The US GenWeb Project in CaliforniaThe US GenWeb Project in CaliforniaWhen you post a query for your Sierra County California ancestors, follow the guidelines below.
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I will try to get the following queries posted at the new Query System (CAGenWeb site) (link above).
The following email address had Permanent Fatal Errors "sjmurphy253@aol.com"="User Unknown" Too bad, I had some information for her.(2-28-1998/pjr)
DATE: 18 Dec 1997
SUBMITTER: Darlene Murphy
Searching for information on history of Pike City, Sierra County, CA, and Camptonville (Yuba Co CA). Great Grandparents Eva ( ) BARNES and Louis BARNES buried in cemetery in Pike. Would also like information on cemetery, itself. Thank you.
Seeking any information on Frank CURIEUX and or his wife Catherine Marie; children were Frank Jr. and Catherine Marie. The Curieux family came to the Allegany, Forest City area about 1849 from Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. I cannot find any information regarding Frank and Catherine CURIEUX Sr. Catherine married GEORGE MULLER in 1860 ( Miller). (jfarris@lane.k12.or.us)
I'm researching A.B. McCRINDLE, listed in the 1860 Sierra County Census. He may be my gr-gr-grandfather if he was married to Elisabeth and had children James, born 1846, M., William, Lizzie, and John. I'm looking for descendents of these people to communicate and share with. Thanks. Bonnie (g42m12c8@horizon.hit.net)
Seeking information on William WASTFIELD (WESTFIELD) who came from St. Clair Co. Ill. in 1850 and mined gold in Goodyears Bar 1850-1858. He was elected Justice of the Peace for Goodyears Bar. He may have relocated to Downieville in 1857-1858. Last letter to the family is postmarked Placerville in 1858. (j.wouters.@worldnet.att.net)
James Perry MORRIS, b May 28, 1902 d 1967 in Alleghany. Would like to know more info. such as children, other family members. Also would like an obit. (mikefox@oregontrail.net)
Researching William HUGHES, b. ~1839 in Wales, occupation miner, and naturalized in Sierra County, 17th District Court of CA, on Nov. 5, 1860. [all according to voter registration in Cochise County, AZ, in 1884 and after]. I'd like to know more about this person (middle name, especially), and any other HUGHES' in Sierra County in the 1840-1880 timeframe. Thank you. (rguy@FICUS.CS.UCLA.EDU)
My greatgrandfather owned the Ladies Choice and Mt. Pleasant Consolidated in the Scales area. His name was Timothy Donahue and he had four daughters , Deedee, Rose,Katie and Josie and a son Frank. Rose ,my grrandmother was born in St. Louis mining town about 1872. Her husband ( who was at the mine ) was named Michael Hanrahan. My mother is searching for any information as all our letters etc. were lost in a fire in Squaw Valley. Thanks in advance M. Burke. (burke@mis.net)
James Monroe PALMER and William Madison PALMER were in the Downieville area hunting for gold. They were from Buncombe Co, NC. James b. 1822, and William b. 1821. In a Petaluma CA write-up, William said the company he worked for in 1849 "changed the course of the Yuba River." James and William weren't successful because the company folded. William came along to the Downieville area about 1852 and then settled in the Placerville area. Any help will be appreciated. (barb@aub.com)
Just started investigating a newly found link in my family to the origin of Beckworth, Sierra Co, CA. My grandmother's written notes lead me to believe that a John JONES and a Peter PRIEST founded the place known as Jones Station until the late 1860s. I believe that John JONES may be my grandmother's grandfather. If so, his daughter Sarah Ann JONES married James Preston DENNY Jr in 1852. I am looking for any reference material on this JONES family. Thank you! (klansing@inreach.com)
I have information on Sinnott/Barrett families and can refer on to McDowell and McGrath information sites. I do not have exact dates in all cases. (cathyro@juno.com)
Seeking information on the St. Charles Hotel at Goodyears Bar, and its predecessor, a hotel owned by Jacob FLUKE that burned in September 1864. Thank you! (hangman@telis.org)
I have not been able to find information on Forest City in Sierra County. I had relatives who owned the Antelope Saloon, John P. and Rosanna H.(QUINN) ATKINSON, in the late 1850s. The ownership name was under Atkinson and Company, Proprietors. I did see a biography for a John B. ATKINSON, in the book: "Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California." Perhaps he is the same person with an erroneous middle initial?? Thank you for any and all help gathering information on Forest City and on my relatives. Valerie Burrows. (hollyce@aol.com)
Looking for information on James KEELEY/KEELY who was in Downieville in 1860. He married Mary LYONS and their first child was born at Downieville in 1862. Any information on Mary LYONS or James KEELEY will be appreciated. I do not know where they married, but assume it was in or around Downieville. Please email me. Thanks, Brian Provines. (CeeCee82@aol.com)
I presume John CHATY was a partner and possibly a fellow immigrant from Lorraine France, of Nicolas WEBER, working in Howland Flat, where CHATY is also described as a baker an saloon keeper. Nicolas WEBER married Anna CHATY, possibly a daughter of John CHATY, in Nevada County. There were two CHATY boys who left the area, but the fate of John CHATY is unknown. The eldest of the WEBER children by Anna, a daughter, Anna (WEBER) RAPP, may have been CHATY's. Sierra County sources include the Sierra County Assessment Rolls 1863-64; Deeds 1860, 1878; Thompson & West, p 214; Death 19-243486; and James J. Sinnott, History of Sierra County Vol V, p 37. Any help will be appreciated. (chander@communique.net)
I am looking for information on my grandfather, Willis Earl SCULLIN(EN), b 10 Jun 1870. His family was living in Sierra Co during the 1870 and 1880 U.S. federal census. Would appreciate any family information. (haljokay@ix.netcom.com)
Seek info/descendants of Theodore CROCKER, b. 1878 CA, d. 1935 Sierra County CA. First wife "Josie" Josephine DeVALLE, b. 1878 CA; second wife? listed in CA death index as C.T. Also interested in Cornish mining connections. (davec1@redrose.net)
SURNAME: ALLEN
Edward ALLEN was known to be in the northern CA gold mining industry from 1850 to 1870 when he returned to Butler Co PA. Did he have a family with him in Sierra Co? Any information on him in Sierra County will be appreciated. Thank you! (pjrowell@jps.net)
COLD CANYON, Sierra County. Seeking any and all information about the mining camp and its residents, especially the family of Thomas and Catherine EDWARDS - - ca1865. Cold Canyon does not appear in USGS info, and I wonder why, as there are six others in CA. Thanks! (FamHistBus@aol.com)
Richard S. Wilson / Chino Hills CA / sierra@cagenweb.com
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