Sonoma-San Francisco-Sierra County CA Archives Biographies.....McLaughlin, Michael 1826 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 1, 2006, 11:49 am Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880) McLaughlin, Michael. Born in Ireland, August, 1826. Came to America in 1849. The time intervening between 1849 and 1853 was spent in the Southern States. January 6, 1853 found him a resident of San Francisco, remaining here, however, but a short time. In June, 1853, he proceeded to Sierra county, where he prosecuted mining until 1856, when he came to this county, purchased his present farm and returned to Sierra county. In October 1857, he repaired to this county the second time and settled upon his present estate of one hundred and seventy acres of land. Married September 19, 1861, Miss Anna Marlow. She is a native of Ireland, born July 12, 1832. Are members of the Catholic church. Catherine T., born December 28, 1862; James, October 31, 1864; Mary, December 26, 1866; John Charles, August 20,1869; William J., November 27, 1871; Sylvester G., February 27, 1875, are the names and births of their children. Additional Comments: Petaluma Township Extracted from: 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/sonoma/bios/mclaughl779bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb