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| | Melvena M. Benjamin Wade was born in Nova Scotia on April 15, 1862. Mrs. Wade came to California in 1889. By 1913 she had settled in San Diego where she remained until her death on May 1, 1922. | Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" City Directory; Death Record
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