Contra Costa-El Dorado-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Antony, Andrew 1835 - 1882
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Author: W. A. & Slocum & Co. (1882)

ANDREW ANTONY (deceased).—Born in Bavaria, Germany, July 19, 1835. When sixteen
years of age he emigrated to the United States, and located in New York, and
followed the trade of baker and confectioner. In the Spring of 1854 he started
for the Golden State, via Panama, and went to Marysville, where he continued his
trade. He afterwards went to Gibsonville, and there mined, in partnership with
Henry Walters, for three years; after which he moved to Grass Valley, where he
carried on a bakery for nearly two years. He then went to Frazer river, remained
there two years, and thence to Victoria and Portland. In 1859 Mr. Antony
returned to California, and proceeded to Placerville, and purchased a billiard
saloon, which he conducted for eight months, when he sold out and purchased a
bakery, which he continued until 1865. He then returned to San Francisco, and
found employment as baker in the International Hotel, then engaged in the saloon
business, on Kearny street, for ten months, when he purchased the property
situated at 1006 Folsom street, and opened a bakery, which he continued till
September 1, 1871, when, coming to Contra Costa county, he purchased some
property on which there was a small building. In the Spring of 1877 he commenced
the erection of the San Pablo Hotel, which was completed in the Fall. Mr. Antony
married, in Placerville, El Dorado county, October 20, 1862, Mrs. Josepha S.
Pfaller, a native of Bavaria. On June 17, 1882, Mr. Antony died very suddenly.

Additional Comments:
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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.


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