Marin County CA Archives Biographies.....Eden, Edward 1837 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers (1880)

  Edward Eden. Was born in Holland on June 5, 1837, where he resided till
fourteen years old, at which age he sailed as cabin boy from Rotterdam, Holland,
to Nice, Italy, and followed a seafaring life for three years. In 1853 he landed
in San Francisco, and immediately proceeded to the mines on the American river,
and continued mining with good success till the Summer of 1854, when he came to
this county and engaged as a ranch hand with James Miller, where he continued
for a period of eight years; thence he engaged with John Lucas, and continued in
his employ for a like term. In 1868 he moved to the town of San Rafael, and for
five months worked for E. Du Bois, and continued as a laborer till 1874. In the
Fall of 1874 he was elected to the office of Coroner and Public Administrator,
which office he has held ever since. In March, 1874, he established his present
business, that of undertaker, which he still continues, and since 1874 he has
also been collector for the "Marin County Water Company." Mr. E. married Mary
Eliza Gannon on Nov. 22, 1868, she being a native of Kildare, Ireland, by whom
he has four children, Stephen, Mary E., William and Gertrude; they have lost
three children.

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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.


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