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Ellsington, Louise E. Erickson
Birth Place: San Francisco
Pioneer Father: Carl E. Erickson
Birth Place: San Francisco
Date of Arrival in California: —
Pioneer Mother: Mable Cornelius Erickson
Birth Place: Oakland, Calif.
Date of Arrival in California: —
Remarks: My Great-great Grandmother crossed the plains in a covered wagon from Ohio in 1849. Her name was Catherine Palmer. She had three children Mary Catherine and Frank. Her husband died in Ohio. Mary Palmer Pendergast was a Pres. of the Asso. Pioneer Women. Miss Catherine P. Le Mar was my Great Grandmother; Miss Louise Cornelius is my Grandmother; Mrs. Mabel is my Mother.
Gates, May Evelyn
Birth Place: San Francisco
Pioneer Father: Alexander Warren Gates
Birth Place: Fairfield, Iowa
Date of Arrival in California: 1899
Pioneer Mother: —
Birth Place: —
Date of Arrival in California: —
Remarks: Grandmother was Catherine La Mar.
Gibb, Margaret Hastings
Birth Place: San Francisco
Pioneer Father: James Gibb
Birth Place: Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of Arrival in California: 1850
Pioneer Mother: Sarah Oliver W. Gibb
Birth Place: Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Arrival in California: 1849
Remarks: Came in sailing vessel to S.F. in 1849 with five brothers and sisters
Gibbons, Mary J.
Birth Place: San Francisco
Pioneer Father: Alexander Gibbons
Birth Place: Cork, Ireland
Date of Arrival in California: 1852
Pioneer Mother: Margaret Attridge
Birth Place: Cork, Ireland
Date of Arrival in California: ? -around the horn
Remarks: Father passed away in S.F. 1932; had lived for 60 years in the fips house outside of Polk St. and often people came to visit him to hear about early days, when the water came up to Montgomery St. and the planks lay on the sand for a side-walk; he was one of the first passengers to ride on Clay St. car; Mr. Halliday was his personal friend.
Graham, Alexandria De Lafeyette
Birth Place: Santa Barbara
Pioneer Father: George Washington Graham
Birth Place: Santa Barbara in 1844
Date of Arrival in California: —
Pioneer Mother: died in 1909—Mattriola de Lafayette
Birth Place: Paris
Date of Arrival in California: 1879 – around the Horn
Remarks: —
Grosjean, Ellen S. Mahoney
Birth Place: San Francisco
Pioneer Father: Denis Mahoney
Birth Place: Ireland
Date of Arrival in California: Aug 16, 1849
Pioneer Mother: Margaret Casey
Birth Place: Ireland
Date of Arrival in California: 1854, Isthmus of Panama
Remarks: My Father was born in Ireland, July 30, 1816, and came to America in 1838. His Father soon followed and died in N.Y. He met my Mother when she was a girl of 13 years; she was living in Carson City with her parents. He courted her for seven years and married in 1845; when he left for California in ’49, there were two children. He returned and visited them in 1852 and he brought his wife and three children to San Jose, he afterwards left for Foster’s Bar, mining district, Yuba River; this did not appeal to him so he returned to S.F. as business in live-stock. In 1858 they came to S.F. and lived on Pacific Ave. where it was the center of culture.
Paillard, Amanda J.S.
Birth Place: Sebastopol
Pioneer Father: Major C. M. Sullivan
Birth Place: Kentucky
Date of Arrival in California: 1849
Pioneer Mother: Mary Gillian Sullivan
Birth Place: Kentucky
Date of Arrival in California: 1849, Overland trail from Missouri
Remarks: My father, son of James Sullivan, (veteran of Revolutionary War) and Elleonor Wilson Sullivan; he was born 1801 – Mar 29; went to Ft. Independence , MO. 1839; was engaged as a Wagon Master with a party and travelled over the Santa Fe trail; in 1845 went overland to Oregon and located near the site of Portland, which then consisted of a few Log Cabins, where he helped build the first wharf. In 1847 joined Capt. Thompson’s Cavalry and was made 1stLt. for suppressing the Cayuse Indians who had murdered the family of Dr. Whitman at Walla Walla, Wash. He took a prominent part in the campaign which lasted six months. in 1849 he disposed of his property and joined the Gold Rush to California; around the mines in Placerville for a year, then going to Sonoma, in the Rancho el Molino, where he remained for his life-time. At the first Pioneer Wedding recorded, he married Mary Gillian, who rode horse-back most of the way from Missouri; her side saddle is in possession of her Family. Major Sullivan was 44 years old at the time of marriage and she was 18; They had 11 children; he died Aug. 25, 1891.
Kehoe, Anna F. Oakley
Birth Place: San Francisco
Pioneer Father: Samuel E. Oakley
Birth Place: New York
Date of Arrival in California: 1850
Pioneer Mother: Mary Jane Oakley
Birth Place: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Date of Arrival in California: —
Remarks: —
Lehman, Clara Isabella
Birth Place: Hayward, Cal.
Pioneer Father: Jacob Schilling
Birth Place: Holstein Germany
Date of Arrival in California: 1848
Pioneer Mother: Johanna Pestdorf
Birth Place: Glückstadt, Germany
Date of Arrival in California: 1860, around the Horn
Remarks: My father arrived in S.F. 1848 and after 3 months, sailed for China and returned in 1851; and later bought land in Hayward; he farmed for 2 years then sold it and bought land in Sausalito, were he started a lumber mill and after operating it for a year, it was destroyed by fire. About ’55 he purchased a farm of 150 acres which he farmed almost until his death; and on Dec. 3, 1862, married.
Madelay, Norma Gates
Birth Place: San Francisco.
Pioneer Father: Alexander N. Gates
Birth Place: born in Iowa
Date of Arrival in California: 1899
Pioneer Mother: Celia La Mar Gates
Birth Place: San Francisco
Date of Arrival in California: —
Remarks: —