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FROM NOTES ON FAMILY HISTORY -- TRADITION AND FACT, AS REMEBERED BY ADELE M. MAYNARD. -- 1934

My mother married Pierre Merlin Lusson, of French parentage and born on a sugar and coffee plantation in Cuba; when twelve years of age he was sent to Bordeaux, France, to be educated; returning when 20-21, both of his grandparents being dead, he came to the U.S. and studied medicine, graduating from the Univ. of Pa. when 24. His grandfather had fled to New Orleans with his family during the insurrection in Haiti and my father's father was born in New Orleans - I do not know whether before or after the purchase of Louisiana by the U.S. His father's mother was a daughter of Pierre Merlin who was the Surveyor General in Haiti under Napoleon. The Merlins were distinguished in France for their ability and prominence.

To Dave,
AdeŽle Maynard was my grandmother in San JosŽ. Her father, Pierre Merlin Lusson, was a "horse and buggy doctor" in San JosŽ. Your grandmother, Elizabeth Maynard Grubb, used to go on his rounds with him as a girl.
George Cambridge Grubb Jr.

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Birth: Apr. 25, 1840
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Death: Nov. 26, 1906
San Jose
Santa Clara County
California, USA

Obituary from The Evening News, San Jose, Nov. 27, 1906

Dr. Pedro N.(sic) Lusson Answers Call of the Grim Reaper

After an illness of several weeks, Dr. Pedro N. Lusson, died at his home at Sixth and Reed Streets late Monday afternoon. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 9:30 from St. Joseph’s Church. A requiem high mass will be celebrated for the repose of the soul of the deceased.

He was born in near Havana, Cuba, in 1840, and his boyhood days were spent in study at Bordeaux, France. While yet a young man he came to the United States. He was graduated with high honors from the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, after which he took a special course in heart and lung diseases under the late Dr. Dosta, one of the most famous physicians in the United States at that time.

Dr. Lusson was married in Philadelphia to Elizabeth Newton, and their union was blessed by three children - Mrs. G. Crux of San Francisco, Mrs. Blayney Maynard of San Jose, and George Lusson of New York, all of whom were present at his death.

After his graduation, Dr. Lusson came to California, settling in this city, where he built up a large and lucrative practice. He was at one time President of the Santa Clara County Medical Society, and Vice President of the State Medical Society. He contributed many writings to various medical journals.

Besides his children he is survived by a brother, Jean Lusson of Ardmore, Pa., and a sister, Mrs. Campistroux of [near] Bordeaux, France. His wife passed away in this city about two years ago.

[Supplemental notes] Dr. Lusson was from Santiago de Cuba, the son of Jean Louis Camille Modeste and Adele Schueg/Schweig Lusson. Originally from Nantes, France via Haiti, the family had settled in New Orleans for a number of years, then around 1833 bought a sugar and coffee plantation outside Santiago, where Pierre was born. His parents died very early, his sister Marie Rosalie married when he was young, and he returned from boarding schools in Santiago and Bordeaux to his grandfather George Schueg and his very strict grandmother - relations to one of the founders of the Bacardi Rum Company - as his surviving family.

Pierre and his brother Louis Jean arrived on the brig John Keffer from Santiago to Baltimore on Sept 6, 1858, bound for University training and careers and marriage in the USA. Pierre graduated with an MD degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1864. He moved with his family to San Jose, California in 1873. Dr. Lusson served for several years as the "house" physician for the Jesuit-founded College of Santa Clara and the Jesuit community. A devout Roman Catholic, he was fluent in Spanish, French, Portuguese and English, and familiar with "several other" foreign languages, which helped him considerably in the increase of his medical practice by his ability to serve foreign-born patients. Dr. Lusson practiced as a physician and surgeon, with a specialty in cardiac medicine.

Mrs. Lusson died as the only casualty of the 1903 San Jose earthquake when the Louise Building, the location of the Lussons' residence and medical office, was severely damaged. His daughter Cornelia Armistead (Mrs. George Arthur Crux) passed away in 1908, and his son George Newton Lusson died on a business trip to Michigan in 1912. His middle child Adele (Mrs. Blayney) Maynard died in 1938.

Obituary from The Evening News, San Jose, Nov. 27, 1906

Dr. Pedro N.(sic) Lusson Answers Call of the Grim Reaper

After an illness of several weeks, Dr. Pedro N. Lusson, died at his home at Sixth and Reed Streets late Monday afternoon. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 9:30 from St. Joseph’s Church. A requiem high mass will be celebrated for the repose of the soul of the deceased.

He was born in near Havana, Cuba, in 1840, and his boyhood days were spent in study at Bordeaux, France. While yet a young man he came to the United States. He was graduated with high honors from the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, after which he took a special course in heart and lung diseases under the late Dr. Dosta, one of the most famous physicians in the United States at that time.

Dr. Lusson was married in Philadelphia to Elizabeth Newton, and their union was blessed by three children - Mrs. G. Crux of San Francisco, Mrs. Blayney Maynard of San Jose, and George Lusson of New York, all of whom were present at his death.

After his graduation, Dr. Lusson came to California, settling in this city, where he built up a large and lucrative practice. He was at one time President of the Santa Clara County Medical Society, and Vice President of the State Medical Society. He contributed many writings to various medical journals.

Besides his children he is survived by a brother, Jean Lusson of Ardmore, Pa., and a sister, Mrs. Campistroux of [near] Bordeaux, France. His wife passed away in this city about two years ago.

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Dr. Lusson was from Santiago de Cuba, the son of Jean Louis Camille Modeste and Adele Schueg/Schweig Lusson. Originally from Nantes, France via Haiti, the family had settled in New Orleans for a number of years, then around 1833 bought a sugar and coffee plantation outside Santiago, where Pierre was born. His parents died very early, his sister Marie Rosalie married when he was young, and he returned from boarding schools in Santiago and Bordeaux to his grandfather George Schueg and his very strict grandmother - relations to one of the founders of the Bacardi Rum Company - as his surviving family.

Pierre and his brother Louis Jean arrived on the brig John Keffer from Santiago to Baltimore on Sept 6, 1858, bound for University training and careers and marriage in the USA. Pierre graduated with an MD degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1864. He moved with his family to San Jose, California in 1873. Dr. Lusson served for several years as the "house" physician for the Jesuit-founded College of Santa Clara and the Jesuit community. A devout Roman Catholic, he was fluent in Spanish, French, Portuguese and English, and familiar with "several other" foreign languages, which helped him considerably in the increase of his medical practice by his ability to serve foreign-born patients. Dr. Lusson practiced as a physician and surgeon, with a specialty in cardiac medicine.

Mrs. Lusson died as the only casualty of the 1903 San Jose earthquake when the Louise Building, the location of the Lussons' residence and medical office, was severely damaged. His daughter Cornelia Armistead (Mrs. George Arthur Crux) passed away in 1908, and his son George Newton Lusson died on a business trip to Michigan in 1912. His middle child Adele (Mrs. Blayney) Maynard died in 1938.