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Edith Chesebrough Van Antwerp
A white woman swinging a golf club; she is wearing a brimmed hat, dark sweater, and light-colored skirt
Born
Edith Saunders Chesebrough

(1881-09-12)September 12, 1881
San Francisco, California, U.S.
DiedSeptember 8, 1949(1949-09-08) (aged 67)
Burlingame, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)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

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

Career

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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

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Chesebrough married stockbroker and World War I veteran William Clarkson Van Antwerp in 1922.[1] 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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Obituary for Edith C. Van Antwerp". Redwood City Tribune. September 9, 1949. p. 2. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Funeral of Prominent Shipper Held Today". San Francisco Bulletin. September 8, 1914. p. 12. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ 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. Security Publishing Company. 1922. p. 211.
  4. ^ "Favorites Win in Del Monte Golf Tourney". San Francisco Chronicle. March 7, 1912. p. 4. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Neville, Jack (April 28, 1914). "Women Stars Lead in Big Tourney; Miss Chesebrough and Warner Tie". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 12. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Inkersley, Arthur. "On the Links" Western Field 8(1)(February 1906): 71-72.
  7. ^ Hotelling, Neal; Dost, Joanne (2012). Pebble Beach: The Official Golf History. Triumph Books. pp. 91, 95–97. ISBN 978-1-61749-715-5.
  8. ^ "Tournament History Women's and Senior Womens Amateur". NCGA. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  9. ^ Frank, James A. (March 26, 2018). "The Women of Pebble Beach". LINKS Magazine. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  10. ^ Lochinvar (June 1913). "Western Department". The American Golfer. 10 (2): 168.
  11. ^ Whyte, Campbell D. (September 10, 1911). "Golf Title is Won by Miss Edith Chesebrough; Southern Woman is Defeated in Final Round". San Francisco Chronicle. p. 34. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Edith Chesebrough Wins Coast Golf Title, Defeating Mrs. Clark". San Francisco Chronicle. December 9, 1911. p. 11. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Edith Chesebrough Sets Up New Mark for Women in Ingleside". San Francisco Chronicle. December 6, 1911. p. 13. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Chapman, Hay (August 23, 1919). "Miss Edith Chesebrough is Winner of Woman's Gold Title in the Play at Lincoln Park". San Francisco Chronicle. p. 8. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ de Koven, Anna. "The Athletic Woman" Good Housekeeping 55 (August 1912): 155.
  16. ^ "Women's Golf in California" Spalding's Official Golf Guide (1915): 163-165.
  17. ^ "Medieval party keyed to Tudor showhouse". The Peninsula Times Tribune. March 20, 1968. p. 17. Retrieved July 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Hillsborough Financier Dies After Illness; William Van Antwerp Famed as Broker and Author". Redwood City Tribune. February 17, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Social Leader, 68, succumbs". The San Francisco Examiner. September 9, 1949. p. 15. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Mrs. Edith Van Antwerp Follows Sister in Death". Half Moon Bay Review and Pescadero Pebble. September 15, 1949. p. 7. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "Hoover Cables Sorrow; Former President Regrets Van Antwerp Death". The Times. February 18, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "Chesebrough Will Filed for Probate". Redwood City Tribune. September 3, 1949. p. 2. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "Camp Chesebrough Open House". Pack 325. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
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