Sonoma-Santa Clara County CA Archives Biographies.....Pfister, Conrad 1832 - ************************************************ 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 3, 2006, 4:42 pm Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880) Pfister Conrad. A native of Switzerland, born July 28, 1832. Emigrated to America, settling in Philadelphia, and after one year's residence there, went to Chicago, Illinois. He left that city in March, 1860, and came to this State, living in San Jose till 1868, thence to this county, buying his present farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Santa Rosa township. Married in Du Page county, Illinois, on January 12, 1860, Miss Mary Hoyer. She was born in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, December 25, 1836. Their children are: Julia A., John, Lewis M., Henry, Conrad, Volney J., Nelson B., Franklin P., Mary R., Oliver F. and Bertha E. Additional Comments: Santa Rosa 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/pfister265gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb