Alameda-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....De Keyser, Michel 1857 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 29, 2007, 10:02 pm 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. Additional Comments: Extracted from 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/alameda/bios/dekeyser598gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb