Contra Costa-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Winslow, Michael 1821 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

MICHAEL WINSLOW.—The subject of this sketch is a native of Ireland, and was born
December 6, 1821. When but five years of age his parents emigrated to America,
first settling in Wilmington, Delaware, where he was educated at the common
schools, and resided until his coming to California, learning in his youth the
trade of boilermaker, which he followed for thirty years, part of the time in
Delaware, and the balance on this coast. November 11, 1851, Mr. Winslow sailed
with his wife and two children for the Golden State, coming ma Panama, arrived
in San Francisco December 14, 1851, where he found employment at his trade, and
resided in the metropolis until September, 1869, when he moved to Contra Costa
county, purchased his present valuable farm of two hundred and forty acres, four
miles southeast of Martinez, now known as the Sunny-side Farm, and is engaged in
general farming and fruit raising. Mr. Winslow was married in Wilmington,
Delaware, June 15, 1847, to Miss Hannah Sherry, a native of that State. They
have had seven children by this union; four are now deceased: Victoria
(deceased), Edward J., Hannah (deceased), James S., Adelaide (deceased), Lucy
H., and Sarah (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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