Alameda-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....De Keyser, Michel 1857 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

MICHEL De KEYSER, a Pleasanton jeweler, was born at Antwerp, Belgium, July 6,
1857, the son of Charles and Lucia (Verbiest) De Keyser, natives also of that
country, who had seven children. At an early age Michel, their third child, was
sent to Macon, France, where he learned the watchmaking and jewelers' trade. In
1881 he returned home and worked at his trade until 1884, when he came to
America, landing at New Orleans. Thence he came by train to San Francisco, where
he followed his profession a year, with a partner of the name of H. De Houck,
until 1886. The latter then absconded, leaving Mr. De Keyser to pay all the
debts. Our subject next went to Haywards, and a year afterward removed to
Pleasanton, where he is now well established in the jewelry business. He has
also one other shop, namely, Livermore, where he manufactures jewelry. He has
concluded that partnership is a very poor "ship" to sail in, having been robbed
and broken up in his business twice through the rascality of such associates in
business. He thinks now that he will sail through business life alone. Being of
an inventive genius, he has devised several combinations, which he expects to
render useful. One of them is an economical process for extracting oil from
seeds, which he claims will extract and take out a larger percentage than any
other process now in vogue.

  Mr. De Keyser was married in Belgium, May 11, 1881, to Miss Natilia De
Lombaerde, and they have two daughters and a son.


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Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.


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