Edith Chesebrough Van Antwerp Explained

Edith Chesebrough Van Antwerp
Birth Name:Edith Saunders Chesebrough
Birth Date:12 September 1881
Birth Place:San Francisco, California, U.S.
Death Place:Burlingame, California, U.S.
Occupation:Golfer, socialite

Edith Saunders Chesebrough Van Antwerp (September 12, 1881 – September 8, 1949) was an American amateur golfer. She won the NCGA Women's Amateur Championship six times, in 1911, 1912, 1916, 1918, 1920, and 1923. She was California state champion and West Coast champion in 1911.

Early life

Chesebrough was born in San Francisco,[1] the daughter of Andronicus Chesebrough and Edith Saunders Chesebrough. Her father was prominent in shipping.[2]

Career

Chesebrough was a competitive amateur golfer in California.[3] [4] [5] She was captain of the Women's Annex of the San Francisco Golf and Country Club.[6] She won the Del Monte Cup at Pebble Beach in 1903 and 1908.[7] She won the Northern California Women's Amateur Championship six times, in 1911, 1912, 1916, 1918, 1920, and 1923.[8] [9] She did not compete for the title in 1913.[10] In 1911, she was named California state champion[11] and West Coast women's golf champion.[12] [13] She was named San Francisco champion in 1919.[14]

"Besides being a golf champion, Miss Chesebrough has attained distinction as a horsewoman, and excels in swimming and tennis", noted Anna de Koven in Good Housekeeping magazine in 1912.[15] "Miss Edith Chesebrough has been winning championships so consistently in the past five years that nobody was surprised to hear that she had regained the title of California champion from Miss Alice Warner", reported Spalding's Official Golf Guide in 1915.[16]

Personal life and legacy

Chesebrough married stockbroker and World War I veteran William Clarkson Van Antwerp in 1922. Their mansion in Burlingame, Danvers House, was designed by Bakewell and Brown.[17] Her husband died in 1938,[18] and she died in 1949, at Mills Memorial Hospital, at the age of 67.[19] [20] Her sister Helen Percy Chesebrough was head of the San Mateo County Red Cross;[21] she also died in 1949.[22] Some of the land she left to her nephew Paul became the Chesebrough Scout Reservation in Santa Cruz County.[23]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 1949-09-09 . Obituary for Edith C. Van Antwerp . 2024-07-21 . Redwood City Tribune . 2 . Newspapers.com.
  2. News: 1914-09-08 . Funeral of Prominent Shipper Held Today . 2024-07-21 . San Francisco Bulletin . 12 . Newspapers.com.
  3. Book: Who's who Among the Women of California: An Annual Devoted to the Representative Women of California, with an Authoritative Review of Their Activities in Civic, Social, Athletic, Philanthropic, Art and Music, Literary and Dramatic Circles : Profusely Illustrated . 1922 . Security Publishing Company . 211 . en.
  4. News: 1912-03-07 . Favorites Win in Del Monte Golf Tourney . 2024-07-21 . San Francisco Chronicle . 4 . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: Neville . Jack . 1914-04-28 . Women Stars Lead in Big Tourney; Miss Chesebrough and Warner Tie . 2024-07-21 . The San Francisco Examiner . 12 . Newspapers.com.
  6. Inkersley, Arthur. "On the Links" Western Field 8(1)(February 1906): 71-72.
  7. Book: Hotelling, Neal . Pebble Beach: The Official Golf History . Dost . Joanne . 2012 . Triumph Books . 978-1-61749-715-5 . 91, 95–97 . en.
  8. Web site: Tournament History Women's and Senior Womens Amateur . 2024-07-21 . NCGA . en.
  9. Web site: Frank . James A. . 2018-03-26 . The Women of Pebble Beach . 2024-07-21 . LINKS Magazine . en-US.
  10. Lochinvar . June 1913 . Western Department . The American Golfer . 10 . 2 . 168.
  11. News: Whyte . Campbell D. . 1911-09-10 . Golf Title is Won by Miss Edith Chesebrough; Southern Woman is Defeated in Final Round . 2024-07-21 . San Francisco Chronicle . 34 . Newspapers.com.
  12. News: 1911-12-09 . Edith Chesebrough Wins Coast Golf Title, Defeating Mrs. Clark . 2024-07-21 . San Francisco Chronicle . 11 . Newspapers.com.
  13. News: 1911-12-06 . Edith Chesebrough Sets Up New Mark for Women in Ingleside . 2024-07-21 . San Francisco Chronicle . 13 . Newspapers.com.
  14. News: Chapman . Hay . 1919-08-23 . Miss Edith Chesebrough is Winner of Woman's Gold Title in the Play at Lincoln Park . 2024-07-21 . San Francisco Chronicle . 8 . Newspapers.com.
  15. de Koven, Anna. "The Athletic Woman" Good Housekeeping 55 (August 1912): 155.
  16. https://books.google.com/books?id=7iRJAQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=Edith%20Chesebrough%20golf&pg=PA163#v=onepage&q=Edith%20Chesebrough%20golf&f=false "Women's Golf in California"
  17. News: 1968-03-20 . Medieval party keyed to Tudor showhouse . 2024-07-22 . The Peninsula Times Tribune . 17 . Newspapers.com.
  18. News: 1938-02-17 . Hillsborough Financier Dies After Illness; William Van Antwerp Famed as Broker and Author . 2024-07-21 . Redwood City Tribune . 1 . Newspapers.com.
  19. News: 1949-09-09 . Social Leader, 68, succumbs . 2024-07-21 . The San Francisco Examiner . 15 . Newspapers.com.
  20. News: 1949-09-15 . Mrs. Edith Van Antwerp Follows Sister in Death . 2024-07-21 . Half Moon Bay Review and Pescadero Pebble . 7 . Newspapers.com.
  21. News: 1938-02-18 . Hoover Cables Sorrow; Former President Regrets Van Antwerp Death . 2024-07-21 . The Times . 1 . Newspapers.com.
  22. News: 1949-09-03 . Chesebrough Will Filed for Probate . 2024-07-21 . Redwood City Tribune . 2 . Newspapers.com.
  23. Web site: Camp Chesebrough Open House . 2024-07-21 . Pack 325 . en-US.

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