Sonoma-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Justi, Charles 1806 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Justi, Charles. Was born in Saxony, Germany, on September 1, 1806, and was
educated in the German language. Here, too, he served an apprenticeship for nine
years to the machinist's trade. In 1835, he emigrated to the United States,
first settling in New York, where he resided until 1837, and then moved to
Charleston, South Carolina, engaging in the watch-maker's trade till 1849,
thence, via Cape Horn, to California, arriving in San Francisco November 7th of
that year. Here he at once proceeded to manufacture watches, continuing in this
business until 1853, when he bought the steamer "Georgia," running her between
the points of San Francisco and the Embarcadero in Sonoma township. After
engaging in this business till 1854, he sold out and came to this township,
settling on his present farm at Glen Ellen, and was appointed Post Master for
that place in 1872, and is the present incumbent. Married Mary Meyer in
Charleston, South Carolina, on September 2, 1846. She was born in Bavaria,
Germany, January 27, 1826. Charles, born July 14, 1847; August, born May 4,
1849; Hulda, born February 9, 1855; Hannah, born November 4, 1859; Tillie, born
March 20, 1861; Leopold, born October 21, 1865; and Freddie, born July 19,1867,
are their living children.    Lost four—Alinda, Otto, May and Laura.

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Sonoma Township

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HISTORY
—OF-
SONOMA COUNTY,
-INCLUDING ITS—
Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams;
—TOGETHER WITH—
A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original
Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular
Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County;
Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain
 Growing Interests, and Pisciculture;
ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
—AND OF ITS—
Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO:
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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