California Central Coast

Louis Gundelfinger, Jewish Pioneer Merchant of Fresno, California: an 1891 Description

Louis Gundelfinger Values Codes I – E – L   Curator’s Note: We recently found part of a large book that appears to have been published in 1891, titled Memorial and Biographical His­tory of the Counties of Fresno, Tulare, and Kern, California.  The book lists many of the German-born Jewish

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David Hirshfeld: Pioneer Jewish Merchant of Bakersfield California, an 1891 Description

David Hirshfeld Values Codes I – E – L – P   Curator’s Note: We recently found part of a large book that appears to have been published in 1891, titled Memorial and Biographical His­tory of the Counties of Fresno, Tulare, and Kern, California.  The book lists many

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Leopold Gundelfinger: Jewish Pioneer Merchant & Banker of Fresno, an 1891 Description

Leopold Gundelfinger Values Codes I-E-L   Curator’s Note: We recently found part of a large book that appears to have been published in 1891, titled Memorial and Biographical His­tory of the Counties of Fresno, Tulare, and Kern, California.  The book lists many of the German-born Jewish merchants and professionals played

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Louis Cole: Early Jewish Pioneer Merchant of Hanford, California, an 1891 Description

Louis M. Cole Values Codes I – E – L   Curator’s Note: We recently found part of a large book that appears to have been published in 1891, titled Memorial and Biographical His­tory of the Counties of Fresno, Tulare, and Kern, California.  The book lists many of the German-born

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Jacob (Jim) Manasse: Jewish Pioneer Merchant and Postmaster of Hanford, California

Jacob (Jim) Manasse  Values Codes I – E – L   Jacob (Jim) Manasse was born in Germany in 1853. He came with his family to the United States in 1869.   Along the way . . . The Manasse family settled in Snelling, Maricopa County, California From 1869 to

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Nathan Weisbaum: Pioneer Businessman and Wells Fargo Agent of Hanford, California

Nathan Weisbaum Values Codes I – E – L   Nathan Weisbaum was born in New York City in 1859, the son of Jacob Weisbaum, a cobbler. Nathan’s family came to California and settled in Snelling, in Merced County, before 1860. Nathan went to school in Snelling, and

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