Making a living on odd jobs while living in the Fillmore District, she took on the name "Toni Stone," which she felt was a better fit for her identity than "Marcenia." At Jack's Tavern, the first Black-owned nightclub in the neighborhood, she met Captain Aurelious Pescia Alberga, a native of Oakland and a WWI veteran. They married in 1950.t Jack's Tavern, the first Black-owned nightclub in the neighborhood.Making a living on odd jobs while living in the Fillmore District, she took on the name "Toni Stone," which she felt was a better fit for her identity than "Marcenia." At Jack's Tavern, the first Black-owned nightclub in the neighborhood, she met Captain Aurelious Pescia Alberga, a native of Oakland and a WWI veteran. They married in 1950.t Jack's Tavern, the first Black-owned nightclub in the neighborhood.

Making a living on odd jobs while living in the Fillmore District, she took on the name "Toni Stone," which she felt was a better fit for her identity than "Marcenia." At Jack's Tavern, the first Black-owned nightclub in the neighborhood, she met Captain Aurelious Pescia Alberga, a native of Oakland and a WWI veteran. They married in 1950.t Jack's Tavern, the first Black-owned nightclub in the neighborhood.Making a living on odd jobs while living in the Fillmore District, she took on the name "Toni Stone," which she felt was a better fit for her identity than "Marcenia." At Jack's Tavern, the first Black-owned nightclub in the neighborhood, she met Captain Aurelious Pescia Alberga, a native of Oakland and a WWI veteran. They married in 1950.t Jack's Tavern, the first Black-owned nightclub in the neighborhood.

Making a living on odd jobs while living in the Fillmore District, she took on the name "Toni Stone," which she felt was a better fit for her identity than "Marcenia." At Jack's Tavern, the first Black-owned nightclub in the neighborhood, she met Captain Aurelious Pescia Alberga, a native of Oakland and a WWI veteran. They married in 1950.t Jack's Tavern, the first Black-owned nightclub in the neighborhood.