San Benito-El Dorado-Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Lacquer, Andrew 1853 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

ANDREW LACQUER is a native of the Golden State, having been born at Diamond
Springs, El Dorado county, December 17, 1853. His father, B. Lacquer, was a
pioneer of 1850, and a native of Norway, coming to America in 1836. He located
first in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, where he pursued his trade of a carpenter. Upon
coming to California he went to the mines, and there resided until 1859. He
finally located in Sonoma county, where he engaged in farming, and there died in
1890, September 12. He married in Norway, and was the father of five children,
of whom three sons and one daughter are living.

  Andrew is the third born of this family and spent his youth in Sonoma county,
locating on his present home in 1887. Here he has seventy-two and one half acres
of excellent land, delightfully located at Hollister.

  Mr. Lacquer was married February 9, 1885, to Miss Ida B. Chestnut, a native of
Cincinnati, Ohio, and daughter of James G. Chestnut, who came to California,
following mining and mineral assaying as a business. Mr. and Mrs. Lacquer have
three children: Anna, Merle and Laverne.

  Mr. Lacquer is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and K. of P. He
and his wife are highly respected throughout the county in which they have their
home.


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Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.

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