Plumas-Yuba County CA Archives Biographies.....Gansner, Florin 1829 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

FLORIN GANSNER.—The proprietor of the large saw-mill at Quincy was born in the
town of Seeves, Switzerland, May 28, 1829. His parents were Christian and Anna
Gansner. In 1846 he came to the United States, and located at St. Louis,
Missouri, where he learned the carpenter's trade, and worked at it until 1852.
At that time he crossed the plains to California, and mined on Yuba river. He
came to Rich bar, Plumas county, in the spring of 1853. Having done well at
mining, he went back to St. Louis in 1857, and was married June 22, 1858, to
Christina Pohle of that city. In 1864 he returned to Plumas county, and
contracted and built ferry landings for a time, when he again went to mining on
Rich bar. In 1868 he removed to American valley, and purchased his present home
and the old mill. The new mill he built in 1878. It is run by a hydraulic
pressure of 144 feet fall, and has two circular saws, sixty and fifty inches in
diameter. A view of the buildings appears on another page. Mr. and Mrs Gansner
have had seven children, as follows: Benjamin C, born December 28, 1859; Henry
F., July 13, 1863; William C, November 25, 1866; Flora C, May 27, 1868;
Frederick G., July 7, 1873; Anna L., March 2, 1875; Christina, May 21, 1877.



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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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