Again, thanks to everyone for all this good information about "Sole Traders." The Boslers lived in Sacramento, in fact John W. Bosler and George B. Schwartz were in the butcher shop business in Sacramento in the 1850-1860s. The building burned, destroying everything. I will have to let all the Sacramento research go as I live in Humboldt County and will not be able to travel to Sacramento to finish this project. Thanks to everyone, you are all very helpful, as usual. Margaret in NW California On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:13:47 -0700 "A. Mason Design" <amason@redshift.com> writes: > Sole Trader petitions were filed at the county level where the > married > woman lived. Off hand I can't remember whether it was a Court record > or > a Recorder's record. "Book A" indicates she filed to withdraw her > request within a months of originally filing for the status. > > As I recall, Sole Trader petitions did not specify the nature/reason > for > wanting the status. A married woman was not required to specify why > she > wanted to be "sole trader." It appears that Elizabeth filed as a > precautionary measure and withdrew her request when the "danger" to > her > and her family had passed. It might be worth your while to pursue > Superior Court records for John W. BOSLER during that particular > time frame. > > In 1850s California, there were a number of difficulties regarding > land > ownership. Mr. BOSLER may very likely have been a responsible honest > man > who got caught up in a dicey land issue, such as attempting to > establish > a homestead on rancho land. > > In order to find out what was going on at the time, you will need to > do > a bit of cross-referencing -- Recorder's Office land deeds, Superior > > Court records, and local newspaper mentions. Depending on the > county, > the latter [newspaper mentions] may not exist, but the other records > > would. It's also possible there might be a record in the > "Miscellaneous > Records" in the Recorder's Office. > > "Book A/Page 15" simply means that it was a very early legally > recorded > document in whatever county the request occurred in California. > > Hope this helps, > Anita C. > Monterey County > > Margaret A, Wooden wrote: > > Many thanks to all who answered the "Sole Trader" question. Very > > interesting. I do know that her husband JOHN W. BOSLER, was a > butcher. > > This Bk A is where? Is it available to researchers? Is there > someone > > that would be willing to find what kind of business she was > withdrawing > > from? Thanks again, NORCAL people are wonderful. Margaret in NW > > California > > > > On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:30:27 -0700 mwooden <mwooden@juno.com> > writes: > > > >> Need some help, please. I have run across the following and > would > >> like > >> someone to find out what information is connected with this file: > > >> ELIZABETH JANE BOSLER, husband John, 14 Aug 1852 withdrawn her > sole > >> trader, Bk A pg 15. This is listed under "Separate property of > >> married > >> women and Sold Traders 1850-1930." Was Elizabeth in business? > Was > >> she > >> separating from her husband John? Several questions come to mine > as > >> I do > >> not know what "sole trader" means. Thanks. Margaret in NW > >> California > >> > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________ Stock Options Click to learn about options trading and get the latest information. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=OvpObJy8S2JShp7OJMGqcAAAJ1DeOSPmwoHBx_71xffYF-QhAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQlgAAAAA=