Contra Costa-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Thode, H. N. 1845 - ************************************************ 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 29, 2005, 5:20 pm Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882) H. N. THODE.—Born in Holstein, Germany, in April, 1845, and is the son of Claus and Katarina (Nagel) Thode. He received his education and resided in his native country until the year 1869, when he emigrated to California, first settling in San Francisco. Eighteen months after he moved to Contra Costa county, locating on his present place in October, 1880. Here Mr. Thode owns one hundred and fifty acres of the Sobrante Grant, which he farms. Married in 1873, Elsabe Rehder, a native of Holstein, and has: George F., Alvina, Adele, Clara and Emma. 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/thode66gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb