Contra Costa-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Rehnert, William 1824 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

WILLIAM REHNERT. — Born in Prussia, September 24, 1824, resided there until
twenty years of age and learned the trade of blacksmith. He afterwards spent
three years in different parts, the last being Hamburg, from whence he sailed in
1847, for Galveston, Texas. There he worked at his trade for one year, after
which he was engaged as blacksmith and horse-doctor in the United States army.
In September, 1851 he started overland through Mexico to Magellen, with
horse-teams part of the way, and the balance on pack-animals. He was accompanied
by his wife and seven companions, who sailed from Mazatlan on the schooner
Cornelius, arriving in San Francisco December 16, 1851. There he resided for
eight years, working at his trade, the last six of which was on his own account.
In October, 1859, he moved to Contra Costa county, and located on his present
ranch on the San Pablo road, about two and a half miles from Pinole. Married in
San Antonio, Texas, June 13, 1851, Barbara Miller, a native of Germany. There
are three children living, viz.: Charles W., Louisa E., and Annie Wilhelmina.
Two are deceased.

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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