Ka kammala wannan jumla: Wani labari da ake yawan gaya wa Marsh game da yarinta shi ne "Mahaifinta, mai binciken layin dogo, ya mutu sa'ad da take 'yar shekara huɗu. Iyalinta sun koma San Francisco, California, inda aka kashe mahaifinta a cikin
babban girgizar kasa na 1906. Mahaifiyar mahaifiyarta ta dauki Mae da [babbar 'yar'uwarta] Marguerite zuwa Los Angeles, suna fatan cewa aikinta na wasan kwaikwayo zai buɗe ƙofofi don ayyuka a ɗakunan fina-finai daban-daban da ke buƙatar ƙarin. " Duk da haka, mahaifinta, S. Charles Marsh, mai ba da abinci ne, ba mai binciken jirgin kasa ba, kuma yana da rai a kalla har zuwa Yuni 1900, lokacin da Marsh ke kusan shida. Mahaifinta, mai binciken man fetur William Hall, ba za a iya kashe shi a girgizar ƙasa ta 1906 ba, kamar yadda yake da rai, an jera shi a cikin ƙidayar 1910, yana zaune tare da mahaifiyarta da 'yan uwanta mata.