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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 8946, member: 59"]I assume so. He was an immigrant from England, arriving in NY about 1826 at age 21 (if you can believe the info he gave in 1866 when the "great register" was first taken.) The area in which they lived when the son was born (Milford, Pike County, PA) was a coal mining area at the time (just west of the NJ border.) By 1840 they had moved on to Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin Territory, where his census entry says he was involved in mining. He was naturalized there in 1841. (I found out that the area was largely settled by Cornish miners, so it may be that he was from that part of England.)</p><p><br /></p><p>1849 arrival in CA does seem a likely Gold Rush connection, but in the 1850 census he gave his occupation as "merchant." By 1860, he was farming and the son continued that work.</p><p><br /></p><p>I need to do some more searching to see if I can find newspaper entries like the father's obit (he died in 1868.) The index card says he died "near Lake House." Does anyone know why that's important to mention?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 8946, member: 59"]I assume so. He was an immigrant from England, arriving in NY about 1826 at age 21 (if you can believe the info he gave in 1866 when the "great register" was first taken.) The area in which they lived when the son was born (Milford, Pike County, PA) was a coal mining area at the time (just west of the NJ border.) By 1840 they had moved on to Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin Territory, where his census entry says he was involved in mining. He was naturalized there in 1841. (I found out that the area was largely settled by Cornish miners, so it may be that he was from that part of England.) 1849 arrival in CA does seem a likely Gold Rush connection, but in the 1850 census he gave his occupation as "merchant." By 1860, he was farming and the son continued that work. I need to do some more searching to see if I can find newspaper entries like the father's obit (he died in 1868.) The index card says he died "near Lake House." Does anyone know why that's important to mention?[/QUOTE]
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