Sonoma-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Poehlmann, Conrad 1833 - ************************************************ 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, 3:52 pm Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880) Poehlmann, Conrad. Born in Bavaria, Germany, on May 21, 1833. When sixteen years of age he went to Hamburg and engaged in butchering. In 1850 came to America and settled in New York City. In 1855 took passage on the steamer "George Law" for California via Panama, from which point he completed his journey to San Francisco on the steamer "John L. Stephens," arriving in September. He at once engaged in the butchering business, which he followed until the Fall of 1857, when he came to this county and located at Petaluma and engaged with his brother in the butchering business, where he is at the present time. Is unmarried. 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/poehlman805bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb