California Central Coast

Adolph Mack: Jewish Pioneer of the San Joaquin Valley & San Francisco, California

Adolph Mack Values Codes I – E – L   Three brothers, Adolph, Solomon, and Julius J. Mack, were born in New York in the 1850’s. They were three of the ten children of Lawrence and Miriam Mack. [Click here for our Solomon Mack exhibit. Click here for our

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Solomon L. Mack: Jewish Pioneer of the San Joaquin Valley & San Francisco, California

Solomon L. Mack Values Codes I – E – L   Three Mack brothers, Solomon, Adolph, and Julius, were born in New York in the 1850’s. They were three of the ten children of Lawrence and Miriam Mack. [See our Adolph Mack and Julius Mack exhibits.] San Joaquin Valley In 1875,

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Julius J. Mack: Jewish Pioneer of the San Joaquin Valley & San Francisco, California

Julius J. Mack Values Codes I – E – P   Three Mack brothers, Julius, Solomon, and Adolph, were born in New York in the 1850’s. They were three of the ten children of Lawrence and Miriam Mack. The brothers settled together in California in 1875, first

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Abraham Blochman: Early Jewish Pioneer Businessman, Banker & Community Leader

Abraham Blochman Values Codes I – E – L – P   Abraham Blochman  was born at Ingenheim, Alsace, France in 1834. In 1848, his widowed mother and her children came to America.   Along the way Abraham Blochman worked as a clerk in a store in

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Other Early Interconnected Pioneer Jews of Kern County, California

Early Interconnected Kern County Pioneer Jews Values Codes I – E – L – P   The Hirshfeld Brothers Lesser Hirshfeld was one of four pioneer merchants who came from Germany to America. He was known as “Cristobol” because of his friendly relationships with local Hispanics. In 1872, he

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Henry Jastro: Early Jewish Pioneer and Civic Leader of Bakersfield, California

Henry Jastro Values Codes I – E – L – P   Henry Jastro (Jastrowitz) was most likely born in Posen around 1848.   Along the way Henry Jastro arrived in New York in 1863 on the ship Simona. He handled freight in Arizona, worked in cattle business

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