Contra Costa-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Krieger, William 1833 - ************************************************ 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 November 27, 2005, 4:57 am Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882) WILLIAM KRIEGER. Born in Prussia, in the year 1833. In the year 1853 he emigrated to the United States, and in 1856 came to California. He first found employment in San Francisco in a restaurant, subsequently going into business on his own account for three years till October, 1859, he moved to his present ranch, consisting of one hundred acres, where he now resides, being chiefly engaged in farming and stock raising. Married, in San Jose, 1858, Adeline Steitz, who died September, 1861. By this union there is one child, Eliza, born June 9, 1861. Additional Comments: Extracted from: 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/contracosta/bios/krieger62nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb