Marin-Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Gericke, Adolph 1832 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers (1880)

  Adolph Gericke. Born in Hanover, Germany April 26, 1832. When he was twenty
years old he came to the United States, and to California settling in Petaluma,
and the June following settled on San Antonio creek in this county, and took up
land then owned by James Black. Here he lived till February, 1856. He then moved
to Big Valley, Sonoma county, but only remained seventeen months. Again in 1857
he settled on land contained in the Blucher Rancho in Marin county. In 1875 he
came to his present ranch of three hundred acres, where he has since resided.
Married, January 9, 1858, Ellen Fallon. She was born in Ireland, and came to the
United States, when five years old, being raised in Boston, Massachusetts, and
came to this State in 1857. Mary Elizabeth, born Oct. 10, 1858; Otto William,
September 1, 1860; George Frederick, May 13, 1863; James Robert, June 7, 1865;
Adolph Mentor, May 24, 1868; Anna Matilda, May 13, 1870; Nellie Ottilie, July
15, 1872; Augusta Louisa, June 14, 1874; Agnes Theresa, May 19, 1876; Juliette
Loretta, September 3, 1878, are their children.

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.


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