Taylor and Tolocomo. From 1974 to 1984, Carla Ehat, with partner Anne Kent, and later Genevieve Martinelli, interviewed a broad spectrum of Marin County's long-time residents, from ranchers to politicians, including descendants of early pioneer families. This program was co-sponsored by the Marin County Free Library and the Moya Library in Ross. The resulting archive, consisting of nearly 300 recordings and their corresponding transcriptions, are housed in the Anne T. Kent California Room at the Civic Center branch of the Marin County Free Library.
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