Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Leiding, C. F. 1824 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Leiding, C. F. A native of Bremen, Germany, born May 28, 1824, where he received
his education and resided until 1850, when he sailed around Cape Horn to
California, arriving in San Francisco in 1851. He came to Sonoma in May of the
above year, and was engaged in raising vegetables for a few years. In 1858 he
began merchandising in Sonoma city, which he continued until 1872, when he
visited his native country, returning in 1873. In 1875 he moved upon his present
estate, of forty-two acres, adapted to fruit growing. Married Miss Minnie
Mondigel, November 29, 1859, she being a native of Germany.

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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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