John OLIVER & Ellen BENNEY - Santa Clara Co., Amador and Nevada Co.
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John OLIVER & Ellen BENNEY - Santa Clara Co., Amador and Nevada Co.
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Posted: 26 Mar 2007 10:05PM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: OLIVER, BENNEY, PEARCE
My ggf, John OLIVER, was b. Cornwall 1 Mar. 1845. He arrived San Francisco in 1865 and worked the New Almaden Mine. He may have been related to James PEARCE (Superintendent of the mine) because he named my grandfather, Adrian PEARCE OLIVER. John m. my ggm Ellen BENNEY (b. CA. 19 Jul 1855) in Santa Clar 15 Feb. 1873. They ended up in Grass Valley (he worked the Empire Mine) and had six children. After he retired (abt 1900) they moved to San Francisco. They are bur. at Cypress Lawn Cemetery in Colma.
Looking to connect John to parents, sibs, in Cornwall. His father was John, his mother may have been Alice.
Yvonne Bowers
ybowers@comcast.net
If you visit the Message Board, I've attached a picture of John & Ellen.
Looking to connect John to parents, sibs, in Cornwall. His father was John, his mother may have been Alice.
Yvonne Bowers
ybowers@comcast.net
If you visit the Message Board, I've attached a picture of John & Ellen.
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