Rose Cliver
Rose Wyrsch Cliver (October 9, 1902 - February 18, 2012) was one of the five last known survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. At the time of the earthquake, Cliver was three years old.<ref namereunion /><ref name"obit" />
In interviews in 2009, at commemorations of the earthquake's 103rd anniversary, Cliver said she remembered her family watching the catastrophe from the top of Bernal Hill: "We watched San Francisco burn," she said. "They wouldn't let us live in our house afterward. We had to live in the backyard in a tent."<ref name=reunion /> "We were living like Oakies in our own place. It was really a sight to see.” <ref name="obit" /> The house, on Gates Street in the Bernal Heights neighborhood,<ref name="obit" /> was repaired after the quake and stands to this day.<ref name=reunion />
Cliver spent her last years in Santa Rosa, California, and died there at age 109.
In interviews in 2009, at commemorations of the earthquake's 103rd anniversary, Cliver said she remembered her family watching the catastrophe from the top of Bernal Hill: "We watched San Francisco burn," she said. "They wouldn't let us live in our house afterward. We had to live in the backyard in a tent."<ref name=reunion /> "We were living like Oakies in our own place. It was really a sight to see.” <ref name="obit" /> The house, on Gates Street in the Bernal Heights neighborhood,<ref name="obit" /> was repaired after the quake and stands to this day.<ref name=reunion />
Cliver spent her last years in Santa Rosa, California, and died there at age 109.
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