Marin County CA Archives Biographies.....Bloom, James 1842 - ************************************************ 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 March 6, 2007, 3:32 am Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers (1880) James Bloom. Born in Switzerland July 28, 1842, where he was educated and resided until he came to California, via Panama, arriving in San Francisco May 6, 1861. He first settled in Tomales township, and came to his present place in the Fall of 1864, where he has resided ever since, being engaged in conducting a dairy farm of seven hundred acres. Married, in 1869, Lucy Firoi, a native of Switzerland. Their children are Amelia, Sabina, John A., Pauldena, Clorinda, and an infant, Lucia Claudina. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; INCLUDING ITS Geography, Geology, Topography and Climatography; TOGETHER WITH A Full and Particular Record of the Mexican Grants; Its Early History and Settlement, Compiled from the most Authentic Sources; Names of Original Spanish and American Pioneers; A Full Record of its Organization; A Complete Political History, including a Tabular Statement of Office-holders since the Formation of the County; Separate Histories of Bolinas, Nicasio, Novato, Point Reyes, San Antonio, San Rafael, Saucelito, and Tomales Townships; Incidents of Pioneer Life, and Biographical Sketches of its Early and Prominent Settlers and Representative Men; ALSO An Historical Sketch of the State of California, In which is embodied the Raising of the Bear Flag ILLUSTRATED. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1880. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/marin/bios/bloom1227nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb