This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EY.2ADE/338 Message Board Post: George Lawrence is listed as the proprietor of the Capitol Hotel in the 1885 directory/history of Sierra County. In the 1880 census there is a notation that there were no numbers on the buildings/homes in Downieville. It does say that the hotel is next to Chinatown. There is a letter on ebay with the Capitol hotel's letterhead that says it is on main street. Any ideas where this hotel was located? Thanks Emmitt

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EY.2ADE/337 Message Board Post: I'm looking for information on Donald McNaughton. I found him in the Great Register for 1890 along with Alex McNaughton. Donald operated steam locomotive engine in Bald Mountain Mine. He married Mary Agness Lawrence, daughter of George Lawrence. George was proprietor of Capitol Hotel in Downieville. Is there an obituary in local paper for him? Thanks for any help Emmitt

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EY.2ADE/149.150.1.1 Message Board Post: You can find a lot of pictures of the Downieville area and some of other areas of Sierra Co. on the web, new and older. Are you connected to Judge A. J. Howe? I haven't found a picture of the Ryan house yet even in the History of Sierra Co.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EY.2ADE/149.152 Message Board Post: My parents own the property where Our House was located and I am looking for any information, pictures, stories about the area. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EY.2ADE/149.150.1 Message Board Post: My parents own the property where Our House was located. I am looking for any information, pictures or stories about the area.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harris Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EY.2ADE/149.151.2 Message Board Post: I am looking for information regarding the Harris family that lived at Our House in Sierra County. My parents own the property where Our House was located in Pike City, CA. I am trying to get additional information regarding what was located there in the 1800s. I grew up in the house that is there now but it was built in the 1960s. I am very interested in any information regarding the family that lived there and the history behind it. I have heard there was a ranch there and possibly a stagecoach stop/inn. There also may have been a blacksmith shop there as well. Any information you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EY.2ADE/29.1.1.3 Message Board Post: Thanks for your response. My e-mail address is: [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EY.2ADE/29.1.1.2 Message Board Post: I am also trying to find relatives of my grandmother, Amelia Schmadeke. If you could send me the email address of the woman in S.F. it would be most appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EY.2ADE/29.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I'm also trying to locate my grandmothers relatives in San Francisco. If you would email the person email address it would be most appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McKinsey Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EY.2ADE/336 Message Board Post: Lassen Advocate, Susanville, California – 4 February 1886 3;5 Obituary. The subject of this sketch, Miss Rachel F. McKinsey, was born in Kentucky April 14, 1826, and died in Susanville, Lassen County, Cal., Jan. 28, 1886. She removed when quite young with her parent from her native State of Missouri, where she lost her mother. From there she moved to Wisconsin. She married in the latter State, John Henry Fresch and with him came to Downieville, Cal., in the year 1852. Soon after their arrival in the next summer her husband died. In the year 1854 she was married to Mr. A.J. McKinsey, with whom she lived in happy marriage relations up to the time of death, which occurred in Susanville at the date above given at the residence of her son N.S. McKinsey. She removed from Downieville to this place with her husband in July 1883, and made her home with her son. She had two children born to her. One by her first husband, born Aug. 13, 1853, and was drowned in the Yuba River in 1862. The other by her second husband, residing at this time in Susanville. Mrs. McKinsey, at an early age, embraced religion and lived a Christian life up to the time of her death, and had abundant opportunity during her last sickness to thoroughly test the faith she loved so well. She was a woman of much physical force and resided the attacks of the distressing disease—heart disease—that preyed upon her for several months before her death. For several months past she has been in a condition of threatened death at any moment. It was painful to look upon her emaciated form and she never faltered in her faith. It was a constant triumph of the soul over the body. She seemed in all the visits of the writer, to be always in the possession of a vigorous faith, and an unshaken trust in all-wise Providence. She always manifested a lively interest in the Church, and would have been glad of the privilege of participating in its worship had she not been deprived of attendance upon public worship for some previous to her death. Death seemed reluctant to strike the fatal blow and end her sufferings. The weeks of waiting were weeks of preparation for the translation, so that when the messenger finally came she breathed her last saying, “It’s all over; it is well.” O.L.B Susanville, Feby. 3, 1886

