Contra Costa-San Francisco-Mariposa County CA Archives Biographies.....Gambs, John 1827 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

JOHN GAMBS.—A native of Germany; born near Frankfort on the Main, December 24,
1827. Was there educated at the high schools, and resided until nineteen years
of age. In February, 1847, he started for the New World, landed in New York in
April of the same year, and first found employment on a farm in Duchess county,
at seven dollars per month, but only stayed one season. In December, 1848, he
started for California, working his passage on board the steamer Oregon, and,
after a trip of four months round the Horn, arrived in San Francisco April 1,
1849. Mr. Gambs first engaged in mining, for a short time, and then opened a
hotel in San Francisco, which he conducted until he was burned out, May 5, 1851.
He then went to Mariposa county, and engaged in the stock business, which he
followed until 1861. His next move was to Pacheco, Contra Costa county, which
has proved to be his permanent home, where he entered into the business in which
he is still engaged, being proprietor of the leading mercantile house of
Pacheco, and enjoying life in his fine residence, surrounded by thirty acres of
vineyard and orchard. Mr. Gambs was married, in Pacheco, to Miss Helen Ohl, a
native of Germany. Their children are: Louisa, John C., Helen, Harriet and Elise.

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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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