4. Harry and Bertha Chandler
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Harry Chandler, Dr. Chandler’s younger brother, was born in 1863. He moved to Saginaw, Michigan, at the age of 20 before following his brother to Arizona in 1891. At first he operated a shoe store in Phoenix. Later, he established an electric utility which ultimately grew to become the Southside Gas and Electric Company and sold electricity to Mesa, Tempe, and, Chandler.
Bertha Trowbridge, Harry’s wife, grew up in Saginaw. She met Harry at a Chautauqua meeting, and they married in 1891. Their first home was in Phoenix, and they later moved into a house on Center Street in Mesa.
Bertha and Harry had two daughters – Marian, born in 1893, and Louise, born in 1895. Both girls attended the University of California at Berkley. Marian became a nurse and served as the family’s historian. Louise married Arthur Price, Chandler’s first city attorney.