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EY.2ADE/332.3.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Cathy- I am not related to any of these folks- I am transcribing these bios for my website------ http://www.santaclararesearch.net/ I just transcribed this one for you- JOSEPH T CORPSTEIN 1244 Bio-Sawyers SURNAMES: BROWN, LAHEFF, McCARTHY JOSEPH T. CORPSTEIN.—A worthy representative of an old and honored family is Joseph T. Corpstein, whose family has been a factor in the development of the rural district around Saratoga since 1864. He was born on Pierce Road near Saratoga March 4, 1866, the son of Nicholas and Susan (Brown) Corpstein. The father came to California May 18, 1864, and in 1868 homesteaded 160 acres, which he improved and which the family still own. The father passed away in 1892 and the mother died in October. 1914. This worthy couple had nine children, four of whom are living, Joseph T. being the youngest living. He began his education in the Lincoln School of his home district and assisted his father on the ranch until he passed away. In 1901 he entered a grocery store as clerk and within the following three years purchased the business. In 1906 the firm of Corpstein and Mayhew was formed and in 1908 Mr. Metzger bought out the interest of Mr. Mayhew and the firm is now Corpstein and Me! tzger and they are doing a successful business, during the busy season employing five men to take care of their large and growing trade. Mr. Corpstein still owns his ranch, a part of the old homestead. The marriage of Mr. Corpstein in San Francisco united him with Mrs. Mary E. (Laheff) McCarthy, who was born in Morris Flat, Nevada County, whose father, David Laheff, was one of the pioneers of California. Politically Mr. Corpstein advocates the principles of the Democratic party; fraternally he is a member of the Foresters of America, the Woodmen of the World and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a member of the Saratoga Improvement Association and the Catholic Church. Santa Clara County and this section of California is largely indebted to the efforts of the Corpstein family for early pioneer development, and Mr. Corpstein takes a good citizen's part in all present matters that make for prosperity and progress. Eugene T. Sawyers' History of Santa Clara County,California, published by Historic Record Co. , 1922. page 1244 http://www.santaclararesearch.net/SCBIOS/jtcorpstein.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EY.2ADE/332.3.1 Message Board Post: Thanks very much for this info, Carolyn. Are you related to Mr. Maggini? It is my understanding that this Saratoga branch may be decended from Nicholas Corpstein. I think that Nicholas and John Peter were brothers.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EY.2ADE/332.3 Message Board Post: The wife of Plin MAGGINI, pioneer of Santa Clara County, is Miss Lucielle Corpstein, a native daughter born at Saratoga, whose parents were John and Mary Corpstein. Hope this helps---- Carolyn from the Santa Clara County Biography Project http://www.santaclararesearch.net/SCBIOS/Fchronicles.html PLIN MAGGINI HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 537 SURNAMES: CORPSEIN A worthy rancher couple who are enjoying the enviable prosperity now rewarding their investments and labors, are Mr. and Mrs. Plin Maggini, the owners of seventy-six very attractive acres making up a productive ranch at the junction of the Sierra and Calaveras roads, six miles east of Milpitas. They came to their present ranch in October, 1920; and as leading Republicans and firm believers in Christian Science, they exert a helpful influence in the direction of progress in the community such as might be wished for in any fast-developing section. Mr. Maggini was born in the Canton Ticino, Switzerland, at the town of Basca, on the day after Christmas, 1884, the son of Alexander and Josephine Maggini, the former a native of Switzerland, who came out to the United States alone in 1852, and mined for gold at Iowa Hill, Gold Run and Forest Hill. After becoming a naturalized citizen, he returned to Switzerland and continued his industry of raising goats. A second time he came to California, and mined for a while; and a second time he returned to teh Italian region in the Swiss Republic A third time he came to California, when our subject was three years old; and in this state he passed away, in 1918, esteemed by all who knew him as a hard-working, highly-intelligent and honest man who had done something definite toward advancing agricultural interests in California. Mrs. Maggini is still living, the center of a devoted group of friends and she enjoys life in San Jose at the age of sixty-six. Owing to these movings back and! forth, from country to country. Milton Maggini, the eldest in the family of four children, was born in Switzerland; Livio in the United States; Plin in Switzerland; and Ida under the Stars and Stripes. When only sixteen years of age, Plin started our for himself, and learning the blacksmith trade, he worked for wages for several years. He then went to the mines in Placer County for a year and a half, and mined in the same place where his father had been many years before. Next he went into San Jose and clerked for five years in the City Store; and after that he took a position with the Alloggi wholesale tobacco dealers, but at the end of three years, he established a bicycle and motorcycle shop at 266 South First Street, San Jose, where he handled the Reading, Standard, Smell, Cleveland and the Hudson bicycles. Mr. Maggini sold out his cycling business at the end of three years and bought with his increased capital a ranch of thirty-five acres on the Almaden Road, twelve miles out of San Jose; and this farm he set out to prunes and apricots and so well developed, for three and one-half years, that he sold it again at a good margin. then he purchased a ranch of 575 acres on the Uvas Road devoted to cattle and grain and there he had a dairy and engaged in the wholesale milk business. This ranch he kept for a year, disposing of it on June 2, 1919. Mr. Maggini then purchased a ranch of seventy-six acres at the junction of the Sierra and Calaveras roads, forty-five acres of which are devoted to apricots, while the remainder of the land is given to the growing of grain; and there Mr. Maggini and his family now reside. He was married at San Jose on October 13, 1915, to Miss Lucielle Corpstein, a native daughter born at Saratoga, whose parents were John and Mary Corpstein. They came to California from Iowa and settled at Saratoga; and there Lucielle went to school. Later, she attended the high school at San Jose, and she also pursued the courses of an excellent business college; prior to her marriage she was a bookkeeper for five years,--first for the Benson & Weaver Automobile Company, and then for Messrs. Bloomdahl & Keller. two children have blessed this union, Evelyn Mae and Mildred Eileen. Transcribed by Marie Clayton, from Eugene T. Sawyers' History of Santa Clara County,California, published by Historic Record Co. , 1922.page 537

