California Gold Country

Bernard Ulmer Steinman: Jewish Pioneer Businessman, Civil Servant and Mayor of Sacramento, California

Bernard Ulmer Steinman Values Codes I – E – L – P   Bernard Ulmer Steinman was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1848.   Along the way In 1848, Bernard Steinman’s parents brought their 9-month-old son to America. They first settled in New York. Bernard’s 20-years-older brother, John

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Arnold Friedberger Family: Early Jewish Pioneer Merchants in Stockton and the Gold Country of California

Arnold Friedberger Values Codes I – E – L – P   Arnold Friedberger was born in Laupheim, Germany, in 1830.   Along the way . . . In 1848, Arnold Friedberger went to Paris to learn the millinery trade. In 1852, he left for the United

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Edward Rodgers Levy: Early Pioneer Jewish Merchant of Folsom, California

Edward Rogers Levy Values Codes I – E – L   Edward Rogers Levy was born in Poland in 1839.   Along the way . . . In the late 1850’s, Edward Levy headed West to San Francisco, California. A short while later, he moved to Shingle Springs,

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Michael Joshua Banner: Jewish Violin Prodigy of Sacramento, California

Michael Joshua Banner Values Codes H – E – L   Michael Joshua Banner was born in Sacramento in 1868. He began violin lessons with his father at age five. He soon advanced beyond what his father could teach him, and was provided with a more expert instructor.

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Moses Dinkelspiel: Jewish Pioneer Merchant and Philanthropist in the California Gold Country

Moses Dinkelspiel Gold Country Values Codes I – H – E – L – P   Moses Dinkelspiel was born in Gemmingen, Baden, Germany in 1826. He was a soldier in the King’s Guards, but he rebelled in early 1848 and was forced to flee to France.

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Isidore Karsky & Samuel Karsky: Father and Son Jewish Merchants of Weaverville in the California Gold Country

Isidore Karsky & Samuel Karsky Values Codes  I – E – L – P   Isidore Karsky Isidore Karsky (1830-1867) and Hannah Abrahm Karsky (1831-1897) came to the United States in 1857 from Prussia, settling in California. Isidore  was the proprietor of I. Karsky & Co. in San

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