Background
Lurline Matson Roth was born in 1890 in San Francisco, California. Her father, William Matson, was the Swedish-American founder of Matson, Incorporated., a shipping corporation. Her mother was Lillie Low Matson.
Lurline Matson Roth was born in 1890 in San Francisco, California. Her father, William Matson, was the Swedish-American founder of Matson, Incorporated., a shipping corporation. Her mother was Lillie Low Matson.
She was educated at Mission Hamlin"s, a private all-girl school in San Francisco, where she studied music and art
She competed in horse shows in the United States, and bred award-winning horses. She donated her estate, Filoli, to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. She was named Lurline after sugar magnate Claus Spreckels"s yacht.
As such she was an heiress to the Matson fortune.
She had a sister. The family wintered in a rented house in San Francisco and summered in a house near Mills College. Equestrian In 1924, her mother purchased the Why Worry Farm in Woodside for Lurline, where she bred horses.
She owned a five-gaited horse, a three-gaited horse, a Standardbred road horse, a Hackney horse, a Hackney pony and a jumper and hired a trainer, thus turning it into a show stable. Two of her best-known American Saddlebred horses were Chief of Longview (born at Longview Farm in Lee"s Summit, Missouri) and Sweetheart on Parade.
Philanthropy During World World War II, she volunteered for the American Red Cross.
The renovation cost United States$10 million. In 1975, she donated Filoli to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Personal life She met William M., a stockbroker from Honolulu, in 1913.
They had a son, William M., and two identical twin daughters, Lurline Coonan and Berenice Spalding.
They resided at Why Worry Farm with Lurline"s mother, and they had another estate in Hawaii. In 1937, they purchased Filoli, an estate in Woodside, California, from heir William Bowers Bourn World War II They often entertained guests at Filoli, including the pianist Ignace Paderewski and the aviator Amelia Earhart, who took her on a plane ride in 1937.
Death She died on Wednesday, September 4, 1985, in Burlingame, California. She was ninety-five years old.
