Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Imwe nyaya inotaurwa kakawanda pamusoro pouduku hwaMarsh ndeyokuti "Baba vake, vaiva muongorori wezvitima, vakafa paaiva nemakore mana. Mhuri yake yakatamira kuSan Francisco, California, uko baba vake vokurera vakaurawa mu
kudengenyeka kukuru kwenyika kwa1906. Amaiguru vake ipapo vakatora Mae na[hanzvadzi yake yakura] Marguerite kuenda kuLos Angeles, vachitarisira kuti ruzivo rwake mubhizimisi rokuratidzira rwaizovhura mikova yamabasa pazvivako zvakasiyana-siyana zvemafirimu zvaida vamwe vashandi". Zvisinei, baba vake, S. Charles Marsh, vakanga vari mushandi wemubhawa, kwete muongorori wezvitima, uye vakanga vari vapenyu kusvikira muna June 1900, apo Marsh akanga ava kuda kusvitsa makore matanhatu. Baba vake vokurera, muongorori wenhandare yemafuta William Hall, vangadai vasina kuurawa mukudengenyeka kwenyika kwa1906, sezvo akanga ari mupenyu, akanyorwa mukuverengwa kwevanhu kwa1910, achigara naamai vake nehanzvadzi.