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EY.2ADE/334.1 Message Board Post: Hi Gretchen, I grew up in Sierra County. Do you have access to Ancestry.com? There are many members of the Bakotic family listed with Vukon Bakotic having died in January 1970 in Loyalton. Please contact me directly. I will try to help as my parents still live in Sierra Valley.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wyllie, Brady, Tewalt, McGregor Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EY.2ADE/335.1 Message Board Post: Interested in contacting you - great grandparents are Edward John Wyllie (1875-1951) and Mary Jane Brady (1879-1934).

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brady, Healy, Sylvester, Mott, Wyllie, Morrison, Murdock Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EY.2ADE/335 Message Board Post: I am hoping to connect with someone who might know anything about Hannah Frances Healy (Haley) and her husband, Robert Brady. Hannah died in 1932 and is buried in the Forest City Cemetery. She owned a variety store in Forest after her husband's death in 1901. Hannah and Robert had eight daughters, all born in Sierra County. I am a decsendant of Frances G. Brady who married Robert Davies. The other daughters were Annie, Frances (Frank), Rose, Mary (Mamie), Emily, and Charlotte. Emily died during the 1918-1919 flu epedimic. I have bits and pieces of information about these daughters and their families. I believe there still might be some family in the area and I would love to connect up with them. I also have some pictures that I believe are of the Bradys but am not sure and would appreciate any help I can get in learning about this family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: burnes, burns Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EY.2ADE/333.1.1 Message Board Post: my grandma has a copy of it but cant find it of late....the family was all on hte 1880 census so sometime after that maybe early 1900s...

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EY.2ADE/333.1 Message Board Post: Zak What was the date when he was killed? George

Zak What was the date when he was killed? George [email protected] wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: burnes, burns Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EY.2ADE/333 Message Board Post: charles burnes was walking into town with his gold when he was robbed and killed on a bridge. there was a write up in a local paper talking about it and mentioning his sister, my direct anscestor lizzie. looking for a copy of the article or further info on this burnes family ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bakotic, Langdon Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EY.2ADE/334 Message Board Post: I'm trying to find the marriage and children of Vukon 'William or Bill' Bakotic b. 1893, came to the USA 1911 and lived in Loyalton, CA. for over 40 years. He worked for the lumber companies there as a planer. I know he first married Mary L. Langdon, but they divorced and he later married another lady named Mary I'm told. I'd like to learn her maiden name and if they had children. Thank you for any help you might have. Gretchen