# Bertha Crouch Chase

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Bertha Crouch Chase Bertha Crouch, from an 1892 publication Born Bertha Crouch August 16, 1874 California, U.S. Died July 8, 1957(1957-07-08) (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Other name Bertha Wrightsman Occupations Athlete, socialite

**Bertha Crouch Chase Wrightsman** (August 16, 1874 – July 8, 1957) was an American tennis player and golfer, active in California in the 1890s.

## Early life

Crouch was raised in [Oakland, California](/source/Oakland%2C_California), the daughter of farmer and rancher Elisha Crouch and Emily Rose Corbin Crouch.[1][2][3]

## Sports career

Crouch played in golf tournaments in the 1890s, as a member of the [Los Angeles Country Club](/source/Los_Angeles_Country_Club) and the Southern California Golf Association.[4][5] She won the Ladies' Championship at a tournament in Santa Monica in 1899.[6] She also competed in tennis tournaments in California.[7][8] As a member of the Washington Tennis Club of East Oakland, she won a mixed doubles tournament in 1891, with partner Sam Lovett.[9] She won the Pacific States women's singles championship in 1891, in [San Rafael](/source/San_Rafael%2C_California).[10] She was also an avid cyclist[11] and [rower](/source/Rowing_(sport)).[12]

In 1922, Wrightsman returned to competition, as captain of the Virginia Country Club's team at a golf tournament in [Long Beach](/source/Long_Beach%2C_California).[13][14]

## Personal life

Crouch was expected to marry wealthy Sam Van Camp, a member of the [Van Camp](/source/Van_Camp's) canned beans family, in 1898;[12][15] instead, she married citrus grower Martin Aquila Chase in 1899, in Van Nuys.[16][17] Martin Chase died in 1913.[18] Her second husband was John Earl Wrightsman; they married in 1920.[19] John E. Wrightsman died in 1951, and she died in 1957, at the age of 82, in Los Angeles.[20]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Elisha Crouch, Pioneer of Butte, Dies in South"](https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=CR19181020.2.41&srpos=18&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Bertha+Chase%22-------). *Chico Record*. October 20, 1918. p. 5 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Personals"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oakland-times-personals/151593981/). *The Oakland Times*. June 17, 1895. p. 5. Retrieved July 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Rites Conducted for Mrs. Crouch"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-rites-conducted-fo/151628965/). *The Los Angeles Times*. November 10, 1932. p. 32. Retrieved July 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Stephenson, D. ["On the Golf Links with California's Fairest Athletes"](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/curiv/batch_curiv_albion_ver01/data/sn85066387/190002181/0250.pdf) *The Sunday Call* (February 18, 1900): 8.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Gathering of Golfers"](https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH18991104.2.136&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------). *Los Angeles Herald*. November 4, 1899. p. 5 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Inkersley, Arthur. ["Golf in California"](https://books.google.com/books?id=vlk-AAAAYAAJ&q=Bertha+Crouch&pg=PA201) *Outing* 35(2)(November 1899): 201.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["The Tennis Tournament"](https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=OT18910821.1.1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------). *Oakland Tribune*. August 21, 1891. p. 1 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Madison Opening; A Social Event in Tennis Circles in Oakland"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-call-and-post-madison/151594109/). *The San Francisco Call and Post*. October 4, 1891. p. 12. Retrieved July 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Tennis Topics"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-enquirer-tennis-topics/151593433/). *Oakland Enquirer*. July 29, 1891. p. 3. Retrieved July 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Tennis Champions; Height and Hubbard Win the Prizes; Miss Bertha Crouch Also a Victor"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-chronicle-tennis-champions/151595016/). *San Francisco Chronicle*. September 13, 1891. p. 6. Retrieved July 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Tennis Topics"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-tennis-topics/151594568/). *Oakland Tribune*. June 14, 1893. p. 8. Retrieved July 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_12-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_12-1) ["She Still Goes in for Sports"](https://books.google.com/books?id=rxBIAQAAMAAJ&dq=Bertha+Crouch+Chase&pg=RA5-PA9). *Town Talk*. **10**: 9. September 7, 1901.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Women's Golf at Long Beach"](https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=RDP19221003.2.114&srpos=2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Bertha+Chase%22-------). *Riverside Daily Press*. October 3, 1922. p. 10 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Lick, Nib (October 3, 1922). ["Two Women Tie for Honors in Qualifying Play"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-long-beach-telegram-and-the-long-bea/151627233/). *The Long Beach Telegram and The Long Beach Daily News*. p. 13. Retrieved July 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Miss Bertha Crouch is to Wed Mr. Van Camp"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-miss-bertha-crouch-is-to/151594725/). *Oakland Tribune*. June 11, 1898. p. 6. Retrieved July 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Chase-Crouch"](https://books.google.com/books?id=uykzAAAAIBAJ&dq=Bertha%20Crouch&pg=PA17). *The Press and Horticulturist*. December 16, 1899. p. 17.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** Guinn, James Miller (1902). [*Historical and Biographical Record of Southern California: Containing a History of Southern California from Its Earliest Settlement to the Opening Year of the Twentieth Century*](https://books.google.com/books?id=KyFPAAAAYAAJ&dq=Bertha+Crouch+California+golf&pg=PA918). Chapman Publishing Company. p. 918.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["Martin Chase Dies"](https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=CR19130919.2.70&srpos=2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Bertha+Crouch%22-------). *Chico Record*. September 19, 1913. p. 8 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["To Wed in San Francisco"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-long-beach-telegram-and-the-long-bea/151595589/). *The Long Beach Telegram and The Long Beach Daily News*. December 9, 1920. p. 5. Retrieved July 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** Date and place of death from the California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997, via Ancestry.

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