Contra Costa County CA Archives Biographies.....Brunkhorst, Wm. A. 1846 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

WM. A. BRUNKHORST.—Born in Germany, January 13, 1846, where he was educated and
followed the mercantile business until 1869. In October of the above year he
emigrated to the United States, and arrived in New York, in the ship Kosmos,
Capt. T. Wiericks, on the 26th of November, in the same year. In June, 1870, he
came to California direct to Contra Costa county, locating in Antioch, where he
found employment as book-keeper for Martin Homburg, and afterwards for George
Thyarks. In the Fall of 1875 he bought out the business of the latter gentleman,
and has since been engaged in the general merchandise trade, at the corner of
Main and Front streets, Antioch.

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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