Hi Listers and welcome new listmember Terry- researcher of the AUTRAND name. I have forwarded all the AUTRAND information that listmembers have posted here directly to Terry and now Terry has decided to join us and continue researching here on the list with you. See the thank you note to you all below, and learn more about this family in Mariposa County. Best, Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: Admcclure@aol.com <Admcclure@aol.com> To: sweetwater@sierratel.com <sweetwater@sierratel.com> Date: Thursday, October 26, 2000 5:25 PM Subject: Autrand connection >Dear Ms. Feroben, > >Thank you very much for all the information that you and all those volunteers >from your website have provided me so far on the Autrands. I was surprised >that you found a Louis Autrand listed in the first index of INTENTS. He was >probably my ggrand-father's father. I was not aware of his first name, that >is one of the most important missing links that I was looking for. I do hope >that the person who does the naturalization lookups finds more information >about him i.e. the year that my ggreatgrandfather actually arrived in >California, etc. > >The Autrands have a long connection in Mariposa County. > >My ggrand-father Thomas Autrand owned land in Mariposa County and he became a >naturalized citizen of the United States in Mariposa County. >He appeared in the 1880 Census with his brother Joseph but his last name is >not listed there he appears with another family in the Indian Gulch section >39-27 Indian Gulch Section, page 383-383, actually he is listed with Mary >(Autrand). and Joseph (Autrand). I cannot read the last name of the first >person listed whose first name is John, if anyone can find that out for me I >would appreciate it very much. >My ggrandmother Josepha Coz family appears in Hornito, Mariposa County >section with her father Vicente Coz, his wife and my grandmother's siblings. >My grandfather Emile Thomas Autrand and my grandmother Mayme Kast Autrand are >buried in the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Mariposa, California. Their home >was located right across from the church down the hill, I have photos of the >home, the church and the burial place. >My father went to school in Mariposa, California, and later joined the Army. > >I really appreciate all the information that you have provided me. And I am >looking forward in finding more information about the first Autrand that >arrived and settled in California. > >Thanks again and I feel that by contacting you and your website will provide >me with a goldmine of information. I just joined the CaMaripo Mailing list. > >Terry Emile Autrand >