Contra Costa-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Warnecke, August 1834 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

AUGUST WARNECKE.—Was born in the Kingdom of Hanover, Germany, October 25, 1834.
In 1849 he emigrated to America, and first settled in New York, where he engaged
in the grocery business, which he continued until 1854, when he came to
California. On his arrival he went to the mines and remained there for two
years, when he returned to San Francisco, and again carried on the grocery
business, following that vocation until 1879. In 1881 Mr. Warnecke purchased his
present place, consisting of four hundred and thirty-five acres of land on the
Kelly League, to which he brought his family and where they now reside. Married
September 5, 1867, Sophia Heinsohn, a native of Brimerverdy, Germany, who was
born January 18, 1849. By this union there are, Edward J., born March 23, 1869;
Dora A., born July 14, 1870; August H., born September 19, 1871; Walter H., born
May 5, 1877, and Charlotte C., born May 12, 1880.

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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